When the Min­neapo­lis Pub­lic School Dis­trict faced pub­lic demand to improve stew­ard­ship of resources and need­ed more busi­ness agili­ty, it decid­ed to dig­i­tal­ly trans­form its aging SAP ERP soft­ware sys­tems to enable cloud com­put­ing. The pre­sen­ters share how they achieved their road map to SAP HANA, imple­ment­ed SAP Suc­cess­Fac­tors and SAP Con­cur solu­tions, intro­duced a new gen­er­al ledger, and made pro­cure­ment innovations.

Key Out­comes:

• Key fac­tors to con­sid­er for an SAP road map by clear­ly align­ing key stake­hold­ers on how to achieve strate­gic goals
• Ben­e­fits of an upgrad­ed SAP Dig­i­tal Plat­form for Cloud and HANA
• Key Con­sid­er­a­tions for inte­gra­tions with SAP Suc­cess­Fac­tors and Concur
• Over­com­ing imple­men­ta­tion chal­lenges for New G/L and Pro­cure­ment Innovations
• Tan­gi­ble Ben­e­fits and Val­ue Realization
• The Impor­tance of Orga­ni­za­tion­al Change Man­age­ment, Stake­hold­er Engage­ment and Training

Speak­ers:

Tariro ChapIn­du­ka, Min­neapo­lis Pub­lic Schools

Justin Hennes, Min­neapo­lis Pub­lic Schools

Nick Cotic­chia, Gen­e­sis Con­sult­ing Part­ners, LLC

Time­stamps:

• Key Outcomes/​Objectives and Agen­da- 3:45
• About Min­neapo­lis Pub­lic Schools- 4:45
• Ini­tial Dri­vers for the MPS Jour­ney- 7:35
• Key Ques­tions and Themes- 8:15
• Devel­op­ing a Dig­i­tal Road Map- 10:30
• Assess­ment Find­ings- 12:05
• Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy: Plat­form for Growth- 14:05
• Upgrade Logis­tics & Tar­get Releas­es to Estab­lish Plat­form for Growth- 15:15
• Nep­tune Employ­ee Self-Ser­vice Upgrade- 17:40
• Online Train­ing- 18:55
• Suc­cess­Fac­tors Inte­gra­tion- 20:48
• MPS Finance Pain Points and Dri­vers-  24:15
• Busi­ness Align­ment: Achiev­ing Pro­cure­ment Goals with SAP Dig­i­tal Plat­form- 25:30
• Finance: New G/L Migra­tion- 28:50
• MPS is Ready for SAP S/4HANA- 34:04
• SAP Con­cur- 35:00
• Keys to Suc­cess- 39:00
• Lessons Learned- 40:55