January 2025
Testimonial from Benoît Barbier, Application Manager at Efor Group.
Founded in 2013 in Lyon, Efor Group is a consulting firm specializing in the life sciences.
The company has more than 2,500 employees spread across various locations in France, Switzerland, Belgium, and the United States. Over the past 10 years, the group has established itself as one of the European leaders in its market and aims to become a global leader by 2028.
The decision to choose VSA was made primarily to optimize processes
When vsa was implemented, the goal was to streamline billing processes and HR management to save the teams time.
For Efor Group, one of the strengths of the vsa ERP system is that it combines business management features to oversee all operational aspects of contracts and assignments—such as the activity report (CRA), time tracking, and invoicing—with HRIS features.
In fact, in VSActivity, it is possible to manage—within a single process—both the assignment orders linked to projects and contracts signed with clients, and the HR documents associated with these assignments—such as consultant contracts.
A multi-company environment perfectly tailored to Efor Group’s needs
With a single platform that centralizes all data, teams can access all of the group’s business matters across its various business units. Managers and HR can thus access the profiles of all employees across different legal entities.
For a company like Efor Group, this was a very important factor in choosing an ERP solution. With 20 legal entities and 2,500 employees, it was essential to streamline and simplify the management of all the companies.
Veryswing, an essential partner in the internationalization of business operations
According to Benoît Barbier, the Veryswing team is very approachable. Thanks to this close relationship, it’s very easy to interact with both the support team and the consulting team, which regularly provides additional information.
Effor Group aims to expand internationally with the goal of reaching 5,000 employees in various regions around the world within the next few years.
VSA is an indispensable tool for supporting the group as it accelerates its international expansion.
Benoît Barbier recommends vsa to all companies that operate in the consulting industry or manage personnel services. The major advantage of vsa for these companies is that it combines operational assignment management and HR management within a single ERP system.
(Interview recorded in November 2024 during the VS Club 2024)
The opinion of Anthony Mathon, a mechanical engineering consultant at Efor Group
I’ve been using VSA for several years now, and the software has continued to improve. It saves me a considerable amount of time when it comes to searching for and signing documents, logging hours worked, submitting time-off requests, and filing expense reports… VSActivity is easy to use and very intuitive. This software simplifies all the tasks I need to complete for my company. It offers a comprehensive set of features and a user-friendly interface.
VSActivity saves a tremendous amount of time on administrative tasks, and information no longer gets lost. My favorite features are digital activity report entry, access to administrative documents, online leave requests, expense report management, and the PPE request feature.
Choose VSActivity to simplify multi-entity management for your consulting firm
Do you also operate in a multi-company environment? Choose VSActivity, the ERP system designed for consulting firms and tailored to multi-entity management:
- Manage your teams’ activities: manage work orders, track time and 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 Efor Group, your company can leverage the capabilities offered by vsa for the multi-entity management of your operations.
Schedule a demo with one of our consultants and discover how VSActivity can transform the way you manage your consulting firm.
