Overview

At Benma, we link business objectives with information technology deployment. Benma focuses first on the business; then we recommend technology investments to best support business results.

We differentiate ourselves by our compound expertise on both business practice and information technologies. These unique combinations enable us to get the business results for you more quickly than any of our competitors.

The consulting team in Benma Company provide a wide range of industrial consulting services from business requirement analysis, application package selection, implementation and optimization.

Make no mistake. Although our business software solutions (ezMFG, ezScheduler, ezEstimator etc) are very flexible and easy to customize, we recommend our software solutions to our clients only when we think they are the best fits compared to other available packages.

Selection

Benma Consultants’ collaborative, practical and proven ERP selection process helps you focus on your business objectives at every stage.

Objective Approach – Benma’s software selection process focuses on the success of your business. With our unique methodologies, we take the emotions out of the process helping to assure that the best software package for your business wins, not just the best salesperson.

Implementation Focused - Achieving the business objectives of your business solution project requires beginning with the end in mind. This means addressing many critical business decisions and directions in the early stage of the software selection process. At Benma, we think that the path to successful implementation of a business solution does not begin when you choose the package provider; It begins now.

Efficient – At Benma, we work with you to define your critical and unique system requirements, the relevant few, versus spending undue time on the trivial many requirements addressed by typical selection projects.

Take the Best – At Benma, we don’t just recommend our software solutions to you. We recommend the solutions that will best meet your specific needs within your budget.

Implementation

Benma implementation approach helps you deliver on your business objectives - and your project schedule and budget commitments.

Always Focusing on Your Business - A successful software implementation project will focus on and deliver against your business objectives. Benma’s approach to implementation keeps the focus where it belongs - on your business and what it needs.

Implementation - Not Installation – Deploying of a business software solution is not simply a software installation. Our implementation approach is designed to see that the software package works in your business environment, bringing results you have desired for.

Disciplined Execution – Benma will work with you to establish a disciplined project management environment - project plans, issue tracking, timelines, budgets - to keep you on track and avoid surprises.

Implementation Preparation - This phase lays the groundwork for your implementation project, creating the initial project plan that defines roles, tasks, timelines, costs, quality, communication training, as well as risk control.

Business Definition - What are your aspirations for your business once your new system is operational? During business definition, Benma will assist you with the task of defining, at a detailed level, how you will do business following your software implementation. This process is at the heart of successful implementation. This is where we begin to translate your business process vision into reality.

Conference Room Pilot - You have now defined how you want your business to operate. Now is the time to put your new software package to the test. Benma will work with you define the customization plan so as to satisfy your needs. Next, your core team, following "basic training" on the new package, will begin working through your business process scripts to validate those scripts and the package configuration. In the end, after several iterations, you will complete the conference room pilot run with a clear picture of how your business will interact with your new system - along with a list of inquiries, reports and customizations required to make the transition go smoothly.

Customization and Reporting - Every software package implementation has some level of customization or custom reporting. By defining your business processes up front and completing a conference room pilot, you know have a clear sense of critical customizations as well as your reporting requirements. Benma will work with you to manage customizations in a way to minimize medication of your core software.

Data Conversion, Design and Testing - Most companies want their legacy data merged into the new business systems. Whether that data is historical of current, Benma, together with package vendor if such package is from other party, create the needed data maps and procedures that will safeguard your past investment in critical business information.

Final Cutover Planning - Working together, our goal will be a cutover that is a "non-event." Benma will work with you to review all cutover details: infrastructure, final testing, data conversion, etc. to assure you, your employees, your customers and your suppliers barely notice any thing negative.

Cutover to the New System - Even with the best planning, there are often unseen problems that arise when the entire system is cutover and placed into production. Benma will be there, at your side, as you startup on your new system. We started with the end in mind - and we support you through the entire journey.

Optimization

Is your ERP system a source of pain instead of a source of competitive advantage? We can help.

Business Focused - You have limited dollars to spend improving your systems. We help you focus your efforts on the area that will deliver the greatest business benefit.

Results Oriented - From day one, Benma will work with you toward implementation of improvements, not studying them.

Fast - Together, we’ll find the "quick-hits" - and help you get it - fast.

Situation Assessment - Benma will work with you to review your overall business objectives and the status of your business software solution implementation. This review will bring to light both process and system problems, as well as lost opportunities. These observations will be consolidated into logical opportunity groups - some of which will be acted on immediately.

Action Planning - In any improvement program, you will benefit from attacking the high benefit, low cost opportunities first. Benma will facilitate a process to prioritize and establish implementation plans - always focused on getting you the biggest bang for the buck.