Task definition
- Setting up the steering committees and project management
- Identification of stakeholders and process owners
- Drawing up a communication plan and implementing the communication measures
- Impact and risk analysis and corresponding management
Industry / Function / Environment/ Expert
- Production and trade
- All functions internationally: from warehousing to purchasing, production, controlling, accounting and sales
- S4/HANA introduction with greenfield approach
- Dipl.-Kffr. Tina Schmidt
Situation
- Multiple media disruptions
- No aggregated management data available for the Group
- Reaction to changes in demand / time-to-market too long
- Situation after multiple acquisitions in the individual countries and merger with Spanish competitor
- No uniform, cross-national process standards
Great unrest among the workforce after:
- Numerous structural changes in the past
- Recently failed ERP introduction
- Promises not implemented by the decision-making body
- Clear communication of the need for the project and gradual creation of new majorities
- Transparency about the process by designing and holding e.g. regular meetings, town hall meetings or publishing blogs / news on SharePoint
- Decision preparation via individual discussions with stakeholders
- Onboarding process owner
- Enabling the implementation of the prepare, explore and discovery phase
- Motivation via quick wins and potential savings
- Development of a target state
- International production and trading company
- 3,400 FTE in 30 countries