From separate systems to a single integrated platform: smart choices for sustainable growth

Many organizations let each department use separate tools, such as HubSpot for Marketing, Pipedrive for Sales, and Asana for projects. This may seem efficient at first, but fragmented setups cause company-wide challenges. Collaboration suffers, which is why more organizations explore a separate systems integrated platform approach.

The pitfall of fragmentation

When departments continue to use different tools for years, the IT landscape becomes fragmented. This causes structural problems:

• Databases that are not properly aligned;
• Expensive custom solutions to make systems communicate with each other;
• Consultants who have to create data connections between applications that were not designed for that;
• Limited overview of customer data, orders, planning, or inventory.

The result? A landscape that functions technically but falls short strategically.

Investing more is not always the solution

Many organizations attempt to address this issue by investing in additional integrations, middleware, or data warehouses. They think: ‘The old systems exist, so we must connect them.’ But this usually makes everything more expensive and complex.

The power of divestment

Real progress starts by letting go. Organizations that replace separate systems with one integrated platform, such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 with the Power Platform, take an important step:

• One consistent source of data;
• One platform for CRM, projects, inventory, planning, and administration;
• Automated processes throughout the entire chain;
• More clarity, speed, and flexibility;
• Strategic advantage through simplicity and coherence.

In short, investing in an integrated system yields significantly more benefits over time than piecing together separate tools. As the saying goes, better to correct halfway than to wander astray entirely.

Taking the step together from separate systems to a integrated platform

Digitalization is more than just separate applications; it is the foundation of your organization, both now and moving forward. At Bluace, we guide organizations to an integrated platform and help them maximize the benefits of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform.