The problem
Disconnected operations cost time before they cost money
Sales sit in one notebook, stock in another and the accounts in a spreadsheet. Each department is right about its own numbers and nobody can see the whole.
The value of ERP
From separate tools to one connected business
Most businesses here already use software: an accounting package, Excel, Word and paper. The trouble is that none of them talks to the others. SmartERP replaces them with one system.
How most businesses run today
- Accounts in Peachtree or another standalone accounting package
- Stock, payroll and budgets in Excel sheets
- Quotations, contracts and letters typed in Word
- Approvals on paper, by signature and stamp
- Customer follow-up by phone and Telegram, with nothing recorded
- A month-end report assembled by hand from all of them
With SmartERP
- Connected departmentsSales, stock, accounting, HR and projects share one set of records.
- Workflows set up for your processEach step hands its data to the next.
- One source of informationOne customer, one product, one employee record.
- Visibility on current dataDashboards and reports read the same records your teams work in.
- Accountability you can traceWho did what, and who approved it, is recorded on the record.
- Control as you growAdd applications and users when the business needs them.
One business flow
From the first enquiry to the management dashboard
Every step is recorded once and carried to the next, so nobody retypes it and nobody waits for a report.
- LeadCRM
- SaleSales
- OrderSales
- InventoryInventory
- DeliveryShipping and delivery
- InvoiceAccounting
- PaymentAccounting
- AccountingAccounting
- DashboardDashboards and reports
Every application in this chain is available in the SmartERP cloud service.
What you get
Ten ways a connected platform changes how a business runs
Each one is a mechanism you can check against the product, not a promise about a percentage.
Efficiency
Enter data once and it flows to the next step, so repetitive typing and re-checking stop.
Connected workflowsIntegration
Finance, people, sales, operations and projects work from connected information instead of separate files.
The platformData control
One structured source of business information, with roles and permissions on who can see and change it.
Security and trustVisibility
Managers see what is happening across departments without asking for a report.
Dashboards and reportsBetter decisions
Operational data becomes management information on the same records, not on a copy.
Dashboards and reportsFinancial control
Revenue, costs and payments post to accounting as they happen; budgets are available through implementation.
AccountingProductivity
People spend less time moving between disconnected tools and chasing information.
ApplicationsAutomation
Repeatable steps and approvals are set up once for your process; approvals are delivered through implementation.
Control and governanceAccountability
Responsibilities, approvals and execution are visible on the record.
Control and governanceFor every leader
What each executive gets from the same records
| Role | What matters | What SmartERP gives | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEO or general manager | Visibility and control | One place to see sales, purchasing, stock and finance, and which responsibilities sit with whom. | Role view |
| CFO or finance lead | Financial accuracy and decision support | Sales, purchases and stock post to accounting without re-typing, so the books follow the business. | Role view |
| COO or operations lead | Operational coordination | Purchasing, stock, production and delivery work from the same records, so shortages and delays show early. | Role view |
| HR lead | People and workforce management | Employee records, leave, attendance and recruitment in one place, with employee self-service available through implementation. | Role view |
| Sales director | Pipeline and revenue visibility | From the first lead to the paid invoice in one chain, so the pipeline and the revenue are the same story. | Role view |
| Project manager | Planning, delivery and execution control | Projects, tasks and timesheets as standard; planning, agile sprints, controls and dashboards through implementation. | Role view |
In the product
What management actually sees
A sales view and a delivery view, each computed from the same records the teams work in.
Captured from a running SmartERP system. Every company, person and figure shown is invented sample data.
Return on investment
Where the return comes from
We do not publish a return percentage, because it depends on the business. These are the places to look for it.
- Time: fewer hours spent copying, reconciling and chasing
- Operational efficiency: fewer hand-offs between departments
- Control: approvals and permissions you can see
- Visibility: current figures when decisions are made
- Error reduction: one record instead of several that disagree
- Decision quality: management information on current data
- Revenue processes: from enquiry to paid invoice without gaps
- Cost management: spend and budgets visible against what was planned
To estimate the value for your own business, book a demo and bring your own figures.
How SmartERP is built
A proven foundation, with what Ashewa adds on top
SmartERP is built on Odoo 17. On top of that foundation Ashewa adds localization, implementation, industry solutions, integrations and analytics.
- Technology foundation: Odoo 17
- SmartERP capabilities: governance, planning, approvals, access control and dashboards
- Localization: Ethiopian birr and VAT on invoices, partial Amharic interface, Ethiopian chart of accounts
- Implementation: requirement analysis to go-live, migration and training
- Industry solutions: 50 sectors, 8 with their own pages
- Integrations: payments, messaging and other systems
Next step
See SmartERP with your own processes
Book a SmartERP demo, or tell us about your industry and we will show you the applications that fit.