Tips to ease the ERP Go Live...
Kannathasan Meipporul
Subject Matter Expert | SAP - ERP | MES - Industry 4.0 | EPM - Strategy Execution || @150$ per Hour ||
Scope and Responsibility for both, client and consultant to fix these areas at preparation to ease the SAP ERP Go Live:
Challenges to foresee in the current scenario:?
o Review the company structure for holding/subsidiaries?to know the intercompany needs.
o Organization hierarchy to understand Bank facility and work flow requirements.
o Business Process/Product/Vertical,?would facilitate for clear process definition.
Mission critical task to identify?Master data:
1.Chart of account with
? Accounting system followed IFRS or GAAP
? Company structure holding/subsidiaries
? Control accounts other than creditors/debtors
? Asset coding and depreciation method
2. Item master with?
? min/max stock level,?
? lead time of availability,
? expire data of chemical/limited shelf-life items
3. Classifications of inventory?
? transit inventory.
? buffer inventory.
? anticipation inventory.
? decoupling inventory.
? cycle inventory.
? MRO goods inventory.
4. Coding structure with (xxx-xxx-xxxx-xx)
? group
? sub-group
? item with classification
? version change
5. Manufacturing Process
? Discrete
? Process
? Lean?
? Frequency of demand forecast and MRP run
? Frequency of CRP run and workorder plan
6. Inventory valuation
? MOA – Moving average/weighted average
? FIFO – First in First out, Bin loc required?
? LIFO – Last in First out, Bin loc required?
? Standard at your own discretion?
7. Quality Methods followed
? SPC – Statistical Process Control
? TQM – Total Quality Management
? QC certification printing per ISO/FDA?
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8. Inco terms?
? General Rules by ICC
o EXW - Ex Works
o FCA - Free Carrier
o CPT - Carriage Paid To
o CIP - Carriage and Insurance Paid To
o DAP - Delivered at Place
o DPU - Delivered at Place Unloaded
o DDP - Delivered Duty Paid
? Rules for sea and inland waterway transport by ICC
o FAS - Free Alongside Ship
o FOB - Free on Board
o CFR - Cost and Freight
o CIF - Cost Insurance and Freight
9. BP master with
? Corporate address
? Tax registration details
? Billing address
? Delivery address
10. UOM (Unit of Measurements)
? Purchase
? Sales
? Inventory?
11. Currency
? System
? Company/Local
? Foreign
Risk and mitigation:
o Existing master data cleansing with
o Master data input in the SAP template and IT infrastructure are the pre-requisite to depute the consultants onsite, which would save effective time and effort for the both team.
o Jumping into customization with add-on modules/solutions in the 1st phase would affect the progress severely in data flow/process flow and system performance.??
Process governance and Aligning SAP best practices:
o Signavio integration test if its licensed
o Distribute master data template for data collection
o Ensure at least 10 actual entries in each template
Compliances to address local statutory Reports:
o As per requirements
Pitfall and gap to address in the next phase:?
o Add-on and customization
o Third party application/tool integration