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All your hard work has lead to this point. No pressure, just another day at the office.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly Before Go-live<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some steps to help you prepare for a new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/cloud-erp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ERP solution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> go-live:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 1: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure all your planned testing is completed with green lights. You can slide by with a few yellow lights as long as you have a contingency plan ready.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 2: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure all your users are fully trained as planned. Your customers and suppliers should be trained too if they use portals to update your systems. These are likely different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 3: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verify all reports and dashboards are ready for use and that links to these tools will be on the right users\u2019 screens when they need information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 4: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the timing to load your static data from your legacy systems. You have run these processes many times already but go-live is not the time for any problems. If your go-live is scheduled at 7:00 AM and the data load processes take 10 hours and 12 minutes, you must begin those processes before 8:48 PM the evening before the go-live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 5: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run a complete dress rehearsal of the entire go-live process within a few days of your scheduled go-live. Your ERP should look like it is completely ready for your enterprise to use at this time. Run a few complete system tests again. Run your order-to-cash tests where a new order is placed and you purchase materials. Schedule operation, pay your suppliers and collect from your customers. Run some system overload tests again where you process far more business than you expect, just to know your system can handle the stress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 6: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be certain you will have adequate support available on-site well ahead of the go-live schedule and through at least one complete day. Support people should include the entire implementation team. All your super users should be ready to help other users in their departments. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Step 7: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a contingency plan. There can be problems. There can be delays. Something can break. Some once-in-a-decade situation can arise at exactly the wrong time. Determine in advance what problems can be worked through or around. Be prepared to delay the go-live a short time or postpone the event if necessary. Know what customers and suppliers should be notified and who will make the contact. Verify the legacy systems can be quickly restarted if required.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly After Go-live<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Software Path\u2019s latest <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/softwarepath.com\/guides\/erp-report\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ERP Software Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> indicates that, on average, 37 percent of employees use a company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qad.com\/what-is-erp\">ERP system<\/a>. That\u2019s a significant portion of your workforce. You need them to be able to use the system correctly. Schedule additional user training within the first two weeks. Some users might have tested well after their training but did not completely learn the lessons. 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