Technology
ERP decisions are among the most consequential a mid-market business will make. Vendor selection driven by demonstration rather than requirements, or by relationship rather than fit, produces implementations that do not deliver what the board was promised.
SaaS and cloud platform commitments made without independent evaluation of long-term fit, data portability, and total cost create dependencies that are expensive to reverse and invisible until they become a problem.
Systems acquired through growth or acquisition that were never integrated properly create operational fragility and data quality problems that compound over time without a board-level view of the risk.
Custom development decisions made without a structured evaluation of available platforms, or platform decisions made without evaluating the build option, carry risk that only becomes visible at the point of implementation.
Technology implementations without independent programme oversight lose pace, scope, and budget in ways that are not visible to the board until the damage is done.
Technology architecture choices made by IT without reference to operational requirements, or by operations without reference to technical constraints, create integration problems that are expensive to fix after the fact.
Technology engagements are scoped to the decision the board needs to make. Our lead technology partner has documented outcomes including £50m capital release through regulatory remediation and £21m annual Opex reduction across regulated banking, defence, and SaaS platforms. Typical work covers:
"We had a preferred vendor before we had defined requirements. Assured Velocity rewound that process, built the requirements properly, and the vendor we ended up with was not the one we started with."
"The implementation was six weeks in before anyone asked whether the integration architecture would handle our transaction volumes. Assured Velocity caught it before it became a go-live problem."
| Product | Fee | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Maturity Assessment | Free | Instant | Learn more → |
| Operational & Technology Health Check | Bespoke | 2-4 weeks | Learn more → |
| Technology Deep Diagnostic | Bespoke | Bespoke | Learn more → |
Start with a 30-minute call to confirm fit and agree what a useful first step looks like.
We take on a limited number of engagements each quarter.
“We had a vendor shortlist and no way to evaluate it properly. Assured Velocity gave us the framework and the confidence to make the right call.”
“The technology selection was being driven by the vendor. Having independent evaluation criteria changed the outcome entirely.”
“They stopped us signing a contract that would have locked us into a platform that did not fit our operational model. Saved us years of pain.”
“The requirements they produced were more rigorous than anything we had internally. The vendor could not answer half of them. Telling.”
“Senior, independent, and with no platform revenue. Exactly what a technology decision of that size requires.”
“The Business Review found the root cause in our process, not the system. We avoided a platform migration we did not need.”
“We had a vendor shortlist and no way to evaluate it properly. Assured Velocity gave us the framework and the confidence to make the right call.”
“The technology selection was being driven by the vendor. Having independent evaluation criteria changed the outcome entirely.”
“They stopped us signing a contract that would have locked us into a platform that did not fit our operational model. Saved us years of pain.”
“The requirements they produced were more rigorous than anything we had internally. The vendor could not answer half of them. Telling.”
“Senior, independent, and with no platform revenue. Exactly what a technology decision of that size requires.”
“The Business Review found the root cause in our process, not the system. We avoided a platform migration we did not need.”