ERP for IT Services Companies in India: What You Need
Manufacturing ERPs are built around stock. IT services run on contracts, tickets, time and recurring billing. What an ERP for IT services needs.
An ERP for an IT services company should be built around contracts, tickets, time and recurring billing — not around stock and production. Classic ERPs grew up in manufacturing; an IT services firm that buys one often spends months bending inventory and production modules to describe AMCs, support hours and project milestones.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- IT services run on contracts, tickets, time and recurring billing, not stock.
- Tickets should inherit SLA times from the client's contract.
- AMC invoices should raise themselves on the billing cycle.
What an IT services business actually runs on
- Clients and contracts: AMCs, retainers and project agreements with what each includes.
- Service delivery: tickets with response and resolution times; engineers dispatched to sites.
- Assets: the client devices you look after, with their history.
- Projects: implementations with tasks, milestones and time.
- Billing: recurring AMC invoices, project milestones, one-off jobs, all with GST.
- People: attendance, leave, payroll and who is overloaded.
Five questions for any vendor
- Can a ticket inherit the response time from the client's contract?
- Are AMC visits counted against what the contract includes?
- Do AMC invoices raise themselves on the billing cycle?
- Can you see profit per project from time logged?
- Can clients raise and follow tickets in a portal?
Where Grovia fits
Grovia's IT & service module records AMCs with covered assets, scope and included visits; schedules preventive maintenance; gives service tickets the contract's response and resolution due times; and raises AMC invoices monthly, quarterly or yearly. It sits alongside projects with time and profitability, field dispatch, GST quotations and invoices, HR and payroll, and a client portal. It does not run warehouse inventory; spare-parts stock beyond a basic level needs a dedicated tool.
Who needs a full ERP instead
IT companies that also distribute hardware at scale, with warehouses and purchase cycles, will want inventory-led ERP alongside or instead.
A test you can run this week
Pick your three largest AMC clients and answer: visits used this year, tickets raised, and whether the last invoice went out on time. If any answer needs a spreadsheet, that is your ERP gap.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best ERP for an IT services company in India?
One built around contracts, tickets, time and recurring billing rather than inventory. Manufacturing-first ERPs need heavy customisation for services.
Do IT services companies need ERP?
Once AMCs, tickets, projects and billing outgrow spreadsheets, yes — but a services-focused system usually fits better than a classic ERP.
Can Grovia raise AMC invoices automatically?
Yes. Each AMC can be set to invoice monthly, quarterly or yearly.
Does Grovia track client assets?
Yes. Assets are recorded against the AMC, and tickets are linked to the contract.
Does Grovia manage hardware inventory?
Not warehouse inventory. Businesses distributing hardware at scale need an inventory system.
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