![concentric concentric logo](https://gradienttransforming.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/concentric.png)
System Selection Support
The Client
Concentric AB has a long history of providing innovative solutions for oil pumps, water pumps, fuel pumps and hydraulic systems to its customers around the world. Today Concentric has analyst projected sales revenues for 2022 of £320m and over ~1300 employees in 10 manufacturing facilities across its engines and hydraulic divisions, predominantly in the USA, UK, Germany, India and China. Although Concentric AB is a Swedish registered group of companies, its group headquarters are in Redditch, UK.
The Problem
Concentric wanted to confirm how the global business could operate more efficiently and effectively should it decide to replace over 8 different ERP systems with a single and modern cloud-based ERP system.
Several ‘heritage systems’ were heading for sunsetting by the vendors and that too influenced the timing, potential choice and prioritising of any roll-out of an ERP across the group.
The Solution
We selected Gradient to help us with that journey because their team demonstrated a wide range of experience and knowledge that we believed we needed to make the right decision for the business and its shareholders.
In addition to a ‘group’ strategy review, Gradient conducted 6 site visits in the UK, USA, Germany and India to discover and confirm the as-is and potential to-be processes. From this, a gaps and opportunities analysis was produced to aid the senior management team in deciding on the next steps based on budgets and an outline ROI.
Following a review of the findings and understanding the critical success factors for the project, Gradient produced a Statement of Requirements that reflected the transformation path that the project team would follow.
What the Client Says
“We highly recommend Gradient for any company that needs help figuring out how they might transform their business through the selection of an ERP system.”