Track 1
Best practices from IDEXX Laboratories’ global rollout of SAP ERP HCM
Venita Simcock and Justin Weyand, IDEXX Laboratories
Wednesday, March 17,
4:00 pm - 5:15 pm in Northern Hemisphere E-3

Explore the successes and lessons learned
by IDEXX Laboratories as it embarked on a global SAP ERP HCM rollout. Examine the company’s approach for evaluating and choosing an implementation partner. Find out how IDEXX decided which tasks to keep in-house and which to source, such as payroll. Hear how the company overcame the daunting challenge of tailoring its project to meet the unique HR requirements of 20 countries. Go behind the scenes to see how and why IDEXX chose to implement the SAP Talent Visualization application by Nakisa. Gain insight from the organization’s approach to global data conversion. Learn techniques that helped IDEXX speed up testing and validation, including two rounds of tests of 60 different scenarios. Learn how IDEXX approached and balanced configuration tasks across several different components, such as personnel administration, organizational management, employee self-service, manager self-service, and SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW).