POST-MERGER INTEGRATION
Opportunity Numerous acquisitions resulted in the need to integrate people, processes, technology, and cultures of the accounts payable function into the Fortune 100 parent company. Risk Without the appropriate project management resources to transform accounts payable systems and processes, there would be a lack of consistency in existing processes and...
ERP UPGRADE
Opportunity An ERP upgrade was in process involving cross-functional stakeholders. The addition of project management resources was required for the accounting and finance functional area related to a PeopleSoft Financial Management upgrade. Risk Without project management support and quality testing, the project was likely to experience delays and implementation issues...
TIMEKEEPING IMPLEMENTATION
Opportunity The company’s existing timekeeping legacy system needed to be upgraded. The Kronos cloud-hosted solution was identified by the company that included solutions design, implementation, and support. Proven project management assistance was required to lead this enterprise-wide solution impacting numerous stakeholders. Opportunity for error was high, which necessitated experienced and...
A/P MERGER PLANNING
Opportunity To prepare for upcoming growth, there was a need for an evaluation of the organizational structure, processes, tools, technologies, and metrics to improve the company’s accounts payable function across corporate and field personnel. Risk Without the appropriate accounts payable structure and associated efficiencies in place, the company would not...
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
Opportunity A growing portfolio of projects was competing for time and resources, and management needed greater visibility and real-time access to project data to make strategic decisions at the portfolio level. Project teams needed consistent, easy-to-use tools supported by best practices to generate and capture meaningful project data. Risk Without...
ERP CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Opportunity The client's information technology portion of the ERP was outsourced to another company that planned to go live with a PeopleSoft upgrade with minimal testing, training, and communication. The client recognized the gap and engaged Stache & Associates to fill the void. Risk Without proper testing, the application would...
POST-MERGER ERP UPGRADE
Opportunity An enterprise-wide need existed for effective project and change management methodologies, processes, tools, and templates to manage an ERP upgrade to the parent company while integrating a newly acquired company from its legacy system to the newly upgraded ERP. Risk Due to a lack of a formal Program Management...
CONCUR & P-CARD IMPLEMENTATION
Opportunity As a result of a number of acquisitions, disparate systems, and non-standard processes, the need for consistency, a single system, and consolidation of administration was required. Risk Manual reporting on disparate systems reduced efficiencies. A failed consolidation could have resulted in failure to pay vendors and process charges in...
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND TESTING
Opportunity The portfolio of projects within the accounting and finance function continued to grow without increases in available time and resources. Senior leadership would benefit from visibility of project status and prioritization. Additionally, one of the projects within the portfolio was a PeopleSoft HR upgrade that needed assistance to be...
PRIVATE EQUITY MERGER INTEGRATION
Opportunity Two portfolio companies of a private equity firm were positioned to merge and form a newly combined chemical services company. Pre-merger activities were critical to setting the merger strategy with a focus on employees, customers, process, technology, and culture. Post-merger activities were focused on executing against the strategy to...
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM UPGRADE
Opportunity The organization was required to upgrade their timekeeping system in order to remain within required parameters for vendor support and to prepare for an eventual move to the cloud. Efficient project management was needed to monitor internal and external resources over multiple workstreams, provide status updates to leadership, coordinate...
ENTERPRISE-WIDE CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Opportunity The organization was required to upgrade their timekeeping system in order to remain within required parameters for vendor support and to prepare for an eventual move to the cloud. Effective change management was necessary to drive stakeholder awareness and adoption of new system functionality, features, and processes that were...
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