Two proven ERP paths. One delivery discipline.
An ERP decides how your business records a sale, releases stock, pays a supplier and closes a month. Get it right and the whole organisation moves faster. Get it wrong and everyone works around it for a decade.
KEYOB implements SAP Business One and Odoo — chosen on fit, not on preference — and connects each one to the rest of your operating layer.
01 · The practiceWho leads your implementationThe person accountable for delivery, from first assessment to long-term support.Meet the lead 02 · PlatformSAP Business OneSAP's ERP for small and mid-sized businesses — finance-first, tightly integrated.Explore SAP B1 03 · PlatformOdooA modular open-source suite — broad app range, highly flexible and extensible.Explore Odoo
Why it matters who implements it
Most ERP projects don't struggle on software.
They struggle on the parts either side of it — the processes nobody documented, the data quality discovered too late, the integrations left until last, and the support that ended the week after go-live.
01
Platform chosen on fit
We implement both SAP Business One and Odoo, so the recommendation follows your processes, complexity and budget — not whichever product we happen to sell.
02
Integration designed in
Websites, CRMs, warehouses, dashboards and automations are planned into the architecture from day one, not bolted on after go-live.
03
Support that continues
Go-live is where value begins, not where the engagement ends. Enhancements, training and roadmap work carry on with the same team.
01 · The practice lead
Every implementation has one name on it.
ERP programmes fail quietly when accountability is spread thin. Ours sits with one person, from the first fit assessment to the support model years later.
Waqas Athar
ERP Implementations Lead · KEYOB
Waqas Athar leads ERP implementations at KEYOB, giving the practice its direction, delivery standards and technical judgement. His remit spans the full arc of an engagement — the first fit assessment, platform recommendation, implementation and data migration, then the support model that carries a client long after go-live.
His focus is the difference between a system that is installed and one that is genuinely adopted: process clarity first, honest platform advice, integration designed in, and a team that stays present once the business starts depending on it.
An ERP isn't a project you finish. It's an operating capability you keep earning — every release, every process change, every year after go-live.
02 & 03 · The platforms
Two paths. The right one depends on your business.
Both are capable, proven ERP platforms with very different characters. Part of our job is telling you plainly which one fits — and occasionally, that neither does.
Platform 02
SAP Business One
SAP's ERP built for small and mid-sized businesses — a tightly integrated, finance-first core backed by SAP's global ecosystem.
Typically the better fit when
- Finance and compliance rigour lead the requirement
- You want a single vendor-backed suite with a mature partner network
- Processes suit a proven standard more than heavy customisation
- You may grow into the wider SAP ecosystem over time
Explore SAP Business One Implementation · migration · support
Platform 03
Odoo
A modular open-source business suite — a broad range of apps and an architecture built to be extended around how you actually work.
Typically the better fit when
- Your processes are distinctive and need real flexibility
- You want to start with a few apps and expand module by module
- Open-source extensibility and lower licence entry matter
- Tight custom integration with existing tools is central
Explore Odoo Implementation · customisation · support
How we deliver
The same discipline, whichever platform wins.
Platforms differ. The way a serious implementation is run does not.
Stage 01
Discover
Understand the business, the current landscape and the value at stake — then recommend a platform, including the honest answer when neither is right.
Stage 02
Design
Fit-to-standard workshops against your real processes. Gaps identified honestly, integration architecture and data strategy set early.
Stage 03
Build
Iterative configuration, extensions and integrations — validated with real users in short cycles, never one distant demo at the end.
Stage 04
Migrate
Data cleansing, mapping and rehearsed migration runs. Data quality is treated as its own workstream, not a task someone squeezes in.
Stage 05
Go live
Cutover, readiness checks, training and launch support — the unglamorous discipline that decides how go-live week actually feels.
Stage 06
Run & improve
Hypercare into steady-state support, then continuous improvement — the stage where the investment finally compounds.
Common questions
ERP, answered plainly.
SAP Business One is SAP's ERP built for small and mid-sized businesses, offering a tightly integrated finance-first suite backed by SAP's global ecosystem. Odoo is a modular open-source business suite with a broad app range and a highly flexible, extensible architecture. The right choice depends on process complexity, regulatory requirements, budget and how much customisation the business genuinely needs.
It depends on scope: the number of processes involved, entities and locations, data quality, integrations required and how much customisation is needed. A focused single-entity rollout is considerably shorter than a multi-entity programme with complex integrations. Scoping during discovery is what produces a realistic timeline — and we'd rather give you that than an optimistic one.
Most difficulties come from outside the software: undocumented business processes, poor data quality discovered late, integrations left until the end, insufficient user training, and support that stops shortly after go-live. Addressing these deliberately is what separates a system that is installed from one that is genuinely adopted.
Yes. Both platforms support integration with CRM, e-commerce, warehouse and logistics systems, reporting tools and custom applications through APIs and integration services. At KEYOB, integration is designed into the architecture from the start rather than treated as a late-stage task — that's the difference between an ERP that sits in the business and one that sits beside it.
Often, yes. Sometimes the issue is configuration, process fit, integration or training rather than the platform itself — and a re-implementation isn't always the answer. We start with an assessment of what's actually causing the friction before recommending anything.
Not sure which ERP fits? Start there.
Whether you're choosing a platform, replacing something that never quite worked, or planning a migration — a conversation costs nothing and usually clarifies a great deal.