ERP support that powers growth and performance
To remain competitive and drive sustainable growth, manufacturers need the right solutions — and ERP for manufacturers is at the core.
A well-implemented ERP system streamlines operations, enhances decision-making and enables automation and innovation across your operations. It also strengthens supply chain resilience and supports scalable, profitable growth so that you can overcome tight margins and build a stronger financial foundation.
The challenge is selecting an ERP that aligns with your specific processes and business objectives.
Wipfli’s ERP for manufacturing services combines our extensive knowledge of technology and the industry to help you identify, implement and adopt the right solution for your needs.
Why Wipfli?
Wipfli brings deep experience across a wide range of manufacturing sectors, giving us a strong understanding of your operations from the shop floor to the back office. This insight allows us to recommend systems that align with how you work, support the data you need to capture and track the KPIs that drive meaningful business outcomes.
Our process-based approach takes a close look at your business and objectives so that every recommendation helps support immediate performance improvements and long-term success.
How we help you
Find the ERP that suits your objectives, resources and financial processes with Wipfli’s ERP selection services.
Our platform-agnostic services provide tailored recommendations to help you find the system that best fits your processes. Whether you need solutions for automation, improving supply chain strategy or building financial resilience, we help you choose from any ERP solution on the market.
We also support through every stage in the software selection process, including:
Requirements gathering
We bring extensive manufacturing industry and technology experience to help you answer critical questions, including:
- Which ERP provides capabilities that fit your unique processes?
- Which ERP is easy to scale as your business grows and tech stack evolves?
Vendor processes
Wipfli offers support to help you negotiate with vendors, including support for:
- Vendor RFP processes.
- Vendor presentations, including provider demo scripts and demo scorecards to help you stay focused on high-priority functionality.
- Provider due diligence.
- Contract negotiations.
- Statement of work review and execution.
Wipfli’s implementation advisory team addresses three areas critical to your ERP implementation:
- Planning and processes: Wipfli’s process-based approach means we work to deeply understand your processes, pain points and opportunities before developing a first phase implementation plan. From there, we help you develop a multi-year plan that addresses how your business can continue using your ERP in the future.
- Integration: We can help you navigate how to leverage the industry-specific data ERP can produce as well as the challenges around accessing and integrating that data. Additionally, Wipfli offers support for solutions like integration platform as a service that can help you unify data and gain a 360-degree view of your business.
- People: Wipfli recognizes that successful implementations don’t happen without people. Our change management services help minimize disruption and prepare your users for the transition so that you have a smoother implementation process. We offer support for critical areas including addressing training needs, identifying potential resistance and fostering adoption through advocacy and communication.
Project management
Implementing ERP solutions for manufacturing requires dedicated staff that can help manage the steady execution of your initiative. Wipfli provides project management support that can fill that role in your business.
Our project managers can help you:
- Ensure project tasks are completed on time.
- Provide regular communication to keep staff informed about the project.
- Determine who is responsible for ERP project work and keep individuals accountable.
- Maintain relationships with your implementation partners.
Business analyst
Our business analysts work to understand your unique needs to help ensure that your ERP is aligned with core business processes and capable of driving efficiency and clarity. With a strong understanding of manufacturing operations, they help bridge the gap between business needs and system capabilities.
Wipfli can provide ongoing support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Oracle NetSuite to help you master implementation challenges and see enhanced value from your ERP.
Our optimization support starts by assessing the current state of your ERP usage. From there, we apply a holistic approach, looking at your processes, solutions and teams to determine the factors limiting your usage.
We can help you leverage the full power of your ERP with support for:
- Extending capability after implementation.
- Implementing additional reporting and dashboards.
- Scaling solutions to match your growth or technology advancement.
- Adapting solutions to new operational models.
We can also help you address common pain points that can slow your ERP momentum, including:
- The loss of a system “champion.”
- Staff turnover.
- Loss or lack of technical resources.
- Changes in operations or business processes.
- Outdated or lacking training.
- Lack of strategy or alignment with your digital roadmap.
Solutions
While Wipfli can help you select and implement ERP solutions from any vendor, our experience with platforms like Microsoft Dynamics 365 and NetSuite helps us deliver faster deployments and long-term value.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Business Central is an all-in-one ERP solution designed to unify and streamline operations across your business. It provides real-time visibility into key functions like finance, production, inventory and customer management, enabling better decision-making and operational efficiency.
Oracle NetSuite
NetSuite provides manufacturers with a powerful platform to drive agility, scalability and operational clarity. With real-time financial and operational insights, NetSuite helps unify business functions and streamline decision-making.
Our team
Mark Stevens
Mark brings his clients the experience and skills developed through working more than 28 years in the manufacturing industry. He leads Wipfli's manufacturing and distribution consulting practice. From facility design to continuous improvement programs, Mark has guided local, national, and international manufacturing companies through all facets of business strategic planning, process improvement, operational excellence, and technology integration. He has a passion for helping manufacturers become more customer-effective and operationally efficient.
Implement the right systems for success
We helped Jones Sign select an ERP that helped them unify data and eliminate manual processes across seven facilities.
