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Chapter 3
”Configure to order”
Configure to order
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Two ways to address
the implementation
issue
Implementation from scratch
Use of templates
Implementation from
scratch
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Implementation by
blueprinting
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Reasons for
blueprinting
The use of templates give room for
focusing on the company’s specific
needs
Templates support the generic
business processes of an industry
Templates help you find the
competitive advantage of the company
Reasons for
blueprinting – II
Configure-to-order
– Blueprint built for major business process
areas, and mapped to business SW
Companies often underestimate the
cost of implementing from scratch
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Primary activities of the
implementation phase
Primary activities of
the impl. phase – II
Compare the selection of processes
with company objectives
Identify the needs not covered by BP
and develop customized models, using
BP as a guide
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Standard SW
implementation issues
BP most important in start up stages:
– Creates a common starting point
– Quicker learning and training
– Better understanding of the system
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Standard SW impl.
issues - II
Selecting standard SW - problem areas:
– Business processes supported by the
standard SW are not documented
– Existing business processes within the
company are not documented
– No procedures for designing business
processes
– The target concept is unknown
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Standard SW impl.
issues - III
BP meets these challenges by:
– Documenting standard SW processes
– Making it easier for companies to
document existing business processes
– Developing procedures for designing
business processes
– Designing and documenting a “final state”
of desired business processes
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Mapping with the
Business Blueprint - II
Blueprint can help identify a
company’s organizational structure
and how it can be optimised with R/3
This is called mapping
Two important considerations:
– The members of the project team
– The process of identifying business
processes and objects
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Redlining the blueprint
Involves going through the directory of
business processes and picking out those
that are most applicable and discarding
those that are not
Gather information about:
– Organizational structure
– Processes, routines and procedures in use
– The way of the information flow through
functional areas of the company
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Extending the business
process design - II
These questions help analyse identified
problem areas, weak points and proposed
changes
Once identified, the new design is made by
selecting from, modifying and adding to the
business Blueprint
When the design and implementation phase
is complete, preparing for production start
up begins
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Conclusion
The Blueprint provides a huge
collection of business processes and
their variants. The variants provide
great variety for shaping the processes
The Blueprint enables customers to
easy visualize and analyse different
business solutions before deciding
whether to use or purchase R/3
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