The Hidden ROI of On-Demand ERP Developers for Your Projects

Today, we will tell you the hidden ROI of on demand ERP developers for your projects and showcase how you can unlock ROI in ways which you for sure will have not seen at the first glance.

I have seen that whenever i connect with business leaders and have a conversation with them, one thing that is common is that they are usually struggling to scale their ERP projects. Some of them are stuck in hiring the wrong skill set people, while others are overspending on permanent teams, and few are simply not able to move fast enough.

One truth that most will never talk about is that in the first glance, you will not able to gauge the level how on demand ERP developers can unlock ROI for you.

So, let me take you through it with on real ground practical scenarios.

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You can Now Stop Paying for Idle Time

You might agree with what i have to say and that is, permanent teams do not always stay fully utilized and we should be honest about that. I have seen that when a company hires like 5 developers but at hand they have work for only 3 developers most of the year and that my friend makes your money sit idle.

With on-demand developers, we bring in exactly the talent which is needed and when the project demands it, no more or less than that.

One manufacturing client was in need of a functional consultant for just 8 weeks so that he could help them integrate production and inventory. So, instead of going with a full time hire we augmented their team for that particular integration phase, and when they were done after the go live they were able to scale down with zero wastage and that is the ROI most of the companies do not calculate.

Get Speed Without Your Long Hiring Cycles

In most of the cases if you think of hiring a skilled ERP resource like Odoo it can take months and this can derail the momentum of the projects just waiting for the right candidate. But with our on demand developers we can help by plugging in certified Odoo developers in just a few days.

A client of ours which is a construction company had to deliver a site expense tracking module on an urgent basis and they said their internal teams were overloaded. We helped them by onboarding an ERP technical lead in 72 hours and they were able to go live in just 3 weeks. This helped them as there were no delays, no missed deadlines, just delivery.

You Scale Up or Down – On Demand ERP Team

You know that whenever you are working on projects they might not run in a straight line because you could have set some weeks that would be consumed for configuration and testing part and other ones are quieter. When you have fixed teams that makes it difficult to scale down and it directly can affect morale, budgets, and efficiency. But if you have staff augmentation at hand and that too on demand you can scale up or down as required.

Once we worked with a retail chain and started off with just 2 developers for their POS outlet. In the UAT they scaled 6 more resources for testing, training, and bug fixing and post going live they went back to 1 resource for support. Here, they just paid for what they needed not a penny more.

You can Access Rare Skills Without a Full-Time Cost

There may be times when not every business needs a full time ERP (Odoo) developer or integration expert. God forbit, when but when a critical issue hits you might be in need of such a skill and that too immediately.

One of our healthcare client’s ERP appointment system started lagging and they had no performance expert. So we provided their team with one on demand developer specialist for 3 weeks and he was able to identify the issue, optimize their database, giving the client with a optimized system. Here you should understand that if they were going to hire a full time employee with the respective skill it would have costed them 10x more.

You Can Protect Your Business Continuity

Attrition is real and people quit, projects stall and then clients panic. But by having on demand ERP developers, functional consultants, QA you get a safety net.

Once we had a manufacturing client lost their lead developer mid project. We replaced him with another Odoo ERP expert within 5 days with zero down time, no data loss, and no contract renegotiations. This type of ROI will never show up in your Excel sheet but for sure helps in saving your projects.

You Focus on Outcomes, Not Headcount

Most of the times when i work with clients they do not worry about who is on the payroll but they are more concerned and focused on the deliverables. On demand ERP developers changes the conversation from how many people? to how fast can we get this done? and this type of mid set alone speeds up the execution process.

A media group in Africa was looking to roll out Odoo CRM, invoicing, and inventories in three countries. instead of building a 10 person in house team they used 4 augmented resources strategically across the modules and the result spoke itself they had competed the project 40% faster at a 30% lower cost.

You Get Flexibility Without Losing Control

Unlike outsourcing, where in you hand over the entire project, on-demand ERP developers keep you in control. The team works with your people, your tools, and your processes.

One of our clients in the automotive parts industry calls it as “having the best of both worlds.” They manage the project and we through on demand ERP developers, functional consultants, QAs bring in the muscle. It’s more like plugging in extra horsepower without you having to give up the steering wheel.

When people talk on ROI, they most of the times have in mind that it’s referring to the cost savings. But kindly keep this in mind, ROI is more about – fast delivery, controlled scaling, skill availability, lower risk, business continuity, and foremost smarter spending.

When we talk abut on demand ERP developers they are just not extra hand they are your freedom to scale on your terms and projects which move without stalling.

To know more on how our on demand ERP developers can be beneficial for your project vertical, drop us a line at sales@apagen.com or call us on +91 9971800665.