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ERP Readiness team members are Chad Snyder, Greg Jewett, Susan Campbell, Jill Kaufman, Amie Lammers, Dan Haas and Nate Hess.

Data Governance Kick-Off Event
Highlights ERP Readiness

The recent announcement of our business process leaders has initiated a flurry of ERP activities and built some exciting momentum for our global ERP initiative. ERP readiness activities have started the process of increasing awareness and communication between our global business functions and building a global vocabulary. This collaborative environment will begin a culture shift that is imperative to the success of our ERP initiative.

Data is an essential asset that is utilized by all areas of our organization to make everyday business decisions. It is imperative as we embark on the strategic implementation of an ERP system that we begin to focus on the integrity and standardization of our existing data. Data governance is a set of processes that ensures that important data assets are formally managed throughout the enterprise. It ensures that data can be trusted and that people can be held accountable for any adverse event that happens due to poor data quality. It is about putting people in charge of fixing and preventing issues with data so that the enterprise can become more efficient.

Data governance also describes an evolutionary process, where we establish our processes to adequately handle information so that it may be understood and utilized by the entire organization. It’s about using technology when necessary to help aid the process. Gaining control of our data will help to empower our people, define clear data ownership, and promote accountability throughout the organization while driving a continuous improvement data quality process. In order for our organization to achieve a high level of data quality, we must initiate a great deal of data readiness activities as a strategic necessity in order to support the enterprise ERP implementation.

Dan Haas, Data Governance lead, facilitated a Feb. 22-23 data governance kick-off event with the ERP Readiness team. His training emphasized placing focus and attention on our data quality, standards, and management in preparation for the "blueprint phase" of ERP implementation. Dan has developed a global Data Governance team, which will work in conjunction with the ERP Readiness team to define the basic functions of our business.

These teams will work collaboratively with their respective international counterparts to better understand where we currently share information throughout the organization and will be responsible for building a standardized data model for the future ERP system. Participants selected to represent various business functions on the Data Governance team are Nancy Chassman, Joe Creque, Stacy Davis, Lee Kanney, Kevin Kreais, John Mitchell, Matt Moore, Guillermo Rivera, Terri Ruehle, Kim Schroeder, Janet Stride, Chuck Taylor, Bob Thompson and Keith Wilson.

The Data Governance team will work directly with the ERP Readiness team to achieve data readiness. ERP Readiness team members are Chad Snyder, Greg Jewett, Susan Campbell, Jill Kaufman, Amie Lammers, Dan Haas and Nate Hess.