Know exactly what your integration will cost before you start
What You Get
After 2-4 weeks, you will have complete clarity on your ERP integration:
✓ Know the Real Cost – Budget ranges for 2-3 different approaches (not just one “take it or leave it” option)
✓ Understand the Timeline – Realistic phases with effort estimates, so you can plan resources and cash flow
✓ Make an Informed Decision – ROI analysis showing payback period, so you know if this investment makes sense now or later
✓ Get Competitive Quotes – Detailed requirements you can send to any developer for apples-to-apples comparison
✓ Reduce Project Risk – Edge cases and technical challenges identified before development starts, not halfway through
The Problem We’re Solving
ERP integration projects for charging platforms regularly:
- Run 6+ months over schedule
- Cost 2-3x initial estimates
- Miss critical requirements discovered halfway through
This happens because teams jump into development without proper scoping. For €5,000, you avoid these expensive surprises.
The Process | 2-4 Weeks
Week 1-2: Discovery & Requirements
- Kick-off call with your Finance, IT, and Operations leads
- We map your current systems, data flows, and manual processes
- Requirements workshop to identify what needs to integrate
Week 3-4: Architecture & Planning
- Technical review of 2-3 integration approaches
- Roadmap workshop to build phased implementation plan
Timeline depends on your team’s availability for workshops. Typically completed within 2-4 weeks from kick-off.
Your Deliverables – What You Own
Five comprehensive documents in editable format:
1. Current State Assessment
- System inventory with diagrams
- Data flow maps
- Current process documentation
- Pain points with time/cost impact
2. Requirements Specification
- Prioritized integration requirements
- Data mapping between systems
- Business rules and validation needs
- Edge cases identified
3. Integration Architecture Proposal
- 2-3 technical approaches evaluated
- Cost estimate for each approach
- Pros, cons, and trade-offs
- Our recommended approach with rationale
- Security and compliance considerations
- Diagrams
4. Implementation Roadmap
- Phased delivery plan
- Timeline and effort estimates per phase
- Budget ranges per phase
- Risk assessment and mitigation
How You Use These Documents
Get Competitive Quotes Send requirements to multiple developers. Every vendor quotes the same scope – true apples-to-apples comparison. No one can pad estimates with “discovery phases.”
Build Internally Hand the specification to your dev team. They start immediately without spending weeks figuring out requirements.
Secure Budget Approval Present ROI analysis to your CFO or board. Clear payback periods make the business case.
Phase Your Investment Start with Phase 1, measure results, then decide on Phase 2. Not committed to the full project upfront.
Make an Informed Go/No-Go Decision Sometimes ROI analysis shows the project does not make financial sense yet. Better to learn this for €5,000 than €50,000 into development.
Return When Ready Shelf the documents and revisit in 6-12 months when timing or budget improves.
All documents are fully editable and yours with no strings attached. Use them with any development partner.
Your Commitment
- Finance lead: 6-10 hours
- IT/Technical lead: 8-12 hours
- Operations lead: 5-8 hours
Spread across 2-3 weeks in scheduled workshops (we work around your availability).
Delivered by Metergram
50-person team specialized in CSMS platform development and integrations across Europe and North America. We have long experience with scoping and building ERP integrations for charging operators.
Next Step
30-minute scoping call to confirm your specific needs and answer questions about the process.
What about implementation?
No obligation to proceed. The planning documents are yours regardless.
Implementation: ERP Integration Build
- API development and middleware setup
- Data mapping and transformation logic
- Automated sync scheduling
- Testing and validation
- Go-live support and monitoring