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A knowledge ERP: managing what your ERP cannot see

An ERP manages stock, orders and payroll. It does not know who is the only person able to restart the line. KnowledgeCapital is the ERP of that resource.

In short

An ERP integrates an organisation's flows: purchasing, production, finance, human resources. Know-how is not in it, because it is neither stock nor a ledger entry. KnowledgeCapital does for knowledge what the ERP does for the rest: one reference model, processes, measurements, alerts and reports — and it connects to the existing ERP instead of competing with it.

What the ERP knows, and what it ignores

The ERP knowsThe ERP ignores
How many parts are in stockWho can diagnose the failure the part will fix
Who is assigned to which positionWho is the only person to master a task
When a contract endsWhat leaves with the person on that date
What a training course costsWhether it reduced a risk

The same model, applied to knowledge

It connects, it does not replace

Org chart and headcount import from files out of the ERP or HRIS; an API serves regular exchanges. The wiki, the document management system and the intranet stay: KnowledgeCapital reads, read-only, Confluence, SharePoint and Microsoft 365, document management systems through CMIS or WebDAV, Notion and your intranet, and links each page to the knowledge it describes. Confluence is a trademark of Atlassian; SharePoint and Microsoft 365 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation; Notion is a trademark of Notion Labs, Inc. KnowledgeCapital is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by these companies.

Sovereign, as an ERP should be

Self-hosted edition, no outbound connection, local AI, full reversibility. Or hosted edition, with one isolated database per customer.

Frequently asked questions

Does KnowledgeCapital replace the ERP's HR module?

No. The HRIS keeps payroll, contracts and authorisations. KnowledgeCapital adds measured mastery, criticality and transfer, and reads headcount from the HRIS.

Can it integrate with an existing ERP?

File import to start, API for regular exchanges. People and structure identifiers are preserved.

Is it an ERP in the accounting sense?

No. It has neither accounting nor invoicing. The word describes the method: one reference model and processes, applied to knowledge.

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