FREE ERP BUSINESS ASSESSMENT FROM CHELFORD SAP SOLUTIONS

WHO IS IT FOR?

The (SAP) Business Assessment service from Chelford is designed for mid size UK companies that believe they are not getting the full potential out of their current IT systems. They may be facing business pressures from customers or suppliers that they are finding challenging. They have operational management issues in the business. They may feel that they do not have clear visibility of the way the business is actually performing at a micro level. There may be a sense that the current systems are somewhat old and tired and haven’t had the investment to keep pace with an evolving business.
All of these issues are reasons for undertaking a Chelford SAP Business Assessment.

WHAT WILL IT TELL YOU?

The assessment will provide a rapid benchmark against other companies in your business sector who have faced similar challenges. It will tell you what areas of your operations can be improved, and how.

WHAT WILL WE DO?

Chelford offer a phased approach to assessing the issues and needs of a company.

Phase One

The first phase is treated as a Business Audit phase. Here Chelford will undertake the following steps:

• 1 day Business assessment – one of our senior Consultants will interview each key business function head to understand particular issues they have and desired improvements they would like to see it the future
• 1 day technical audit – one of our technical consultants will meet the IT owners to review the current systems from both a technical and functional view point.
• 2 day - Preparation of an Business Audit Report that will cover:
  • Key Business challenges by function
  • Areas of IT vulnerability / Gap analysis to show what areas can be improved
  • Budget costs for updating of the current IT systems to address the Key business issues

Phase Two

The second Phase is a detailed Evolution Plan. Subject to agreement to proceed further with the Assessment, we will undertake the following additional steps;

• 1-2 day additional functional workshop to review on more detail particular business issues that were identified in the first phase
• 1 day Return on Investment workshop. Chelford use a sophisticated modelling tool to assess costs of industrial investment and payback from new IT projects. The output of this can be used to evaluate any software project
• 2 -5 day Workshop preparation – to prepare for the workshop below.
• 2 day “Future Business” workshop – This would involve taking your key business scenarios for the future and modelling them using SAP’s latest product design for best practice in your industry

WHY ARE WE OFFERING SO MUCH, FOR SO LITTLE?

We believe in the huge potential in UK industry, that is held back by distractions by operational issues and lack of time to investigate alternative tools and processes. This is not just our fertile imagination – we have seen how businesses have been transformed by well-informed investment in new business solutions.
Our offer is to help you, to help you achieve this too. Of course, we would like you to consider us as a potential supplier if you decide to proceed further, and we hope we will have given you the chance to assess our capabilities in the process.

WHAT DO WE ASK FROM YOU IN RETURN?

This offer is open to any company provided the project is endorsed at Board level, and your organisation is committed to improvement. We will ask for an initial meeting with the Board level representative responsible for addressing the companies Business systems needs. The commitment then is not to money, but time. Time from the board and key function heads to provide their valuable knowledge and business direction. Chelford will put their time in free of charge providing your business is equally committed.

Download the datasheet here.

Contact Chelford SAP Solutions on 01256 685400 or email to discuss how we could help your business run more efficiently.