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From Legacy Software to an AI-Powered Business Platform

RATON helps businesses move from legacy ERP and business applications to a modern platform combining ERP, AI, automation, analytics and integrations.

  • ERP
  • CRM
  • WMS
  • Finance
  • Manufacturing
  • Reporting
  • AI
  • Automation
  • Integrations

Migration scope, timeline and cost are defined per project after a legacy analysis.

The problem

Your legacy software is holding your business back.

Legacy business systems rarely fail all at once. They slow decisions down, make change expensive and turn every new integration into a project. The cost shows up in operations, not in the licence line.

Obsolete technology

Platforms designed before web APIs, cloud operations and modern security expectations.

Expensive maintenance

Every change requires specialised work on a shrinking technology base.

Shortage of developers

Fewer engineers work with legacy stacks, and availability keeps falling.

Difficult integrations

Connecting a new marketplace, bank or partner becomes a custom project.

Limited APIs

Data exchange happens through file exports, manual imports and workarounds.

Manual processes

People move data between systems instead of managing the business.

Fragmented data

The same customer, product or order exists differently in several places.

Outdated UX

Long training times, high error rates and low adoption among new employees.

Difficult reporting

Reports are rebuilt in spreadsheets because the system cannot answer the question.

Limited automation

Repetitive work stays repetitive because there is nothing to automate it with.

No AI assistance

Business questions still require someone who knows where the data lives.

Technology risk

Dependence on a platform that is harder to support, secure and extend each year.

What it costs the business

  • Decisions wait for data that is spread across systems and spreadsheets.
  • Small process changes require specialist work and long lead times.
  • Integrations with banks, marketplaces or logistics partners stay manual.
  • Knowledge concentrates in a few people who know the old system.
  • Technology risk grows every year the platform is not modernized.

The approach

Modernize your business without losing what matters.

Your processes, master data and history are the part worth keeping. RATON is built around a structured migration that preserves them and moves the technology forward.

How the transition works

  1. 01Legacy analysis
  2. 02Data mapping
  3. 03Process mapping
  4. 04Migration
  5. 05Validation
  6. 06RATON ERP
  7. 07AI + automation

What you get

Modern interface

A responsive, keyboard-friendly UI that new employees learn quickly.

Structured migration

A documented path from analysis to go-live, with validation at each step.

Data continuity

Master data and history are mapped, migrated and reconciled — not retyped.

Process modernization

Processes are reviewed during migration instead of copied as they are.

APIs

A REST API so other systems can read and write business data.

Integrations

An integration layer for accounting, fiscal and external services.

Automation

Rules and workflows for the repetitive parts of daily operations.

AI assistant

Natural-language access to business data, reports and routine actions.

Analytics

Dashboards and KPIs built on the operational data, not on exports.

Deployment options

Cloud or local deployment, depending on your requirements.

Not every legacy system can be migrated automatically. The migration scope is defined after analysing your specific system.

1C 7 / 1C 8

Move from 1C 7/8 to the next generation.

Many companies still run business-critical operations on 1C Enterprise 7 or 8, or on applications built on top of them. RATON provides a structured route from those systems to a modern platform.

  1. 011C 7 / 1C 8
  2. 02Legacy analysis
  3. 03Structure & data mapping
  4. 04Migration
  5. 05Validation
  6. 06RATON ERP
  7. 07AI assistant

What a 1C migration usually covers

  • Master data: customers, suppliers, products, price lists, warehouses
  • Documents and history relevant to operations and reporting
  • Account structures and business dimensions used for reporting
  • Business processes recreated in RATON, reviewed with your team
  • Existing integrations and exchange files, re-mapped to the new platform

What we do not claim

  • No claim of 100% automatic migration.
  • No claim of zero downtime.
  • No guaranteed duration before analysis.
  • No guaranteed cost before scope is defined.

Every migration is project-specific. Scope, effort and timing are established during the discovery and analysis phase.

AI assistant

Your ERP has an AI assistant.

Instead of learning where every report lives, users ask in their own words. The assistant works on your business data inside RATON and prepares actions for confirmation.

RATON AI

Example interactions
  • Show me unpaid invoices.

    I found 27 unpaid invoices. I grouped them by due date and highlighted the overdue ones.

  • Which products are below minimum stock?

    I found 14 products below the configured minimum level, with the warehouses where they are missing.

  • Prepare last month's sales report.

    I prepared the report and summarised the main changes compared with the previous month.

  • Create an order for customer X.

    I prepared the order with the customer's usual terms. Please confirm before it is created.

Confirmation before action. The assistant does not execute critical business operations on its own. Documents, orders and postings are prepared and shown for explicit user confirmation.

Illustrative interactions. Available assistant functionality depends on your configuration and modules.

What the assistant can do

  • Natural language queries

    Ask business questions without knowing the data model.

  • Business search

    Find documents, partners, products and transactions in one place.

  • Report generation

    Build and refine reports from a conversational request.

  • Document generation

    Prepare business documents from existing data for review.

  • Business analytics

    Compare periods, segments and trends on operational data.

  • Summaries

    Condense long lists and reports into what changed and why it matters.

  • Recommendations

    Surface next actions based on the current state of your data.

  • Anomaly detection

    Point out values and patterns that fall outside the usual range.

  • ERP navigation

    Take users straight to the right screen, filter or document.

  • Workflow assistance

    Guide users through multi-step business procedures.

  • Automation

    Trigger configured routines and scheduled operations.

  • Data entry assistance

    Pre-fill documents from context and flag inconsistencies.

The platform

One platform for your business.

RATON brings the operational core of the company into a single platform: sales, customers, stock, purchasing, finance, production, people and reporting — with an integration layer and an AI assistant on top.

app.raton — The platform

Open orders

128+6

Unpaid invoices

27−4

Below min. stock

14+2

RATON AI

27 · Unpaid invoices

Conceptual interface for illustration — not a product screenshot.

RATON is more than ERP.

ERP is the foundation. The platform adds integrations, automation, analytics and an AI layer that works across all modules.

  • ERP
  • CRM
  • WMS
  • Finance
  • Sales
  • Purchasing
  • Manufacturing
  • Reporting
  • AI
  • Automation
  • Integrations

ERP modules

Modules share one data model, so a sales order, a stock movement and a payment describe the same reality.

Sales

Quotations, orders, invoices, customers and pricing in a single flow, with sales analytics on the same data.

  • Quotations
  • Sales orders
  • Invoices
  • Customers

CRM

Leads, contacts, activities and pipeline connected directly to orders and invoices — not a separate silo.

  • Leads
  • Contacts
  • Activities and tasks
  • Sales pipeline

Inventory / WMS

Warehouses, stock, movements, transfers, reservations, inventory counts and barcode workflows.

  • Warehouses and locations
  • Stock levels
  • Movements
  • Transfers

Purchasing

Suppliers, purchase orders, receiving, supplier invoices and procurement planning connected to stock and production.

  • Suppliers
  • Purchase orders
  • Receiving
  • Supplier invoices

Finance

Payments, receivables, payables, cash flow and financial reporting built on operational documents.

  • Payments
  • Receivables
  • Payables
  • Cash flow

Accounting integrations

An integration layer towards accounting and fiscal services. Availability is confirmed per country and per project before implementation.

  • SAGA — integration scope confirmed per project
  • e-Factura — Romanian electronic invoicing, scoped per project
  • SAF-T — structured fiscal reporting data, scoped per project
  • UBL document formats

Manufacturing

BOM, production orders, materials, operations and production planning connected to stock and purchasing.

  • Bills of materials
  • Production orders
  • Material consumption
  • Operations and routing

HR

Employees, attendance and documents, with payroll integrations where they apply to your country and project.

  • Employee records
  • Attendance
  • Documents
  • Organisational structure

Reporting

Dashboards, reports, KPIs and exports built on live business data, with the AI assistant on top of the same layer.

  • Dashboards
  • Operational reports
  • KPIs
  • Exports (CSV, XLSX, PDF)

Business workflows

End-to-end processes, not disconnected screens.

The value of one platform shows in the flows that cross departments.

Order to cash

  1. Lead
  2. Quotation
  3. Sales order
  4. Picking
  5. Delivery
  6. Invoice
  7. Payment

Purchase to pay

  1. Requirement
  2. Purchase order
  3. Receiving
  4. Supplier invoice
  5. Payment

Make to deliver

  1. BOM
  2. Production order
  3. Materials
  4. Operations
  5. Finished goods
  6. Delivery

Architecture

A layered platform, built to integrate.

Users work in one UI. Business modules share a single data model. The integration layer connects external systems, and the AI layer works on top of the same data.

Users

RATON UI

Business platform

  • Sales
  • CRM
  • Inventory / WMS
  • Purchasing
  • Finance
  • Accounting integrations
  • Manufacturing
  • HR
  • Reporting

Integration layer

  • REST API
  • e-Factura
  • SAGA
  • SAF-T
  • External services

AI layer

  • AI assistant
  • Search
  • Analytics
  • Automation

Integration availability depends on your country, configuration and project scope. Integrations are confirmed with RATON SOFT before implementation.

Business benefits

What changes after modernization.

Operational visibility

One place to see orders, stock, cash and production status.

Faster processes

Fewer manual handovers between systems, files and people.

Better data quality

A shared data model instead of parallel versions of the truth.

Room to grow

New locations, channels and partners without rebuilding the core.

Compliance readiness

Structured data and integrations for fiscal and accounting reporting.

Lower technology risk

A supported, documented platform with a clear upgrade path.

We do not publish percentage improvements without verified customer data.

Comparison

Legacy vs RATON

  • LegacyOld interface

    RATONModern UI

  • LegacyDifficult maintenance

    RATONModern platform

  • LegacyLimited integrations

    RATONAPIs and integrations

  • LegacyManual workflows

    RATONAutomation

  • LegacyNo AI

    RATONAI assistant

  • LegacyFragmented reporting

    RATONDashboards

  • LegacyDifficult mobile access

    RATONResponsive UI

  • LegacyLegacy technology risk

    RATONModern architecture

Qualitative comparison. We do not claim exact percentage improvements without verified data.

Industries

Built for companies that run on operations.

RATON is used as the operational core across industries. Where an industry needs specific functionality, it is confirmed during the analysis phase.

Manufacturing

Production orders, materials and costs connected to sales and stock instead of tracked in parallel files.

Typical requirements

  • Bills of materials and versions
  • Production planning against demand
  • Material availability
  • Production cost visibility

Relevant modules

  • Manufacturing
  • Inventory / WMS
  • Purchasing
  • Finance
  • Reporting

Wholesale

Large catalogues, customer-specific pricing and fast order processing on accurate stock.

Typical requirements

  • Customer price lists and discounts
  • Order throughput
  • Stock reservations
  • Receivables control

Relevant modules

  • Sales
  • Inventory / WMS
  • Purchasing
  • Finance

Retail

Store and channel stock, replenishment and margins in one operational picture.

Typical requirements

  • Multi-location stock
  • Replenishment rules
  • Margin analysis
  • Fiscal document requirements

Relevant modules

  • Sales
  • Inventory / WMS
  • Finance
  • Reporting

Distribution

Route-based delivery, partner terms and stock accuracy across depots.

Typical requirements

  • Delivery scheduling
  • Partner-specific terms
  • Depot transfers
  • Returns handling

Relevant modules

  • Sales
  • Inventory / WMS
  • Purchasing
  • Reporting

Logistics

Movements, handling operations and documents tracked as one chain instead of separate spreadsheets.

Typical requirements

  • Movement traceability
  • Handling operations
  • Document flow
  • Partner reporting

Relevant modules

  • Inventory / WMS
  • Reporting
  • Finance

Services

Service jobs, materials used, invoicing and follow-up on the same customer record.

Typical requirements

  • Job and intervention tracking
  • Material consumption
  • Recurring invoicing
  • Customer history

Relevant modules

  • CRM
  • Sales
  • Finance

Blog

Notes on legacy migration, ERP and AI.

Practical articles about moving off legacy business software and running a modern platform.

ERPJune 23, 20252 min read

How Modern ERP Improves Business Visibility

Why visibility is a data model problem rather than a dashboard problem, and what changes when orders, stock, cash and production live in one platform.

Read article
Digital transformationJune 2, 20253 min read

What a Successful ERP Migration Looks Like

Phases, checkpoints and signals of a migration that is going well — and the early warning signs of one that is not.

Read article
Data migrationMay 14, 20253 min read

How to Prepare Company Data for Migration

A checklist for cleaning master data, agreeing history depth and reconciling balances before an ERP migration — the work that decides how the project goes.

Read article

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Answers to what companies ask most often about RATON, migration and the AI assistant.

What is RATON?
RATON is a business platform built by RATON SOFT. It combines ERP modules (sales, CRM, inventory, purchasing, finance, manufacturing, HR, reporting) with an integration layer, automation and an AI assistant. It is used as the operational core of a company, and as the target platform when moving off legacy business software.
What is legacy software?
Legacy software is a business system that still works but has become hard to change, integrate, support or staff. Typical signs are limited APIs, manual data exchange, a shrinking pool of specialists, and reporting that has moved into spreadsheets.
Can RATON replace 1C?
RATON is designed as a target platform for companies moving off 1C 7 or 1C 8. Whether it covers everything you use today depends on your configuration, customisations and country-specific requirements. That is exactly what the legacy analysis phase establishes, before any commitment.
Can RATON migrate data from 1C 7?
Data migration from 1C 7 is a standard scenario in our methodology: master data, balances and an agreed depth of document history. The exact scope, effort and feasibility per entity are confirmed after analysing your specific database. We do not promise fully automatic migration.
Can RATON migrate data from 1C 8?
Yes, 1C 8 is also a standard source in our migration methodology. Because 1C 8 installations are often heavily extended, the analysis phase focuses on which customisations are still used and how they map to RATON.
How does migration work?
In eleven phases: discovery, legacy analysis, data mapping, process mapping, migration design, development, data migration, validation, user acceptance testing, go-live and support. Each phase produces something reviewable, and data is migrated into a test environment repeatedly before go-live.

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