Enterprise Information Systems Consulting

What is an Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP)?

In general, an ERP is a set of systems focused in aggregating information from all areas of a business.

It is usually organized in modules that reflect the different operational processes of the organization.

What are the benefits in implementing an ERP?

The use of an ERP optimizes the information flow and allows for easy access to operational data, thus making information more consistent and allowing business decisions based on the company's reality. Furthermore, its use enables standardization, optimization and integration of business processes.

In summary, some of the expected benefits are:

  • IT cost reduction through elimination of disparate standalone niche applications.
  • Focus on the core business.
  • Exposure to business best practices.
  • Easier process reengineering.
  • Process standardization.
  • Work redundancy and inconsistency reduction.
  • Better information quality.
  • Integrated management.

How does an ERP implementation work?

The implementation of an ERP can ask for the modification of some business processes, system customization, data migration, hardware and software upgrade and user training.

The implementation step is the most critical one. Difficulties usually arise from organizational changes due to process modifications and responsibility changes. Upper management involvement and commitment is required in order to ease any difficulties and conflicts.

A generic list of the required steps is:

  1. Preparation
  2. Analysis and design
  3. Implementation, Setup and Prototype
  4. Pre-start preparation
  5. Start-up and monitoring

How can we help?

We have specialized consultants with more than 20 years of experience in ERP implementations. That allowed us to develop time-proven methodologies and some tools that help in common data migration scenarios, thus reducing the total time spent on the entire process.

Depending on each customer needs, the ERP can be implemented in a modular way, focusing in on or more of the following areas:

  • Sales
  • Purchases
  • Inventory
  • Payables and receivables
  • Cash management
  • Accounting/Finance
  • Human resources
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

A correct implementation must allow the company to define which documents to be issued and in what sequence as well as who is allowed to do what.

Another important requirement that must be addressed in any implementation is that of the traceability of the processes.

What if my company has a specific requirement?

Usually these cases cannot be solved through the implementation of the standard ERP. In these cases we have the necessary skills to develop customized extensions.

We can also develop stand-alone solutions that can complement the ERP thus enabling us to present a global turn-key solution that solves some of the needs of various markets, such as:

  • Business Integrated Portals
  • Business Intelligence tools
  • Electronic Data Interchange solutions

No two projects are equal and each customer has his own needs. Our goal is to present a global solution that provides value to each and every customer.