Decommissioned three legacy ERPs, with increased process automation

One of Australia’s largest outsourced marketing manufacturers were rationalising their legacy ERP environment.  They had introduced an off-the-shelf ERP for as their Configuration, Pricing and Quoting (CPQ) solution.  However, this ERP could not handle the distinctive manufacturing (job) process of the organisation, and the underlying data reconciliation required for final invoicing.

The customer had gone down the path of custom build for the job processing.  However, when they realised the complexity of the integrations, and the > 10,000 hours of work effort to compete this task, this option was no longer tenable. Clear Dynamics were engaged to provide an application solution that would augment NetSuite and as a result deliver an end-to-end outcome for the customer.

Using our aieos platform, CD were engaged to deliver three outcomes:

1. Using our platform’s meta-data layer, design and configure the underlying data model to facilitate a full end-to-end reconciliation of a job, from order to invoice
2. Using the platform’s integration layer, configure the necessary integrations between the incoming CPQ solution, existing planning software, > 500 custom customer applications, and external 3PL.  
3. Using the platform’s workflow configurator, design and configure the job manufacturing process, with a GUI for factory floor staff to manage their allocated tasks.

1. Headcount reduction for immediate cost savings and improved margins for future growth – facilitating the decommissioning of three legacy ERPs, with increased automation of the end-to-end process.
2. Revenue quality and optimisation – enabling end-to-end reconciliation of a quote to the delivered job, for accurate and traceable invoicing.
3. Job costing and margin optimisation – purpose-fit functionality for tracking staff time and utilisation by task, for each stage of the manufacturing process.  
4. Reducing Total Cost of Ownership – a full managed service packaged within the licence fee at the margin of the cost of what it would take to maintain internally.