Platform Modernization · Tier 01 Advisory

Utleys: one audit,
one confident decision.

Utleys makes the world’s finest primary and secondary packaging prototypes out of Woodside, NY — 3D printing, CNC, fabrication, molds, finishing, the full shop. Their business ran on an aging Sage 100 with no documented requirements and no way to weigh a replacement. Six months of weekly advisory sessions produced the full decision package: end-user pain-point matrix, business + technical requirements, Odoo implementation roadmap with timeline and budget, and a Sage-vs-Odoo ROI and TCO analysis.

8/8
Scoped deliverables shipped — analysis through ROI, nothing dropped
5.0
Verified Clutch rating — quality, schedule, cost, willingness to refer
6 mo
From first audit session to decision-ready roadmap, ROI, and TCO
SAGE 100current-state audit DECISION PACKAGE Pain-point matrix BRD + TRD Requirement mapping Infra cost analysis ODOO ROADMAPROI + TCO · budget APR → OCT 2023 · WEEKLY SESSIONS
Industry
Packaging prototypes
Location
Woodside, NY
Timeline
Apr – Oct 2023
Stack
Sage 100 → Odoo (advisory)
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The Challenge

An aging Sage 100, undocumented requirements, and no defensible way to evaluate a replacement.

A high-mix prototype shop — dozens of processes from CNC to vacuum metalizing — running its business on Sage 100. Requirements lived in people’s heads, end-user pain had never been mapped, and there was no honest basis to compare staying on Sage against moving to Odoo. The risk wasn’t picking the wrong platform; it was deciding blind.

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  • 1Aging Sage 100The system of record drifting behind a fast-moving, high-mix shop floor.
  • 2Undocumented requirementsBusiness and technical requirements lived in heads, not documents — unauditable.
  • 3End-user pain unmappedNo structured view of where the day-to-day actually hurt — until the pain-point matrix.
  • 4No ROI basis to decideSage vs. Odoo was a guess without TCO and infrastructure cost analysis.
What We Did

The advisory motion, end to end: audit in, defensible decision out.

Pure Tier 01 advisory — the assessment motion, by the book. Weekly working sessions through a deep analysis of the Sage 100 environment, the product line, and the business workflow. Every finding documented, every requirement mapped to the candidate platform, every cost modeled. The deliverable wasn’t a recommendation memo — it was a decision package the leadership team could defend.

  • Sage 100 current-state analysis · end-user pain-point matrix · business + technical requirements documentation
  • Odoo implementation requirement mapping · implementation roadmap with timeline and budget
  • Infrastructure cost analysis · Sage vs. Odoo ROI + TCO analysis from the audit outcomes → full software selection
UTLEY'S · AUDIT IN, DEFENSIBLE DECISION OUTAuditSage 100 todayRequirementsmapped to OdooCostROI + TCODecisionpackagedocumentedmodeleddefendedPain-point matrixBusiness + technicalInfrastructure analysisRoadmap, timeline, budgetHOW IT RANWeekly working sessions · advisory only, no system was touchedEvery finding documented, every requirement mapped, every cost modeled
The deliverable was a decision package the leadership team could defend, not a recommendation memo.

Under the hood. Built on: Sage 100 audit, Odoo requirement mapping, ROI + TCO analysis, Roadmap · timeline · budget. Advisory-only scope: no system was touched. The audit mapped every Sage 100 workflow and end-user pain point against Odoo module capabilities, with infrastructure costs modeled for both paths — the same assessment motion that opens every Platform Modernization engagement.

The Outcome

The cheapest phase of any ERP project is the one where you decide with evidence.

Full software selection with ROI + TCO analysis · 5.0 verified · a named reference who says "contact me."

8/8
Scoped deliverables shipped — analysis through ROI, nothing dropped
5.0
Verified Clutch rating — quality, schedule, cost, willingness to refer
6 mo
From first audit session to decision-ready roadmap, ROI, and TCO
Verified Review
★★★★★
“The project management was excellent. Close personal relationship — no cold big business feel. Feel free to contact me.”
John Utley · VP & Principal, Utleys LLC · Packaging prototypes
Verified on Clutch · May 2024 →
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