Avoid common pitfalls when implementing Enterprise Performance Management

SAP have released “Enterprise Performance Management” in response to customer demand for a strategy planning and monitoring suite that is integrated within their solution.

Enterprise Performance Management is designed to underpin a way of working and managing within a “virtuous circle” that ERP and BI solutions cannot support.
SAP users can now integrate: Strategic Planning; Performance Reporting; Financial Planning, Consolidation & Budgeting; Internal Process Alignment; Project and Programme Management; Risk Management and People and Rewards Management. Software alone cannot deliver performance improvement, growth and profitability. The opportunity exists, however, to improve performance and profitability and create demonstrable competitive advantage.

Working in the Boardroom presents new challenges for IT and programme implementers. In order to optimise the investment in software, a new approach to managing the business is needed. For those facing this challenge there is encouragement along with practical tips and learning ‐ from the experiences of others in this paper.

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