Nebulos
Delivering End-To-End Business Process Automation for the Enterprise

Organizations move their enterprise resource planning (ERP) operations to the cloud as the migration of ERP systems to the cloud offers several distinct advantages, such as easy and secure access to the systems. However, most of them lack the resources, skill sets, and technology expertise to execute such a migration effectively. There is a considerable disconnect between the traditional IT group and the business group within the organization that further impacts the migration process. It is also hampered by several challenges, including ease of use, security, compliance, disruption of business operations, and time to migrate data. While these issues are present in the background, organizations need to ensure that the ERP automation on the cloud remains as effective as on-prem. This is where NebulOS, a leader in ERP automation, comes in. The company has built a platform that modernizes an ERP system using microservice architecture to continue working in the same manner even after migrating to the cloud. This allows clients to configure and scale an ERP system from anywhere quickly and effectively. The company also integrates additional multi-cloud tools, backup, and recovery into the solution that allows clients to access the information or applications from anywhere, anytime.

Established in 2018 by a seasoned enterprise entrepreneur with over twenty-five years of experience, NebulOS has been offering automated process discovery and mining for end-to-end ERP automation. The company commenced its journey by pulling past experiences of providing ERP hosting and managed services for clients that ran SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Microsoft Dynamics. From the beginning, the NebulOS vision has been to apply automation through out the ERP system from the application set, the configurations, hardware, infrastructure, and deliver via an unlimited managed servicesmodel. At the time, businesses had to carry out scripting using various software solutions. Looking at the situation, NebulOS started focusing on process mining and robotic process automation (RPA) for ERP through its software solution, iFLO. The solution can automatically discover business process workflows throughout the ERP system, maps them out in a visual format, and then can be used to automate the process per the customer’s requirements. This includes potential automation of sales orders, supply chain, invoice creation, and order to cash to name a few. For instance, once scripted to the customers system, iFLO will map the applicationand allow users to edit, manipulate, make changes, and automate it for the future process.

Within nine months, NebulOS had modernized their system with changes to their platform, database, applications upgrade, cloud provider change and included a five-year managed service model for support and administration with unlimited compute, memory,and disk on its OpsStack cloud. “We not only helped the client reduce their costs but have provided 100 percent uptime, higher performance, and quick response to resolve business and data issues, as compared to their previous provider,” notes Anderson.

In another case, NebulOS brought RPA to a manufacturing company that was performing several manual tasks. The client had an ineffective invoicing system that often led to incomplete bills. Their team had torework about 200 invoices a day. Correcting those errors resulted in increased costs. NebulOS automated these tasks using workflows and robotic process automation (RPA) to handle all the different disparities in the invoices. As a result, the client could generate 200 invoices in just 45 minutes, freeing up resources to handle other business-related items. “With automation, we helped them save 60-70 percent of costs as it allowed them to use automation for repetitive nominal taskson a daily basis,” says Anderson.

Paving the Way for Innovation

As a self-funded firm, NebulOS has the flexibility to go deeper into research and development of itsautomation technologies and make those best suited for enterprise’s business applications. “We have the freedom to choose the right solution for our clients without any pressure from private equity, venture capitalists, or other outside funding groups that try to force a square peg into a round hole,” explains Anderson. This gives the company a competitive edge over other players. Since NebulOSis self-funded, it is not subject to bureaucratic regulations on pricing or solutions and has the flexibility to make affordable licensing specific to the client’s requirements. “We provide our clients with a solution that fits their needs and we then cater to scale that solution over time as their business needs change through growth. With this approach, we develop recurring revenue and clients for life, which is a major differencing factor for us.”

In the next phase of development, NebulOS is focusing on automation and modernization of ERP systems and making business processes more efficient by bringing in more insight and knowledge on the existing business processes and operations. At the same time, the company is continually growing in its current markets in North America, Europe, and Asia and plans to extend its footprint worldwide. “Looking forward, we plan to expand organically and through merger and acquisition strategies. We are expecting to grow 60 to 70 percent organically over the next 12 to 18 months,” says Anderson.