Client : Sacem
Mission: AMOA Finance
Duration: 24 months
Speakers: 1 senior consultant
Summary of issues
Sacem has opted for the new Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP system to manage all its financial processes, control data and facilitate automation to drive its business.
The assignment is part of the client's ERP go-live in January 2022, and involves :
- Re-establish project governance with the Finance and IT teams
- Diagnose the major blocking points and the impact on Purchasing in the value chain and accounting flows
- Map existing processes and define target processes
- Studying, proposing, supporting and implementing improvements and simplification of the solution for operational staff
- Study, prioritise, measure impact, plan and deploy projects
Solutions and actions
- Step 1: Familiarisation with the organisation on the Finance and Purchasing business side and on the IT Department side, specifications, acceptance, diagnosis of existing user practices, study of management and database rules, understanding of communication and training methods, etc.
- Step 2: Structuring the action plan by priority: Purchasing - Accounting - Fixed assets
- Step 3: Contribution with the development teams (PO - Tech Lead - Developers - Testers) and management of KANBAN projects and projects linked to PI planning according to SAFe methodology, acting as a link between the business and IT teams (e.g.: changeover from accounting to the new ERP, e-procurement, etc.).