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For companies with international subsidiaries

Seven countries, five systems, one monthly report in Excel. How do you run your group when the figures only arrive on the 15th?

ivato connects headquarters and subsidiaries without every country having to change its ERP. Group reporting at the push of a button, shared processes, knowledge in every national language and management across time zones. For owner-managed companies that have grown internationally and now want to work as one group.

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Your day-to-day

Do you recognise these sentences from headquarters and subsidiaries?

Companies that have grown internationally often have subsidiaries that were acquired or founded and bring their own systems, processes and habits. Headquarters collects figures, chases them by phone and often only knows something when it is too late. That can change without standardising everything.

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The pattern behind it: Every country works on its own, but the group only works through people who collect data, translate it and chase it by phone.

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Group at a glance

Where does your international structure cost the most time today?

Click on an area. You will see how it works today in many internationally positioned mid-sized companies, what ivato implements there and what changes as a result. Where your biggest lever lies, we clarify in conversation.

Today

Collecting, checking and converting Excel templates

Every company fills in the reporting template from its own system. Controlling collects, chases, converts exchange rates and has the group figures in the middle of the following month.

With ivato

Group reporting automatic

  • Export from every local ERP, without changing systems
  • Account mapping, currency conversion and plausibility check
  • Cockpit with comments per country

What changes

Figures early in the month

Management and advisory board steer with current figures, controlling analyses instead of collecting.

The descriptions show typical processes. We discuss the concrete effects for your group in the initial call.

Case studies

How have other mid-sized companies connected their subsidiaries better?

Four examples from industry, trade and services with locations in Europe, North America and Asia.

  • Mechanical engineeringSubsidiaries in USA, China, Polandapprox. 450 employees

    Group reporting on working day three instead of the fifteenth

    Starting point
    Three subsidiaries with three ERP systems, monthly figures via Excel template, and controlling at headquarters collected, checked and converted exchange rates by hand.
    Solution
    Automatic export from every local ERP, uniform account mapping, currency conversion and plausibility check, group cockpit for management and advisory board.
    Result
    Group figures early in the month, controlling analyses instead of collecting, deviations stand out immediately.
    Go-live
    12 weeks
    Reporting
    Day 3 instead of 15
    Controlling hours
    −80 hrs/month
    ERP change
    none

  • Technical servicesCompanies in 5 countriesProject business

    Intercompany reconciled continuously, not only at year-end

    Starting point
    Services between companies were agreed by email and booked differently. At year-end, weeks of searching for differences.
    Solution
    Intercompany services recorded in a shared process, invoices created automatically, monthly reconciliation with notes on differences and the person responsible.
    Result
    Differences are resolved within the month, the annual close is faster, charges are documented transparently.
    Go-live
    10 weeks
    Open differences
    −70%
    Close
    8 days faster
    Reconciliation
    monthly

  • WholesaleSubsidiaries AT, CH, CZapprox. 180 employees

    One quoting process for all countries, with prices in local currency

    Starting point
    Every subsidiary had its own quote template and discounts, the customer base sat in four systems, and key accounts were served from two countries in parallel.
    Solution
    Shared CRM with country-level permissions, quote configurator with price lists per country and currency, discount approval by rules, quotes in the local language.
    Result
    Headquarters sees pipeline and margins of all countries, key accounts have one contact person, quotes go out faster.
    Go-live
    10 weeks
    Quote time
    −50%
    Margin
    +2 pp
    Pipeline
    group-wide

  • Plastics technologyPlants in DE and CZMulti-shift operation

    Knowledge assistant in German, Czech and English

    Starting point
    Work instructions and set-up knowledge only in German, shift supervisors at the Czech plant called the German plant with problems, often at night.
    Solution
    AI assistant based on approved documents, answers questions in the language of the person asking with source, new instructions are translated automatically and submitted for review.
    Result
    Fewer queries between the plants, faster onboarding, knowledge is no longer lost with individual people.
    Go-live
    8 weeks
    Queries
    −40%
    Onboarding
    −3 weeks
    Languages
    3

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Solutions

Which tools does ivato use for internationally positioned companies?

Proven building blocks, adapted to your companies, systems and languages. We start where headquarters loses the most time today and expand country by country.

  • Group reporting cockpit

    Figures from every local ERP loaded automatically, account mapping, currency conversion, plausibility check and comments per country.

    To the strategy →

  • Intercompany reconciliation

    Services between companies recorded, invoices created, monthly reconciliation with a list of differences and responsible persons.

    To implementation →

  • Multilingual knowledge assistant

    Manuals, instructions and guidelines findable by question, answer in the language of the person asking with source, translations for approval.

    To scaling with AI →

  • Group CRM & quotes

    One customer base with country-level permissions, price lists per country and currency, discount approvals by rules, quotes in the local language.

    To sales & CRM automation →

  • Management across time zones

    Weekly reports per subsidiary prepared automatically, traffic lights for figures, tasks and decisions traceable instead of buried in emails.

    To remote management →

  • Country playbook for new locations

    Processes, templates and systems as a package, so that a new subsidiary is operational in weeks, not months.

    To Go Global →

Systems & countries

Does every subsidiary have to switch to a shared ERP?

No. A group-wide ERP project often takes years and ties up your best people. We leave in place the local systems that suit accounting, taxes and local requirements, and connect them. Headquarters gets uniform figures and processes, the countries keep working in their familiar environment.

Your systems stay

  • Connection of local ERP and accounting systems via interfaces or exports
  • Uniform account and key figure mapping for the group
  • Roles and permissions per country and company
  • Interfaces and assistants in the languages of your locations
GDPRThird countries

May data from subsidiaries outside the EU flow into the group, and vice versa?

Personal data may only be transferred from the EU to third countries with suitable safeguards, for example on the basis of an adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses. Local data protection laws also apply, for example in China. We plan data flows so that reporting needs as little personal data as possible, and agree the rest with your data protection officer.

As of: 10/2026 · simplified presentation, not legal advice, check in each individual case

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Process & prices

How do we start without overhauling all countries at once?

With a 30-minute conversation. After that you decide step by step. We usually start with one topic at headquarters and two subsidiaries and then roll out. We schedule meetings with the countries so that time zones fit.

  1. Step 1

    Initial call

    30 minutes with an adviser who knows internationally positioned mid-sized companies. We discuss where things get stuck and tell you honestly where digitalisation pays off.

    free of charge

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  2. Step 2

    Strategy

    We look at headquarters and selected subsidiaries, calculate the business case in euros and hours and agree a roadmap country by country.

    Fixed price by scope · eligible for funding

    To the strategy →

  3. Step 3

    Implementation

    We implement the most effective building blocks, connect local systems, translate interfaces and train the teams in the countries.

    from €20,000 net · 8-12 weeks

    To implementation →

Estimate your funding

Funding rate
Funding
€12,000
Your contribution
€18,000

Simplified calculation. Rate and maximum amounts depend on the programme, federal state and company size. Consulting can additionally receive a grant of up to €5,600.

projects successfully supported
1,000+
projects successfully supported
years of experience with mid-sized companies
25+
years of experience with mid-sized companies
funding for the implementation
up to 60%
funding for the implementation
dedicated contact person on the project
1
dedicated contact person on the project

Frequently asked questions

What managing directors and CFOs of international mid-sized companies want to know beforehand

Your question is not here? In the initial conversation we take 30 minutes for your specific topic.

No. We make sure the figures from the companies reach headquarters quickly, uniformly and checked, for management reporting and as a clean basis for consolidation and closing. Statutory consolidation and the audit stay with your systems and your auditor.

By making sure they benefit too: fewer Excel templates, fewer queries from headquarters, their own reports. We involve the countries early, train in the local language and leave local specifics in place where they make sense.

Common European languages as well as English and Chinese are well covered by today's AI models. We agree technical terms with you in a glossary, and translations of important documents are checked before approval.

A large part runs remotely across time zones. Where it helps, for example at the start in a plant, we come on site.

Funding programmes are usually aimed at the applying company in Germany and its place of business. Services for foreign companies are generally not eligible for funding. We check case by case which part of the project qualifies. As of: 10/2026.

A very good one, in fact. A new location that starts with shared processes and connected systems from the beginning costs less than a later changeover. For the market entry itself there is our Go Global offer.

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