Customer Case Studies

Evaluation & Selection of right ERP Vendor for the Construction Company, Coimbatore India

About Customer

The customer is in the construction field for more than two decades in Tamilnadu and is starting a new business venture in Coimbatore (India) for building Residential Apartments. The customer wants to have an ERP in place from the start of the business to integrate all its operations.

Business Situation

The customer has aggressive growth plans and wants to have an ERP in place from the beginning of their new business. This would ensure that all their employees follow the industry best practices from the start of the business. The company has documented all their key business requirements before starting the ERP Vendor evaluation. The customer engaged VELCOM to assist them in evaluating & selecting the right ERP Vendor for their business.

Solution

VELCOM team studied their business requirements and helped the customer finalize the key project goals & budget for the project. Budget includes the Total Cost of Ownership in terms of Software, Services & Infrastructure requirements for the ERP Project. VELCOM then shortlisted & evaluated various vendors including SAP among others. VELCOM then submitted a detailed evaluation report based on which the customer decided on the right Vendor & Solution. VELCOM guided the customer in putting the right ERP Project Contract to ensure that the Project Scope, Deliverables, Timelines, Software / Hardware / Infrastructure requirements & Commercials are in place.VELCOM also helped the customer to structure their ERP project team and conducted the ERP Orientation Workshop for the ERP Project team of the customer.

Key Benefits

VELCOM assisted the customer on the following:

• Overall Budget (Total Cost of Ownership) plan to realize complete benefits of their ERP investments
• Organization Resource Planning to manage the ERP Project
• Implementation Partner Evaluation Criteria to ensure selection of right partner for ERP Project Success
• ERP Project Contract Management to ensure that the Project Scope, Deliverables, Timelines, Software / Hardware / Infrastructure requirements & Commercials are in place.

"VELCOM helped us to plan the Goals & Total Cost of Ownership for our ERP Project. They evaluated various solutions including SAP there by helping us decide on the right ERP Solution. They are now assisting us in identifying the right CRM solution & other industry specific add-on's for our construction business” - Partner, Construction Company, Coimbatore, India.