Bonna Sabla

How Netsystem supported Bonna Sabla in its ERP change project.

Context and objectives

Bonna Sabla was sold to an investment fund. Following the carve out, the company initially kept the ERP it had inherited from its parent company, but it was necessary to change this ERP for a model better suited to the company’s businesses and processes.

Given the complexity of the operation, Bonna Sabla wanted Netsystem to help it select an ERP and manage the transition.

Business challenge

ERP is at the heart of business processes.
Stock, orders, manufacturing, invoicing, deliveries… virtually everything passes through the ERP at some point. It’s a major tool.

When you have to change your ERP, the challenge lies at 2 levels:

Firstly, to select a solution, you need to take a close look at the company’s processes to understand how employees work and what the interactions are between the various business lines, both internal and external. Then you need to find a solution that best matches the company’s way of working, or support the company in modifying its processes so that they can be integrated into the new solution.
On the other hand, as the ERP is the lifeblood of the company, the switchover must not generate any business disruption. Data preparation, migration and employee support (training, etc.) are therefore key success factors for this type of project.

Response and method

Setting up working groups
Drafting of specifications
Selection of the solution
Steering and monitoring
Change management (key users, training programme, etc.)
Data migration

Key success factors

Support from Netsystem experts, both at a technical level (for process analysis, choice of solution, monitoring, integration of the new ERP into the existing IT architecture, preparation and migration of data) and at a human level (change management, support for employees in learning how to use the tool, setting up training courses, etc.).

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