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What do we expect from you? What do we expect from you?
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We used to deploy full featured projects within 25 to 250 hours of We are used to deploying fully featured projects within 25 to 250 hours of
services, which is much faster than any other ERP vendor on the market. services, which is much faster than any other ERP vendor on the market.
Most projects are completed between 1 and 4 calendar months. Most projects are completed between 1 to 9 calendar months.
But what really **differentiates between a successful implementation and But what really **differentiates between a successful implementation and
a slow one, is you, the customer!** From our experience, here is what a slow one, is you, the customer!** From our experience, when our customer
leads to a successful project. is engaged and proactive the implementation is smooth.
Your internal implementation manager Your internal implementation manager
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We will ask you for a single point of contact within your company work We ask that you maintain a single point of contact within your company to
on the project with our project manager. To be efficient, this person work with our project manager on your Odoo Implementation. This is to ensure
must: efficiency and a single knowledge base in your company.
Additionally, this person must:
- **be available at least 2 full days a week** for the project, - **be available at least 2 full days a week** for the project,
otherwise you will slow down the implementation. More is better, otherwise you risk slowing down your implementation. More is better with
the fastest implementations have a full time project manager. the fastest implementations having a full time project manager.
- **have authority to take decisions** on their own. Odoo usually - **have authority to take decisions** on their own. Odoo usually
transforms all departments of companies for the better. In such a transforms all departments within a company for the better. There
project, you have a lot of decisions to take on small details. If can be many small details that need quick turn arounds for answers and
there is too much back and forth between several decision makers, if there is too much back and forth between several internal decision
it could potentially seriously slow things down. makers within your company it could potentially seriously slow everything down.
- **have the leadership** to train and enforce policies at most - **have the leadership** to train and enforce policies internally with full support
departments. This person must have the support, or be part, of from all departments and top management, or be part of top management.
the top management.
Integrate 95% of your business, not 100% Integrate 90% of your business, not 100%
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You probably chose Odoo because no other software allows for such a high You probably chose Odoo because no other software allows for such a high
level of automation, feature coverage and integration. But **don't be an level of automation, feature coverage, and integration. But **don't be an
extremist in that direction.** extremist.**
Customizations cost you money, are more complex to maintain, add risks Customizations cost you time, money, are more complex to maintain, add risks
to the implementation and can cause issues with upgrades. to the implementation, and can cause issues with upgrades.
Standard Odoo can probably cover 95% of your business. Be flexible on Standard Odoo can probably cover 90% of your business processes and requirements.
the remaining 5%, otherwise that 5% will cost you twice the original Be flexible on the remaining 10%, otherwise that 10% will cost you twice the original
project price. One always underestimates the hidden costs of project price. One always underestimates the hidden costs of customization.
customization.
- **Do it the Odoo way, not yours.** Be flexible, use Odoo the way it - **Do it the Odoo way, not yours.** Be flexible, use Odoo the way it
was designed. Learn how it works and don't try to replicate the was designed. Learn how it works and don't try to replicate the
way your old system(s) works. way your old system(s) works.
- **The project first, customizations second.** If you really want - **The project first, customizations second.** If you really want to
customizations, phase them in at the end of the project, ideally customize Odoo, phase it towards the end of the project, ideally
after going into production. Once a customer starts using Odoo, after having been in production for several months. Once a customer
they usually drop about 60% of their customization requests as starts using Odoo, they usually drop about 60% of their customization
they learn to do it the out of the box Odoo way. It is more requests as they learn to perform their work flows out of the box, or
important to have all your business processes working than the Odoo way. It is more important to have all your business processes
customizing a screen to add fields or automate a few e-mails. working than customizing a screen to add a few fields here and there
or automating a few e-mails.
Our project managers are trained to help you make the right decision and Our project managers are trained to help you make the right decisions and
measure the tradeoffs involved but it is much easier if you are aligned measure the tradeoffs involved but it is much easier if you are aligned
with them on the objectives. with them on the objectives. Some processes may take more time than your
previous system(s), however you need to weigh that increase in time with
other decreases in time for other processes. If the net time spent is
decreased with your move to Odoo than you are already ahead.
Invest time in learning Odoo Invest time in learning Odoo
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Start your free trial. Play with the system. The more comfortable you Start your free trial and play with the system. The more comfortable you
are with Odoo, the better your decisions will be and the training phase are with navigating Odoo, the better your decisions will be and the quicker
will be that much easier. and easier your training phases will be.
Nothing replaces playing with the software, but here are some extra Nothing replaces playing with the software, but here are some extra
resources: resources: