Engineering company Draper has chosen Unanet’s enterprise resource planning and customer resource management platform to support its growth strategy.
Draper, a developer of space, biotechnology, strategic and electronic systems for national security customers, made the decision after reviewing the ability of various systems to handle an expected doubling of its headcount and revenue over the next decade, Unanet announced from its Dulles, Virginia headquarters last week.
Marjorie Quant, Draper’s chief operating officer, said reducing manual processes to help its people perform important work is a “key component” of achieving its Draper NXT vision, which the company describes as “innovation in the national interest.”
“In our business environment, change happens fairly rapidly, and we must adapt quickly to develop innovative, mission-critical solutions for our customers,” added Vanessa Bryan, principal director of corporate operations at Draper.
She said the company sought out “the right modern business tools” to embrace these changes and ensure Draper’s distributed workforce could operate effectively.
Unanet’s software was one of multiple contenders evaluated in various scenarios. Platforms were scored in multiple areas, including ease of use and technical competency. Unanet’s ERP and CRM system was chosen for its provision of real-time data access across all operations in a user-friendly dashboard.
“Unanet will be the nucleus of our business ecosystem that will help us automate, integrate and consolidate data into one intuitive dashboard,” Bryan said.
The platform, she elaborated, will enable Draper to attain efficiencies, consistency and compliance “from contract awards to contract closeouts and everything that happens in between.”
Draper’s ongoing expansion is part of a larger trend in the government contracting industry. Released in September, Unanet’s 7th annual GAUGE Report found that approximately 70 percent of government contractors saw growth last year.
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