Jopera Oy, a house manufacturer known for its high quality and customer-focused service, has chosen Pinja’s Sales & Delivery Operations solution (formerly Total ERP) as its new enterprise resource planning system. With this ERP upgrade, the company will streamline quote calculations and project management, improve the flow of information between the parties involved in construction projects, and bring all construction site documentation together in one place.
Jopera also plans to integrate the new ERP with the company’s design software in the future, which will make its material quantity calculations even more precise. As a financially sound company, Jopera is using the current market slowdown to update its enterprise resource planning system to meet the needs of the next upturn.
The Sales & Delivery Operations solution implemented by Jopera will cover all of the company’s core business functions, including house deliveries, construction site operations and financial management. The strengths of this experienced house manufacturer include a customer-centric approach and product customisation, which the company aims to support with even more flexible and adaptable quote calculations.
The quote calculator must be reliable and guide the salesperson to calculate correctly. This ensures that the deals we make are sound and profitable. In addition, we’ll see improvements in our CRM and better tools for sales management, says Jorma Paaso, CEO of Jopera.
Other important improvements for Jopera include the fact that the system is browser-based and can be accessed remotely from anywhere, as well as a reduction in the amount of material sent by email.
A large part of our work involves project management, so we need to be able to reliably manage the distribution and assignment of standard project-related tasks. Even if only one person is handling a specific task, there can easily be ten others who need to be informed about it, explains Jorma Paaso.
Jopera is known, among other things, as a pioneer in building custom-designed detached houses and has 30 years of experience in the field. Topias Paaso, who leads ERP development at Jopera, explains that significant improvements are now also being sought in areas such as developer contracting and related tools.
The solution makes this work more reliable for us and, at the same time, allows us to get rid of separate Excel spreadsheets. We have a lot of mobile workers, so browser-based access and remote use are important advantages, says Topias Paaso.
Jopera had been using its previous ERP system for a decade, so there was a genuine need for modernisation. The implementation was agreed with Pinja in early spring 2023, and the practical transition began shortly afterwards in late spring.
We reviewed a few options and chose Pinja as our new system provider based, among other things, on positive user experiences and recommendations. Our entire staff will use the system, and subcontractors will also have access to manage the files they need. This way, they can view the drawings for each house, electrical contractors can view and update electrical drawings, and so on, says Jorma Paaso.
As a parallel project, Jopera is already planning an integration between the new ERP system and the design software it uses. This will make material quantity calculations even more precise, reduce waste and improve profitability. Jopera uses Finnish wood as its primary building material, which is both eco-friendly and durable.
Both parties have been very satisfied with the early stages of the partnership.
The collaboration got off to a good and smooth start. Jopera has seen how the solution can support their business, and we, for our part, have understood their needs. So we’re happy to be supporting and developing Jopera’s business, says Ari Harjula, Director of Pinja’s ERP Business Area.
Topias Paaso of Jopera agrees.
We have nothing but positive things to say about our collaboration so far. Our contacts at Pinja have always been easy to reach, and they respond quickly to enquiries. On-call support has also been available whenever needed. Of course, it helps that I’ve worked with ERP systems before, but Pinja has definitely given us excellent and essential support during the implementation, says Topias Paaso.