What do you think is the biggest obstacle to an ERP implementation project?<\/p>\n
Many IT services companies face this challenge when implementing an ERP system, yet many are not sufficiently prepared for it. So, did you find it?<\/p>\n
Let’s start with a definition of change management and a few figures before putting a word to this “brake”.<\/p>\n
Change management is the implementation of an action plan aimed at changing behavior in order to adapt to a new situation. For a company, this could be the integration of a new tool, a new process or a new way of working. In short, anything that forces employees to change their habits.<\/p>\n
According to a study by Panorama Consulting*, the greatest difficulties encountered in ERP implementation projects are process changes for 79.3% of companies surveyed, followed by organizational changes for 65.5% of companies (see graph below**).<\/p>\n
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These figures show that the biggest difficulty, the biggest obstacle, for companies in this type of project is behavior<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This is why implementing a change management approach within your company is so important:<\/p>\n Communicating again and again with employees about the new tool and its benefits for the company’s business is a good thing, but it’s not enough.<\/p>\n Why? Implementing such a tool implies many changes in your employees’ environment. They’ll have to step out of their comfort zone, and this will translate into stress, fear, discomfort and, unconsciously, rejection of the project.<\/p>\n Indeed, they will have the impression of losing productivity, that their skills are no longer useful for some. For example, an employee with a perfect command of Excel might feel devalued by an ERP system that no longer requires them to create tables and formulas.<\/p>\n That’s why it’s so important to put a good action plan in place to prepare for the transition:<\/strong><\/p>\n This survey will provide you with a wealth of data on which to base your action plan:<\/p>\n Through the questionnaire, you identified several obstacles to the new organization. Based on this data, you’ll be able to set up workshops. Several benefits:<\/p>\n You’ve identified the obstacles in the previous stages. Now, to support change, you need to provide your employees with the necessary resources (human and financial). It can be :<\/p>\n In an ERP system, for example, this could be for the data recovery phase.<\/em><\/p>\n This list will depend on the obstacles you identified earlier. Note, however, that failing to make the necessary resources available is an additional obstacle that will slow down the project and therefore cost you money.<\/p>\n Communication is an important step in successful change. This reassures employees, keeps them informed of project progress, and avoids hearsay.<\/p>\n You also need to make sure that the message is consistent, especially within the project’s management team.<\/p>\n 4 tips that sum up the essentials for successful change management :<\/p>\n Tip 1: Talk to your employees<\/strong><\/p>\n Tip 2: Involve your employees<\/strong><\/p>\n Tip 3: Support your employees<\/strong><\/p>\n Tip 4: Set an example<\/strong><\/p>\n * Panaroma Consulting Group study: “The 2020 ERP report”.<\/p>\n **source: “The 2020 ERP report” – Panaroma consulting group<\/p>\n Read also:<\/strong><\/p>\n What do you think is the biggest obstacle to an ERP implementation project? Many IT services companies face this challenge when implementing an ERP system, yet many are not sufficiently prepared for it. So, did you find it? Let’s start with a definition of change management and a few figures before putting a word to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"article--metier":[],"solution":[74],"class_list":["post-7226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classifiee","solution-vsa-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7584,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7226\/revisions\/7584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7226"},{"taxonomy":"article--metier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article--metier?post=7226"},{"taxonomy":"solution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/veryswing.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/solution?post=7226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Change management: how to set up a good action plan?<\/h2>\n
Conduct an employee survey<\/h3>\n
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Workshops<\/h3>\n
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Providing the necessary resources for change<\/h3>\n
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Communicating with employees<\/h3>\n
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4 tips for successful change management<\/h2>\n
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