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• Opportunities and Risks for Business (SWOT Analysis)
  • How can Japan benefit from Global Business Processes implementation (ROI)?
  • Which specific Local Business Processes need to be kept?
  • Which existing processes can be optimized? How?
  • Change management : expected impact on the organization?

• What Project Organization?
  • How much will the Global Core team get involved?
  • How much time and capacity can the local IT team dedicate to the Roll-out?
  • How to select the most adequate consulting partner? Prepare RFP?
  • What definition of roles and responsibilities for the various teams?

• What Schedule?
  • Group level constraints?
  • Japan affiliate constraints

• What Technical Solution?
  • Simultaneous replacement of all existing systems (Big Bang) or gradual approach?
  • Surrounding systems: which legacy systems should be kept?