Migrate to a global solution

Sometimes data migration to a new ERP does not start from a blank page.

Example: a holding company has Dynamics 365 F&O as a their main Finance system. All companies of that holding eventually move to Dynamics.

After several companies have adopted a new system, the next company should fit into the pre-defined architecture.

Benefits of a global solution

There are many benefits of having one system for a holding:

- Shared accounting structure for global reporting.

- Standard naming conventions and data management.

- Using the same integrations and custom solutions.

- Minimized costs on supporting the system and users.

Challenges

What kind of challenges a next company might have during migration?

- Business specifics might be different for each new entity.

- Additional functionality and configuration should be agreed with the global architecture.

- Localization requirements add extra complexity to support and management of the system.

- People's behavior should be adjusted to new rules and constraints.

- Decision making becomes slower with more stakeholders.

Also there are risks of adding more complexity and admin work to business teams. Some teams are very agile and learn new way of working fast. Other teams struggle to adopt new reality.

A balance between delivering global benefits and usability is very important.