Auckland, New Zealand
Ostendo ERP for New Zealand manufacturers, distributors and service businesses.
Kevin Long has spent 20 years putting these systems into businesses like yours. He does the scoping, the setup and the training himself, and he's the one you ring afterwards.
Where this usually starts
The stock figure on the screen and the stock on the shelf stopped agreeing a long time ago, and everyone's learned to work around the gap. The workaround holds right up until someone quotes off the system.
You find out what a job made once the job is finished, invoiced and gone, and by then the figure is history. A job that quietly loses money looks exactly like a job that makes money, right up to the end.
Month end takes two days of exports and spreadsheets to reach a number that's already stale. Your accounting system keeps the ledger and keeps it well. Running the operation was never part of the job.
Who you would be working with
Kevin Long
20 years putting business systems into New Zealand companies, across Greentree, Sybiz, MYOB EXO, Sage, QlikView, Xero, MYOB and MoneyWorks. He recommends Ostendo having watched the alternatives run in real businesses.
On most ERP projects the people who scope the work hand it to the people who build it, and by year two you're explaining your business to a stranger. With Javelin it's Kevin from start to finish. He scopes the job, sets it up, trains your team, and takes the call two years later when you want something changed.
What the engagement covers
Implement it
We map how your business actually runs, then configure Ostendo around it. Your data comes across, your ledger stays put, and you go live on a date agreed in advance.
Teach your people to use it
Training runs by role, on your data, covering the work each person actually does. The aim is a team that can answer its own questions once the project's finished.
Keep it working
New product lines, new processes, a report someone needs by Friday. The consultant who built your configuration makes the change, without rediscovering your business first.
Where Ostendo fits
Manufacturing
Bills of materials, work orders and the real cost of a production run, including the labour.
Wholesale and distribution
Stock across locations, purchasing that keeps up with demand, margin visible per line.
Job costing
Hours, parts and subcontractor charges landed against the job while the job's still open.
Service and maintenance
Scheduling, assets in the field, and service history that stays with the equipment.
Retail
Point of sale sharing one stock file with the rest of the business.