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Standardizing on SAP, Monsanto's roadmap

Systems can easily multiply in extremely large organizations like the Monsanto Company, leaving a hodgepodge of products for IT to manage. Through its "one company, one process, one system" plan, The St. Louis-based manufacturer has made SAP the system of record for its worldwide operations. In this podcast, Mark Jordan, director of global ERP for Monsanto, discusses the company's SAP implementation, including tips and best practices, how the company measures ROI, and how it develops its ERP roadmap to stay on top of upcoming issues.

Monsanto won the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG)'s Impact Award for large enterprises. Every year, ASUG issues awards to companies that use SAP in particularly innovative ways. This year, ASUG gave out awards in three categories: small-to-medium enterprise, public sector, and large enterprise. In this podcast series, SearchSAP.com interviews representatives from each award winner to see how their SAP implementations save money, make their employees' jobs easier, and boost efficiency.


   Standardizing on SAP, Monsanto's Roadmap 


Listen to Part 1 of the series, small-to-medium enterprise winner Powell Electronics, here:


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Listen to Part 2 of the series, public-sector winner Orange County Public Schools, here:


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  Program highlights 

  • (:35) Monsanto background

  • (3:25) Explanation of Monsanto's "one company, one process, one system" project

  • (4:40) Advice for users looking to consolidate systems and processes

  • (7:35) An example of a specific hurdle and solution toward consolidating systems

  • (10:50) Tips and tricks to Monsanto's SAP project success

  • (14:20) How Monsanto continuously develops its ERP roadmap

  • (16:40) How Monsanto calculates ROI

  • (23:40) Future goals for Monsanto's SAP installation

      Program Links: 

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  • Virgin Entertainment CIO aligns IT with rapid business changes: Robert Fort, CIO of the Virgin Entertainment Group, is leading a team implementing SAP's newly acquired Triversity software. But Virgin has no plans to standardize on SAP.

  • SAP NetWeaver: Special Report: Despite SAP's NetWeaver push, some companies are still holding back on taking the upgrade plunge. This SearchSAP.com Special Report looks at important NetWeaver topics such as making use of SOA and what it means for SAP jobs.

  • MySAP ERP 2005 upgrade challenges and advice: DENVER -- At the start of the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) mySAP ERP 2005 Upgrade Symposium this week, Martin Riedel, head of SAP's global upgrade office, and Stefan Kneis, vice president and ASUG executive liaison, discussed some issues facing customers looking to upgrade.

  • SAP helps Houston with a problem: When Houston, the fourth-largest U.S. city, replaced a legacy system with mySAP ERP, a unique project management structure made its implementation a success.

  • Texas Instruments gets grip on customer, supply chain struggles: Texas Instruments is turning to SAP to begin building a service-oriented architecture and to address customer and supply chain issues by incorporating Web services.

  • SearchSAP.com Editorial Blog: This is the place for additional commentary and discussion about recent events, news stories or whatever else happens in the SAP world.

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    This was first published in August 2007

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