Thought Leadership
Strategic insights and expert perspectives on AI-driven ERP transformation, digital leadership, and business optimization from real-world implementations across the Middle East and global markets.
AI-Driven Supply Chain Transformation at OQ Oman
Just witnessed something extraordinary at OQ Oman - AI-driven processes positioning entire organizations for unprecedented competitive advantage. During our 5-day AI-driven supply chain and procurement transformation workshops:
- 9 senior professionals completely transformed their AI perspective
- Identified $100-120M+ in potential cost savings through intelligent automation
- Mapped key procure-to-pay processes for AI automation
- Developed enterprise-scale AI implementation roadmap
"The companies implementing AI-driven transformation today will dominate their markets tomorrow. The question isn't whether to adopt AI - it's how quickly and effectively you can implement it strategically."
🚀 ERP Go-Live: The Start of a New Chapter
The moment of ERP Go-Live is often celebrated as a major milestone, but let's be clear: this is just the beginning, not the end.
A Common Misconception: Many view Go-Live as the finish line - a moment to breathe a sigh of relief. But the truth is, it's the starting line for the real journey of digital business transformation.
The Reality: Post-Go-Live, the real work begins. It's time to align people, processes, and technology to unlock the true potential of your ERP system. This is where the magic happens - optimizing workflows, automating tasks, and driving efficiency.
"Let's embrace the journey that begins at Go-Live. Continuous learning, adapting, and evolving are key - this is where the real digital business transformation happens."
Leading ERP Digital Transformation: Strategic Insights for Success
Embarking on an ERP digital transformation represents a significant commitment of time, resources, and capital. Despite possessing top-tier talent and ample resources, many transformation projects fail to achieve anticipated business outcomes.
Key Success Levers:
- Business-driven: Successful ERP transformations are business transformations, not IT projects
- Leadership Mindset: Transform from traditional boss/manager to "true" leader
- Risk Management: Apply three pillars of practical governance
- Innovation Focus: Redesign and rethink for optimization, agility, and scale
"Successful ERP digital transformation requires a strategic and holistic leadership approach that addresses people, process, and technological (PPT framework) aspects."
SAP Recruitment: Building Better Industry Practices
In my over 2 decades of SAP Manufacturing & Supply Chain experience across Australia, Europe, Middle East & APAC regions, I've worked with hundreds of SAP recruiters. Most have been excellent - honest, transparent, and focused on win-win outcomes.
If I was a recruiter, I would:
- Consider candidates as customers too - on equal footing with clients
- Employ a broader, holistic mindset with consultative approach
- Handle cases with empathy, understanding cultural aspects
- Conduct proper due diligence before making decisions
"By blacklisting a candidate, you are potentially jeopardising an entire career. Handle the process with empathy, broad-mindedness, and proper due diligence."
Strategic Vendor Selection for Digital Transformation
If your company is planning a strategically important digital transformation program, the end goal should be to deliver success by adding tangible measurable value across the business.
Key factors when evaluating vendors:
- Technical Quality: Viable & robust e2e solution design, innovation, cloud and best practices mindset
- Business Know-how: Past successful experience of the industry
- Delivery Know-how: Past successful experience in similar programs
- Vendor Culture & Values: Key factor that drives success or failure
- Commercials: Important but shouldn't override other factors
"I have seen organizations that valued commercials over everything else fail miserably, ending up spending much more fixing broken business processes and misaligned systems."
The Costly ERP Mistake: Why "Crawl, Walk, Run" Wins
Here's a very costly mistake that repeatedly leads to ERP digital business transformation failure: Rather than building gradually, many ERP projects rush to turn on full system capabilities - including complex features and integrations - all at once.
The Problem: This approach often leads to various complications, user overwhelm, and project delays.
The Solution: Remember that simple is not a step back. Building iteratively over time is your strategic advantage.
The Proven Approach: When it comes to ERP digital business transformations, always follow: Crawl, Walk, then Run
- Crawl: Start with core functionality and basic processes
- Walk: Add complexity gradually as users gain confidence
- Run: Implement advanced features and integrations when ready
"Simple is not a step back. Building iteratively over time is your strategic advantage."
Want to discuss AI-driven transformation for your organization?
Let's Connect