8-part guide
Most erp implementation plan failures are not caused by bad software, they are caused by companies that arrive at the kickoff meeting unprepared. When you walk in without clean data,...
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Most erp implementation plan failures are not caused by bad software, they are caused by companies that arrive at the kickoff meeting unprepared. When you walk in without clean data, undefined processes, or no executive sponsor on call, you burn the first four weeks of the engagement doing homework your partner has to...
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Not a wish list, an inventory. Walk each department and note every spreadsheet, paper form, email thread, and legacy system that will be retired. Include volume: how many sales orders a month, how many purchase lines, how many payroll cycles. Without this, scope creep starts at kickoff. Walk through your end-to-end...
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Customers, vendors, products, chart of accounts, open balances. Export them from your current system before kickoff, even if they are messy. Knowing what you have is better than discovering it in week six. Odoo Import accepts CSV and Excel; the import template from the Odoo UI is the spec your team should map against...
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Every erp implementation plan stalls when no one can say yes on behalf of the business. The sponsor does not have to be on every call, but they must be reachable within 24 hours for scope, budget, and go-live decisions. Projects without a single accountable owner at the executive level average twice as many change...
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Odoo Accounting ships with a localised chart of accounts for the US and Canada, but it never matches your existing GL perfectly. Bring your current CoA export, your fiscal year boundaries, and your closing dates. If you operate across provinces in Canada (GST/HST/QST) or multiple US states with tax nexus, document...
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E-commerce platform, payment gateway, 3PL WMS, payroll bureau, EDI trading partners, bank feed. List them all, along with the API type (REST, SOAP, flat-file) and the person at each vendor who owns integration work. Missing one integration in scope is the single fastest way to double the customization budget. Our...
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Boards want a fast go-live. Your team needs time to learn, test, and migrate. The right date balances both. Avoid fiscal year-end, peak sales season, and any two-week window before a major customer audit. A go-live during your slowest month reduces error cost by an order of magnitude. Once you set the date, work...
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Your partner configures Odoo; your people run it. Power users are the bridge, they attend every functional session, validate configuration decisions, run user acceptance testing, and train their departments at go-live. Budget 20-30% of their working time during the implementation sprint. Companies that treat the...
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What does success look like on day one? Define it in writing before kickoff: which modules are live, which are phase two, what data is migrated versus what stays in the legacy system read-only, and what KPIs the business will track in the first 90 days. Without a written definition, every party has a different picture...
Bonus
Your erp implementation plan is only as good as the partner executing it. These six checks separate partners who deliver from ones who learn on your budget:
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