Jeffery Gillis, Barcoding’s CFO, lays out the step-by-step process companies should employ to gain organizational buy-in when implementing new technology. During this presentation, Gillis explains the importance of ensuring involvement at all levels within a company by soliciting feedback, encouraging collaboration, and recognizing achievements during an implementation.

1. Best Practices: New Technology
Deployment
Jeffrey Gillis, CFO, Barcoding, Inc.

2. Roadmap to Success
1.Team
2.Propose the solution
3.Plan
4.Go live

3. Team
• Leaders
• Corporate sponsor
• Who else?
Who’s on your team?

4. Team
Strong Project Manager

5. Proposal
• Present the SOW
• ROI
• Live demo
• Opportunity costs

6. SOW
• Project Scope
o Deliverables
o Team roles
o Training
o Support
o Pricing

7. Plan
• Specific requirements for your system.
• Defines functionality.
• You sign it you buy it.
Design Specs

8. Plan
• Deployment timeline for deliverables.
• Meeting deliverable deadlines.
• PM has direct authority
Project Plan

9. Go Live
• Sandbox
• Bottlenecks
• Project meetings.

10. Go Live
• Team training
• One on one training
• Web based training
Training

11. Go Live
• Communicate
• Positive attitude
• Highlight “wins”
• Change management

12. Go Live
• Adoption rate.
• ROI (Cost Savings-Project Cost)
• Actual versus Budgeted Cost
• Payback period
• Time to go-live.
Key Performance Indicators

13. Best PracticesTakeaways
Barcoding’s keys to a successful deployment.
• Develop a concise Statement of Work.
• Scrutinize the Requirements Document before signing-off.
• Give PM autonomy over the project.
• Anticipate bottlenecks and resolve quickly.
• Create measurable KPI’s to measure project success.
• Encourage collaboration, feedback, and strong communication at all
organizational levels.

14. Thank you!
#SupplyChainGeek
Jeffrey Gillis
Barcoding, Inc.
Jeffrey.Gillis@barcoding.com