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8 Key Elements for a
Successful Implementation
Implementing a new solution -- especially something as pervasive throughout your business as your ERP system -- is a complex process; it takes confident solution selection, thorough planning, skilled implementation, and ongoing training and support. Each phase lays the foundation for the next. Shortchanging or rushing through any of the steps can transform what should be a beneficial business initiative into a fire-drill exercise in crisis management. To help, we've identified what we feel are the eight essential elements of a successful solution implementation.

Confident Selection

1. Capture Detailed Requirements
Your team is so familiar with your business processes that requirements gathering often results in only high-level items, but a quality implementation and finding the best-fit solution for your business needs is in the details. Probe deeper by conducting a series of group interviews with key stakeholders across all departments in your organization, fostering a synergy around your solution selection process that will bring those detailed requirements to the surface. Stepping through use cases and discussing what-if operation scenarios is another beneficial technique during these stakeholder discussions to gather thorough system requirements.

2. Choose the Right Solution
Even good, detailed requirements won't ensure that you always choose the right solution. Vendor websites tend to provide overly simple and generic demos to explain their product, but challenge vendors to prove they are the best-fit solution for your business by asking for custom demos tailored to your processes, not their bells and whistles.
  

Thorough Planning

3. Balance Budget & Resources
Naturally, your project's budget will increase as the vendor assumes more of the activities for your ERP implementation. On the other hand, a vendor can train your resources to assume activities such as data conversion or end-user training, effectively lowering your overall budget. However, if you choose to assume some of these responsibilities, be prepared for the timeline to complete your new ERP project to be drawn out.

4. Flex Your Change Management Muscles
Your leadership team needs to leverage strong change management skills to efficiently transition your people to your new business management system and processes. From understanding your staff's acceptance and adoption levels to effectively training for skill levels and introducing gradual adjustments, change management is an essential aspect to rolling out a new business solution. Anticipate and prepare for some of your team to be excited while others will dread the process changes.


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ALAN CLARK

ERP Senior Manager | Sage

Eide Bailly Technology Consulting

 

aclark@eidebailly.com

 

 
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