WBSRocks: Business Growth with ERP and Digital Transformation

WBSP343: Grow Your Business by Learning the Importance of Centralizing ERP Shared Services w/ Brian G Shannon

July 04, 2022 Sam Gupta Episode 343
WBSRocks: Business Growth with ERP and Digital Transformation
WBSP343: Grow Your Business by Learning the Importance of Centralizing ERP Shared Services w/ Brian G Shannon
Show Notes

The large companies that are present in more than 10 countries and have more than 50K employees need operational efficiencies at a different scale. The efficiencies at the plant or at the entity level are no longer enough. You need to figure out the shared services model where the lower-cost services can be provided by the countries where the costs are likely to be lower. But managing this process requires changes in the systems and processes. You need to share data across the entities and have a shared vision for the entire organization. But executing it is far more difficult than you would think. So how to implement shared services in larger organizations?

In today's episode, our guest, Brian G Shannon, shares his insights into the importance of centralizing shared services for large global rollouts. He also talks about several KPIs such as cycle time and how to measure them to ensure the data quality you expect from your financial processes. Finally, he provides insights into prioritizing the rollouts where multiple countries may be involved with the ERP deployments along with setting the vision for the team.

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