Imagine a company at the forefront of tackling climate change with renewable energy. They’re growing and innovating, but behind the scenes, their core operational systems are obscuring vital data and turning essential tasks like audits into monumental challenges. This was the reality for GH Power, a leader in renewable energy solutions. However, their story took a sharp, and impressively fast, turn towards transformation.
From Bottleneck to Breakthrough
GH Power knew its existing methods for managing critical financial information were outdated. This resulted in a lack of clear visibility and control over its financial data, which was frustrating and meant potential opportunities were slipping through the company’s fingers. Moreover, preparing for audits felt like navigating a labyrinth.
The company needed a modern foundation to help it resolve its current headaches and scale, keeping its ambitious green energy goals in mind. To achieve this goal, GH Power selected Nextworld.
Nextworld helped GH Power overhaul its legacy setup with remarkable results, especially in terms of the speed of modernizing the platform. This wasn’t one of those typical projects where major system modernization drags on for endless months. In close partnership with the adept team at AITO, a Nextworld partner, GH Power transitioned from its old system to fully live on the Nextworld platform in just 53 days. That is less than two months to revolutionize a core operational framework.
A Win with No-Code
How did they achieve such a lightning-fast deployment? Nextworld’s next-generation, no-code architecture was a game-changer. This approach neatly sidestepped the prolonged disruptions typically associated with significant technology upgrades.
GH Power strategically utilized Nextworld’s packaged applications for essential functions like managing their general ledger, streamlining procurement, and handling accounts payable workflows. This allowed the company to automate key processes and enhance operational efficiency almost from day one.
The impact was immediate and profound. By centralizing its financial data within the Nextworld platform, GH Power gained the crystal-clear visibility it desperately needed. Audits, once a source of dread, became quicker and more accurate.
According to Dave Chin, CPA, CA, Vice President of Finance at GH Power, his team needed a technology platform that kept pace with their needs. Nextworld gave them the tools they needed to innovate and adapt while setting up the team to scale in the future.
AITO also played a pivotal role. Its deep understanding of Nextworld’s capabilities and GH Power’s unique requirements ensured a customized approach.
Dave Baker, Applications and Project Manager at AITO, noted that his team was confident that the Nextworld platform would drive substantial value for GH Power in the future.
A Future-Ready Company
GH Power isn’t resting on its laurels. On its roadmap is the development of custom applications to meticulously track its production of thermal energy, green hydrogen, and alumina—all crucial to its mission to combat global warming.
The company also plans to create a bespoke application module to translate its carbon offset potential into carbon certificates, aiding GH Power’s global customers in their decarbonization efforts.
What This Means for ERP Insiders
Redefine agility, not just manage it. Traditional systems often focus on managing existing processes within established boundaries. However, a no-code platform like the one implemented by Nextworld for GH Power empowers professionals to create true agility. They can rapidly build and deploy new solutions or adapt existing ones as business needs pivot, slashing timelines from potential months or years to weeks or days.
Shift from gatekeeper to value enabler. An IT professional’s deep understanding of business processes and data is invaluable, and no-code platforms can transform IT professionals from being perceived as gatekeepers of complex, rigid systems into direct enablers of business innovation. It can help organizations gain the power to directly configure, extend, and even build custom applications with significantly less reliance on scarce, specialized coding talent, putting creative solutions directly into the hands of those who understand the needs best.
Scale with confidence and increase your ROI. Future-proofing an organization’s operations is about weathering the next mandatory upgrade cycle and building inherent adaptability. A no-code approach allows organizations to design and implement unique, scalable functionalities, like GH Power’s custom energy tracking and future carbon certificate applications. This means businesses can seamlessly extend their operational capabilities and address niche requirements without the complexity, cost, and risks typically associated with customizing or overhauling traditional ERP environments.
