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Proven, mining-specific ERP within 99 days. Guaranteed.
Mine within months
Start strong. Grow organically
Designed for minimal risk
Continental reach
Certified by SAP AG
Built-in financial integrity
Training and support
Comprehensive presentation
Why Barnstone's All-in-One Mining Solution is the clear choice
Mine within months
"Working from AEMR's Johannesburg offices, Barnstone was able to implement SAP using (their) template in just 12 weeks." ITWeb, 5 July 2012.
Prepare to go live in 99 days from project inception with the Barnstone AiO Mining Solution. Our proprietary, pre-configured SAP mining template is ideal for fast-tracking mid-market Greenfield mining operations without lengthy consulting, analysis or configuration.
In the face of market volitility, especially when commodity prices plummet, the last thing you can afford is a lengthy ERP implementation. Typical SAP projects take anywhere from 6 months to several years depending on the size and complexity of your business. Up-front management consulting, deep analysis, feasibility studies, or the design of a business optimisation "blueprint" only add to the delay.
When you don't have time to wait, our agile, phased-implementation methodology allows you to focus on making your investment profitable immediately, with minimal disruption to the business or involvement from management. And once you're up and running, you can decide if you need Barnstone's supporting business, IT, financial, and risk optimisation services to help you achieve an even greater return on investment.
Start strong. Grow organically
"Barnstone's solution offers us a great way to access SAP within a much shorter timeframe and at an affordable cost. The great thing is that it is scalable and so can accommodate the growth that we expect." Arthur Thanda Dladla, African Exploration, Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC)
Built on SAP – the world's most trusted business system – Barnstone AiO provides a complete enterprise SAP system with all the functionality you'll ever need, out of the box and in record time.
To get your system operational as quickly as possible, we only activate the modules necessary to support our mining template. This gives you a powerful base to work from. Later, if your business needs evolve, we'll turn on any extra functionality required to address them.
Designed for minimal risk.
"I was impressed at how consistently Barnstone's templates migrated to (our) DRC operations, showing that the processes on which they are based are sound." Paul Collins, Head of Mining Information Systems, Trafigura
With Barnstone AiO, you'll not only implement a full SAP system in record time; you'll also lower your risk substantially.
Stable design. Safe implementation
The Barnstone template includes:
Our template is the result of years of development and we've installed it successfully at over 10 mines. It's proven itself to be incredibly stable. When you implement Barnstone AiO, you'll have the assurance that you can start using it immediately without worrying about hold-ups, bugs, software crashes or incorrectly configured functionality. It just works.
Fixed price. Fixed deadlines
Project costs and time frames for SAP implementations can shift dramatically. But Barnstone AiO offers fixed price contracts and set implementation deadlines. With stringent project SLA's to fall back on, you'll be certain that you get what you signed up for.
Maximum functionality. Minimum customisation
Because Barnstone AiO includes financial templates, process flows‚ process documentation, authorisations and workflows specifically designed for mining‚ you'll have little need for elaborate customisation to create the specialised processes and controls demanded by your business. It's all included in the base package.
Proven track record
You can trust our proven track record in delivering Barnstone AiO. With verifiable references and successful implementations that can be showcased, you'll be sure that your project is safest in our hands.
Continental reach
With language packs for the multiple languages spoken across Africa, Barstone AiO is ideal for deployment at mining operations throughout the continent.
Furthermore, we have the necessary resources and technical expertise required to implement Barnstone AiO at the most remote locations.
Certified by SAP AG
"Value-added resellers such as Barnstone are selected for their professional strength, customer successes and SAP applications expertise. SAP is excited about this certification, which follows intensive and vigorous quality checks and processes, and they exceeded every stage." Desmond Nair, Director of Ecosystem and Channel, SAP Africa
Barnstone AiO is a SAP-certified version of SAP's All-in-One ERP software and provides numerous proprietary extentions and design patterns that are based on our years of mining experience and knowledge. This not only includes our unique mining template but also our phased implementation methodology. In addition, Barnstone has been a member of the SAP Partner Programme since 2008
Built-in financial integrity
Barnstone AiO comes with a ready-to-use mining chart of accounts that allows you to start transacting immediately. And it's protected by a pre-defined authorisation framework based on the granular Task and Value (Function and Enabler) approach, as supported by Ernst and Young and Price Waterhouse Cooper. This allows you to rapidly assign personnel to business roles that are clearly segregated to ensure strong financial and operational integrity.
Training and support
Training
Too much detail too quickly can prove overwhelming for those learning a new system. Our phased training approach allows your staff to gain familiarity with the mining solution as required. We first instruct them only on the functionality they will use to carry out their duties. As new functionality is introduced, we upgrade their skills to suite their needs. In this way, we achieve a high level of user competence, system acceptance, and operator efficiency.
Support
We offer a structured but flexible support model that gives you both routine services and on-demand support. You'll have access to support through the Barnstone Contact Centre which provides a single point of contact from 8:00 to 17:00 weekdays with standby assistance available 25x5 for business critical issues.
Comprehensive presentation
"The fact that we could run a comprehensive demo helped make our decision to implement that much easier.” Mike Gallagher, CIO, Rand Uranium
Informative and insightful, Barstone's comprehensive business case presentation will help you to decide if Barnstone AiO is right for you. You'll be able to interrogate a senior consultant on the business advantages of our product and your own pressing concerns. This gives you the opportunity to assess the entire solution as well as our industry expertise. In short time, you'll have all the information you need to move forward rapidly and satsify your business-critical requirements.
If required, we'll also provide your technical staff with a detailed product demonstration to help them understand the strengths and system requirements of the solution. We'll be able to show them how the system provides for specific operational tasks and processes unique to the mining industry.
Why the Barnstone SAP Business All-in-One Mining Solution is the clear choice
Barnstone's SAP All-in-One Mining Solution:
- Has been designed for minimum risk,
- Provides a complete system that has proven itself at over 10 mines
- Can grow with your business needs.
No other mining system offers such a high level of verifiable, operational certainty in such a short time. Contact us today for a comprehensive business case presentation, and mine within months.
Request more information about our Mining Solution
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