ERP Implementation

To successfully take on an ERP system, an organisation needs to change it's "Corporate Culture". Staff will need to change their focus from their own job, to the whole organisation. What they do in their area will now impact in places they may never have envisaged. In addition the timeframe in which the change is ultimately made also challenges the business to move in a few days from a state where one week you can bend all the rules and get away with it to next week the system will not let you. To achieve this goal requires an intensive program of training, education, communication and stakeholder management activities to assist the business end users, clients and vendors to be ready for, cope with, sustain and embed the implementation. None of this is easy and requires a protracted and focused Change Management approach.

Over the last three years Shape Consulting has been involved in the successful implementation of ERP systems in a range of organisations. Through the application of a “business led” philosophy and a structured change methodology we have partnered with a range of IT vendors to ensure success in this challenging area.

Our consulting approach has engaged our clients in an effective change program that not only prepares their organisation for the myriad of changes but also establishes a platform on which they can then take their business forward.