Implementing a Beverage Management System
We've been working with the brewing industry since 2003, so we know a thing or two about the best way to implement a beverage management solution!
How Node4
Implement a
Beverage ERP
We have refined and perfected our implementation strategy - a process we call 'Day in the Life'.
We start from an approach that most beverage businesses mostly use the same processes, and our Day in the Life starts with demonstrating how the customer's business might operate after implementing a Beverage ERP system, using best practices and proven business processes built within Business Central and the beverage add-on, Aptean (Formerly Drink-IT).
Using an Agile approach to implementing a Beverage ERP system, our teams will run a series of sprints, focusing on the highest priorities first to give users access to the system as soon as possible. This significantly reduces project risk by providing users with a working model of the end result.
Node4 were fundamental to our implementation programme. They were extremely patient with us and extremely knowledgeable...I would one hundred percent recommend them, they’ve been brilliant!
Implementation, Done Your Way
Implement your Beverage
ERP in small phases
Implementing a Beverage ERP system can be done in multiple ways, depending on your circumstances. With a phased approach, you can replace your existing solution in small phases.
For example, your priority may be implementing new financial features, rather than replacing your brewery management solution. Another example could be focusing on tackling property management or customer service.
The phasing of a project helps break it down into more manageable tasks, but it may sometimes require interim interfaces. If you’re currently using a Dynamics NAV solution, we can implement a 'bridge' to integrate the old and new implementations in the meantime, keeping things running smoothly.
Implement Your Beverage
ERP in One Go
As opposed to the 'phased' approach, the big bang tackles the entire implementation in one go. This approach can be effective because the business can concentrate on a single implementation, and interim interfaces to other solutions are not required.
To take a big bang approach requires more areas of the business to be involved with the project from the start, but can mean that more processes within the organisation are improved in a shorter timescale than what may be achieved when implemented in a phased approach.
Meet the Experts
James Douglas
Head of Drinks
Nigel Hyde
BC Presales Consultant
Sarah Bennett
Product Owner
Tom Bevan
Presales & Technology Director
Ready to discuss more?
Speak to our Drinks ERP specialists today