Successful installation and subsequent use of an ERP system often require a consulting establishment survey. The survey includes analysis of company business processes, document flow procedures, and external contractor relations’ principles. Special attention is paid to studying of business subdivision functions and decision making technologies, along with valuation of information traffic and reporting terms and procedures.

Another essential function of the survey is analysis of computer and data processing equipment pools and the composition of existing software. In should be noted that installation of the system does not require complete replacement of all the software installed at the enterprise. Everything that is valuable and relevant, is determined in the course of survey and taken into account within the management automation project, allowing to find ways of integration of all the software required by the enterprise into a unified integrated information system of the enterprise.

Upon completion of the survey, recommendations for management system optimization by means of Galaktika solutions are developed, proposals are prepared regarding the technology of interaction between geographically remote subdivisions of the enterprise (if required).

Based upon the results obtained under the survey, a project for company management automation is developed. The project includes a detailed description of the current company management system and its IT pool, and offers a recommended variant of deployment of Galaktika solutions within the enterprise. The project also determines stages of installation works, targets and planned results of each stage, and mutual responsibilities of the parties. The project requires approval of the customer, and after that it becomes an action guide for the customer and the contractor.

The whole set of works related to company survey and integrated automation project development takes 1 to 3 months (depending upon the degree of complexity of business and financial activities of the automation object. The survey of a medium-scale business usually involves 2 to 4 specialists of Galaktika corporation and its partner companies.