Senior ERP leadership, without the full-time hire.

Fractional ERP lead for Oracle Fusion and NetSuite

I step into Oracle Fusion and NetSuite programs to steady implementations, untangle project accounting and get go-live back on schedule, on a part-time, fixed-monthly basis.

  1. Project stuck
  2. Go-live slipping?
  3. Bran, Ammerly Consulting
    Bran steps inFractional ERP lead
  4. Live, and staying live

If you answer yes to any of these, we should talk.

  • Is go-live slipping and nobody can say why?
  • Do project costs disagree with the general ledger?
  • Are CRP and UAT cycles dragging without exit criteria?
  • Are integrations the riskiest line on the plan?
  • Did the integrator roll off and leave nobody owning the system?
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Hands on the system, not just the status report.

Four ways to bring me in. Most clients start with one and grow into another.

Fractional ERP lead

Part-time ownership of your ERP program. I run the working sessions, make the configuration calls, keep the integrator honest and give leadership a straight read on where things stand.

  • Program and vendor oversight
  • Design decisions and change control
  • Steering-committee reporting

Implementation recovery and testing

For programs that are slipping. I get into the build, rework the test approach and drive CRP and UAT to a go-live the business actually trusts.

  • Regression and UAT planning
  • Defect triage and cutover readiness
  • Go-live and hypercare support

Project accounting and procurement

Configuring the ERP so project costs, purchasing and the general ledger tell the same story, and finance can trust what it reports.

  • Project costing and budget structures
  • Procure-to-pay flows into project cost
  • Reconciliation between projects and the ledger

ERP health check

A short, fixed-scope review of where your implementation or live system stands: configuration, data, integrations and process. You get a prioritised list of what to fix first.

Ask about a health check

Case study

The half of the SOW that’s on you.

A high-end audio electronics manufacturer replacing Sage with NetSuite Manufacturing and WMS, with Shopify and FedEx connected. The fixed-price SOW covered what the vendor would configure. Process design, data, testing and cutover sat on the client’s side of the line. I ran that side, from kickoff in October 2024 to go-live in June 2025.

Oct 2024

Kickoff

Vendor: Kick-off and personalization sessions

  • RACI across 9 business owners
  • Risk register opened
  • 25 process areas mapped as-is and to-be §3.1.7
Nov 2024

Future state signed off?

Vendor: Configuration to standard practice

  • Future-state walkthrough held
  • 13 data objects tracked out of Sage §3.1.17
  • Team training plan in MyLearn §3.1.14
Jan 2025

Ready for Walkthrough 2?

4 risks open, 3 high

Vendor: Fixes for failed unit tests

  • 199 unit test cases tracked, failures re-tested
  • Walkthrough 2 sessions assigned and led §3.1.15
  • Connector, Shopify and FedEx prerequisites
Mar 2025

Integrations tested, cutover planned

Vendor: Integrations configured and tested

  • Cutover planning meeting
  • Custom reports and forms
May 2025

UAT passed?

Vendor: UAT consult sessions

  • 83 UAT scenarios written in business language §3.1.18
  • Go-live open issues tracked to close
June 2025

Live on NetSuite

Vendor: 30 days of post go-live support

  • Mock cutover of inventory, orders, POs and ledgers §3.1.19
  • Starting balances loaded, emails switched on

§ marks the clause in the SOW’s “Your Obligations” section that the work covered.

January: four live risks

  • High Failed unit tests waiting on fixes and re-tests
  • High Walkthrough 2 slipping behind schedule
  • High A costly change order on the table for one BOM report
  • Medium BOM data gaps blocking the supply and demand plan

June: the go-live checklist

  1. UAT signed off with the vendor
  2. Test data cleared from production
  3. Final delta of list data imported
  4. Mock cutover: inventory, sales orders, POs, AP, AR and GL
  5. Starting balances in, emails on, live

Bill of materials

What it took, counted from the project files.

QtyItemDetail
25Process areas mappedas-is and to-be, from MRP to bank management
9Business ownerson one RACI
13Data objectstracked out of Sage, from chart of accounts to open vendor balances
199Unit test casesacross 9 end-to-end process flows
83UAT scenarioswritten the way the business talks: trade-ins, backorders, powder-coat outsourcing
3Integrationse-commerce, carrier and shipping software
32Userson the training plan

Procurement, redesigned

Mapping the Sage process raised open questions: were requisitions in Sage or in Excel, and who approved what? In NetSuite, every purchase passes the same three checks.

  1. Shortage flagged by production, the warehouse or the purchasing dashboard
  2. Is inventory right? If not, reconcile first
  3. Is the vendor approved? If not, vendor onboarding
  4. Is the PO over $5,000? If so, it routes for approval
  5. Sent to vendor, open and ready to receive

Service cases, mapped end to end

One repair moves through sales, receiving, the repair bench and the customer, with six statuses tracked on the case.

  1. OpenSales and service
  2. Pending repairReceiving
  3. In-houseReceiving
  4. Repair completeRepair tech
  5. Waiting for packagingSales and service
  6. Service completeReceiving

How an engagement runs.

  1. 1

    Intro call

    Thirty minutes on what’s happening, what’s at stake, and whether I’m the right fit.

  2. 2

    Assessment

    I review the system, the plan and the people, then hand back a clear picture and a recommended scope.

  3. 3

    Fractional engagement

    A set monthly commitment. Mostly remote, on-site when it moves the work forward.

  4. 4

    Handover

    Documentation and knowledge transfer so your team owns the system once I step back.

Where I’ve done the work.

ERP
Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP, NetSuite
Finance
Project accounting and costing, procurement
Operations
Manufacturing, PLM/PIM
Integration
ERP to in-house legacy systems, e-commerce and shipping
Delivery
Configuration, regression testing, CRP and UAT, go-live
Sectors
Federal Government programs, manufacturing
Portrait of Bran

I'm Bran.

I've spent roughly 18 years inside ERP implementations. Not just running the plan, but configuring the system, writing and running regression tests, leading CRP and UAT cycles, and standing in the room at go-live.

My work has covered project accounting and costing, procurement, manufacturing, PLM/PIM, and the integrations that tie an ERP back to in-house legacy systems. Much of it was delivered as a contractor for Federal Government clients.

Remote by default. On-site up to one week a month when the work calls for it.

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Tell me where the project is stuck.

A short note on the platform, the phase you’re in and what’s worrying you is plenty to start. Every enquiry gets a personal reply.

You'll talk directly with Bran. No account manager, no hand-off.

Colorado, USA. Remote-first.