As long as SAP implementations are driven by the application consultants’ perspective and their limited understanding of your business, the implementation will only reflect their SAP capabilities. If you want more, then your project focus must become business driven rather than vendor and consultant driven. Frequently I see or hear SAP consultants, even those who [...]
Part 1 of 3 Is There a Difference Between a Center of Excellence, Competency Center, or Expertise Center? Recently Michael Done and I were talking about his recent SAP Green Book about thriving after going live with SAP [FN1]. As the conversation progressed it was obvious to both of us that although he has been advocating [...]
THREE PART SERIES ON DEVELOPING AN SAP COMPETENCY CENTER OR AN SAP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. Business Transformation from an SAP or ERP business application is no longer an option. Many companies never move past the competency center mindset of help desk and system support. They remain in a reactive mode with little or no system [...]