Clarity before transformation
Understand ERP and CRM before you commit.
Independent orientation and business-side advice to help you ask better questions, compare options and prepare for change.
“What will this mean for our business?”
A modern interface can make a complex system look straightforward. Guided demonstrations using SAP S/4HANA and Salesforce provide concrete examples of integrated business processes and CRM working practices. Product coverage and scenarios are agreed in advance.
We explore what must be true beneath the screen: reliable data, process ownership, permissions, integration, exception handling and people who can operate and maintain the system.
The orientation illustrates principles. Detailed product suitability is tested separately against your requirements with the relevant suppliers.
A useful starting engagement.
Understand your questions
A short discovery discussion establishes your context and the processes worth exploring.
See and question
Walk through agreed scenarios and discuss costs, dependencies, controls and what happens when things go wrong.
Take away clarity
A written summary of key considerations, unanswered questions and scenarios to put to prospective suppliers.
Support beyond the demonstration.
Requirements discovery, supplier briefing, demonstration evaluation and implementation reviews help connect the business need with the proposed solution. Cost discussions consider implementation, migration, training, support, extensions and internal effort alongside subscriptions.
Explore readiness for change →Manufacturing systems need to work together.
Manufacturing execution systems (MES), production planning, scheduling and capacity tools connect plans with what happens on the shop floor. Their fit depends on your processes, engineering information and the quality of the information moving between systems.
Datum can help establish requirements, assess options and plan connections between engineering, ERP, production execution and reporting. The starting point is the operational need and its place in your business strategy.
Find and engage suitable suppliers.
We can help research the market, develop a shortlist and prepare a clear brief. Agreed demonstration scenarios and evaluation criteria give you a basis for comparing proposals, costs, assumptions and business fit.
Once you choose a supplier, we can help clarify scope, responsibilities, deliverables and working arrangements, then support the relationship through delivery.
Get in touch
What’s getting in the way?
Start with an informal, no-obligation conversation. You don’t need a finished brief. Tell me what is happening in your business and we can discuss a useful starting point.