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Connecting an office supplies business, end to end.

From the shop counter to online ordering and finance: a multi-year ERP project led by Justin Sherwood during his time at Seriun.

This is an example of our founder’s previous work at Seriun, approximately 2008-2011. The client is kept anonymous.

Around 30

People using the system

Up to 10

People in the project team at its peak

2008-2011

Approximate project period

The business challenge

An office supplies business needed an end-to-end system spanning its day-to-day operations and online sales. The scope connected EPOS, sales, purchasing, stock, customer records and finance, alongside contract-specific pricing and B2B and B2C retail.

The commercial priorities were practical: reduce rekeying, make ordering faster, improve stock accuracy and reporting, and support different buying arrangements online.

What Justin led

As project lead at Seriun, Justin led a team that grew to up to 10 people. Delivery spanned several years, approximately 2008-2011, with around 30 users working across the resulting business system.

The application brought together counter transactions and back-office functions with web orders and supplier integration. Online contract pricing supported business customers, alongside B2C and B2B purchasing.

What improved

  • Less rekeying across business processes.
  • Faster ordering.
  • Improved stock accuracy and reporting.
  • Online pricing for individual contracts.
  • B2B and B2C online retail as part of the wider system.

These are qualitative outcomes described by Justin from his experience leading the project. No percentage saving or financial return is claimed; the dates and user count are approximate.

The lesson for today

Business software needs to work across the whole process: how an order arrives, who handles it, which price applies, what is in stock and how it reaches finance. That experience informs Fortuna Pace’s approach to understanding the workflow before choosing the technology.

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