Planning For a Smooth Go-Live: Part 3

By |October 24th, 2008|

3. ERP or SAP Process issues Let me start with a caveat to this section. No matter how good, thorough, experienced, or conscientious a consultant or a core team member is, a project will always experience a few process gaps, and an occasional completely missing process discovered at go-live. Now that the caveat is out of the way, process problems can occur for many reasons: inexperienced consultants, company employees who miss some of the process exceptions, inadequate training, insufficient in [...]

Effectively Scope Your SAP Project

By |May 17th, 2007|

Over the years, people have written hundreds of articles, documents, and warnings about scope setting, scope control, and scope management with ERP and IT projects. Project scope is one of the biggest ERP project risk factors. Yet, a project may lack practical insight on setting or managing scope. SAP provides all of the tools and resources to do the job correctly--even before an RFP is issued. Since the mid to late 90's, SAP has provided an extensive implementation toolset that many do not ful [...]

SAP as a Change Enabler

By |April 17th, 2007|

SAP is known to improve business efficiency, but did you know that it can also transform your business operations? While many are aware that SAP offers strong benefits, they may not use the program to its full potential. If your company decides to implement or upgrade SAP, the results you achieve depend on several factors. The main elements for success are well-established business reasons and commitment to excellence in staffing your SAP project. That excellence in staffing is not just your in [...]