Step Ahead
Reimagining and Reinventing ERP through Low-Code Platform

Organisations across industries are undertaking digital transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, streamline operations, and enhance customer experiences. This has fuelled the demand for customisable ERP systems, driven by the need for business-specific requirements, scalability and end-to-end functionality. Hence, enterprises seek ERP solutions that align with their existing workflows and industry-specific requirements. These solutions must support and enhance their business processes without forcing them to conform to predefined processes.

This is addressed by Step Ahead, a German ERP solution provider. Its new ERP solution mySTEPS leverages over 30 years of ERP market expertise and cutting-edge technology to reimagine and reinvent ERP for small and medium-sized enterprises. This innovative solution offers a completely new approach tailored to the unique needs of modern businesses.

mySTEPS is equipped with industry-specific modules and supports customisation, enabling clients to incorporate their own and third-party applications. Its user-friendly, low-code development environment and advanced document-oriented database technology enable it to integrate seamlessly into clients' systems and workflows.

By delivering robust capabilities to handle complex business processes, Step Ahead’s ERP solution ensures user-friendliness, flexibility and control.

The solution offers a simplified implementation process with a significantly reduced consulting-to-license ratio. Its low-code, no-code platform makes adaption effortless and allows customers to easily tailor the system to their needs and achieve highly customised processes.

“We distinguish ourselves by tailoring the ERP system to match the customer's specific development requirements. Moreover, we focus on cost-effectiveness, making it affordable for customers to handle the complexity of their business processes,” says Karl Gerber, CEO of Step Ahead.

The company reduces dependencies on implementation partners to help customers take control and easily implement and integrate the solution independently. It is a plug-and-play experience that puts the customer in charge. The firm’s training program, which lasts around one to one and a half days, prepares users to fully customise process designs and make changes within the ERP system. In addition, the solution can handle complexity while maintaining remarkable performance – another critical success factor in business. In fact, even with 4 million database records, its web application responds within an astonishing 100 milliseconds. This speed and efficiency means significant time and cost savings for customers.
mySTEPS application prioritises tasks over data fields by following a task-based system. Users can manage their tasks using a Kanban board, where they are categorised as new, in progress or completed, allowing for easy drag-and-drop functionality. The system supports both manual tasks, where users must complete actions manually, and automated tasks, such as sending emails or triggering specific actions at the end of a sales process. Workflow visualisation allows users to track and manage tasks effectively. The system also provides automatic task escalation, which ensures accountability and resolves any unclear or pending tasks. This comprehensive process control delivers significant value to the customers.

When companies have to react quickly to new challenges and customer demands, issues occur due to an inflexible system. However, rapid adaptation is possible with mySTEPS. It also optimises costs, which is crucial for scaling operations. While Step Ahead has specific expertise in commerce, services, renewable energy (solar and wind) and B2B/B2C dealer markets, it caters to the entire market to transform ERP for businesses in every field.