Know where you stand before you sign.

One independent read on your operations, so the biggest system decision of your company’s life is not made for you by the people selling it.

Operations Handbook

How your business actually runs, written down in one place your team can search, instead of living in one or two heads.

ERP Readiness Assessment

Find out whether the business is ready for a new system before a software company tells you it is.

ERP Selection

Help choosing the right system, from an advisor with nothing to sell you.

ERP Proposal Review

An independent, line-by-line read of the proposal before you sign, so you know what it really commits to.

ERP Implementation Oversight

Someone on your side of the table from signing to go-live, keeping the project tied to what was agreed.

ERP Project Rescue

An independent read on what went wrong, and someone on your side of the table to fix it.

The problem

Most ERP risk is locked in before the contract is signed.

A demo looks good and the contract gets signed. Months later the team is working around the software, the reports still take days, and the budget is gone. It happens because no one wrote down how the business really runs first.

Bought on a demo

Software companies sell from their own script, not against your needs.

Priced on assumptions

The gaps in a proposal come back later as change orders.

Live, but not used

People go back to spreadsheets, and nobody trusts the numbers.

How it works

Four steps from the first question to a system that works.

Step 01

Understand the challenge

We sit down with you and your team and write down what is really slowing the business.

Step 02

Weigh the options

We lay out the realistic choices, including fixing what you already have.

Step 03

Choose the right fit

We write down what the system must do, so software companies compete on your terms.

Step 04

Oversee the implementation

Once you sign, we stay on your side and keep the project on track.

You know your business.We know systems.

We take no commissions, have no partnerships with software companies, and are paid the same whatever you choose. You pay us, and only you.

Many advisors start by changing how you run your business. We don’t. We help you choose the right system, steer you away from expensive decisions, and suggest changes that help your team get more from the system, not changes to your business.

Book a call45 minutes. No pitch.

The team

Eight independent specialists. One side of the table.

Each partner is deep in one readiness dimension and works on the client’s side, never for a software company.

Fateh AlNaeb

All 8 dimensions

Fateh AlNaeb

Founder & Principal Advisor

Deanne Kelleher

Process Clarity

Deanne Kelleher

Founder, KAOS Group

Kim Lafreniere

Data Integrity & Financial Realism

Kim Lafreniere

Founder, ProcurelyIQ

Michael Gladstone

System Debt

Michael Gladstone

Founder, PinnacleBTM

Weiwei Su

Human Readiness & Change Adoption

Weiwei Su

Founder, Hello Parts

Eric Hachmer

Commercial Readiness

Eric Hachmer

Founder, HighFive Advisory

Lenaee Dupuis

Organizational Ownership

Lenaee Dupuis

Founder, HR Made EZ

Diogo Caiafa

Leadership Alignment

Diogo Caiafa

Co-Founder, Innovate Pathways Advisors

Featured tool

Score your ERP readiness in twelve questions.

Strategy, process and data, people, technology and budget. Your score updates as you answer, and you do not need to give an email to see it.

Insights

Plain-English thinking on the decisions that matter.

Success Stories

Three Systems, No Diagnosis: An ERP Selection Story

Article

What Is ERP? A Plain-English Guide for Business Owners

Article

The truth about your ERP project is usually sitting in the documents nobody reads

Success Stories

How We Recovered a Project That Had Already Failed Three Times

Article

How to Read a Vendor Proposal Like a Buyer, Not a Prospect

Article

What Is Phase 0 and Why It Exists

Tell us what is slowing the business down.