How Fremont-Wright Unified 15 Companies and Scaled Growth with Unanet AE ERP and Champ™AI

Scaling Growth Across 15 Companies Without Losing Visibility

Growth created a new level of operational complexity for Fremont-Wright.

The company's House of Brands model is designed to help architecture and engineering firms grow while maintaining the local identities, client relationships, and market reputations that made them successful in the first place.

As the organization expanded, each operating company brought its own systems, workflows, reporting structures, and processes. While those systems may have worked independently, they created significant challenges at the enterprise level.

Prior to Unanet AE ERP, Fremont-Wright was operating across 14 different business systems, including multiple ERP platforms, accounting applications, and timekeeping tools. Consolidating information required extensive spreadsheet manipulation, manual reconciliation, and significant effort from finance and operations teams.

Leadership lacked a consistent way to compare performance across businesses. Reporting was time-consuming, visibility was fragmented, and gaining enterprise-wide insight into resource allocation, staffing needs, and business performance often required weeks of manual work.

As the organization continued to grow, leadership recognized that sustainable scale would require more than process improvements.

It required a common operational foundation.

The challenge was clear: create consistency across the enterprise while preserving the entrepreneurial culture that made each operating company successful.

Creating a Single Source of Truth with Unanet AE ERP

Fremont-Wright selected Unanet AE ERP because it aligned with how architecture and engineering firms actually operate.

Unlike traditional accounting-first systems, Unanet AE ERP provided a project-centric approach that resonated immediately with principals, project managers, and operational leaders by connecting project performance, resource planning, and financial management in a single platform.. The platform connected project performance and financial performance in a way that felt natural to the teams responsible for delivering work.

The ability to standardize operations without sacrificing flexibility became a major differentiator.

By consolidating 15 operating companies into a single architecture and engineering ERP platform, Fremont-Wright could establish consistent project accounting processes, reporting frameworks, and financial processes while still supporting the unique needs of individual businesses.

The result was more than a technology implementation.

It was the creation of a shared operational foundation capable of supporting executive reporting, project management, enterprise visibility, and future innovation.

Bringing 15 Companies Together on One Platform

The scale of the initiative was significant.

Within eight months, Fremont-Wright successfully migrated 15 operating companies into Unanet AE ERP.

A key factor in the rollout was organizational buy-in.

Because the platform was designed around project-based workflows, operating teams quickly understood how it would help them manage projects, improve visibility, and support better business decisions. Adoption accelerated because users could immediately see the value.

The organization also standardized chart-of-account structures, project frameworks, and reporting methodologies, creating a common language across the enterprise.

For Fremont-Wright, implementation was not simply a technology project.

It was a change management initiative.

Success depended on helping people understand the value of a unified platform, building trust in the data, and creating confidence in the organization's ability to scale effectively.

Building an AI-Ready Foundation for the Future

The implementation of Unanet AE ERP established the foundation for Fremont-Wright's next phase of growth.

With a single source of truth now in place, the organization is expanding its use of the broader Unanet ecosystem, including Unanet CRM AE and Champ Agents, powered by Wyatt.

Leadership views AI as a force multiplier—not a replacement for people.

The goal is to help employees become more productive, automate repetitive analysis, and gain faster access to business insights.

Fremont-Wright has already begun exploring AI-powered workflows for retainage tracking, inactive project identification, reporting automation, and data quality initiatives. Tasks that previously required significant manual effort can now be automated and scaled.

Because the organization first established a strong ERP foundation, it is now positioned to adopt AI from a position of confidence.

The company isn't simply implementing new technology.

It's creating a scalable operating model for the future.