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Management strategy
Do it quickly
Do it all at once
Do not allow a lot of customization
Create a doable schedule
This cannot be a mere IT initiative
Great technical skills and business knowledge is desirable in the core team
Make it a priority in the company objective & not a second tier kind of efforts.
Implementation partner should have –
Technical skills,
business knowledge,
prior ERP implementation experience and “eagerness” to work with Cisco –“Strong Cisco team” needs strong partner
Major decision points for vendor selection
“Vendor size”,
“Strong manufacturing capabilities”,
“Long-term R&D investment” and
“How close is the vendor”
Evaluation and Selection
Selected “KPMG” a very experienced and strong implementation partner
20 people team turned into software market to identify a best software package
Strategy to build as much as knowledge by leveraging the experience of others.
Team spent 10 days writing RFP to vendors
3 days demo by each vendor for their software on Cisco’s information processing requirements
Oracle was selected based on variety of factors.
ERP Selection
Key reasons for selecting Oracle:
Cisco project was being driven pretty strongly by manufacturing and oracle has better mfg capability over other vendors
Oracle made promises on long term development of functionality in the package
Flexibility officered by oracle
$15 Million project in 9 month for the thing