ERP

Idea

Our client, an accounting and HR management company, decided to develop an ERP system to automate as many internal processes as possible — petty cash, accounting reports, payment operations, invoice and receipt scanning, HR documents and various workflows. They also wanted a single, consolidated view of customer activity.

Challenges

The client first considered off-the-shelf online services, but their operations and workflows were too specific to be covered by any combination of existing tools. Switzerland's canton-level legal differences added another reason to consider a custom ERP. A further challenge was making the platform work not only for employees but also for customers — flexible, easy to use, and protected.

In the end, the client chose to build a custom ERP rather than depend long-term on external services.

Solution

The Vantino full-stack web development team built the ERP on the open-source Symfony 4 framework, one of the strongest PHP frameworks at the time. We connected the platform to several third-party APIs and SaaS products, including Tableau (analytics), Ogone (payments), M-Files (document management) and Xtracta (data entry). We also integrated the platform with several banking systems and hardened its security.

A companion mobile scanning app let end-users upload bills directly from their smartphones. The app used the Xtracta API for optical character recognition (OCR), automatically extracting relevant information from receipts and bills. The interface was designed carefully for a great user experience, and an interactive tutorial helped first-time users get familiar with the system.

On the delivery side, we used an agile methodology that let us ship on time and within budget.

At Vantino, when we think about tailor-made software, we picture a custom suit: comfortable, long-lasting, ultimately cost-saving, and with only minor imperfections — i.e. bugs.

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