For growing small to mid-sized government contractors, winning new work is often the easy part. What comes next — managing that growth behind the scenes — is where things get complicated fast.
If your back office still relies on manual data entry, spreadsheets, and QuickBooks, you’re not alone. These tools work — until they don’t. And if you’ve explored more robust systems, you may have walked away thinking:
“This looks more complicated than what I’m doing now.”
“The implementation alone would wreck my operations.”
“We’re not big enough for something like that.”
That reaction is normal. We’ve seen it hundreds of times.
That’s exactly why we built Celerity — a Costpoint environment made by people, for people.
We’ve Sat Where You Sit.
That’s Why We Built It Differently.
At CRI, we’ve spent over 30 years helping government contractors manage their operations, systems, and compliance. We’ve worked inside the same processes you’re trying to fix. We know the frustration, the fear, and the pressure that comes with growing fast and not knowing if your back office can keep up.
We’ve seen the glossy ERP demos and the six-month implementations that grind companies to a halt. We’ve seen teams buy big systems only to retreat back to Excel out of frustration.
That’s not transformation. That’s chaos.
So we asked a better question:
“We know the user and where they are coming from, so can we cater this tool to them instead of making them cater to the tool?”
The System That Understands You
Celerity is a pre-configured version of Deltek Costpoint — but more than that, it’s a system built for the SMB user.
It’s not a stripped-down version. It’s a smarter version.
By taking the time to understand the user, we made a tool that uses the automation and power of Costpoint to make their lives simpler, not more complex. Even when things are go-go-go, we designed an environment that is intuitive enough to seamlessly transfer over to without missing a beat.
✔️ It’s familiar. Celerity mimics the simple steps you're already used to.
✔️ It’s intuitive. The processes are clean and uncluttered — no technical degree required.
✔️ It’s efficient. The backend is automated, so the user doesn’t have to think about handling the data after it is entered.
✔️ It’s ready fast. We can get you up and running in weeks, not months — with zero guesswork.
You do what you’ve always done — but now it’s faster, cleaner, and audit-ready.
This Isn’t Just Software.
It’s a Partnership.
We know the fear of change is real. That’s why we don’t just hand you a login and walk away.
When you choose Celerity, you get CRI’s full support — from implementation through every growing pain. We’ll guide your team, answer your questions, and adapt the system with you as you scale.
Because we didn’t build Celerity for software users.
We built it for people.
You don’t need a system that makes your life harder just to check a compliance box.
You need a system that makes your job easier — one that understands where you’re starting and helps you get where you’re going.
That’s the heart of Celerity.
It’s not just built to work. It’s built to understand.