Doane Associates
SAP Management Consulting
SAP Executive Seminar

Nearly all SAP education is geared toward users and implementation project members. Executive information about SAP is largely limited to the brochures and data offered by SAP during the pre-sales phase.

To address this, we provide an SAP Executive Seminar for firms either contemplating an SAP endeavor or already down that path.
Attendees gain a clear business perspective of SAP in terms of its alluring features, attainable benefits, hidden costs, and potential pitfalls.

The executive seminar is a combination of PowerPoint-aided lecture, open workshop, and (optionally) SAP readiness and costing exercises. Attendees receive a full color handout supporting the lectures as well as all exercise material.
 
This seminar informs executives and arms them with the knowledge of what SAP can do for their enterprise, how it should be implemented, how to avoid common pitfalls, and how to seize the considerable benefits of SAP-enabled workflow.

This seminar is a collection of sessions that are easily configured to meet specific client needs. One day of pre-consulting or a focused teleconference is recommended in order to: 

  • establish the nature of the audience
  • establish the intended outcomes of your educational endeavor
  • determine which segments should be included in each seminar
  • determine the depth of detail required for each segment
  • add relevant client context to the entirety of the seminar

Custom segments, including specific client context, can be arranged.

 

SAP Executive Seminar
   
Introduction
An introduction to the underlying business context of SAP.
 
A Brief Tour of SAP
The basics of SAP, a clarification of terms, applications, and business features
  
Critical Differences: SAP vs Tradition
An examination of the critical differences between traditional systems and the SAP horizon.
 
Seizing Benefit with SAP
An introduction to workflow and a discussion/workshop regarding benefits .
 
SAP in a Microwave
A rapid overview of the life cycle of an SAP endeavor.
 
Are You Ready for SAP?
An inventory of your group's readiness for SAP (exercise)
 
Controlling the Costs
Tips and cautions for controlling the costs of an implementation. Budget modeling exercise.
 
SAP Education
A presentation of the levels and content of SAP education to be addressed.
 
Managing the Changes
An illumination of the changes engendered by this effort and a discussion of how to deal with them.
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