Successful ERP implementation with financial expertise

You can expect advisory rooted in deep financial expertise, built on years of experience with ERP implementation and the challenges that typically arise where finance meets IT. When you partner with us, you get both a holistic overview and an eye for detail, ensuring your ERP implementation succeeds commercially, financially and technically.

Let us be the link between your finance function, your business and your ERP vendor

Few people have taken on more than one ERP project in their career. Our experienced consultants are the exception. They have been involved in multiple ERP projects and are each familiar with different ERP systems such as Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain Management (F&O) and Business Central, SAP and others.

And that experience can benefit your ERP project or implementation.

All our consultants come from finance functions in large Danish companies and therefore bring strong business understanding. You get a sparring partner who can act as the link between finance, the business and the ERP vendor.

You get an adviser who helps you bridge the gap between your company's needs and the ERP vendor, ensuring a shared understanding so you avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary rework.

Business Central implementation

Are you planning an ERP implementation of Business Central?

Then we have an implementation starter package for you, built on a best practice approach to standardise your core financial processes. It is tailored for small and medium-sized businesses that want a standardised ERP system with automated core processes. Does that sound like your business? If so, you've come to the right place.

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Preliminary analysis

The preliminary analysis: preparing for your ERP project

Your groundwork, and the preliminary analysis that comes with it, is the first critical step in any ERP project, no matter the size or complexity. It gives you visibility on the gaps between as-is and to-be, so you can build a roadmap for reaching your goals with the implementation. You can read about our approach below.

Preparing for your ERP project

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Hårklinikken: Three learnings from Hårklinikken's ERP project

They don't brag about it. But right now, Hårklinikken is one of Denmark's fastest growing enterprises. Therefore, they have, in recent two years, prepared for continued growth with a comprehensive, cross-border ERP project. A project that has included implementation of the ERP system Dynamics 365 Business Central, finance modules from Continia, integration between ERP and Shopify webshop & POS, as well as inventory scanners. And this article is about their learnings along the way.

Learn from Hårklinikken

You can get support at every stage of your ERP implementation

Our ERP consultants can contribute to specific tasks or take on one or more roles throughout the entire ERP implementation process, depending on the size and complexity of your project. We can, for example, take the lead as a hands-on project manager and guide the project safely to completion, or ensure thorough testing of the solution in the role of test manager.

Beyond acting as the link between your ERP vendor and the business, our consultants also frequently serve as the bridge between IT and other business areas.

If you are looking for project support at the start of your ERP project, we help facilitate effective communication and collaboration between the parties. This is where our cross-functional understanding truly comes into play.

This type of support can also prove valuable as your ERP project nears completion. Unforeseen challenges can arise, and having a sparring partner who resolves conflicts between parties neutrally and objectively can make all the difference. Our ERP consultants are skilled at finding solutions that work from business, financial, and technical vendor perspectives, which can be decisive for your project.

One of the most fundamental reasons challenges arise in an ERP project is the different perspectives and interests of the company and the ERP vendor.

- Thomas Malmros, Partner

Avoid rework derailing your ERP implementation

When we assist with an ERP implementation, we often find that the company purchasing the technical ERP solution has a different focus than the ERP vendor. They therefore talk about the project from entirely different angles.

The business wants the new ERP system to support their core processes, particularly the areas where the company has "special" needs. The ERP vendor, on the other hand, typically takes a more technical approach. If the two parties are not asked the right questions or prompted to elaborate, things can go wrong.

An experienced consultant acting as the ERP lead will focus on ensuring you and your vendor are aligned and agree on which challenges the technical solution should address.

And it can be a relief to have someone else manage that focus for you. The truth is that there are many aspects to clarify between your company and your ERP vendor, and every instance of rework will challenge your project on time, resources and quality.

What this can look like in practice:

An aligned collaboration between the ERP vendor and a company is when the business explains either a business requirement to make sure the vendor has understood it correctly, or a challenge that has emerged in the new system and needs resolving. The ERP vendor will take the input and assess whether it can be solved technically, either through standard configuration in the ERP system or a customisation, and then get to work.

But if they are not aligned and have been talking past each other, the agreed solution will fall short for the business and not solve the given challenge. The consequence is another clarification meeting about the issue.

An ERP project is a business-wide change project

An ERP implementation is not an IT or finance project alone. It is a business project where many different departments are involved. And even though all employees work for your company, they also have different interests and risk talking past each other.

Here too, an experienced ERP consultant can help make sure all parties are heard and that the solution is accepted across departments as the go-live date approaches.

The point is that an ERP project is a major undertaking and change for any company, requiring significant resources to achieve a successful implementation.

An ERP consultant can help build understanding of the many disciplines your company needs to navigate and provide overview, prioritisation and sparring on the tasks involved throughout the project. ERP projects can be and feel large and complex, particularly if the company has no prior experience with running one.

Our ERP consultants can specifically help categorise and prioritise tasks together with the project leads. And because they have experience from similar projects, they can separate the essential from the non-essential, keeping focus on the critical challenges for the final ERP solution while parking the rest for the testing phase or post-go-live.

It is precisely where the company meets the ERP vendor that our consultants work and where their core competencies lie. With them on board, you get a cross-functional perspective, a holistic overview and an eye for detail, ensuring your ERP implementation succeeds commercially, financially and technically.

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Create value in the dialogue about your IT foundation

At the core of any ERP project is finding the right technological solutions for your organisation's needs.

Only with a solid technological foundation that supports your financial processes can the project succeed. With our Finance IT Foundation Framework (FIFF), we help you create the necessary overview and make sure all technology elements work together across systems and applications.

The framework makes it possible to identify and address the underlying factors that can challenge your ERP project, so with the right insight you can avoid costly mistakes.

When you work with our experienced ERP consultants, you get not just help steering the project to a successful finish, but a partner who understands the complex relationships between finance, IT and the business. Grounded in our Finance IT Foundation Framework and with a sharp focus on your specific needs, we make sure your ERP solution is both technically robust and commercially valuable, so you can make well-founded decisions and achieve the best results for your business.