Hanicks: ERP implementation, run as one project, not three
Hanicks sell heating spares through their own website, direct, and Amazon FBA. They'd already chosen Khaos Control as their ERP. What they needed was someone to run the whole thing as a single, coordinated project rather than a set of disconnected workstreams.
The problem
Khaos Control was the right ERP choice, but choosing the software was never the hard part. Amazon FBA has its own inventory and shipping confirmation flows that don't behave like a normal marketplace channel. Supplier data needed enriching and standardising before it could feed the new system properly. And without someone coordinating the ERP setup, the app build, and the channel automation as one piece of work, this was heading toward three separate projects quietly working against each other.
What I'm doing
Acting as project lead across the whole engagement — Khaos Control implementation, the custom app build, and channel automation all run as one plan, not three
Building the IBasis App: a custom application that interfaces with suppliers, the ERP, and Amazon, plus reporting that draws directly from accounts
Designing the requirements document first, before implementation starts — it protects the project and gives Khaos Control a clear brief to build against
Covering Amazon FBA's inventory and shipping confirmation flows explicitly in the automation design, rather than treating it like every other channel
Why the app comes first, not the ERP
The instinct is always to wait until the ERP is fully implemented before touching the data problem. That's backwards. The app doesn't get replaced when Khaos Control goes live, it keeps running the feeds and connections the ERP was never designed to handle. Data enriched and automated now is worth more than anything even the best ERP can produce from messy source data later.
Status
Live engagement, in progress. Khaos Control implementation and the IBasis App build are running in parallel, coordinated against a single requirements document.
Facing something similar?
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