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Series on SAP Competency Center or SAP Center of Excellence
Series on SAP Competency Center or SAP Center of Excellence

Series on SAP Competency Center or SAP Center of Excellence

By Bill Wood|July 21st, 2010|

THREE-PART SERIES ON DEVELOPING AN SAP CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. You probably already knew that a "Competency center" is focused on SAP application support such as help desk functions, system stabilization, troubleshooting, etc. But did you know that a true "Center of Excellence" is focused on the business and business drivers? The key goal of a "Center of Excellence" is to integrate not just the application, but the application support staff into the business. Business Transformation from [...]

Where do you Start with SAP Return on Investment or SAP ROI?
Where do you Start with SAP Return on Investment or SAP ROI?

Where do you Start with SAP Return on Investment or SAP ROI?

By Bill Wood|July 19th, 2010|

See Part 1 - SAP Implementation Is an Investment Not an Event How much is it going to cost, and how long is it going to take? That is the classic approach to SAP implementations. However, this approach is not enough today, as the marketplace is demanding more from their IT dollars. Now the marketplace has questions about measuring cost reductions, process improvements, and customer retention/acquisition. These are all important discussions. Your money has to work for you in your business-- and [...]

SAP Implementation is an Investment NOT an Event
SAP Implementation is an Investment NOT an Event

SAP Implementation is an Investment NOT an Event

By Bill Wood|July 12th, 2010|

A while back, I talked to a pair of executives who were trying to determine whether or not their SAP implementation cost was higher or lower than their competitors. They wanted benchmarks or some other way to know if they were in line with the marketplace. The CFO was worried that they might have paid way too much for their SAP implementation. After talking for a few minutes, they realized that they were looking at the question the wrong way. While they were asking about how their expenditure c [...]

Certainly Certifiable – SAP System Integrators Not Just Consultants
Certainly Certifiable – SAP System Integrators Not Just Consultants

Certainly Certifiable – SAP System Integrators Not Just Consultants

By Michael Doane|July 5th, 2010|

That hardy perennial “SAP consultant certification” is blooming again but this time in regard to independent consultants as opposed to those in systems integration firms.http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howlett/?p=761Below is a link to Jon Reed’s excellent...

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 [...]