Epicor® Project Management

Skilled Project Managers Keep it On Time and Below Budget

When we are your Epicor® Kinetic ERP Project Manager at Tomerlin-ERP, our approach consists of five stages: Prepare, Plan, Design, Validate, and Deploy. It is a proven procedure that our consultants believe delivers a cost-effective implementation to the customer.

The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for overseeing the entire implementation process through to completion. One of the PM’s primary responsibilities is coordinating the Tomerlin-ERP resources required to perform an on-time and smooth implementation.

The PM works with the customer’s system administrator/project manager, and together they monitor the progress of the implementation. Together they set expectations, schedules, and timetables to measure progress. Together they manage the unexpected events as they occur.

An essential and often overlooked aspect of being a successful PM is “change management.” Your success not only depends on how well you manage the Epicor® implementation but also how well your associates accept and support this change. Your associates will have many different reactions, like, “This software does not apply to me,”; “We don’t need a new ERP system,”; and the most difficult to manage are the associates who don’t tell you they are frightened they might not be able to learn how to use the new software. For all of your associates, you need to show them the big picture and for those who are intimidated by the thought of a new software system, give them your assurance that they will receive the training they will need to be a success!

Are you implementing a new Epicor software solution? Are you finding the process challenging?

A project manager is essential for a successful system because:

1. Project Size

A Project Manager ensures realistic project plans and creates timelines that genuinely consider the scope and impact of resources.

2. Project Execution

A Project Manager ensures realistic project plans and creates timelines that genuinely consider the scope and impact of resources.

3. Staffing

A Project Manager ensures that employees have enough resources, time, and support to complete a project successfully.

4. Unexpected Gaps

A Project Manager can keep track of gaps that can occur once a project is launched during a sales cycle and decide how to address them.

5. Change Management

A Project Manager can successfully encounter changes to a project based on project scope or change management for employees.

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