Many companies around the world are currently motivated to modernize and further improve their ERP software solution. And that makes sense! After all, today's customers often have extremely high expectations. And they won't hesitate to go to the competition if you don't meet their expectations. In short: you cannot avoid constantly improving your organization, your business processes and your overall performance. Using better (versions of your) ERP software is a must if you want to stay competitive. However, this can only work if the implementation phase goes well and every single employee is willing to give their all.
How committed are you and your organization to making your project a success?
The definition of success in ERP projects has changed in recent years. In the past, success was primarily defined as meeting time and budget targets. That was often a real challenge! In today's hectic world, however, many companies admit that implementing ERP is more of an organizational project than a technical one. The focus is on modernizing and improving business processes, creating more transparency - internally and externally - and putting the customer at the heart of everything you do.
All this is easier said than done!
It requires much more energy, focus, communication, commitment and true collaboration than the technical implementation of a software tool. Precisely because it is such a big challenge, the question is how eager and motivated you and your team are to make your new implementation or cloud migration a real success.
Before you answer this question with an enthusiastic „yes“, you should think about a few aspects.
- Is everyone in the organization willing and motivated to leave his or her comfort zone?
- Is the management prepared to consistently invest its own valuable time and attention?
- Does management accept that managing organizational change is critical to success?
- Is the organization prepared to invest in the development of internal know-how?
- Is management aware that it is counterproductive to make acquisitions or restructure during implementation? (another good reason to prioritize a series of „baby steps“ over a „big bang“ approach).
- Is management prepared to temporarily accept lower financial results while part of the team has to work intensively on implementation?
- Is the organization prepared to maintain the structure of the project organization after the GoLive of the first phase?
We at konzeptwerk wish you every success with your project - no matter which solution you choose.
Would you like to learn more about how you can best prepare your organization for a successful project?