Who helps choose between ERP systems?
ERP Selection and Vendor Choice: What The Shortlist Report Finds
2 firms lead, appearing in 56.2–57.0% of 235 AI responses. The sample cannot separate them, so we do not pretend it can.
Two firms lead
Panorama Consulting Group and Lightbridge ERP come up most often here. They are close enough together that the order between them is not worth reading anything into.
Panorama Consulting Group134 of 235
Vendor-neutral ERP selection, implementation oversight, and independent audits for mid-market to enterprise clients.
Lightbridge ERP132 of 235
Vendor-neutral ERP selection, needs assessment, and implementation advisory for mid-market and enterprise clients in manufacturing, distribution, and life sciences.
Based on 235 ChatGPT responses to this question, collected August 11, 2026–October 1, 2026. Firms are counted once per response. How we measure.
The ranking
| Firm | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 2 firms, 56.2–57.0% | |||
| Panorama Consulting Grouppanorama-consulting.comVendor-neutral ERP selection, implementation oversight, and independent audits for mid-market to enterprise clients. | 134 of 235 | 57.0% | |
| Lightbridge ERPlightbridgeerp.comVendor-neutral ERP selection, needs assessment, and implementation advisory for mid-market and enterprise clients in manufacturing, distribution, and life sciences. | 132 of 235 | 56.2% | |
| Tier 2 stands alone | |||
| Third Stage Consulting Groupthirdstage-consulting.comOffers independent, vendor-agnostic ERP selection and implementation advisory for mid-market and enterprise companies. | 128 of 235 | 54.5% | |
| Tier 3 stands alone | |||
| Ultra Consultantsultraconsultants.comIndependent ERP selection and implementation advisory, particularly for manufacturing and distribution companies. | 117 of 235 | 49.8% | |
| Tier 4 stands alone | |||
| ERP Advisors Grouperpadvisorsgroup.comProvides independent ERP selection and advisory services for mid-market companies through requirements and implementation oversight. | 103 of 235 | 43.8% | |
| Tier 5 stands alone | |||
| John Hannan LLCVendor-neutral ERP selection consultant for manufacturing, distribution and life sciences. | 84 of 235 | 35.7% | |
| Tier 6 3 firms, 12.3–19.6% | |||
| Mint JutrasProvides independent ERP benchmarking, evaluation and vendor-neutral market analysis. | 46 of 235 | 19.6% | |
| ERP Researcherpresearch.com | 36 of 235 | 15.3% | |
| AMIGOgoamigo.coDevelops ERP business cases with financial modeling, TCO analysis, and board-ready decision documentation. | 29 of 235 | 12.3% | |
| Tier 7 stands alone | |||
| Deloittedeloitte.comEnterprise-scale SAP, Oracle, and Workday implementations for Fortune 500 companies and regulated industries. | 24 of 235 | 10.2% | |
Key findings
- Panorama Consulting Group and Lightbridge ERP lead this sample, each named in 56.2–57.0% of 235 ChatGPT responses to the question “Who helps choose between ERP systems?”, collected August 11, 2026–October 1, 2026.
- The gaps between Panorama Consulting Group and Lightbridge ERP are inside the margin of error at 235 responses, so The Shortlist Report groups them in one tier rather than ranking them against each other.
- 10 firms cleared the reporting threshold on “Who helps choose between ERP systems?” in ChatGPT as of October 1, 2026; the full table with response counts is below.
- Deloitte appears in 7 of the 10 NetSuite and ERP implementation partners reports published by The Shortlist Report, the widest coverage of any firm named on this page.
- No firm paid to appear in this ranking; placement cannot be bought, and the counts come from ChatGPT responses rather than from submissions.
Why the tiers fall where they do
Tier 1 holds Panorama Consulting Group and Lightbridge ERP, named in 132 to 134 of the 235 ChatGPT responses. They are grouped rather than ranked because the gaps between them are inside the margin of error at this sample size — one extra mention would reorder them, so an order would be reporting noise as a finding.
Tier 2 holds Third Stage Consulting Group, named in 128 to 128 of 235 responses (54.5–54.5%). The sample does separate this firm from the tier above: the difference from the leading group is larger than the margin of error, which is what puts it in a tier of its own.
Tier 3 holds Ultra Consultants, named in 117 to 117 of 235 responses (49.8–49.8%). The sample does separate this firm from the tier above: the difference from the leading group is larger than the margin of error, which is what puts it in a tier of its own.
Tier 4 holds ERP Advisors Group, named in 103 to 103 of 235 responses (43.8–43.8%). The sample does separate this firm from the tier above: the difference from the leading group is larger than the margin of error, which is what puts it in a tier of its own.
Tier 5 holds John Hannan LLC, named in 84 to 84 of 235 responses (35.7–35.7%). The sample does separate this firm from the tier above: the difference from the leading group is larger than the margin of error, which is what puts it in a tier of its own.
Tier 6 holds Mint Jutras, ERP Research and AMIGO, named in 29 to 46 of 235 responses (12.3–19.6%). The sample does separate these firms from the tier above: the difference from the leading group is larger than the margin of error, which is what puts them in a tier of their own.
Tier 7 holds Deloitte, named in 24 to 24 of 235 responses (10.2–10.2%). The sample does separate this firm from the tier above: the difference from the leading group is larger than the margin of error, which is what puts it in a tier of its own.
The test is McNemar’s at 95%, applied against the same 235 responses for every firm. The full reasoning, and what happened when we ranked one-to-N instead.
What the sample shows
2 firms lead this question: Panorama Consulting Group and Lightbridge ERP. They appear in 56.2–57.0% of the 235 responses. The gaps between them are inside the margin of error at this sample size, so they are listed together rather than ranked against each other.
101 firms were named at least once across the sample. 10 of them cleared the threshold of 2 responses and appear above; the rest were named once and are inside the noise.
How to read this
Firms are grouped into tiers, not ranked one to fifteen. A tier holds every firm whose 95% confidence interval overlaps the leader's, which is a long way of saying the sample cannot tell them apart. Order within a tier is arbitrary — read the counts, not the position.
Share is the percentage of responses that named the firm — not a quality score. A firm scoring low here may be excellent and simply under-written about online, which is a finding about its visibility rather than its work.
The same question was asked repeatedly because AI assistants do not answer identically twice. A single response would tell you almost nothing.
What this measurement does not tell you
- It is not a quality ranking. Share reflects how much has been written about a firm online, which is what an AI assistant reads. A capable firm nobody writes about scores low here.
- It is a reading from a date range, not a permanent standing. This sample was collected August 11, 2026–October 1, 2026; models change and so do their answers.
- It covers ChatGPT only. Other assistants answer differently, and we do not extrapolate across engines we have not measured.
- Order within a tier is arbitrary. Read the counts, not the position. Why we use tiers.
Cite this report
The Shortlist Report. (2026). ERP Selection and Vendor Choice: What The Shortlist Report Finds. The Shortlist Report. https://www.shortlistreport.com/article/erp-selection-advisors
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