Consulting experiences

The successful implementation of business applications like Openbravo solutions largely depends on a dedicated team of knowledgeable staff. It entails customer-wide commitment, openness to change, business and product knowledge, good management and planning, and guidance from experienced people. In such a complex context, having the correct and complete set of consulting skills within your team is a determining factor towards successful project completion.

If you are an Openbravo partner and are working on a complex implementation of Openbravo ERP or POS and need experienced consulting or an expert in a particular area, we can provide you with the person with the right profile, whether business, functional or technical, to help you achieve project requirements. Our consultants have already completed numerous implementations and are highly qualified. Specialized Consulting is a high value-added service, available only for Openbravo partners, which allows you to maximize product benefits and project team performance, enabling you to face any challenges within your customer implementation that may arise.

From definition to configuration, Specialized Consulting Services span the full life-cycle of an implementation and ensure you achieve your business goals:

• Evaluation Workshop
• Project Management Support
• Subject Matter Experts
• ERP Deployment Strategy
• Requirement Definition & GAP Analysis
• Functional Design Support & Review
• Customizing Assessment
• Upgrading Strategy
• Existing Openbravo ERP Audit

Moreover, all of our Consulting team has in depth practical knowledge of the Openbravo implementation framework. This is a model that has proven to deliver return on investment quickly and effectively. This framework provides an understandable and scalable guide for Openbravo implementation projects. It includes our recommended five step Openbravo implementation roadmap, as well as a specific methodology for project management. This useful tool is completed with a set of best implementation practices. Working together with our experts will allow you to be trained on the job on this successful methodology and to apply it autonomously in the future.

Here is what partners have said about using Openbravo’s Specialized Consulting Services:

Because we were implementing our first project, we wanted to make sure that everything would run smoothly. Openbravo’s specialized consulting team gave us the methodological, business and technological reinforcement we needed through on-the job training, which turned out to be invaluable to the project’s success. After this experience, we are now confident in becoming a key player in the industry.
- César Alonso, TicTech Consulting CEO

Openbravo’s senior consultant gave us in-depth knowledge about implementation methodology which helped us minimize the risks associated with our project delivery. Because of Openbravo’s Consulting Services, we were able to optimize our sales potential while gaining experience in making proposals for the future
- Julio Bleda, Cleartic Founder

Go professional! Ensure your customer implementations success!

Eugeni Vives
Global Partner Services

Support experiences

We want you to succeed in implementing or developing on top of Openbravo products, and although we strive to make things as easy as possible, we know that in reality this can be a complex process. That's why we provide you access to the best team in order to help you through any challenges that may arise.

Openbravo Second Level Support is a professional troubleshooting service designed to minimize time spent on blocking issues, and help you keep your clients happy. Delivered by a team of specialists with direct access to developers, specialist consultants and an in-depth knowledge of all Openbravo products, assistance is available both for Openbravo ERP and Openbravo POS. Depending on your needs, support can be purchased case by case, on credit hours or on an annual subscription basis.

Through our web based Support Portal you will be provided with real-time information: you will be able to submit your issue via this portal and follow its progress until it is resolved. Telephone assistance is also possible with our unlimited annual subscription.

Our Support service has drawn praise from Openbravo partners because they can avoid headaches and be more efficient by having the experts working directly for them, transforming issues directly into solutions:

We needed quick answers to installation and customizing challenges so the project could progress on time. Openbravo’s Second Level Support was constantly responding to our specific questions with detailed diagnostic steps. The overall process was very efficient, and we can now resolve many of these issues ourselves.
Angel Barbero, Gepelia CEO
(Openbravo partner)

We encourage you to review our Second Level Support options currently available.

Eugeni Vives
Global Partner Services

Training experiences

Openbravo ERP is a sophisticated application. Companies that go live with Openbravo ERP can revolutionize the way they run their businesses. However, learning how to implement and use Openbravo ERP takes time and can initially seem like a daunting task. We have designed our training curriculum to enable our partners and customers to jumpstart the learning curve!

In Openbravo Education we believe in presenting functional and technical material with a customer focus. Our functional classes take a business approach and show students how to configure and use Openbravo applications to perform many of the essential processes their companies require. Our more technical classes focus on the installation, architecture, customization and development of Openbravo applications. All of our classes include extensive exercises based on practical scenarios. Openbravo classes can be delivered in an instructor lead, customized or online format depending on partner or customer requirements.

Openbravo Education comprises of a team of highly motivated training professionals. Every member of the education staff has extensive IT industry experience in at least one of the following areas: consulting, development or support.

Our training classes have drawn praise from Openbravo customers and partners alike:

This was one of the most, if not the most, valuable training classes I've had. VERY impressed with the application and the format of the course, using hands on and taking the info (laptops) with us is very helpful
Jon Castleman, President, CyberOptic Group
(Training Convention, Miami, June 2008)

We encourage you to review a synopsis of any of the classes we currently offer.

David Herring
Training Manager