Real Life Experience # 3
A construction equipment manufacturer identified a 12 month implementation
schedule for a World-wide Financial System solution in conjunction with it’s
Manufacturing system solution. A process definition approach was established
using the “80-20” rule. For those items outside the rule, the Steering
Committee would meet to make a final, global, definition decision. As the
project progressed, members of the Steering Committee frequently missed status
meetings as a result of other day-to-day business requirements. As a result,
several key decisions involving EDI and global cash management processes were
delayed until all members could participate in the decision. The EDI portion
of the project was delayed 3 months and required extensive “throw away”
interface development.