Testimonial from Marie Gonton, CFO at the Inatis Group
Founded in 2003, the Inatis Group, which specializes in engineering and consulting, comprises six companies and currently employs 130 people.
With revenue of 11 million euros in 2016, the group began its digital transformation by adopting VSActivity, a multi-company, multi-country industry-specific ERP system, in order to streamline its internal processes.
The Need for a Centralized and Tailored Solution
Before adopting VSActivity, the Inatis Group relied primarily on Word and Excel files to manage its operations. However, this approach quickly revealed its limitations:
“The files were getting bigger and bigger, it was impossible to easily extract data, and employees were wasting a tremendous amount of time,” explains Marie Gonton, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Inatis Group.
In light of these constraints, the group decided to consult with five ERP vendors before selecting vsa.
To ensure an objective and appropriate selection, the Inatis Group has adopted a participatory approach by involving department heads in the selection process.
“We asked each department head to vote for the ERP system of their choice, without disclosing pricing information so as not to influence them. “The VSActivity ERP was chosen forits user-friendly interface, ease of implementation, and the fact that it is an industry-specific, multi-company, and multi-country ERP,” explains Marie Gonton.
The unique nature of vsa, which was designed for service companies, played a key role in this decision.
Widespread and cross-functional adoption
As soon as it was implemented, VSActivity was widely adopted by all departments within the Inatis Group:
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The sales representatives have switched from their old CRM system to the one integrated into vsa, which they consider more relevant and better suited to their needs.
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Consultants use it for activity reports (CRA), expense reports, and reporting absences.
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The HR department manages leave and contract processing through the ERP system.
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Administrative departments benefit from faster and more reliable billing.
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Managers monitor business operations and performance in real time.
Marie Gonton points out:
“Each department head is responsible for training their teams directly, which is fairly easy because the solution is intuitive. Managing change isn’t always easy in every department, but the teams are thrilled with VSActivity.”
Measurable and sustainable benefits
Since implementing VSActivity, the results have been quickly evident. Centralizing data has improved access to information and increased efficiency in day-to-day management.
“We see many benefits to using VSA, including easy access to information and faster, more reliable invoice management. The cross-company features are a real asset for our group,” concludes Marie Gonton.
This digital transformation has enabled the Inatis Group to streamline its processes, improve communication between departments, and focus more on its strategic development.
VSActivity has established itself as a driver of growth and sustainable performance.
You, too, can use VSActivity in your engineering consulting firm
Do you also represent an engineering consulting firm? Like Inatis Group, you can grow your business by relying on a robust ERP system like VSActivity:
- Manage your teams’activities: manage assignment orders, track time and submit activity reports, and schedule consultants by project.
- Streamline sales management: centralize leads and customers in a CRM, track sales pipelines, manage deals, and use electronic signatures
- Easily manage your human resources and recruitment: centralized candidate database, mass posting of job openings, company portal, payroll processing, absence management, and expense report processing
- Rely on real-time financial control and reporting: automated billing and collections, centralized procurement management, financial management, and budget tracking
Like Inatis Group, your company can leverage the potential offered by VSA to digitize your business processes.
Schedule a demo with one of our consultants and discover how VSActivity can transform the way you manage your consulting firm.
