ERP News

As another busy year draws to a close, it’s time for us to thank the many individuals and organisations who have helped us to enjoy another successful twelve months.

A huge ‘thank you’ goes to our fantastic clients. In 2010 you gave us a chance to prove ourselves, and in 2011 you’ve allowed us to consolidate our position as a leading supplier of IFS and Lawson consultants across Europe.

You’ve also given us opportunities to establish ourselves in other areas of expertise, such as OpenText (formerly StreamServe), IBM Cognos, Infor and Oracle Hyperion. We’ve had well over 150 new client engagements this year, many lasting several months. That’s on top of the many 2010 engagements which were extended.

Read the rest of this page »

Anthesis has helped a leading industrial services company to secure the services of an experienced IFS consultant to help with a major ERP implementation.

The client knew they needed help with configuration and training in a number of areas in IFS. In particular, support was required in setting up and using project management and contract management functionality.

With sites across the UK, nearly 900 staff and a very wide range of industrial service contracts, accurate and timely contract management was mission critical for the firm. That’s why they came to Anthesis for help, because they wanted support from an IFS expert.

The consultant supplied by Anthesis literally knew IFS inside out, having been part of the team that wrote the software. Her deep understanding of how the product works is helping the client to maximise the benefit from their ERP investment.

Tom Constantine, head of the Anthesis IFS practice, said: “Initially the client struggled to find someone of the right calibre for the right price. By coming to Anthesis, they’ve achieved the best of both worlds – we have supplied an experienced IFS consultant in a way that’s extremely cost-effective for them.”

Over the last three years, Anthesis has built a strong network of ERP professionals across Europe. They have access to some of the top European consultants in a variety of systems including Lawson M3, IFS and OpenText (formerly StreamServe).

When a major corporation migrates from one ERP system to another, it can’t afford to drop its capability to produce high quality reports during the process.

As they initiated a switch from a legacy Movex system to SAP, a major optical manufacturing business called on Anthesis to provide an OpenText (formerly StreamServe) reporting expert.

The StreamServe document automation system had been operating with Movex for some time and the client wanted the functionality replicated in the new SAP system. The switch needed to be seamless, to ensure an uninterrupted flow of high quality documentation both internally and externally.

Read the rest of this page »

Clients continue to seek help from Anthesis on an increasing variety of ERP and data management systems. One of the more recent requests was for the supply of an Oracle Essbase specialist.

This was an extremely time sensitive project, being part of the preparation for the London Olympics. The client was seeking an Essbase expert for a scoping exercise, in anticipation of a larger project.

They came to Anthesis because they knew the firm had an extremely strong network of BI consultants, in both the UK and mainland Europe. Very soon, they had someone with the appropriate skills in Essbase, on site, working with their team to scope hardware and other resourcing requirements.

Oracle Essbase, previously Hyperion Essbase, is a multidimensional database platform, an online analytical processing (OLAP) solution. It is widely used in conjunction with ERP systems to power enterprise performance management applications.

Read the rest of this page »