15 JAN, 2026 · services group
Replacing a closed-licence ERP with a company-owned enterprise management system
Instead of an off-the-shelf ERP tied to an external developer, an enterprise management platform owned by the client as intellectual property and ready for AI integration: reproducing current operations, data migration, then phased expansion.
- intellectual property owned by the client
- 100%
- phased rollout (analysis → MVP → production)
- 3
- automatable process areas mapped
- 7
Data sovereignty instead of vendor lock-in
The group ran on an ERP taken over from another company. It did not own the source code, and every change depended on a single external party. After an earlier failed system rollout, data sovereignty and ending this dependency became the main decision criteria, ahead of the technical solution itself.
Technical implementation and business impact
Functional reproduction without source code
Since the existing system's source code is not accessible, the replacement starts with functional mapping. We capture the screens, business logic, data model and user workflows, and the new system is built from these with AI-assisted development. Data migration happens in controlled, validated steps.
Phased, risk-managed rollout
Phase one is a full functional audit and system design. Phase two is an MVP with the most critical functions, running in parallel with the old system. Phase three is the full production cutover. The business never stops for a single day.
Measurable business impact and ROI
The preliminary process audit identified automation opportunities in seven areas: partner management, subcontractor requests for quote, quote preparation, and fleet, warehouse, access control and working-time records. These can be switched on as modules on the company's own platform, with no external licence fees or developer dependency.
A platform, not a project
The new system has an open, documented architecture, and the source code belongs to the client. It is ready for mobile and PWA access. The goal is not to swap one ERP for another but to lay an enterprise management foundation that the coming years' AI development can build on.