Service
ERP Development & Implementation
Implementing, extending or building the system of record that ties finance, inventory, purchasing and operations together.
What this service is
ERP software is the single system of record for a business's core transactions — orders, inventory, purchasing, finance — so that every department reads the same numbers. There are three distinct routes: implement an existing ERP, customise one you already run, or build a custom ERP. They differ enormously in cost and risk, and choosing between them is the first thing discovery settles.
The problem
What usually brings people here
Stock figures nobody trusts
Sales, the warehouse and finance each hold a different number, so everyone keeps a private spreadsheet as insurance.
Month-end takes a week
Closing the books means reconciling exports by hand because the systems were never connected.
A stalled implementation
An ERP was bought and partly rolled out, and the business is now running two systems in parallel with neither complete.
Outgrown the accounting package
The tool that worked at ten people cannot handle multi-location stock, approvals or the reporting the business now needs.
Capabilities
What we do
- ERP selection and fit assessment
- Implementation and configuration
- Customisation and module development
- Custom ERP development where no package fits
- Rescue of stalled or partial implementations
- Data migration and cleansing
- Integration with e-commerce, accounting and logistics systems
- Reporting, dashboards and user training
Use cases
Typical engagements
Distribution and wholesale
Multi-location inventory, purchasing, pricing tiers and order fulfilment under one system of record.
Light manufacturing
Bills of material, production orders and consumption tracked against the same stock and costing data finance reports on.
Multi-entity groups
Several legal entities or locations needing both separation and consolidated reporting.
Delivery
How the work runs
- 01
Discovery & requirements
We map how the work actually flows today — the systems, the spreadsheets, the manual handoffs — and agree what success looks like in measurable terms.
- 02
Solution architecture
Data model, service boundaries, integration points and hosting. You get the shape of the system before anyone writes production code.
- 03
UX & technical design
Screens and flows for the people who will use it daily, reviewed against the architecture so the design is buildable as drawn.
- 04
Development & integration
Built in increments you can see and use. Integrations are wired early, because that is where most projects actually go wrong.
- 05
Testing & quality assurance
Automated tests around the logic that matters, plus migration rehearsals against real data shapes before anything goes near production.
- 06
Deployment & onboarding
Release pipeline, environment configuration, data migration and training for the teams who have to live with the system.
- 07
Support & continuous improvement
Monitoring, fixes and the next increment. Software that is used changes; the engagement allows for that.
Technology
What we build with
Backend & APIs
- Java 21
- Spring Boot 3
- Spring Cloud Gateway
- Spring Security
- Python
- REST & webhook APIs
Frontend
- React 19
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Vite
- Tailwind CSS
Data
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- Flyway
- JPA
- Database-per-service
Messaging & storage
- Kafka / Redpanda
- Event streaming
- MinIO & object storage
- Dead-letter queues
Cloud & DevOps
- Azure
- Docker & Compose
- Kubernetes manifests
- GitHub Actions CI
- Static & container hosting
AI & automation
- LLM integration
- Retrieval over business data
- Document extraction
- Workflow orchestration
- Local & cloud inference
Before you commit
What to weigh up
ERP projects fail on data quality and change management far more often than on software. Budget real time for cleansing the data you intend to migrate and for training the people who will use the system daily. Customise deliberately: every modification is something you maintain at every future upgrade.
Questions
Frequently asked
- Should we buy an ERP or build one?
- Buy when your processes are close to industry-standard — you get years of accumulated functionality for a fraction of the cost of building it. Build when the process is genuinely unusual or is itself the competitive advantage. Most businesses are better served buying and extending at the edges, and discovery is where that is decided on evidence.
- What does ERP implementation involve?
- Process mapping, configuration against those processes, data migration, integration with surrounding systems, user acceptance testing, training, and a supported go-live with a hypercare period afterwards.
- Can you fix an implementation that stalled?
- Often, yes. We assess what is configured, what is salvageable and what is costing more to keep than to redo, then give you a plan with the honest option included — even when that is to stop.
- How long does it take?
- A focused core go-live is typically weeks. Multi-entity rollouts, heavy customisation and poor legacy data are the three things that reliably extend it.
- Will it integrate with our e-commerce and accounting systems?
- That is normally the point. Integration is designed in from the start rather than bolted on, because retrofitting it is where these projects tend to come apart.
Related
You may also need
Custom Software Development
Software built around how your business actually works, rather than bending the business to fit a package.
API & System Integration
Connecting the systems you already run so data moves between them reliably instead of by spreadsheet.
Legacy Modernisation
Moving ageing applications onto a maintainable stack without stopping the business that depends on them.
Talk to us about ERP Development
Tell us what you want to build, automate or improve, and we'll help you identify the right technical approach.