ERPNext Implementation & Support Across France
French manufacturers face a hard deadline: from 1 September 2026 every company must be able to receive electronic invoices, and large and mid-sized companies must issue them, with SMEs following in September 2027. That timetable is forcing ERP decisions across French industry. Sigzen, a certified ERPNext and Frappe partner, implements ERPNext with Factur-X configured and connected to your chosen partner platform, sous-traitance handled as a core flow, and open-source licensing that fits a company of thirty to three hundred people.
Where We Work
Regions and cities we serve in France
Why Sigzen
Why French manufacturers work with Sigzen on ERPNext
Small and mid-size manufacturers in French are caught between ERP systems priced for corporations and accounting software that stops at the office door. ERPNext closes that gap with full production depth and open-source licensing. Sigzen, a certified ERPNext and Frappe partner, implements it with the local compliance layer built in and working hours that overlap the European day.
Ready for the September 2026 reform
From 1 September 2026 every French company must be able to receive electronic invoices, and large and mid-sized companies must issue them, with smaller businesses following in September 2027. Sigzen configures ERPNext to produce Factur-X and structured invoice formats and connects it to your chosen partner platform, so the reform becomes a configuration step rather than a scramble.
No per-user licence fees
ERPNext is open source. A forty-person Mittelstand supplier pays for implementation and hosting, not for seats, and the next ten users cost nothing in software. Against quotes that scale per user per month, that difference often decides whether the project happens.
Your data stays where you decide
ERPNext can be self-hosted on your own servers or with an EU hosting provider of your choice, which keeps GDPR data-residency questions simple to answer. There is no vendor holding your production data hostage to a subscription.
Built for job shops, not just ledgers
Work orders, routings, operation-wise costing, quality checks and quoting from real bills of materials are the core of ERPNext, not add-ons. Estimators quote from what similar jobs actually cost, and margin per order is visible while the order is still running.
Documentation your customers audit
Whether you hold ISO 9001, IATF 16949 or EN 9100, customers audit records rather than intentions. ERPNext maintains lot and serial traceability, inspection results, nonconformance records and calibration schedules linked to every delivery.
Sous-traitance handled as a core flow
French industry runs on subcontracting chains, and ERPNext tracks material sent to and returned from sub-tier suppliers with the documentation and reconciliation those relationships need.
One Platform
Our ERP Modules
How We Implement
How an ERPNext implementation runs in France
European manufacturers rarely have staff to spare for a two-year ERP programme. Sigzen's approach puts a working system into a small team's hands quickly and deepens it from there, with every session scheduled inside your working day.
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Discovery in your hours
Sigzen maps how your plant actually runs: quoting, purchasing, the route a part takes through the shop, inspection points, dispatch and invoicing. India sits three and a half to four and a half hours ahead of Central European Time, so these sessions run in your morning and afternoon rather than at either side's inconvenience.
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Set up the French compliance layer
VAT treatment, the Factur-X output and the route to your chosen partner platform are configured together, with test invoices cleared before any live document depends on the setup.
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Configure the shop floor
Bills of materials, routings, work orders, operation-wise job costing and quality checkpoints are configured to mirror the mapped flow, with scrap and rework captured exactly where material is actually lost.
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Migrate data cleanly
Customers, suppliers, parts, bills of materials, open orders and balances move across from your existing system or spreadsheets after verification and de-duplication. Historical job costs come too, because that history is what makes future quoting accurate.
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Test with your own orders
Recent real orders run end to end before go-live: enquiry, order, purchase, production, inspection, delivery note and invoice. Testing on your own parts exposes the gaps while they are still cheap to fix.
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Train by role, recorded
Estimators, buyers, shop supervisors, quality and accounting each learn their daily screens on your own data. Sessions are recorded so the next hire trains from the same material.
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Go live, then keep improving
Sigzen supports the first weeks live during your working day, including the first month-end close. After stabilisation the work turns to the reports owners actually run on: margin per order, on-time delivery, scrap by reason, quote-to-win rate.
Good to Know
Frequently asked questions
Is ERPNext ready for the French e-invoicing reform?
Yes, with configuration. Sigzen sets up Factur-X output in ERPNext and connects it to your chosen partner platform, with test invoices cleared before any live document depends on the setup. The obligation to receive applies to all companies from 1 September 2026; issuing applies to large and mid-sized companies from the same date and to SMEs from September 2027.
Does ERPNext handle sous-traitance properly?
Yes. Material sent to and returned from sub-tier suppliers moves on documented transfers with quantity reconciliation, pending stock visible per partner and cost returning to the job it belongs to.
What does ERPNext cost compared with French ERP vendors?
ERPNext is open source with no per-user licence fees, so cost concentrates in implementation and hosting rather than in seats renewed annually. For most mid-size manufacturers that is the difference between the project happening and not.
Where is our data stored?
Wherever you decide. ERPNext can be self-hosted on your own servers or with an EU hosting provider, which keeps GDPR data-residency questions simple.
How does a French company work with an ERPNext partner in India?
India runs three and a half to four and a half hours ahead of Central European Time, so Sigzen's team covers your full working day. Implementation is remote with on-site visits where a project needs them, and every session is recorded.
Can ERPNext replace our current system without losing history?
Yes. Customers, suppliers, articles, bills of materials, open orders and balances migrate after verification, and historical job costs come across where they exist, because that history is what makes future quoting accurate.
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