Solutions
We do not start with a software category.We start with the management problem.
Softcrates combines business processes, systems, data and development to improve decisions affecting margin, cash, commitments, inventory, projects and operating capacity.
02Management situations
The problem appears before the software category.
Each situation may involve processes, judgment, people and more than one system.
- 01
“Revenue is growing, but profit is falling.”
- 02
“We have inventory, yet something is always missing.”
- 03
“The company buys well, yet ties up cash.”
- 04
“The project is moving forward, but its expected margin has already changed.”
- 05
“Finance finds out after the problem has already occurred.”
- 06
“We have plenty of reports and still debate which number to trust.”
03How a solution is defined
Technology comes at the end of the reasoning process.
We consider the business problem, the decision at stake, the available information, the current systems and the operating context.
- 01Problem
Which result, commitment or process has lost clarity.
- 02Required information
Which signals and relationships would make it understandable.
- 03Decision
Which alternative the organization needs to evaluate.
- 04Technology capabilities
What should be integrated, evolved, automated or built.
04Solution layers
One problem may require more than one layer.
Capabilities are combined around the decision and the existing architecture.
- 01
ERP
when the problem is in the transactional foundation.
- 02
Data & Integration
when information is fragmented.
- 03
BI & Analytics
when data exists but remains difficult to interpret.
- 04
Automation
when the process is clear but consumes repetitive work.
- 05
Specific Software
when operations require something the standard system cannot represent.
- 06
ENI
when the objective is to connect context, anticipation and decisions.
05Management Systems · ERP
Management needs a reliable transactional foundation.
A sound enterprise system must represent how the company operates, preserve consistent rules and make everything it sells, buys, delivers, collects, pays and commits traceable.
OperationsSales · Procurement · Inventory · Projects · Service
RelationshipsCustomers · Suppliers · Commitments · Availability
ControlTreasury · Accounting · Tax · Results
06Data + Business Intelligence
Data creates value when it delivers Management Visibility.
We integrate information from different sources and build shared definitions so activity, variances and results can be read in context.
Focused attention.
07Automation + Integration
Less manual work. More continuity and traceability.
We automate once the process and its exceptions are understood. We integrate when disconnection forces teams to re-enter, reconcile or reconstruct information.
IN DEVELOPMENT · SOFTCRATES ENI
08Enterprise Intelligence
ERP records what happened.ENI is being designed to help understand what it means.
It should help detect, contextualize, prioritize and reason over prepared business information. Softcrates ENI is the evolution in development that connects that ambition with the transactional foundation, data, semantics and forecasting.
Explore Softcrates ENI09The starting point
The best starting point is not choosing a solution.
It is clarifying which decision needs a stronger foundation.
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