Software Selection A Process Not an Event Cindy Ireland Gen Probe Gen Probe First product clearance in 1985 Design development and manufacture diagnostic products using DNA probe technology Approximately 800 employees today Approximately 200 million in revenue Stock symbol GPRO Project History Hired Oliver Wight Americas in 2002 Goals Improve the business Educate the employees Select new Enterprise Resource Planning ERP software Business Excellence Basic Beliefs People Processes Tools The Proven Path Vision Mission Initial Education Cost Benefits Project Organization Business Process Design Audit First Cut Assessment I Education Performance Goals O 0 Ongoing Education Planning Control Data Management Process Improvement Pilot Cutover Performance Measurements Audit Assessment II Software Time Weeks or Months Time Weeks or Months NAA3800 Business Excellence Model Engaging the Entire Enterprise Integrated IntegratedStrategic Strategic Business BusinessPlanning Planning Sales Operations Planning Financial Planning Aggregation Integrated Initiative Management Aggre gat e Demand P lan Aggre gat e Supply Pla n Developme nt Planning Demand Planning Supply Planning Resources Planning Resource Planning Projec t Milest ones Sales Planning Inventory Or Backlog Perfor mance Management Aggre gat e New Products Plan Resour ce Management Resource Planning Plant Supplier Scheduling OLIVER WIGHT INTERNATIONAL PV540 031 Phase 0 Years of history by file Define Define existing existing tables tables Clean Clean up key tables tables Investigate movement of BOM s from NovaManage Check supplier and customer files for duplications Item Master clean up Class B P code Excess and Obsolete Check for W H and locations no longer used Tech Environment ERP instances Executive support and commitment Backfill positions 100 audit of W O Goal 98 accuracy User security clean up Requirements document Identify implementation team roles and responsibilities Define and document the change control process for 3rd party implementer Company wide communication s plan W H location audits Phase 1 Replace MM Manufacturing 1 1 04 Start Order Entry S O Accounts Payable Finance Demand Planning Forecast Internal Demand Cost Accounting Accounts Receivable Inventory Purchasing Shipping Receiving MRO Inventory Simple Workflow Sub project Get Paid Collections Project Cost Management Lot Tracking Work orders capacity planning Configuration Management Items BOMs Routings Warehouse lot geneology Planning MRP MPS G L Validation Considerations 21 CFR Part 11 Compliant Sarbanes Oxley Compliant SOX404 Audit Trail capabilities Electronic signature capabilities Proven in a validated environment Requirements Lot tracking traceability Variable batch Bills of Materials BOMs Inventory management Shelf life Material allocations Part number revision history 9 digits to the left and 6 decimal spaces to the right on BOM and inventory balances Additional Requirements Previously validated in an FDA environment Full transaction audit capability Project management support Multi company multi plant support Support for HR Time and attendance preventative maintenance bar codes QA QC LIMS Documentation MES Infrastructure HP Dec Compac Alpha running VMS Dell Servers Microsoft Operating System NT currently migrating to 2000 and Active Directory MS SQL Server database experience Goal was not to introduce a new layer of technology GenProbe SAP ERP Infrastructure Phase I 1 hpp r oli an t DL 740 2 3 4 5 DMZ SAP Router Gigabit Fiber Ethernet hp proliant DL740 hp prolian t DL740 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 hp proliant DL740 5 1 2 3 4 5 5 hp pr oliant DL740 Production R 3 Unisys 8x 8GB RAM Windows 2003 Enterprise Active Active Cluster Test QA R3 Dell 4x 4GB RAM Win2003 Active Active Cluster Proc 2 8Ghz Production DB Unisys 8x 8GB Ram Windows 2003 Enterprise Active Active Cluster 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 5 Test QA DB Dell 4x 4GB RAM Win2003 Active Active Cluster Proc 2 8Ghz hp p r oliant DL 740 2 Production Print server Dell 2x 2GB RAM Proc 2 8Ghz each hp pr oliant DL740 hp prolian t DL740 1 Brocade SAN Switch Brocade SAN Switch 5 hp proliant DL740 Development Dell 2x 2GB RAM Proc 2 8Ghz each 1 2 3 4 5 Veritas Backup Server Dell 4x 8GB RAM EMC CX600 SAN Overland Tape Library Production Help Client Install server Dell 2x 2GB RAM Proc 2 8Ghz each Storage Array 8GB Cache EMC CX600 SAN 30 x 73GB 10K FC Drives 15 x 250GB 5 4K ATA Drives Database backups and restores to and from Disk Supports upto 240 Drives 128 Host Navishere Manager Access Logix Powerpath SnapView SanCopy ERM for SQL No single point of failure Easy to Manage Raid 10 for Production partitions Selection Top 4 QAD J D Edwards Oracle SAP SAP Best business fit Most flexible Good experience in industry Had all functionality needed Options for the future mySAP suite full solution Strong security model Audit trail capabilities Questions Thank you