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Toward an SAP Center of Excellence or SAP Competency Center – PART 1
Toward an SAP Center of Excellence or SAP Competency Center – PART 1

Toward an SAP Center of Excellence or SAP Competency Center – PART 1

By Bill Wood|July 26th, 2010|

Part 1 of 3 Is There a Difference Between an SAP Center of Excellence, SAP Competency Center, or SAP Expertise Center? A while back, Michael Done and I were talking about his SAP Green Book-- thriving after going live with SAP [FN1]. As the conversation progressed, it was obvious to both of us that although he has been advocating for an SAP Center of Excellence for quite some time, few companies had succeeded in creating one.Our conversation started a lengthy thought process about our careers wi [...]

More on Vendor Selection Criteria and Methods for ERP Project Success
More on Vendor Selection Criteria and Methods for ERP Project Success

More on Vendor Selection Criteria and Methods for ERP Project Success

By Bill Wood|June 29th, 2010|

Using the RFI and RFP Process for your ERP or SAP Education During the vendor selection process, you should use the RFI (Request for Information) and RFP (Request for Proposal) processes to solicit comments, methods, tools, and resource examples of how knowledge transfer will be handled. In other words, be sure to actively engage in the RFI and RFP processes rather than simply using them as some kind of a checklist or scorecard for the correct vendor. This is your first and best chance to gain [...]

A New SAP Implementation Methodology and Implementation Steps
A New SAP Implementation Methodology and Implementation Steps

A New SAP Implementation Methodology and Implementation Steps

By Bill Wood|June 28th, 2010|

Studies have shown that projected benefits in business cases for IT investments and actual value achieved face a critical disconnect, because so many firms focus on going live with a project rather than its value delivery. An SAP/ASUG best-practice survey on capturing the projected benefits of an IT project found that 73% of companies do not quantitatively measure value post-implementation (SAP Executive Insight Series, pg. 7, 2009). Critical business benefits for an SAP project require taking [...]

It’s Time to Evolve the SAP SI Delivery Model
It’s Time to Evolve the SAP SI Delivery Model

It’s Time to Evolve the SAP SI Delivery Model

By Michael Doane|June 15th, 2010|

It’s been a year since the recently-departed Leo Apotheker had an infamous outburst of criticism of, specifically, Accenture and IBM in the realm of SAP consulting. This highly-publicized moment led to an avalanche of largely uninformed blog posts...

SAP Implementation Partner or Company Selection Criteria
SAP Implementation Partner or Company Selection Criteria

SAP Implementation Partner or Company Selection Criteria

By Bill Wood|June 5th, 2010|

Project success depends on an implementation partner's ability to ensure business transformation occurs. Can the SAP implementation partner or company deliver business process engineering together WITH the new system? Or, as with so many of them, do they just install systems and call that an implementation? Lately, I have been focused on developing a solid and repeatable ERP software and vendor selection process. While reviewing the academic literature and reflecting on my time working with SAP [...]

ERP vs. ERP II vs. ERP III Future Enterprise Applications
ERP vs. ERP II vs. ERP III Future Enterprise Applications

ERP vs. ERP II vs. ERP III Future Enterprise Applications

By Bill Wood|May 31st, 2010|

ERP I, ERP II, & ERP III Abstract ERP applications integrate enterprise operations within and across enterprise legal entities, or company codes. ERP ii (or ERP 2) applications extend supply functionality to external enterprises (generally vendor-affiliated companies or enterprises) to reduce cost, improve supply chain efficiency, and perform collaborative innovation. ERP iii (or ERP 3) enterprises go to the next level as they integrate the ERP and ERP ii functionality to include customers [...]