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AnERPTransformationIsaBusiness

Transformation

DECEMBER09,2021

ByNeveenAwad,KirkFrancis,TedKubit,andDanielSchlecht

Lengthy,costly,anddisappointingERPprojectsmaybeatradition,butERP

thatpropelsyourdigitalvisionisthefuture.Here’showtogettherenow.

Companiesmovingtonext-genenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)solutionsoften

describetheexperienceinthesamewords.Unfortunately,it’snotadreamteamof

adjectives.Frustrating,lengthy,costly,disappointing—thelistgoeson.Whydoesa

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projectintendedtodelivergreatoutcomesreturnlittlevalue,ortakesolongto

delivervalue,orbringresultsthatnooneisevensureisvalue?

AbigreasonisthatmanycompaniesapproachERPtransformationasanIT

project,plannedandmanagedfromatechnicalperspective.Infact,it’sabusiness

transformation.Andlikeanybusinesstransformation,ERPrequiresavalue

perspectiverightfromthestart.Wheredoesthebusinessvaluereside?Howcanwe

optimizethatvalue?HowshouldERPfitwithinourdigitalarchitectureand

ambitions?

Thesearequestionstoaskbeforeembarkingonamultiyearjourney.Bytakinga

value-basedapproach,companiescanzeroinonthebusinesscasefornext-genERP

andseereturnsastheygo—insteadofwaitingforagrandunveiling.Theycan

reducethecomplexityandincreasetheflexibilityoftheirERPlandscape.Andthey

canlowerthecostofthetransformation,inourexperience,by20%to35%.That

freesupfundstoputintodigitalinitiatives—theroutetomorevaluestill.

SeizingthePotentialofNext-GenERP

NewERPplatformslikeSAPS/4HANAcandeliverpowerfulcapabilities,especially

inthewaytheyworkwithdataandleveragetechnologieslikeAI.They’re

conducivetoamodularapproachtoplatformsand