BOUGHEY DISTRIBUTION ERP IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT Blueprint Sign-Off August 27, 2010
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Friday 27th August 2010
A busy week ensures that we review the blueprint, clarify and agree the fine details. The enables the realisation phase to start next week. The optimisation project continues to offer resistance and we are progressing through the necessary IT changes to accommodate the interfaces. Holidays and such like cause difficulties around training availability but we still head towards our go-live date. The vehicle tracking project is stalling. We now invite other tenders to see if we can find a better fit with our current hardware.
General
- Holiday lockdown near complete
- Change in workshop room
SAP
- Go-Live February 2011 – April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready September 2010 (projected October 2010)
- IT require system monitoring training
- Authorisations groups need to be established
- IT to be responsible for test scripting
- Jon Brooks to complete SAP Quality Plan
- Potentially change some outputs pre-Christmas to reflect SAP to benefit customer adoption
- WM training to start pre-Christmas
- Extra resource required to oversee TMS solution
- Consultants Start on-site next week
Biztalk
- Development parked
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready October 2010 (projected October 2010)
- TFS system installed – Dev environments to be completed
Optimisation
- Go-Live August 2010 (projected 20th September)
- Interface development in Axapta has been completed
- Further training sessions completed
- Resource constraints are driving the go-live date
Vehicle Tracking
- Go-Live August 2010 (projected go-live October 2010)
- On-Hold
- Project Plan received
RF
- Plan added
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready October 2010 (projected December 2010)
- Complete Site to be RF enabled
- Loading to offline RF controlled
- Blueprint to completed next week and final costs to agreed
the following week
Directors Outstanding tasks
Go-Live strategy
Plan to inform customers
Archive Plan
Training Plan
Commentary
Budget
On Budget –
Outstanding quote for RF software post WM blueprint
Additional development required for preferred blueprint solution
RF hardware, SKY licensing for 1-10
Time
On Plan – Vehicle Tracking on hold
Potential additional development in SAP project may delay testing start
Risks
IT Resource Reliance
Poor requirement collection due to incomplete mapping processes
Go-Live strategy
Stocktake requirements
WM configuration on internal staff
JB Next Steps…
Optimisation implementation
BOUGHEY DISTRIBUTION ERP IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT Blueprint Review August 20, 2010
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Friday 20th August 2010
The blueprint review allows us to confirm and agree an additional number of development days in order to include all of requirements defined in the workshops. We know turn our attentions to reviewing the final blueprints for one last time in order to sign-off their content.
My attentions are somewhat concentrated on the Optimisation project as this is now well under way. We have some difficulties around the detail where the software doesn’t quite feel as slick when dealing with some of our internal complexities. In addition to this we have a significant resource problem that delays our planned training which will require a couple of weeks extra to overcome.
The Vehicle tracking software is exposed to a much higher degree with some of our specific requirements.
This has caused us to rethink how we should approach this.
SAP
- Go-Live February 2011 – April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready September 2010 (projected October 2010)
- Additional Developments confirmed and costs agreed
- Blueprints to be signed-off in 1 weeks time
Biztalk
- Development parked
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected 2011)
- Testing ready October 2010 (projected October 2010)
- DR strategy agreed
- TFS system to be installed – Internal IT organising
Optimisation
- Go-Live August 2010 (projected mid September)
- Server Installation Complete
- Initial Training complete and open questions worked through
- Interface development in Axapta has been started unfinished as
many additional requirements required to standard
Vehicle Tracking
- Go-Live August 2010 (projected go-live October 2010)
- On-Hold
- Project Plan received
RF
- Plan added
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready October 2010 (projected October 2010)
- Complete Site to be RF enabled
- Loading to offline RF controlled
- Blueprint to completed next week
Directors Outstanding tasks
Go-Live strategy
Plan to inform customers
Lockdown relevant holidays
Archive Plan
Training Plan
Commentary
Budget
On Budget
Outstanding quote for RF software post WM blueprint
Additional development required for preferred blueprint solution
RF hardware, SKY licensing for 1-10
Time
On Plan
Vehicle Tracking on hold
Potential additional development in SAP project may delay testing start
Risks
IT Resource Reliance
Poor requirement collection due to incomplete mapping processes
Go-Live strategy
Stocktake requirements
WM configuration on internal staff
JB Next Steps…
Optimisation implementation
Finalise SAP blueprint
BOUGHEY DISTRIBUTION ERP IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT Workshops End August 13, 2010
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Friday 13th August 2010
I have been studying the blueprints and comparing against the original plan. The impending review will be when we are advise of the number of days difference from the original quote and an explanation the differences. My initial thoughts are that the development days for the billing procedure, goods in diary, TMS, Forms, and Reports will all be significant, and that the accumulation of the 30 odd small enhancements will in itself become significant. If I was to take an educated guess I’d say there is somewhere between 100-150 development days in this work. I therefore ask the directors to spend some time reviewing the blueprints to pre-empt things they feel could be excluded if we have to concede some development.
SAP
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready September 2010 (projected October 2010)
- Project Contact – Kath Stacey
- Training arranged with Chelford for internal IT team early October (post realisation)
Biztalk
- Parked as they have done all initial work
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected 2011)
- Testing ready October 2010 (projected October 2010)
Optimisation
- Go-Live August 2010 (projected August 2010)
- Server Installation complete
- Initial training complete
- Interface development in Axapta has been started (completion 10 days)
Vehicle Tracking
- Go-Live August 2010 (projected go-live October 2010)
- Intention to go-live without tracking to original plan
- Awaiting project plan
- There are some concerns of how function this product will be without tracking
and a suitable backend system, but we are happy to implement to replace the
traffic sheet and get the guys familiar with the product
RF
- Plan added
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready October 2010 (projected October 2010)
- Awaiting definitive development costs after WM specification complete
Directors Outstanding tasks
Go-Live strategy
Plan to inform customers
Lockdown relevant holidays
Archive Plan
Training Plan
Commentary
Budget
On Budget
Outstanding quote for RF hardware/software and Licensing for 1-10
Potential additional development required for blueprint solution
Time
On Plan – Vehicle Tracking risk
Potential additional development in SAP project may delay testing start
Risks
IT Resource Reliance
Poor requirement collection due to incomplete mapping processes
Go-Live strategy
Stocktake requirements
WM configuration on internal staff
JB Next Steps…
Paragon/Isotrack implementation
Finalise SAP blueprint
BOUGHEY DISTRIBUTION ERP IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT Workshops Progress August 6, 2010
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Friday 6th August 2010
The workshops are very intense as we review the entire business processes and try to map them as best we can to existing SAP best practices. This also prompts discussion of how we can improve the processes we have been using. Inevitably this becomes heated at times but all helps towards a common goal of a successful efficient system.
We have an issue with our vehicle tracking project as the hardware that exists in the vehicles has been provided by another party. Therefore we need to establish an arrangement between the suppliers of the hardware and the software to work together to provide a solution for us.
From the outset is a difficult situation but replacing the hardware is a cost without justification at this time.
SAP
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready September 2010 (projected October 2010)
- Princes to advise on system setup – yet to arrange
- Warehouse Playback is unfinished re-arranged
Biztalk
- Parked as they have done all initial work required
- Initial Plan added to master – date split to be confirmed
to accommodate knowledge transfer
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready October 2010 (projected October 2010)
- DR strategy agreed
Optimisation
- Go-Live August 2010 (projected second week August 2010)
- Implementation contacts confirmed
- Workshop attendance completed
- Initial Plan added to master plan
Vehicle Tracking
- Go-Live August 2010 (projected go-live October 2010)
- Awaiting project plan
- Initial Requirements gathering arranged
RF
- Outline Plan received and added to master plan
- Go-Live April 2011 (projected April 2011)
- Testing ready October 2010 (projected October 2010)
- Complete Site to be RF enabled
- Loading to offline RF controlled
Directors Outstanding tasks
Go-Live strategy
Plan to inform customers
Lockdown relevant holidays
Archive Plan
Training Plan
Commentary
Budget
On Budget – Outstanding quote for RF hardware/software and Licensing for 1-10
Time
On Plan – Pending agreement between vehicle tracking suppliers
Risks
IT Resource Reliance
Poor requirement collection due to incomplete mapping processes
Go-Live strategy
Stocktake requirements
Isotrack functionality not yet known and project start pending
JB Next Steps…
Workshops
