Why Auguria Offers Consulting on Top of Being an Odoo Integrator

The consulting offer is a crucial complement to Auguria's Odoo integration offer.

Why a complementary consulting offer

1. Complexity of ERP projects: ERP projects often touch several aspects of the business, whether accounting, human resources, production or CRM, to name just a few. These projects can be complex and frequently involve major changes in the way the company operates.
2. Adapting to company culture: Every company has its own culture, processes and needs. Good consulting will help:
3. 1. The client to review its processes so as to stay as close as possible to Odoo standards. Often, a company's processes are shaped by past tools and are not necessarily suitable. Integrating a new management tool means reviewing processes.
   2. To adapt the ERP solution to the company's specificities when the standard is not enough.
4. Process optimization: Even before implementing an ERP, it is often necessary to review and optimize business processes. A consultant can provide recommendations on how to improve these processes so they are more efficient once integrated into the ERP. And they can take the selected tool into account in their process approach.
5. Training and change management: Adopting an integrated management solution often requires in-depth user training and change management. Consulting can help ease this transition, making sure users are well prepared and comfortable with the new system.
6. Avoiding common pitfalls: Experienced consultants have seen many ERP projects and can help avoid common mistakes that can be costly in time and money.
7. Relationship of trust: A consulting relationship builds a foundation of trust between the integrator and the client. It also brings a lot of value to the client. It can ease communication and problem solving and lead to a long-term partnership.
8. Return on investment: A successful implementation, optimized for the company, can speed up the return on investment (ROI) of the ERP rollout.

Our team members have skills in the following industries:

• Service companies (IT or other)
• Trading
• Retail
• Manufacturing
• etc.

While an integrator can technically install and configure Odoo, the client needs a solid consulting component to get the most out of their investment.
The consulting offer provided by Auguria ensures that the solution is not only technically sound, but also adapted to the company's unique needs, optimized for its processes and successfully adopted by its users.

The added value of a consulting offer combined with the integration service

Very often, we hear "you can't be both judge and party". This means that it is not possible to advise a company when you are an integrator, because the integrator cannot be objective..

Consultants often work in several phases:

1. Project scoping and company needs:
   • Analysis of the company's business and functional needs. And the consultant must take an interest in the company's business. All too often, they list but do not understand.
   • Identification of the weaknesses and gaps of the existing system.
   • Definition of the project objectives and the expected benefits of the new ERP solution.
2. Market study and shortlisting :
   • Market watch on the available ERPs.
   • Identification and shortlisting of a few ERP solutions based on criteria such as company size, industry, features, cost, etc.
3. Call for tenders and demonstrations:
   • Writing of a detailed requirements specification. This is usually accompanied by an Excel file of a few hundred lines meant to list all the requirements.
   • Inviting the shortlisted vendors to respond to the call for tenders.
   • Organizing demonstrations to assess the relevance and fit of the proposed solutions to the company's needs.
4. Evaluation and selection:
   • Evaluating the offers against predefined criteria such as total cost of ownership, compatibility with business processes, ease of use, references, etc.
   • Taking references.
   • Choosing the most suitable ERP solution.
5. Implementation planning:
   • Drawing up a detailed implementation plan.
   • Identifying the resources needed (internal and external).
   • Establishing an implementation schedule, including key milestones.

Most often, the assignment stops there. Moreover:

• The first 2 steps are long and costly for the company and the providers. You drown in detail instead of seeing the big picture.
• This does not guarantee the choice of a good tool. The low success rate of ERP projects bears this out.
• There are no bugs in consulting. If the consultant got the guidance wrong, it is always the integrator who will be held responsible.

We are fortunate to offer an ERP that meets the needs of a majority of companies. Our challenge is to support the client in optimizing their processes while taking Odoo's strengths into account.

With our methodology, at the end of the initialization phase we have a genuine MVP that gives the client an operational solution with an ROI analysis, a list of items to be done with their priority, etc.

All this for a budget lower than a complex, long and costly selection process.