Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Enterprise Systems History 2 - PDF document

4/11/2011 Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Enterprise Systems History • 2 ‐ 3 Decades of the same: code and wait. • Disparate Systems and platforms. • Islands of systems, information, results. • Differing versions of the truth. • Hardware and Software don’t connect • Hardware and Software don’t connect. • New functional systems availability to execution. • New Enterprise Systems 18 ‐ 36 Mo. search to ROI. Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Enterprise Systems Discussion Framework Do you know your costs: – Upfront? Apparent versus Hidden – Recurring? – Hidden, intangible and emotional? – Procure, install, implement, train, upgrade, support? – Hosted vs. Premises, Transfer off hosted? – Adding systems over time? – Low upfront and backend loaded? 1

4/11/2011 Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Create the Expectations your Systems Must Meet ‐ w/Right: provider product: purchase and execute ‐ w/Right: provider, product: purchase and execute. Start with your ultimate system! Forget today’s limits! • Believe everything exists off ‐ the ‐ shelf! • Enterprise Systems = Platform for Integration! • Adding new systems ‐ install/train/use! Adding new systems ‐ install/train/use! • • Expect Enterprise Systems to world ‐ connect! • Expect a Single Version of the Truth! • Simplifying & Optimizing Enterprise Create Your Expectations Mobile Workforce – iPhone/Smart Phone Road Warriors are ERP Integrated Real ‐ Time! 2

4/11/2011 Simplifying & Optimizing Enterprise Create Your Expectations Executive Dashboards Simplifying & Optimizing Enterprise Create Your Expectations Integrated Graphical Planning Boards 3

4/11/2011 Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise What is your Enterprise Score Card? Vision & Execution Introspection Utilization & Software & Hardware Best Practices Best Practices Infrastructure Implementation Interoperable Systems Integration Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise • Simplifying: Enabling ease of use and relevance • Simplifying: Enabling ease ‐ of ‐ use and relevance. • Optimizing: Minimizing/eliminating waste, control costs, ensure growth, and profit. • Enterprise: Totality of people, systems and technologies within your organization. Could run your business from your mobile phone? 4

4/11/2011 Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Infrastructure – Software & Hardware •ERP (Enterprise) •Manufacturing Connectivity •Distribution •Web Sphere/.net/Mobile •Accounting & Finance Software •ERP/WMS/SCM/EDI/MRP •Security/Virus/SPAM •Backup/Recovery/Continuity •Virtual Machine/Green Base •Data Center/PC/Hand Held •Networking/Backbone/Speed •Power/Wiring/Conditioning Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise – Infrastructure and technology base • Hardware – PCS, servers, barcode, printers, mobile computers, p p • Software – office, database, HR/Payroll, ERP, WMS, CRM, SCM, Quality/compliance, etc. • Networking – wired, security, domain, bandwidth/allocation, wireless, etc. • Telephony and unified communications • Security – software & appliances, prevention & control • Power/Conditioning (UPS – delivery systems) • Internet/Intranet – bandwidth and failover • Backup/recovery/failover/rotations – tape, disk, remote, etc. • Mobile workforce – factory, operations, sales and management • Building wiring – power and network 5

4/11/2011 Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Integration – Interoperable Systems • Single Version of Truth Sustainability • Islands & Silos • Carbon Footprint • Direct Push Technologies g • ERP Anywhere • No Single Point of Failure • Decision Support Interoperable • Communications • Mobile Workforce Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise – Integration and interoperability • Are your systems living in interoperability or outer limits? • Are your systems living in interoperability or outer limits? • Data repositories against industry standards – no islands of data, processes or information • Process flows – getting the most from each day’s commitment? • Customization is not coding but configuration? • Purchasing shipping receiving returns – customer/supplier • Purchasing, shipping, receiving, returns – customer/supplier metrics? • Knowledgebase, helpful history of who, what, when, where and how? 6

4/11/2011 Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Implementation – Best Practices & Utilization • Getting the most Features/Benefits • Connecting the dots • Losing and Using • Demand & Supply Best Practices • Industry Standard • The Tool Chest Th T l Ch t • Switch Settings Utilization • Use it all • Needs & Wants Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise – Implementation and enterprise readiness • Configurations and systems optimally provisioned for Configurations and systems optimally provisioned for growth and flexibility • No loss of utilization or efficiencies due to dormant/unused systems/functionality • Real ‐ time information represents “the single version of enterprise truth” • New systems ; is it a matter of purchase, configure, y ; p , g , train and implement, not reengineering/coding • Third party applications easily adapt via standard industry methods 7

4/11/2011 Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Introspection – Vision and Execution • What next? Future Vision • Execution Results • 5 ‐ Year Plan/Vision Marketing • Direct Push to CxO • Strategy, Results, Tools Plan Plan • Sales Objectives • Sales Objectives • Achieving To Plan Business Plan • Growing To Plan • Matching To Plan Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Vision Statement and Corporate Destiny ‐ requires enterprise participation Written in the present , not future tense. They describe what we will feel, hear, think, say and • do as if we had reached our vision now. d if h d h d i i Summarized with a powerful phrase . That phrase forms the first paragraph of the vision • statement. The powerful phrase is repeated in whatever communication mediums you have to trigger memory of the longer statement. It is not a brand strap ‐ line. Describes an outcome , the best outcome we can achieve. It does not confuse vision with the • business goal and objectives for a particular period of time. A vision statement, therefore, does not provide numeric measures of success. Uses unequivocal language . It does not use business speak or words like maximize or • minimize. E vokes emotion . It is obviously and unashamedly passionate. However, it separates the hard • aspect of vision in what we see, hear and do from the soft aspect of vision in what we think and feel. Helps build a picture , the same picture, in people's minds. • Building a vision statement with these components you run the risk of informing, inspiring and energizing your people. 8

4/11/2011 Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Some Enterprise Resources ERP Tool Chest Processes Systems Technology Tools and Tips Annual ‐ Site Audit ERP/MRP LAN/WAN Fortinet Lean Operations Distribution MS .Net Symantec Supply Chain Mgmt. Manufacturing Mobile Workforce Cisco Warehouse Mgmt. EDI SaaS Diskeeper Shipping/Receiving Shipping/Receiving Automation Automation Unified Communications Automate Automate CRM/RMA Quality Cont. Security/Virus/SPAM Backup Exec Barcoding Advanced Sched. Virtualized/Green Restore Point All roads to a successful enterprise are not paved. Sometimes you need an Enterprise 4X4; aka your ERP Tool Chest. Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Questions & Discussion Thank you! Presentation: 9

4/11/2011 Simplify and Optimize Your Enterprise Gerry Poe’s expertise in unifying systems , people and processed are optimally productive in an enterprise. He is CEO of an independent firm of professionals who design and implement business independent firm of professionals who design and implement business solutions which are a careful balance of excellence, best practices and workable solutions within the constraints of available skills and resources of enterprises and industries. As a result Gerry has a broad background across multiple industries. Prior to SCC, he held various positions at Litton Data Systems (now Northrop Grumman) and Data Instrument s. Supply Chain Coalition is an enterprise application consultancy providing strategi c solutions to meet client information and business management needs management needs. Gerry Poe | CEO | Office: 208.919.3836 | Support : 208.919.3970 10