Corum
The ERP built for engineering firms and design offices
About Corum
Corum is a French SaaS ERP for engineering firms, design offices (bureaux d'études), and turnkey project contractors. It brings project control, workload planning, timesheets, expenses, purchasing, invoicing, and HR processes such as annual career reviews into one platform hosted in France. Corum is published by ERAS, part of the Equans France group, and has more than 700 licenses deployed.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Built specifically for engineering firms and design offices, not adapted from a generic ERP
- Covers project control, HR, timesheets, purchasing, and invoicing on one platform and one license
- Fast 3-month deployment with data migration included
- Data hosted in France with ISO 27001 certification, useful for sovereignty-conscious firms
- Licenses include customization hours and a dedicated customer success manager
- Ready for the French e-invoicing reform through an integrated approved platform
Cons
- French-language product and website aimed at the French market
- No public pricing on the official site; pricing requires a sales call
- Deep configuration requires internal alignment before rollout, per user reviews
- Some reviewers note limited screen customization and dated-looking technology
- Very few public user reviews to compare against
Key Features
Project Cockpit
Tracks project performance, physical progress, and mobilization plans so project directors decide from actual figures rather than estimates.
Productivity and workload tracking
Shows how the workload materializes across teams to help balance resources and optimize production on fixed-price projects.
Executive dashboards
Decision-support dashboards for leadership covering economic performance, commercial pipeline, and HR indicators.
Consulting mission tracking
Follows the status of external contractors and consultants brought in during activity peaks.
Annual career reviews
Maps skills and talent, records career progression, and runs annual reviews inside the ERP.
Timesheets, expenses, and leave
Core admin modules for time entry, expense reports, and leave management used by every employee.
Purchasing and client invoicing
Handles supplier purchase orders and customer invoices, with e-invoicing through an API-connected approved platform (PA) for the French e-invoicing reform.
Training and fleet tracking
Tracks employee certifications, training, and the company vehicle fleet.
French hosting and ISO 27001
Delivered as SaaS with data hosted in an HDS-certified datacenter in Villeurbanne, France, backed by ISO 27001 certification.
Pricing
- Starting price as listed on Capterra; final pricing by quote
- Includes a volume of customization hours
- Dedicated customer success manager
- 3-month deployment with data migration included
- Automatic updates at no extra cost
- Hosted in France
Best For
Running an engineering design office
Design offices use Corum to track workload, project margins, and staffing on fixed-price engineering contracts.
Turnkey project contractors
Contractors managing complex projects follow physical progress and mobilization plans in the Project Cockpit.
Replacing scattered admin tools
Firms consolidate timesheets, expenses, leave, purchasing, and invoicing into one system so data stops living in separate tools.
HR and skills management
HR teams run annual career reviews, map skills, and track certifications and training for technical staff.
French e-invoicing compliance
French companies use the built-in approved-platform integration to meet the e-invoicing reform requirements.
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