Multi Country Roll out of an ERP: approach for managing change
Introduction Many companies resort to a single enterprise resource planning solution, to support their global operations and expand their reach. Global implementation of ERP systems, involves a series of repetitive project operations containing harmonization of processes, data functionalities and managing diversified business activities across countries and increase visibility of business operations. This is also known as multi country roll out. The challenges in Multi country roll out Legal compliance & local statutory requirements Local complexity Cultural differences and language IT infrastructural issues Adoption and existing legacy system (if any) in different countries The process Multi-country roll out begins with having first defined the project assumptions followed by developing a global template that may be applied as is or customized according to the specific needs of subsidiaries and business units. The following major step of implementation i