The ERP Built to Run Your Consulting Firm—From Pitch to Profit.
Finally, a single platform to manage clients, projects, resources, and financials. Stop revenue leakage, boost consultant utilization, and make data-driven decisions with confidence.
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Why ArionERP is the Right Choice for Your Firm
We're not just another generic ERP. We are a strategic partner, providing a platform meticulously engineered for the unique, project-based workflow of modern consulting firms.
Unified Project View
Eliminate silos. Gain a 360-degree view of every project, from initial proposal and resource allocation to final invoice and profitability analysis, all in one centralized hub.
Real-Time Profitability
Stop waiting for month-end reports. Track project budgets, costs, and margins in real-time to make proactive decisions that protect your bottom line and maximize profitability.
Scalable By Design
Our platform grows with you. Whether you're a boutique firm of 10 or a growing enterprise of 500, ArionERP provides the robust architecture to support your expansion without compromise.
Expert Implementation
We understand that adoption is key. Our dedicated implementation specialists guide you through a streamlined onboarding process, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum value from day one.
Seamless Integration
ArionERP connects with the tools you already use. With powerful APIs and pre-built connectors, we ensure a smooth flow of data across your entire technology stack.
Data-Driven Decisions
Leverage powerful BI and analytics tools to move beyond guesswork. Optimize consultant utilization, forecast revenue accurately, and identify growth opportunities with actionable insights.
Automated Billing
Drastically reduce administrative overhead and accelerate cash flow. Automate complex invoicing processes, from time and materials to fixed-fee and retainer-based billing, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
Consulting-Specific Workflows
Our system isn't a generic solution retrofitted for services. It's built with core modules for resource management, project accounting, and client lifecycle management, tailored for consulting.
A True Partnership
We succeed when you succeed. Our commitment extends beyond software to provide ongoing support, strategic guidance, and a partnership focused on helping you achieve your business goals.
A Comprehensive Toolkit for Consulting Excellence
ArionERP delivers an integrated suite of modules designed to manage every facet of your consulting business, ensuring efficiency, visibility, and control from end to end.
Project Management & Collaboration
Execute projects flawlessly with tools that keep your teams aligned and your clients informed. This module is the central command center for all project-related activities, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
- Define project scope, tasks, milestones, and deliverables with precision.
- Utilize Gantt charts and Kanban boards for visual project tracking and workflow management.
- Foster team collaboration with integrated communication tools and file sharing.
Resource Allocation & Utilization
Deploy the right talent to the right project at the right time. Maximize billable hours and prevent burnout by gaining complete visibility into your team's capacity and skills.
- Forecast resource needs based on your sales pipeline and project backlog.
- Optimize consultant utilization rates with real-time availability tracking.
- Match consultants to projects based on skills, experience, and availability.
Time & Expense Tracking
Capture every billable moment and reimbursable expense with ease. Simplify timesheets and expense reports for your consultants, ensuring accurate data for billing and project costing.
- Enable easy time entry via web or mobile, linked directly to projects and tasks.
- Streamline expense reporting with receipt scanning and automated approval workflows.
- Ensure accurate and timely data capture to prevent revenue leakage.
CRM & Pipeline Management
Manage the entire client lifecycle, from lead to loyal advocate. Our integrated CRM provides a complete view of your sales pipeline, helping you build stronger relationships and win more business.
- Track leads, opportunities, and client communications in a unified system.
- Generate accurate sales forecasts based on your pipeline stages and probabilities.
- Convert won opportunities into projects seamlessly with a single click.
Project Accounting
Gain unparalleled financial control over your projects. This module connects project operations directly to your financials, providing a real-time view of profitability and budget adherence.
- Track all project-related costs, including labor, expenses, and third-party fees.
- Recognize revenue accurately based on project milestones or percentage of completion.
- Analyze budget vs. actuals in real-time to keep projects on track financially.
Advanced Invoicing & Billing
Automate your most complex billing scenarios and accelerate your cash flow. Our flexible billing engine supports everything from simple fixed-fee projects to multi-layered, milestone-based contracts.
- Support for Time & Materials, Fixed Price, and Retainer billing models.
- Automate recurring invoices and streamline the approvals process.
- Handle multi-currency billing and complex tax calculations for global clients.
Core Financial Management
Run your entire firm's finances on a single, integrated platform. Our robust accounting module provides a comprehensive suite of tools for managing your general ledger, payables, and receivables.
- Automate core accounting processes like bank reconciliations and journal entries.
- Manage accounts payable and receivable with streamlined workflows.
- Generate key financial statements like P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements.
Business Intelligence (BI) & Analytics
Transform raw data into strategic insights. Our BI module provides customizable dashboards and powerful reporting tools to help you monitor KPIs and make informed decisions.
- Access pre-built dashboards for KPIs like utilization, project margin, and sales pipeline.
- Create custom reports with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface.
- Drill down into data to uncover trends and identify areas for improvement.
Human Resources (HR) Management
Manage your most valuable asset—your people. Streamline HR processes from onboarding to performance reviews, all within your central ERP system.
- Maintain comprehensive employee records, including skills and certifications.
- Manage leave requests, approvals, and balances efficiently.
- Streamline the employee onboarding and offboarding processes.
Procurement & Subcontractor Management
Efficiently manage procurement of goods and services, including the engagement of subcontractors. Track purchase orders and manage vendor relationships to ensure project needs are met on time and within budget.
- Create and track purchase orders for project-specific needs.
- Manage subcontractor contracts, deliverables, and invoicing.
- Gain visibility into vendor spending and performance.
Document Management
Centralize all project-related documents in a secure, accessible repository. Link contracts, SOWs, and deliverables directly to clients and projects, ensuring everyone has access to the latest versions.
- Store and organize documents with version control.
- Link documents to specific projects, tasks, or clients for easy retrieval.
- Set access permissions to ensure document security and confidentiality.
Client Portal
Enhance transparency and collaboration with your clients. Provide them with a secure portal to view project progress, access key documents, and communicate with your team.
- Give clients real-time visibility into project status and key milestones.
- Securely share reports, invoices, and other important documents.
- Improve client satisfaction and build stronger, more transparent relationships.
API & Third-Party Integrations
Connect ArionERP to your entire ecosystem of business applications. Our robust API and pre-built connectors ensure a seamless flow of information across your organization.
- Integrate with popular tools like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Salesforce.
- Utilize our well-documented REST API for custom integrations.
- Automate workflows between ArionERP and other critical business systems.
Compliance & Security
Operate with confidence knowing your data is secure and your processes are compliant. ArionERP is built on a foundation of enterprise-grade security and provides tools to help you meet regulatory requirements.
- Benefit from robust security features, including role-based access control and data encryption.
- Maintain audit trails of key transactions and system changes.
- Adhere to industry standards with a platform built on best practices for security and compliance.
Mobile Access
Manage your business on the go. Our mobile-responsive design ensures you and your team can access critical information, submit timesheets, and manage projects from anywhere, on any device.
- Access key dashboards and reports from your smartphone or tablet.
- Enable consultants to submit time and expenses while traveling.
- Stay connected to your business operations no matter where you are.
Proven Success with Consulting Firms
See how firms like yours have leveraged ArionERP to overcome operational challenges, drive efficiency, and accelerate growth.
Boutique Strategy Firm Boosts Profitability by 22%
Industry: Management Consulting
Client Overview: A fast-growing strategy consulting firm with 25 consultants was struggling to manage its operations using a patchwork of spreadsheets, a standalone CRM, and basic accounting software. They lacked real-time visibility into project profitability and consultant utilization, leading to reactive decision-making and missed revenue opportunities.
"ArionERP was a game-changer. For the first time, we have a single source of truth. We can see the profitability of a project in real-time, not six weeks after it closes. This has fundamentally changed how we scope projects and manage our resources."
The Problem
The firm's disconnected systems made it impossible to get an accurate, timely view of the business. Time tracking was manual and often late, invoicing was a laborious monthly process, and there was no way to accurately forecast revenue or resource needs.
Key Challenges:
- Inability to track real-time project profitability.
- Low consultant utilization due to poor visibility into availability.
- Significant revenue leakage from unbilled time and expenses.
- Time-consuming and error-prone manual invoicing process.
Our Solution:
ArionERP implemented its Professional plan, focusing on integrating Project Management, Time & Expense, Project Accounting, and CRM modules.
- Unified Platform: Replaced four disparate systems with one integrated solution.
- Automated Workflows: Automated the entire process from time entry to invoicing, reducing manual effort by over 60%.
- Real-Time Dashboards: Provided leadership with dashboards to monitor KPIs like project margin, consultant utilization, and pipeline health.
- Mobile Access: Enabled consultants to easily submit timesheets and expenses from anywhere, improving data accuracy and timeliness.
22%
Increase in Average Project Profitability
15%
Boost in Billable Utilization Rate
50%
Reduction in Time to Invoice
IT Consultancy Scales Operations and Improves Client Satisfaction
Industry: IT Consulting & Services
Client Overview: A 75-person IT consultancy specializing in cloud migration and cybersecurity was hitting a growth ceiling. Their project management tool couldn't handle the complexity of their multi-phase projects, and their finance system was disconnected, making it difficult to manage retainers and project-based billing simultaneously.
"We needed a system that could handle both our complex, long-term projects and our managed services retainers. ArionERP's flexibility was key. Our project managers are more efficient, and our clients have better visibility, which has been a huge win."
The Problem
Lack of a centralized system led to inconsistent project delivery, difficulty in resource planning across different service lines, and challenges in providing clients with transparent progress updates.
Key Challenges:
- Managing a mix of project types (T&M, Fixed Fee, Retainer).
- Difficulty forecasting resource needs for the sales pipeline.
- Limited client visibility into project status and milestones.
- Inefficient communication between sales, delivery, and finance teams.
Our Solution:
We deployed ArionERP Enterprise, leveraging the advanced billing engine, resource management, and the client portal.
- Flexible Billing Engine: Configured automated invoicing for all contract types, including complex recurring revenue models.
- Resource Forecasting: Integrated the CRM pipeline with the resource planner to predict future staffing needs accurately.
- Client Portal Implementation: Gave clients a secure login to view project progress, approve deliverables, and access invoices.
- Integrated Collaboration: Used the platform's tools to create a seamless handover from sales to project kickoff.
95%
On-Time Project Delivery Rate
40%
Reduction in Administrative Overhead
25%
Improvement in Client Satisfaction Scores
Financial Advisory Group Achieves Compliance and Efficiency
Industry: Financial Advisory & Services
Client Overview: A 150-employee financial advisory firm faced significant compliance and reporting challenges. They needed a system with robust security, detailed audit trails, and the ability to manage complex, multi-currency client engagements while ensuring data integrity for regulatory reporting.
"In our industry, data security and auditability are non-negotiable. ArionERP provided the enterprise-grade controls we needed, while also making our teams more efficient. The ability to generate detailed reports for audits has saved us hundreds of hours."
The Problem
Their legacy system lacked the necessary security protocols and audit capabilities, putting the firm at risk. Generating reports for compliance was a manual, time-consuming process prone to errors.
Key Challenges:
- Meeting strict regulatory compliance and data security requirements.
- Lack of detailed audit trails for key financial transactions.
- Managing complex, multi-currency billing for international clients.
- Inefficient and manual process for generating compliance reports.
Our Solution:
An on-premise deployment of ArionERP Enterprise was chosen to meet their specific data residency and control requirements, with a focus on the Financial Management and Compliance modules.
- Enhanced Security: Implemented role-based access controls and data encryption to secure sensitive client information.
- Comprehensive Audit Trails: Enabled detailed logging of all system activities, providing a clear and immutable record for auditors.
- Multi-Currency Accounting: Streamlined the management of international projects with robust multi-currency and financial consolidation features.
- Custom Reporting: Built custom reports tailored to their specific regulatory needs, automating what was once a manual process.
100%
Compliance with Audit Requirements
75%
Faster Generation of Compliance Reports
30%
Reduction in Financial Close Time
Integrates With Your Existing Ecosystem
ArionERP works with the tools you already rely on, ensuring a smooth flow of data and automated workflows across your entire organization.
Meet Our ERP Implementation Experts
Our team consists of seasoned professionals with deep expertise in business process optimization and enterprise software implementation for professional services firms.
Girish S.
Delivery Manager
A Microsoft Certified Solutions Architect, Girish specializes in designing and deploying scalable ERP architectures that align with the strategic goals of consulting businesses.
Angela J.
Senior Manager - Enterprise Business Solutions
Angela bridges the gap between technology and business outcomes, ensuring that every ArionERP implementation is tailored to solve the core operational challenges of our clients.
Sudhanshu D.
Delivery Manager
With a focus on project management and financial modules, Sudhanshu helps consulting firms streamline their quote-to-cash cycle and gain real-time financial visibility.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? We have answers. Here are some of the most common queries we receive from consulting firms.
Not at all. Modern, cloud-based ERPs like ArionERP are designed to be scalable and user-friendly. We offer phased implementation plans, starting with the core modules you need most (like project management and billing) and expanding as you grow. The goal is to reduce complexity, not add to it, by unifying your operations in one place.
ArionERP is purpose-built for project-based businesses. Unlike generic ERPs, our workflows are designed for consulting (e.g., resource utilization, project profitability). Unlike simple PM tools, we integrate project data directly with your financials, CRM, and HR, providing a complete, 360-degree view of your business health without manual data reconciliation.
Our implementation timelines are tailored to your firm's complexity. A `QuickStart` package for a smaller firm can be up and running in a matter of weeks. We prioritize a smooth transition with minimal disruption by using a structured methodology, dedicated project management, and comprehensive training for your team.
Absolutely. Our advanced billing engine is one of our core strengths. It's designed to handle a wide variety of contract types and billing schedules. You can automate recurring invoices for retainers, generate detailed T&M invoices from timesheets, and set up milestone-based billing for fixed-fee projects, all within the same system.
Yes. We have an open API and offer pre-built integrations for many popular business applications. Our goal is for ArionERP to be the central hub of your operations, seamlessly connecting with the other tools in your tech stack to ensure data flows freely and eliminates manual entry.
We offer transparent, user-based subscription pricing for our cloud solution and a perpetual license model for on-premise deployment. Our plans (Essential, Professional, Enterprise) are designed to scale with your firm's size and needs. There are no hidden fees, and our team will work with you to determine the most cost-effective plan for your specific requirements.
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Stop letting operational friction limit your growth. Discover how a unified ERP can boost your firm's profitability, efficiency, and scalability. Schedule a free, no-obligation demo with one of our specialists today.
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