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Invensys Case Study: Global SAP – HR implementation

Invensys plc was formed in 2001 by a merger of BTR and Siebe, and then grew with a diverse range of acquisitions to a market cap of about $7bn in 2002.  It encompasses the Production Management Division (Foxboro, IPS, Wonderware, etc.) and the Development Division (Hansen, Rail, Appliance Controls, etc.).

The strategy from 2002 was to refocus the group on its core businesses in production technology, dispose of non-core business units, and to re-engineer the group to leverage the enormous value from consolidating business processes.

INVEST was the Group wide re-engineering programme.

The business challenge

This was an unusual project that required the SAP-HR module being implemented globally.  The challenge was that it was owned and managed by the HR community, and was being treated like a traditional IT project.  Hence, little progress had been made as there was not sufficient expertise to manage the project and the interface between HR, IT and the implementation team.

Our approach

The first key step was to explain to the HR leadership about the approach needed to deliver a SAP-HR implementation project, and to outline an appropriate functional and management structure.  We then re-established the governance structure and the team itself, moving it away from IT and setting up a series of cross functional teams to deliver the relevant process, organisational and configuration elements, and using specialist IT team members to deliver the technology and infrastructure.

Delivering results

The programme was delivered on time and under budget.  entier Programme Manager John Stenhouse played a key role throughout the programme recovery and refocus.