Apagen delivers all Odoo implementation companies and post-sales maintenance and help for our Odoo ERP software via our employees of full-time resources from our headquarters in Noida, India. With many years of expertise within the ERP industry, Apagen has developed a systematic, guided ERP implementation method. It is due to this process that Apagen has achieved industry-leading software-to-implementation cost ratios in comparison with other ERP software vendors, resulting in dramatic price savings and a low complete cost of possession for our customers.

As a part of Apagen’s industry-leading post sales support, Apagen clients have access to the Apagen 24x7 customer support hotline. Whenever a call is placed to Apagen, the call is answered immediately by an Odoo ERP developer with an industry-leading average tenure of over ten years. No post-sales help is outsourced to third-party corporations or sent off-shore. In addition, Apagen presents affordable post-software sale maintenance that includes all software upgrades and any newly developed Odoo ERP modules.

Manufacturers and distributors can purchase Odoo ERP across a wide range of options that include traditional acquisition of software licenses and related infrastructure, outsourcing the acquisition and management of the related infrastructure to a third-party agency via a managed infrastructure providing, or via a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, a type of IT outsourcing by which the software applications are run on infrastructure housed and managed exterior the given customer’s facility, and the applications, infrastructure, and on-going infrastructure companies are paid for on a per person, per 30 days basis. Regardless of how a corporation select to utilize Odoo ERP, Apagen can deliver the ERP implementation and customer support sources necessary for a successful go-live expertise in a timely, cost-effective method.

Now, start reaping from your investments very early with Apagen’s unique price effective and time saving strategy of Odoo implementation methodology to suit the particular needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). We have clearly defined the levels of ERP implementation and support. Each stage has a definite set of activities and deliverables that overcomes the challenges of Odoo ERP implementation:

Initiation

We build credibility and take customer’s comfort to a next level by our beautiful approach to provoke ERP implementation. This includes information switch from Pre-Sales staff regarding customer’s expectations, their ache factors, and areas of enhancement. We completely perceive our ‘Business’, as we concentrate on:

  • Implementation Services — processes, methodology and groups to be concerned
  • Setting up customer expectations for the engagement
  • Defining success standards and defining milestones and excessive level project timelines

Finalizing the Initiation Stage

By this time we’ve a transparent picture what’s to be done, when is to be done and the way is to be done, the main steps to be taken by staying within the project’s boundaries/scope. Here we put together a quick doc known as SOW that encapsulates the plan to go forward and it keeps everybody on the same page by making them learn from the page one.

Finalizing the Discovery

This stage defines the necessary activities for the whole project at a granular level. The Odoo implementation staff gathers and documents customer’s enterprise processes and their functional necessities, which is additional used as an enter for Analysis Workshop within the Design stage. Additionally, all the purchased software (as per the contractual agreement) are installed within the customer surroundings. The customer is given an summary of the Master Data system necessities which forms the bottom for all future data setup within the system.

Analysis

We consider in consistently analysing our progress with respect to customer’s map of necessities. Customer power-users are involved here to cross-check all goes properly and nothing is missed-out. Here we calculate our further moves to fulfill functional necessities by detailed and iterative analysis workshop. A gate review is conducted to make sure that deliverables are as per quality requirements.

Design

With client involvement in meetings and discussions we try to attain requirement feasibility with Apagen. The discovery stage lays basis for the progress of the design and culminates with the completion of the Solution Blueprint Document.

Development

With authorized solution blueprint, and populating the system with Customer Master Data, this stage incorporates with working the ‘Pilot Configuration’ based mostly on the actual customer scenario. The Pilot is completed and performed by the Apagen consultant based on the customers’ processes and requirements.

Deployment

The successful transition from the present legacy system to the all new Apagen, this stage marks the conclusion of the implementation project. There is more to this stage similar to, finish person training, UATs (User Acceptance Tests), actual hand-over to the employees and Post Go-Live Support. Post successful Odoo ERP implementation, Apagen waits earlier than going-live in order to tune up the performance, until any important issues are encountered & resolved. Finally, an Implementation Closure Issue List is prepared to maintain a track of all the completed tasks and excellent points. Post go-live, support is offered by the Apagen consulting staff.

Project Closure

Final invoices, classes discovered and the Project Closure Report are ready and this stage signifies the mission completion and able to be closed. Finally, a folder with all of the project deliverable paperwork with their approvals until date is prepared. These are sent to the client for review and a ultimate log off. At the top an acceptance is obtained, thus marking the top of the implementation cycle.

Author's Bio: 

Business solution-centric Odoo Consultant and IT professional with about 11+ years of experience spanning Odoo delivery, Sales, pre-sales, Odoo product development, Odoo business consulting, outsourcing & ADM services in leadership positions.

• Has headed Practices for Enterprise Solutions ( SAP, Baan & Odoo )

• Experience across domains likeSales and Marketing, Logistics, Manufacturing, Retail, Chemical, Automotive maped to Odoo

• Extensive experience in large program delivery & business process transformation consulting (Odoo Consultant) for multiple programs

• Demonstrated experience in designing new product & service offerings and executing global Go-To-Market strategies for new offerings for new market penetration

• Proven leadership skills with balanced focus on people, processes & technology

• Pioneered the use of ERP systems in various Processing Industry

• Worked as Process Heads of Marketing, Sales, Purchase, HR, ERP Project deliveries and also worked as Business Heads for many companies like IBM, JKT, Denave India, FCS and presently at Apagen