IBM Express Enterprise Applications Healthcheck
IBM Express Enterprise Applications Healthcheck is designed to assist you in identifying, driving and delivering measurable return on investment and lower the total cost of ownership of your Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation. Seventy percent of all companies that have installed an ERP system fail to achieve the return on investment, and 75% of all ERP implementations fail to optimize the benefits associated.
The goal
IBM Express Enterprise Applications Healthcheck takes a consultant-led approach to help you get more value out of your existing investment. Using a holistic perspective that includes business process, technology and human resources. The two week healthcheck considers factors such as:
- Upgrade strategy
- Potential for consolidation
- Recent or potential mergers and acquisitions
- Business continuity & recovery
- Business transformation outsourcing
- Footprint expansion
The offering is particularly relevant in the current economic climate and is targeted at businesses that wish to reduce costs and maximize the benefits they can get from their existing ERP systems. Experience to-date has shown that we have helped clients to achieve a 500% return on investment.
The advantage
Express Enterprise Applications Healthcheck is especially applicable for businesses which seek to:
- Achieve short and long term cost savings
- Lower total cost of ownership of enterprise applications
- Ensure ERP continues to support changing business needs in the most effective manner
- Achieve returns predicted in original business case for investment
Benefits
Express Enterprise Applications Healthcheck identifies and realizes opportunities to:
- Reduce IT costs while improving the value delivered to the business
- Lower operating costs
- Reduce working capital
- Improve customer service
- Improve overall operational effectiveness
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Upgrade assessments by:
- Improving business processes
- Aligning solutions to better support business needs and strategy
- Identifying solutions that could be decommissioned
- Identifying opportunities for existing ERP to be used instead of purchasing new solutions
- Replacing nonstandard ERP components with standard functionality
Next steps
To learn more about the IBM Express Enterprise Applications Healthcheck or any other IBM Global Services, contact the IBM Concierge or visit:
http://www.ibm.com/expressadvantage/globalbusinessservices.
Need help?
Contact the Express Advantage Concierge, a team of specialists dedicated to midsized business 1-877-IBM-ACCESS (426-2223).
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