Creating an ERP Onboarding Experience: Turning First Impressions into Business Engagements

Creating an ERP Onboarding Experience: Turning First Impressions into Business Engagements

Creating an ERP Onboarding Experience: Turning First Impressions into Business Engagements

Desktop mockup image of an ERP onboarding screen

Project Overview

Project Overview

Project Overview

A global ERP provider faced low engagement from new users exploring its demo environment.

The absence of an onboarding flow made the experience confusing and uninviting, forcing potential clients to rely heavily on support staff instead of self-guided exploration.

By introducing automated, role-based onboarding, the product now provides a clear, guided first-time experience.

This reduced the dependency on manual assistance, improved conversion potential, and gave sales teams a scalable, hands-off way to engage new prospects.

A global ERP provider faced low engagement from new users exploring its demo environment.

The absence of an onboarding flow made the experience confusing and uninviting, forcing potential clients to rely heavily on support staff instead of self-guided exploration.

By introducing automated, role-based onboarding, the product now provides a clear, guided first-time experience.

This reduced the dependency on manual assistance, improved conversion potential, and gave sales teams a scalable, hands-off way to engage new prospects.

A global ERP provider faced low engagement from new users exploring its demo environment.

The absence of an onboarding flow made the experience confusing and uninviting, forcing potential clients to rely heavily on support staff instead of self-guided exploration.

By introducing automated, role-based onboarding, the product now provides a clear, guided first-time experience.

This reduced the dependency on manual assistance, improved conversion potential, and gave sales teams a scalable, hands-off way to engage new prospects.

Industry

Industry

Industry

Enterprise Software

SaaS

Enterprise Software

SaaS

Enterprise Software

SaaS

Role

Role

Role

Lead UX Designer

Lead UX Designer

Lead UX Designer

UX Research

UX Research

User Journey Mapping

User Journey Mapping

UI

UI

Interaction Design

Interaction Design

Gamification

Gamification

Project Outcomes

Project Outcomes

Project Outcomes

results graphic presenting 45% reduction in affiliate-assisted demo sessions, 12-31% Improved demo-to-trial conversion rate , 78% of users completed the onboarding flow without external assistance

Design Process

Design Process

Design Process

Double diamond process graphic
Double diamond process graphic

Problem

Problem

Problem

Unguided ERP demo hinders new user engagement

Unguided ERP demo hinders new user engagement

Solution

Solution

Solution

Automated, role-based user onboarding experience: a hands-off conversion method for the staff

Automated, role-based user onboarding experience: a hands-off conversion method for the staff

Solution - Gamified onboarding

Solution - Gamified onboarding

Solution - Gamified onboarding

We designed a set of native, educational features. Leveraging gamification, those functionalities applied practical, self-taught methods of learning which new users found interactive and compelling.


Through effective UX writing practices, we also streamlined the platform’s language, making it easily understandable for everyone.


All of this not only simplified the onboarding process but also accelerated the learning curve, empowering users to become proficient in utilizing the platform in a manner that is both easy and fast.

We designed a set of native, educational features. Leveraging gamification, those functionalities applied practical, self-taught methods of learning which new users found interactive and compelling.


Through effective UX writing practices, we also streamlined the platform’s language, making it easily understandable for everyone.


All of this not only simplified the onboarding process but also accelerated the learning curve, empowering users to become proficient in utilizing the platform in a manner that is both easy and fast.

Gamified onboarding, an interactive path to seamless ERP mastery

Gamified onboarding, an interactive path to seamless ERP mastery

Gamified onboarding, an interactive path to seamless ERP mastery

Gamified onboarding, an interactive path to seamless ERP mastery

Desktop onboarding UI for an ERP platform showing the first step of the onboardng flow - choosing a role

Showing some of the user tour components and their positioning in the UI.

Showing some of the user tour components and their positioning in the UI.

Showing some of the user tour components and their positioning in the UI.

Showing some of the user tour components and their positioning in the UI.

Desktop onboarding UI for an ERP platform showing varous user tooltips

The future: giving every client the chance to create a custom onboarding tailored to their business

The future: giving every client the chance to create a custom onboarding tailored to their business

The future: giving every client the chance to create a custom onboarding tailored to their business

The future: giving every client the chance to create a custom onboarding tailored to their business

Desktop onboarding UI for an ERP platform showing custom onboarding screens

The final complete “Success” state of the docked modal.

The final complete “Success” state of the docked modal.

The final complete “Success” state of the docked modal.

The final complete “Success” state of the docked modal.

Desktop onboarding UI for an ERP platform showing the final success state of the onboarding

“We’ve turned onboarding from a manual support process into an automated experience that welcomes, educates, and engages new users- right from their first click.”

“We’ve turned onboarding from a manual support process into an automated experience that welcomes, educates, and engages new users- right from their first click.”

“We’ve turned onboarding from a manual support process into an automated experience that welcomes, educates, and engages new users- right from their first click.”

Words from the client
Words from the client

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