About the Client
- Global manufacturer of mining equipment
- Annual sales of $1,900,000,000
- Employs 7,200 associates
Project Statistics
Mining machinery division
- Upgrade from SAP R/3 version 3.1i to mySAP Enterprise (FI/CO, HR/Payroll, MM, PP, SD, SM, QM, PM, and Workflow)
- Duration: November 2004 to March 31, 2005
- Number of resources: 1 curricula developer (part time), 1 working project manager (part time), 7 instructors
- Tools: Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, and Snag-it
Mining equipment division
- Duration: July 2005 to March 31, 2006
- Number of resources: 6 developers (FTE), 1 working project manager (full time), 12 instructors
- New Implementation of mySAP Enterprise (FI/CO, HR/Payroll, MM, PP, SD, SM, QM, PM, and Workflow)
Delivered Services
- Delivered project team training (both functional and technical)
- Developed and managed an SAP End-User Education Strategy, including class schedule and attendance mapping
- Developed end-user curricula, including delta materials for their upgrade
- Knowledge transfer to client’s team of internal curricula developers
- Delivery of end-user education (approx 140 days) at client locations in the United States, UK, South Africa, Australia and Chile:
- Traditional classroom sessions
- WebEX sessions
- HR & Payroll Consulting along with various other spot consulting services
- Teksoft Resource Library (TRL)
The Teksoft Difference
- Leadership and subject matter expertise on end-user education is sues
- Ability to establish credibility and cooperation with the client’s team members and management
- Embraced the client’s challenging goals and timelines as their own, including the assignment of instructors in 4 different countries
- Helped client reduce time/cost to train in the midst of record level sales production
Results
- On time!
- Below budget (actual costs were approximately 30% lower than projected costs for the upgrade)
- 99% class attendance
- Teksoft instructors averaged 6.8 out of a possible 7.0 rating scale
- Teksoft developed curricula averaged 6.4 out of a possible 7.0 rating scale
- Production and shipping levels achieved pre go-live levels within 2 days