ERP Implementation Services and Consultants

The ERP Implementation Challenge

Your food and beverage business has decided to upgrade or implement a new ERP system to combat operational challenges and address current pain points. But, an ERP implementation project is not a straightforward process. It requires proper planning to prevent scope creep, budget overruns and delays. Many ERP projects end up being failures, costing businesses millions of dollars in lost revenue.

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The ERP Implementation Challenge

Can you really guarantee ERP implementation success?

Try a partner who has always implemented ERPs on time, with no cost overruns. Try Adroit.

Adroit NA is an ERP implementation partner that can help you through the ERP project. We ensure the new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system aligns with your business objectives and helps you address your pain points, setting you up for success. Our ERP consultants have decades of experience in the food and beverage industry and deep experience in implementing Aptean’s Food and Beverage ERP systems and Microsoft Dynamics Business Central ERP systems. So, rather than worry about the project, why not just expect a successful ERP implementation process?

Our Proven Approach to ERP Implementation

To guarantee a successful implementation project, we have a standardized methodology that ensures every aspect is carefully carried out. 

1. Comprehensive Project Management

Project management determines whether the ERP project will be a success or a long, drawn-out failure. Your project manager must have deep experience in ERP project management. 

Our project managers bring expertise and experience to the table. Before we start the implementation process, we set an implementation charter that defines: 

  • Project scope for preventing scope creep and delays
  • Project goals for aligning ERP solutions with business objectives
  • Team roles and responsibilities using RACI charts for preventing any miscommunications during the implementation
  • Scope and risks for mitigating project risks to avoid budget overruns
  • Key milestones and deliverables for tracking the progress of the project

To provide flexibility and maintain a structured framework, we apply both waterfall and agile project management methodologies. We emphasize communication and collaboration to ensure that the project stays aligned with your business goals. 

2. Detailed Planning and Requirement Definition

A new ERP system implementation should not just focus on replacing or automating existing business processes. The focus should be how the system will deliver business performance improvements in various departments. To facilitate this, our consultants:

  • Map out business requirements and prioritize key performance indicators
  • Analyze current business processes to identify pain points, gaps and opportunities for improvement
  • Define an ideal future state that supports business process improvement and strategic growth
This planning sets up the ERP project for success—even before the actual implementation starts. It guarantees that the integrated system delivers in core areas, including inventory management, supply chain management, customer relationship management and human capital management. 

 

3. Process Flow Design and Optimization

We collaborate with your team to create workflows for key areas, including:
  • Procure-to-Pay, focusing on streamlining procurement strategy and vendor relationships
  • Plan-to-Produce, focusing on enhancing production scheduling and resource allocation
  • Design-to-Deploy, focusing on ensuring efficient product lifecycle management and faster time-to-market
  • Inventory Management, focusing on ensuring real-time visibility and efficient stock control
  • Quality and Compliance, focusing on meeting stringent food safety and regulatory standards
Using the set objectives, the ERP team drives your business towards an improved and desired future state—and not simply automating or replicating current business practices. Adroit is a solution provider…not just a software configuration firm.

4. Implementation

During the ERP implementation, we focus on the set implementation charter, well-defined workstream and technical tracks, clear project management processes, integrated food safety, quality and compliance, clear master data standards and conversions. All these aspects help provide business performance improvements across every sector of your organization.
Our approach on implementation involves breaking down the entire project scope into small, manageable activities to increase the efficiency of the implementation team and to easily detect any issues that may occur. This approach includes:  
  • Multiple configuration passes to help transition your team from learning to building to fully understanding the new ERP system
  • Parallel activities to help coordinate master data, report and interface development, security and role design and integration design
  • Robust testing protocols to identify and address issues before go-live

5. System Integration

Our integration focuses on:
  • Single or bi-directional requirements
  • Data ownership, field mapping and translations
  • Mapping of business processes to actions that create, read, update, and delete records
  • Transaction volumes
  • Fault tolerance and rollback requirements
  • Data security
  • Response times
  • Interface monitoring and exception management
This system integration builds a connection between your new ERP software and existing software solutions. We ensure that your enterprise software needs can be met with the integration process, helping you meet your business needs.

6. Upgrades and Migrations

Over a period of time, legacy systems become outdated and are no longer able to support your evolving business requirements. Adroit can help you make sense of it all, bringing true digital transformation into every area of your company. Our ERP consulting services help evaluate various options to deal with this issue, including: 
  • Upgrading to the next on-premise version
  • Moving to a hosted version
  • Going to an online SaaS solution
We apply our implementation strategy during the ERP upgrade process focusing on areas that the legacy system cannot address. We also consider if there are any enhancements that are necessary, and we examine all internal non-standard solutions your company has been forced to adopt over the years. When upgrading, we integrate the necessary enhancements with the other must-have enhancements to provide an integrated system that can help you accomplish your business objectives. 

A Focus on Business Performance and Continuous Improvement

On each ERP implementation project, our goal is always to deliver a solution that meets both present and future business requirements. To achieve this, we:

Develop business metrics for tracking that can be used to drive continuous improvement

Provide solutions that enhance product lifecycle management and supply chain efficiency

Unlock digital transformation that helps adapt to market trends and customer needs

Why Choose Adroit for Your ERP Implementation Project?

1. Unmatched Expertise in Food and Beverage ERP Solutions

Adroit has been helping food and beverage businesses implement ERP solutions for decades. Our ERP consultants have deep knowledge of the unique challenges in the food and beverage industry—both common and those that many businesses overlook. We deliver tailored solutions that address unique needs—such as maintaining compliance and inventory management—and align with your core business objectives. To do this, we implement current industry best practices integrated with the best technology solutions.

2. Proven Methodology

From the experience gained in previous implementations, we have developed a methodology that guarantees one end result—a successful ERP implementation. The F&B industry has its own unique challenges and opportunities when compared to industries such as the financial services sector, healthcare, and industrial equipment, among others. Therefore, experienced specialization is a must. Clear project goals, risk management strategies and measurable outcomes ensure our success in the implementation process.

3. Expertise in Aptean and Microsoft Dynamics

We are not independent ERP consultants, because our core focus is on implementing only the best food and beverage industry-proven ERP solutions—Aptean food and beverage ERP systems and Microsoft Dynamics Business Central. We are partners with these two organizations. Our partnership gives us key insights into new functionalities of their ERP systems before the rest of the world gets to know about them. Our familiarity with these systems also ensures that every configuration and integration is properly done, increasing the value of your ERP investment.

4. Commitment to Business Performance Improvement

Many consultants carry out ERP implementations with the aim of reaching the go-live date. They don’t stop for a moment and think if the solution will bring better processes or not. Our ERP consultants focus on delivering business process improvements. This means understanding your current business structure, pain points, challenges and opportunities to capitalize on. Through this, the ERP system is aligned with your business objectives and is set up to address your pain points—allowing you to get the best ROI through the rigors of advanced BPI.

Take the Next Step Toward Operational Excellence

Business process transformation is a long journey that starts with having the right ERP solution that addresses your operational challenges and capitalizes on food and beverage prospects. As Aptean’s only Preferred Partner in North America, we are uniquely equipped to implement leading ERP solutions that are tailored for the food and beverage industry. Contact us today to get our experts working for you.

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