Enterprise Software
The systems your teams run the business on, shaped around how your company already works.
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ERP, CRM, HRMS and the business systems your teams work in every day.
Sales, finance, people, operations, inventory, customers and management all depend on processes that need to work together. Most businesses run them across a product that almost fits, a set of spreadsheets and a lot of re-typing.
Helmsman builds the enterprise systems that run the company: software shaped around your workflows, approvals and reporting, instead of a product you have to reorganise around. Every module shares one record, so a number entered once is the number everyone sees.
The systems your teams use every day.
- 01
ERP
Operations, inventory, purchase, accounts
One system for the core of the company: operations, inventory, purchase and accounts working from the same record, so stock, orders and the books agree without a month-end reconciliation.
Custom ERP Software - 02
CRM
Leads, quotations, customer history
Every lead, quotation and conversation in one place, so the next person to speak to a customer knows everything the last one did.
CRM Software - 03
HRMS
Attendance, leave, payroll, appraisals
Attendance, leave, payroll and appraisals in one flow, from the first punch of the day to the payslip.
HRMS & Payroll Software - 04
Sales & Distribution
Field sales, schemes, dealers
Field sales, schemes and dealer networks tracked where the selling actually happens, and visible to the office the same day.
CRM Software - 05
Manufacturing
Planning, job work, batch and quality
Production planning, job work, batches and quality checks recorded on the floor and carried straight into stock and costing.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain Software - 06
Supply Chain
Procurement, vendors, stock, dispatch
Procurement, vendors, stock and dispatch as one chain, so what was ordered, received and shipped is never a matter of opinion.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain Software - 07
Finance & Accounting
Billing, receivables, payables, costing
Billing, receivables, payables and costing that fill themselves from the operations behind them instead of being typed in again.
Custom ERP Software - 08
Workflow Automation
Approvals, escalations and alerts
Approvals, escalations and alerts that follow your rules, so work moves without someone chasing it.
Workflow & Process Automation - 09
AI Automation & Predictive Analysis
Systems that decide, and forecast what comes next
Automation that takes routine decisions off people's desks, and forecasting that shows what is likely to happen next.
AI for Your Business - 10
Business Intelligence
Dashboards management can act on
Dashboards built on live data, so management acts on today's numbers rather than last month's report.
Dashboards & Business Intelligence - 11
System Integration
Making existing tools talk to each other
Connecting the software you already run so information moves between systems instead of between people.
System Integration & API Development - 12
Custom ERP Platforms
Where no product fits the way you work
When no off-the-shelf product fits how you work, a platform built for your business from the ground up.
Custom ERP Software
One ERP, from the greenhouse to the ledger
A flower farm in East Africa: production, grading, inventory, sales, accounts and HRMS in a single system.
Every repair, from counter to collection
A mobile-repair chain in Southern Africa: job cards, technicians, parts, branches and accounts in one ERP.
From quotation to dispatch, on one record
An industrial filter manufacturer in India: sales, production routes, stores, dispatch and accounts in one ERP, replacing an older system.
Attendance in, payslips out
An HRMS for a multi-company group in India: biometric attendance, leave, payroll, loans and roles in one system.
Understand first. Build second. Evolve always.
The full approach- 01UnderstandProcess map
- 02AnalyseRequirement document
- 03ArchitectSolution structure
- 04DesignScreens and flows
- 05DevelopWorking software
- 06ImplementLive system
- 07EvolveOngoing support
Your questions, answered.
Does Helmsman build custom ERP software or customise an existing product?
Custom. Helmsman builds software shaped around your workflows, approvals and reporting, instead of a product you have to reorganise around. Where no product fits the way you work, it builds a custom ERP platform.
Which enterprise systems does Helmsman build?
ERP, CRM, HRMS, sales and distribution, manufacturing, supply chain, finance and accounting, workflow automation, AI automation and predictive analysis, business intelligence dashboards, system integration and custom ERP platforms.
Can the system grow with our business?
Yes. The structure is planned so that adding a plant, a branch, a product line or many more users is usually a change in settings, not a rebuild.
Can you connect the software we already use?
Usually yes, if the other system has a way in, such as an API or a data export. System integration is part of every enterprise project. Your existing tools are made to talk to each other, so an order is entered once and reaches invoicing, stock and the management dashboard on its own.
Do you support the system after it goes live?
Yes. The final stage of every project is Evolve: supporting, extending and adapting the system as the business keeps changing.