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
ERP & Business Applications
ERP transformation
Scope, select, deploy or migrate an ERP keeping the business process as the reference — and control of total cost of ownership as the constraint.
EN UNE PHRASE
An ERP project is a process project.
THE PROBLEM
The situations that bring us in
- 01
The solution was chosen before the processes were analysed.
- 02
Custom code accumulates to reproduce the way things used to be done.
- 03
Data migration is handled at the end of the project, under schedule pressure.
- 04
Real cost of ownership was never assessed beyond the first year.
- 01THE PROBLEM
An ERP project committed on the perimeter of a tool, with no documented target processes and no acceptance criteria.
- 02WHAT AXENEO DOES
We take up the target processes, assess every departure from the standard, structure the data migration and steer acceptance testing through to switchover.
- 03THE RESULT
A rollout whose perimeter is stable, departures from the standard owned and documented, and a switchover that is prepared and reversible.
What we do
Upstream
- Diagnosis of the processes and of the existing system
- Target processes and management rules
- Help selecting a solution and going to market
- Business case, cost of ownership and scenarios
Implementation
- Functional design and oversight of the configuration
- Standard versus custom trade-offs
- Data migration: rules, controls, reconciliation
- Acceptance testing, training, switchover and stabilisation
The ERP & Business Applications method
This domain sits within the pillar’s overall method.
- 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
Replace or modernise
Assess the alternative between a full rebuild and progressive modernisation of the existing foundation, on the merits.
Harmonise after growth
Several entities, several sets of practices: build a shared core model without denying local constraints.
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Contact
ERP transformation: let’s talk about your context
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.