An explicit boundary architecture across ERP and best-of-breed apps. Which system owns which entity, which workflow runs where, what every integration is actually for.
Most large companies run a hybrid stack — an ERP doing some workflows, best-of-breed apps doing others. The stack grew opportunistically. Nobody ever wrote the rule for who owns what. Two systems claim to be the source of truth for the supplier master. Contracts live in three places. Integrations multiply to keep the duplicates in sync. It shows up as data drift, reconciliation overhead, and audit questions about which system to trust.
Where the Tool Footprint Optimizer answers “which tools to keep,” this answers “within the tools we keep, what is each one actually for.” An architecture built on one system, one job — with integrations redesigned around the rules.
AI reads integration configs, system metadata, and workflow logs to chart where every entity and process currently lives — including duplicates and implicit handoffs.
Duplicated systems of record, ambiguous workflow ownership, and integration loops that exist only because nobody agreed who owns what.
Each entity assigned a single system of record. Each workflow assigned a single system of execution. Integrations redrawn against the new boundaries.
Which moves are clean swaps, which require workflow redesign, which need data reconciliation first — staged so the business keeps running.
“Which system does what, where is the source of truth, and what changes about every integration we run today.”
A system-role architecture document with entity-to-system and workflow-to-system matrices, an integration redesign, and a sequenced migration plan — record, execution, read-only, retire, or co-exist.
A 20-minute working session. We’ll walk through what the engine produces from real system metadata and integration data.