SunSystems Consulting & Implementation Our consulting offerings include: Implementation Service Solution Planning Study Upgrade Service Site Audit Re-implementation Service Site Audit (Consolidation Option) Implementation Service - The SunSystems Implementation Service has been designed to help maximize the return on investment of your purchase of SunSystems software. Using the skills and experience of SunSystems consultants, your organization can quickly achieve the solution that will best realize the business benefits identified during procurement. The SunSystems Implementation Service has been designed to help maximize the return on investment of your purchase of SunSystems software. Using the skills and experience of SunSystems consultants, your organization can quickly achieve the solution that will best realize the business benefits identified during procurement. The service helps you to: Analyze business needs, including integration requirements, to design the most effective solution Deliver the right solution on time, within budget and with minimal disruption to the business, regardless of the size and complexity of the project Minimize risk Provide control for all elements of the implementation project, worldwide Optimize the investment in SunSystems Primary deliverables Skilled SunSystems consultants carry out the Implementation Service in conjunction with your organization's staff, resulting in the following primary deliverables: Flexible terms of reference and a project plan to ensure a solid foundation for project success within an agreed framework Analysis of key business processes that impact on the SunSystems solution System design and build documentation, using a modular approach that best fits the requirements of each client Integration with associated systems in the most effective way Delivery to agreed acceptance criteria Advice on where additional system improvements are possible Solution Planning Study - The Solution Planning Study is a service offered to prospective SunSystems clients (or existing clients facing organizational change) to help determine how your business requirements can be met by a system using SunSystems products. The service also helps to identify the best deployment for your organization, and how to address systems integration requirements. The Solution Planning Study (SPS) is a service offered to prospective SunSystems clients (or existing clients facing organizational change) to help determine how your business requirements can be met by a system using SunSystems products. The service also helps to identify the best deployment for your organization, and how to address systems integration requirements. Primary deliverable Senior SunSystems consultants carry out the SPS in conjunction with your organization's staff. The primary deliverable is a Solution Planning Study Report that will: Summarize your key business requirements to be met by a SunSystems solution Outline the recommended solution, including a technical specification Outline the optimum process necessary to achieve your objectives Outline the principal build and configuration tasks that need to be undertaken Outline the recommended approach to integration Present a detailed estimate of the services work required to achieve the solution While the SPS will not provide a full systems design, it will cover the basis necessary to build a SunSystems project, and can be expected to reduce the time required in subsequent design and build work. Upgrade Service - The Upgrade Service is available to existing SunSystems clients. It enables an efficient and effective implementation of application and technology upgrades, allowing you to take advantage of new SunSystems functionality. In addition, the service can help to minimize the risks arising from changes to key business systems, while maximizing the benefits of business change through the use of SunSystems expertise. The Upgrade Service is available to existing SunSystems clients. It enables an efficient and effective implementation of application and technology upgrades, allowing you to take advantage of new SunSystems functionality. In addition, the service can help to minimize the risks arising from changes to key business systems, while maximizing the benefits of business change through the use of SunSystems expertise. Primary deliverables Skilled SunSystems consultants carry out the Upgrade Service in conjunction with your organization's staff. The primary deliverables are: Review of requirements for the upgrade An upgrade plan detailing the work necessary to meet these requirements Delivery, including installation of new software on the required platform, migration of data from the old version, implementation of any necessary changes to the configuration, acceptance testing and user training, all in accordance with the agreed plan If you are considering a more fundamental review of your SunSystems implementation, we recommend that you take advantage of our Site Audit service. Site Audit - The Site Audit service is offered to existing SunSystems clients to help determine whether the existing system best meets current and planned requirements. It is also used to evaluate: How your existing configuration can be improved to provide a better solution Whether your current infrastructure can be improved upon Whether current operating practices make best use of SunSystems functionality Primary deliverable Senior SunSystems consultants carry out the Site Audit in conjunction with your organization's staff. The primary deliverable is a Site Audit Report that will: Summarize the business requirements that have given rise to the report Present our recommended solution to meet the requirements Offer additional advice for areas where the consultant has identified that improvements may be possible Re-implementation Service - For existing clients, the SunSystems Re-Implementation Service has been designed to ensure that SunSystems will meet new requirements (such as the introduction of new processes and changes to existing ones), resulting in a solution that will deliver greater business benefit and maximize the return on investment. In addition, the service helps you to take advantage of new functionality and technical advancements delivered with SunSystems products, while also updating your systems to reflect changes in your technical environment. The needs of your organization may have changed since first installing SunSystems. This can result in the introduction of new processes and changes to existing ones, which will impact the implementation of your business systems. For existing clients, the SunSystems Re-Implementation Service has been designed to ensure that SunSystems will meet these new requirements, resulting in a solution that will deliver greater business benefit and maximize the return on investment. In addition, the service helps you to take advantage of new functionality and technical advancements delivered with SunSystems products, while also updating your systems to reflect changes in your technical environment. Primary deliverables Skilled SunSystems consultants carry out the Re-Implementation Service in conjunction with your organization's staff, resulting in the following primary deliverables: Flexible terms of reference and project plan to ensure a solid foundation for project success within an agreed framework Analysis of all changes in business processes that need to be reflected in the SunSystems solution Review and re-definition of all systems integration requirements Redefinition of the system design and build documentation to match the identified changes Delivery to agreed acceptance criteria Site Audit (Consolidation Option) - The Consolidation Option of the Site Audit service focuses on the need to aggregate data from different business entities within a group of companies. It is used to evaluate: How utilities and mechanisms in SunSystems can be used to make consolidation easier How your existing configuration can be improved to provide a better solution Whether your current infrastructure can be improved upon Whether current operating practices make best use of SunSystems functionality The Site Audit service is offered to existing SunSystems clients to help determine whether the existing system best meets current and planned requirements. The Consolidation Option of this service focuses on the need to aggregate data from different business entities within a group of companies. It is used to evaluate: How utilities and mechanisms in SunSystems can be used to make consolidation easier How your existing configuration can be improved to provide a better solution Whether your current infrastructure can be improved upon Whether current operating practices make best use of SunSystems functionality Primary deliverable Senior SunSystems consultants carry out the service in conjunction with your organization’s staff, in order to determine potential ways to simplify the consolidation process. The primary deliverable is a Site Audit Report that will: Summarize the consolidation requirements that have given rise to the report Present our recommended solution to meet the requirements Offer additional advice for areas where the consultant has identified potential for improvement All of the above are scaleable, whether you are installing at a single site or rolling a core solution across hundreds of business units around the world. 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