ERP Implementation: The Next Level for Your Company
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What Are the Reasons for Introducing an ERP System?
Are you currently managing your data in multiple systems? Initiating processes manually? Laboriously compiling reports? You don’t have to. With Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, your company benefits from numerous advantages. Through ERP introduction, connect your departments such as inventory management, finance, and more in one solution. Make better decisions based on this consolidated data and grow at your own pace with your system.
Interconnected Processes
End isolated silo solutions per department (production, sales, inventory management, finance). Connect all data in just one solution.
Data Basis
The result of interconnectivity? A consolidated, up-to-date database. This enables you to make faster and more informed decisions.
Scaling
You’re growing and need more users or features? Scale the ERP solution as needed. It grows with you over time.
Your ERP Implementation with Personal Support:
Why anaptis: Personal and Customized ERP Implementation
ERP implementation is our daily business. Thanks to our many years of experience, we have already convinced over 100 customers! We would be delighted to support you too and ensure smooth and relaxed processes.
Why anaptis? Discover the advantages that will make your heart beat faster:
- We prefer a standard-based software approach and first assess if a requirement can be solved with the standard.
- From day one, expect honest and fair statements. We also stick to our commitments.
- You’ll be supported by a dedicated project team. We ensure that everyone feels included and understood.
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Starting the ERP Introduction
Below, we outline the typical path to your personalized offer for software introduction. It’s important to note that not every ERP introduction project follows the same process. This depends on the expertise on your side and the size of the company, among other factors. Accordingly, we tailor the process individually.
You will see that we consciously refrain from using a specifications document or a requirements document for ERP introduction. For us, the collaborative agile development of the project plan is of high importance.
- Non-Binding Inquiry
You express your interest in an ERP implementation. In your inquiry, you tell us about your project or the challenges you are facing. - Qualification of the Request
We review your request. We will contact you to gather important information so that we can provide you with the right contact person. - Initial Consultation
You have a meeting scheduled with one of our experts. In an informal initial conversation, you’ll get to know each other and both have the opportunity to see if there’s a good fit. Additionally, we’ll discuss your project in more detail. -
We talk about the resources required, such as budget and time frame. The personnel capacities on your side are also an important topic. Why? In addition to their regular day-to-day business, employees from all relevant areas must work alongside the IT company, test functions, learn how to use the application and provide feedback. The attitude must be right at this point and the employees must be able to get involved in the project.
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- Workshop
The workshop serves to identify individual tasks as part of the ERP implementation. At the end, a budget framework to be commissioned is created. -
The workshop (preferably in person) takes place regularly from both sides in a larger group. From our side
involved and authorized decision-makers take part, and you should be represented by the management and your future project management. We need your detailed requirements so that we can prepare a detailed offer. Among other things, we use user stories that follow the pattern: “To have this benefit, I as a user would like to be able to do this”. We define these together.The result of the workshop is a list of individual tasks, which are placed in an evaluation system by calculation. The end result is a budget framework to be commissioned.
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- Concept Including Proposal
After the workshop, we write the concept including the offer (monetary and time expenditure). Depending on your wishes, we will prepare a fixed-price offer. It is then up to you to decide whether you would like to tackle the ERP implementation with us. If you agree, we will start the project together according to our anaptis project methodology.
Our References:
Successful ERP Implementation for Our Customers
Collaboration for over 15 Years
Future Security in the Industrial Sector
From Excel & Co. to a Comprehensive ERP System
Seeking Clarification:
FAQ about ERP Introduction
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The costs of an ERP introduction are highly individual and vary from company to company because they depend on many factors (e.g., deployment method, requirements, number of users, current data quality, internal effort). For a cloud ERP solution, the subscription is decisive, and you pay monthly or annually per user. For a local installation/On-Premises version, there are one-time license costs (per user), an annual maintenance contract, as well as internal infrastructure and possibly personnel costs.
In our blog article “Kauf von ERP-Software: Wie Sie Ihr Budget definieren” (German article), we discuss how you can roughly estimate the budget for an ERP introduction.
Alternatively, if desired, there is the option to lease your ERP project with us. For example, you can work with our leasing partner MMV and pay off your investment amount through an attractive monthly rate.
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The duration of an ERP introduction varies from company to company. Different factors come into play, such as size and the proportion of individual requirements. Additionally, a distinction can be made between Cloud and On-Premises solutions.
The deployment of the online solution takes only a few minutes. The setup duration of your On-Premises solution is longer due solely to the setup of the On-Premises (local) components, as the necessary server systems (database, application, etc.) need to be provisioned.
Furthermore, the following points are relevant:
- Possibly, assistance during system introduction (highly individual)
- Possibly, setup of the Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) environment: creating new user accounts or transferring/synchronizing local Active Directory accounts for easier management (highly individual)
- Possibly, integration of extensions (highly individual)
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There are different methods of ERP introduction. Generally, a distinction is made between the waterfall model or an agile approach. We have developed our own agile methodology, which is a combination of both: Initially, we conduct high-level planning within 3-4 days (all necessary functionalities, project start, framework conditions). Detailed specifications and requirements documents are not needed.
Then, we proceed with the introduction in 4-week iterative phases or sprints. In each phase, we plan the sprint, conceptualize the tasks and budget, and execute them. At the end of each phase, the client must test the implementations and assess the quality. Only then does the next implementation phase begin. Any unfinished tasks are transferred to the next implementation phase. This process repeats in each of the implementation phases.
At the end, the implementations are compiled together. Subsequently, we train your team and allow them to thoroughly test the system before going live.
- For more information: Information about the anaptis Project Methodology
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Why should you choose us as your partner company for ERP introduction from the vast Microsoft network? We’ll give you an overview of what makes us unique.
- Close-to-standard and flexible approach
- Fair usage rights to the code
- Personalized support
- Honest and fair statements
- Experienced and stable company
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There are several risks that can lead to the failure of an ERP project. These include, among others, underestimating the complexity, having an inadequate project team, lack of change management, or selecting an unsuitable system. You can find all the information in our blog:
- Blog article “ERP-Einführung: Risiken identifizieren und vorbeugen” (German article)
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Yes, we do. In our download area you’ll find both a checklist for ERP selection and a whitepaper on ERP introduction from A to Z.
What Are You Waiting For?
Get to know us! In a free initial consultation, we’ll determine together if we, as a partner company, and the ERP system for medium-sized businesses, are the right solution for you and your company.
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