Mobilize the Workforce by Mobilizing Your ERP
Mobility isn’t about shiny new toys; it’s about mobilizing your workforce.
Onsite Workshop
Not embracing mobile ERP will:
- Prevent your organization from pursuing a comprehensive process optimization program
- Decrease the expected the return of the ERP system as usage continues to fall or remain flat
A mobile ERP application will:
- Decrease decision-making time for knowledge workers, therefore increasing the efficiency of processes that require approvals
- Increase the IT asset utilization rate as user satisfaction and therefore, usage of the ERP application rises
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: | |
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1.1 | Rank enterprise goals |
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1.2 | External trend analysis |
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1.3 | Business process assessment |
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1.4 | Opportunity Assessment |
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1.5 | Identification of current mobile capabilities |
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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: | |
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2.1 | Assessment of design capabilities |
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2.2 | Assessment of development capabilities |
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2.3 | Assessment of testing capabilities |
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2.4 | Assessment of maintenance capabilities |
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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: | |
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3.1 | Mobile ERP benefit assessment |
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3.2 | Mobile ERP cost assessment |
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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: | |
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4.1 | Use case development |
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4.2 | Data assessment |
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4.3 | Form factor analysis |
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4.4 | Platform analysis |
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4.5 | Application type recommendation |
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4.6 | User interface design workshop activities |
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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: | |
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5.1 | Understand how to manage an internal development process |
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5.2 | Develop a vendor management strategy |
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5.3 | How to test your new mobile ERP application |
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5.4 | Maintaining your mobile ERP application |
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5.5 | Develop a monitoring program to gauge the success of the application |
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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: | |
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6.1 | Corporate app store analysis |
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6.2 | Communication best practices |
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6.3 | End user training best practices |
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6.4 | Document the business processes |
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