Case Study Three: SAP Implementation – Accounting Resource and Project Management Leadership for a Medical Imaging Products Manufacturer

Summary Level

A privately held US manufacturing company of medical imaging products with approximately $1 billion in revenue with offices in Delaware, Europe, Australia, and Japan was implementing SAP and required an interim management resource to assist with the FI module configuration and testing and with project management of the implementation and training efforts in Sydney, Australia.

Details

A privately held US manufacturing company of medical imaging products with approximately $1 billion in revenue with offices in Delaware, Europe, Australia, and Japan was implementing SAP and required an interim management resource to assist with the FI module configuration and testing and with project management of the implementation and training efforts in Sydney, Australia.

We were engaged to provide a manager with Big Four experience to assist on the SAP FI implementation team during the SAP project. After working successfully on the FI team in the US, this manager was chosen by the lead project manager to coordinate activities and manage the Sydney, Australia SAP implementation efforts. After working on the Australia implementation, our manager was engaged as an assistant to the US SAP project manager.

The company was well behind with implementation efforts in Sydney, Australia. Led by the experience and leadership from the manager from our firm, the Australian location was able to focus, quickly authorize and obtain additional interim resources, and accomplish execution of important tasks previously holding up implementation progress in both Australia and the US. After successful implementation and cutover to the new SAP system in the US and Australia, our firm’s manager continued to assist with post implementation efforts in the US.