Breaking Up with ERP: The Power of a Flexible Work OS

Techne Praxis International

Techne Praxis International is a boutique consultancy firm specializing in high-end, custom solutions tailored to each client’s needs. Established in 2024 following the acquisition of Buro Happold Indonesia, Techne Praxis carries forward the legacy of Ted Happold, who emphasized the importance of delivering social value through engineering and consultancy. With a hybrid approach blending advisory, management, and technical consultancy, Techne Praxis has positioned itself as a strategic partner for businesses seeking tailored, efficient, and impactful solutions.

Navigating Complexity in Project Management

Like many consultancies, Techne Praxis operates in a dynamic environment that demands precision in project planning, execution, and resource allocation. Initially, the firm adopted an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to manage core business functions, such as timesheet tracking, project bidding, and budgeting. While ERP systems offer robust capabilities, they often come with a steep learning curve, rigid structures, and high operational costs—factors that can hinder agility, especially for boutique firms that require flexibility.

Techne Praxis looked for a leaner, more intuitive solution that enabled its teams to manage projects efficiently without being bogged down by unnecessary complexity. The firm sought a platform that could streamline operations, enhance collaboration, and provide real-time insights—without the overhead of an ERP system.

A Smarter, More Agile Work OS

This is exactly when monday.com comes in. As an intuitive, scalable, and flexible Work OS, monday.com aligns perfectly with Techne Praxis’ need for efficiency, adaptability, and scalability. By transitioning from a traditional ERP system to monday.com, Techne Praxis unlocked a new level of operational agility, allowing teams to collaborate seamlessly, manage workflows effortlessly, and make data-driven decisions with ease.

With monday.com, Techne Praxis was able to:

• Simplify Project Planning: Instead of navigating the complexities of an ERP, teams now use monday.com’s workspaces to plan projects, set milestones, and allocate resources with drag-and-drop ease.
• Enhance Collaboration: monday.com is a unified, all-in-one platform where cross-department teams can collaborate in one place, reducing back-and-forth emails and ensuring all stakeholders remain on the same page.
• All Data Centralized: Files, photos, updates, and invoices are all in one workspace.
• Streamline Budgeting: Custom workflows help the team manage budgets efficiently, ensuring every decision is backed by accurate data and insights.
• Scale with Flexibility: Unlike ERP systems, monday.com is flexible and customizable allowing Techne Praxis to build their own structure as their business evolves.

A Seamless Transition

Adopting a new system can be daunting, but with Incentro Asia Pacific’s expertise, Techne Praxis transitioned smoothly from its ERP system to monday.com. Our team worked closely with Techne Praxis to design workflows that mirrored their existing processes while leveraging monday.com’s powerful automation and integration capabilities.

Key steps implementation

Workflow Discovery and Building Account Architecture

On the first day of onboarding, we kicked it off by getting to know each other and mapping out responsibilities. We used this time to explain the whole advanced onboarding process and implementation approach. During the first week, we met with the onboarding manager and the champions from different teams to dive deep into each department's workflow and understand how they used their current platform. We help them configure workflows, customize integrations, and create automation to reduce repetitive and manual tasks.

Customization & Workflow Design and Optimization

With iteration and testing, we review and optimize workflows that have been built out while also providing best practices in the industry to help further maximize efficiency. monday.com offers many features to reduce mundane manual tasks, we help Techne Praxis integrate monday.com with their existing tools to create a seamless ecosystem.

End User Training

With advanced onboarding, we provide hands-on training to the champion to ensure their team members can navigate monday.com with absolute confidence. Not just that! We share new or updated features and tools, and receive user feedback to continuously optimize workflows.