- Organizations who want to embrace the mobile trend usually begin with a customer-facing application. The biggest financial gains, however, can be realized by mobilizing internal business processes and therefore mobilizing ERP.
- IT often does not know where to start when deciding which business process should be mobilized first.
- Organizations must first decide whether mobile ERP is right for them, and then decide how to pursue mobile ERP before the IT project can begin.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Mobile ERP is not as simple as buying the latest mobile ERP add-on from your ERP vendor. Starting with a comprehensive business process assessment will save valuable time and resources.
- Exception handling by management will be a key source of value from mobilizing your ERP system.
- There are many different routes for pursuing mobile ERP; assessing your IT department’s ability to develop mobile applications will be the core activity to determine which route is best for your organization.
Impact and Result
- Increase usage of your ERP system by end users and make the management team in your organization more efficient by allowing them to handle exceptions on the fly.
- Turn the old ERP system everyone hates using into a lean and sleek software application that drives measurable improvements in productivity.
- Save over $45,000 when mobilizing your ERP system with Info-Tech’s Project Blueprint.
Workshop: Mobilize the Workforce by Mobilizing ERP
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Assess the current state
The Purpose
- To determine if your organization should pursue mobile ERP
Key Benefits Achieved
- A go or no go decision regarding your organization’s need for mobile ERP
Activities
Outputs
Rank enterprise goals
- A go or no go decision
External trend analysis
- Business process mobility assessment
Business process assessment
- Potential value by business process identified
Opportunity Assessment
- Assessment of current mobile ERP inventory
Identification of current mobile capabilities
Module 2: Move forward with mobile ERP
The Purpose
- Assess your organization’s mobile development maturity level
Key Benefits Achieved
- A recommendation about how to pursue mobile ERP given your organization’s mobile development maturity level
Activities
Outputs
Assessment of design capabilities
- Mobile development maturity assessment
Assessment of development capabilities
- A recommended course of action to pursue mobile ERP
Assessment of testing capabilities
Assessment of maintenance capabilities
Module 3: Craft a business case
The Purpose
- Build the business case for mobile ERP and sell it to senior management
Key Benefits Achieved
- A heavily quantitative based business case
- Tip for securing a senior management champion
Activities
Outputs
Mobile ERP benefit assessment
- Business case deliverable completed
Mobile ERP cost assessment
Module 4: Determine ERP form and function
The Purpose
- To gather mobile ERP requirements with use cases and design solution using end user workshops
Key Benefits Achieved
- Provide a template to capture all mobile ERP use cases
- Best practice workshop activities to gain end user feedback with limited effort and time commitment
Activities
Outputs
Use case development
- Established use cases
Data assessment
- Analysis of the data requirements for mobile ERP
Form factor analysis
- Analysis of form factors to use when pursing mobile ERP
Platform analysis
- Analysis of the platforms that can be used when developing mobile ERP
Application type recommendation
- Analysis of what type of application should be build given certain process constraints
User interface design workshop activities
- Workshop activities to speed up the UX design process
Module 5: Implement the project
The Purpose
- Implement your mobile ERP project
Key Benefits Achieved
- Best practice analysis for implementing the mobile ERP project
- A populated project plan
Activities
Outputs
Understand how to manage an internal development process
- A populated mobile ERP project plan
Develop a vendor management strategy
- A thorough understanding of best practices for managing vendors
How to test your new mobile ERP application
- High level overview of best practices from the Software Development Life Cycle framework
Maintaining your mobile ERP application
Develop a monitoring program to gauge the success of the application
Module 6: Roll out the app
The Purpose
- Prepare for roll-out of your brand new mobile ERP application
Key Benefits Achieved
- Understand best practices for rolling out a mobile ERP application
Activities
Outputs
Corporate app store analysis
- A thorough understanding of best practices for app distribution, communication, and end user training
Communication best practices
- Describe how to use the Process Based Documentation template
End user training best practices
Document the business processes