ERP Novum
ERP Novum is an industry-specific ERP for technical wholesale, mail-order and multi-channel trade, and the paper and packaging trade. The product is developed by enventa technical trade solutions GmbH (formerly ERP Novum GmbH), headquartered in Liederbach am Taunus near Frankfurt with a second site in Düren. For over 20 years the producer has built integrated and highly automated ERP solutions on top of the eNVenta ERP standard from Nissen & Velten Software GmbH. The company is now a 100% subsidiary of enventa Group, itself backed by Main Capital Partners. ERP Novum is classified as a typical industry ERP with pronounced specialisation in technical wholesale and mail-order trade.
Functional scope
ERP Novum delivers an integrated whole on the eNVenta / enventa Trade ERP framework, with deep industry-specific configuration. The functional scope covers inventory management (purchasing, sales, warehouse, replenishment), warehouse management (WMS) for multi-stage warehouses and pick-by-voice / pick-by-light, CRM for field sales, e-commerce integration with Trade eShop and external shop systems, financial and asset accounting, production planning (PPS) for value-add operations such as cut-to-size and assembly, and industry-specific integrations to central buying groups (E/D/E, NORDWEST, nexmart) and to mail-order workflows (returns, partial shipments, drop-shipments). The mail-order specialisation adds workflows that classical mid-market ERPs cover only with substantial customisation: high-volume order processing, returns management, customer-specific catalogues and consignment.
Target audience and industries
The target group is mid-market technical wholesalers, mail-order businesses and paper and packaging wholesalers in DACH. Specifically, ERP Novum addresses companies with complex technical assortments shipped via classical wholesale channels and mail-order, paper and packaging wholesalers, multi-channel distributors combining catalogue, online and field sales, and value-add operations such as cut-to-size and assembly. The product is particularly natural where central-buying-group integration is critical and where industry-specific workflows (returns, partial shipments, consignment) need to be in the standard rather than customised.
Technology and deployment
ERP Novum is built on the eNVenta / enventa Trade ERP framework with .NET technology and a relational database (typically Microsoft SQL Server). Deployment options include on-premise, partner-hosted operation and cloud variants through enventa Group hosting. The platform is multi-tenant and supports multi-language and multi-currency operations. Standard interfaces cover DATEV, common webshop and marketplace systems, shipping providers and the major DACH central buying groups (E/D/E, NORDWEST, nexmart). Customisation happens through defined extension points, so releases remain applicable — a core principle inherited from the underlying framework.
Strengths and limitations
Strengths sit in the deep mail-order and multi-channel trade specialisation, the integrated WMS and PPS for value-add operations, the documented central-buying-group integration, and the backing by enventa Group with its broader product portfolio and Main Capital Partners investor support. The shared framework with enventa Trade ERP means customers benefit from continuous platform development across the group. Limitations include the focus on DACH technical and mail-order trade — international groups with multi-country consolidation across many languages, or businesses outside trade, find better-fitting industry ERPs elsewhere. The brand consolidation under enventa Group is also recent, so roadmap and brand identity will continue to evolve.
Pricing and licensing
enventa technical trade solutions GmbH does not publish list prices for ERP Novum. Licensing is project-specific and depends on user count, selected modules, industry tailoring and operating model. Both perpetual licensing with annual maintenance and subscription with hosting components are available. All-in TCO for a 50-user mid-market deployment typically lands in the mid-six-figure euro range, with implementation services depending on data migration, industry-specific workflows and integration to central buying groups.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does ERP Novum relate to enventa Trade ERP?
ERP Novum is built on the same eNVenta / enventa Trade ERP framework but adds industry-specific configurations for mail-order and multi-channel trade, paper and packaging. Both products sit within the enventa Group portfolio and share platform development; the difference is the industry tailoring.
Does ERP Novum cover mail-order workflows in the standard?
Yes — high-volume order processing, returns management, partial shipments, consignment and customer-specific catalogues are part of the industry configuration. These workflows would require substantial customisation in generic mid-market ERPs.
Can ERP Novum run as cloud SaaS?
Partner-hosted operation and cloud variants through enventa Group hosting are available; pure multi-tenant SaaS in the same sense as newer cloud-native ERPs is not the standard deployment model.
Which central buying groups does ERP Novum integrate with?
Documented connectors exist for the major German technical-wholesale central buying groups: E/D/E (Einkaufsbüro Deutscher Eisenhändler), NORDWEST and the SHK platform nexmart.