Distribution & logistics
Multi-entity ERP transformation
Centralise data and harmonise finance and operations processes across several entities on a shared ERP foundation.
- ERP transformation
- Data migration
- System integration
EXPERTISE
ERP & Business Applications
AXENEO supports large companies, mid-caps and SMEs through their ERP projects, from scoping to rollout, integration and continuous improvement.
THE PROBLEM
What we see on the ground
- 01
The process is fitted to the tool, not the other way round
Configuration has followed existing habits. The expected process gains never materialise, and the tool is blamed for a decision that was never made.
- 02
The data cannot be trusted
Duplicated reference data, business rules that diverge between entities, data migration treated at the end of the project: the outcome is visible on day one of live running.
- 03
The interfaces are the real fragility
Flows between applications have been built one at a time. Nobody has the complete picture, and each change carries a risk nobody can size.
- 04
The application estate costs more than it returns
Redundant applications, old components kept alive for want of an alternative, skills concentrated in a handful of people: the run consumes what the build would need.
Modernise business processes and build an application landscape that is more integrated, more adaptable and under control.
- 01PROBLÈME
A heterogeneous application foundation, where the tooling constrains the business processes.
- 02INTERVENTION AXENEO
We scope the target process before the tool, work through the solution choice, steer the rollout or the migration, and secure the data and the interfaces.
- 03RÉSULTAT
Processes held within the standard, data migrated and reconciled, documented interfaces, and a capacity to evolve that does not depend on a single person.
What we do
Strategy & solution selection
Decide on the basis of processes, not of a product demonstration.
- ERP strategy and target application landscape
- Analysis and redesign of business processes
- Solution selection support and evaluation framework
- Standard versus custom trade-offs and gap management
- Business case and transformation scenarios
ERP transformation & rollout
Run the project on the ground, from scoping to stabilisation.
- Functional design and configuration
- Single-entity and multi-entity rollout
- Migration and version upgrades
- Data migration: scoping, rules, reconciliation, controls
- User acceptance testing, cutover and go-live support
Functional domains
Coverage of the processes that actually carry the business.
- Finance, accounting and management control
- Purchasing, procurement and supplier management
- Sales, quotations, invoicing and customer relations (CRM)
- Supply chain, inventory and production
- Human resources and time management
Business applications & integration
Complete the foundation where the standard does not answer.
- Design of business applications and portals
- Application modernisation and reduction of custom development
- System integration, APIs and flow mapping
- Digital workflows, request management and automation
- Support, evolutive maintenance and continuous improvement
How we work
- 01
Scope the processes
The target process is defined before the tool. Business rules, exceptions and volumes are documented — that is what determines the real effort.
- 02
Choose with eyes open
The evaluation covers real coverage of the requirements, the integration effort, the cost of ownership and whether the choice can be sustained.
- 03
Design within the standard
Every departure from the standard is examined: the real need, the alternative, the cost of maintaining it. Custom development is an informed decision, not a default.
- 04
Secure the data
Data migration is treated as a workstream in its own right: perimeter, rules, trial runs, reconciliation and controls.
- 05
Integrate and validate
Interfaces are mapped and tested end to end. Functional validation and regression testing govern the go-live decision.
- 06
Keep it alive
Support, evolutive maintenance and continuous improvement: the value of an ERP is mostly built after go-live.
USE CASES
Where we step in
Roll out an ERP across several entities
A shared core model, local variants kept under control, and learning carried from one rollout wave to the next.
Migrate without interrupting the business
Version upgrade or change of solution: cutover trajectory, parallel running where needed, data migration and a fallback plan.
Reduce custom development
Re-examine the developments that have accumulated, bring back what the standard now covers, and document what genuinely has to stay bespoke.
Digitalise a request process
Replace email-and-spreadsheet routes with a portal, approval workflows and traceability that can actually be used.
Related case studies
Manufacturing
Industrial quotation application
Structure a bespoke quotation process inside an application integrated with the ERP, to speed up quotes and make estimates dependable.
- Business applications
- ERP integration
- Process
Business services
Internal service portal
Replace informal request channels with a single point of entry, approval workflows and traceability that can actually be used.
- Digital Workflows
- Service portal
- Automation
Public sector
Information system interoperability programme
Secure the requirements, the functional governance and the quality of deliverables on an interoperability programme.
- Interoperability
- Governance
- Requirements
Food & beverage
Multi-subsidiary SAP rollout
Roll out a shared SAP core across several subsidiaries of a group, harmonising processes without erasing what is specific to each.
- SAP rollout
- Process harmonisation
- Change management
Business services
Structuring support and service management
Professionalise how user requests are handled, moving from ad-hoc treatment to a genuine service management framework.
- ITSM
- Application support
- Service Management
CONTACT
Let’s discuss your situation
Tell us about your application estate and the process that is jamming. We will tell you whether the subject is configuration, a migration, an interface — or an architecture decision that has not yet been taken.