In the metal industry, efficiency is the key to competitiveness. Delivery times must be met, materials must be in the right place at the right time, and production workloads must be kept under control. At the same time, customers expect increasingly shorter delivery times and more accurate visibility into the progress of their orders. However, in many companies, information is still scattered across multiple systems, Excel spreadsheets, and paper work orders, causing extra wo

An ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system is the core of a company's operations management. It brings together sales, purchasing, inventory, production, financial management, projects, and reporting - all the data and logic that a company relies on to operate and grow. Almost every ERP vendor lists the same modules on their website: Sales and purchase orders Invoicing and financial management Inventory management Production control Project management Reporting and analytic

The fundamental problem with purchasing an enterprise resource planning system is that the detailed specification is also an agreement on what kind of system will be obtained for the agreed amount of money. A normal system project begins with a definition by the company. After this, the company conducts a tender and selects a system supplier. The company makes a detailed specification with the selected supplier, agreeing on what kind of system will be delivered. Already at th