ERP HEADtoHEAD™ Ireland

In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Lumenia ERP HEADtoHEAD™ event is going virtual. The web-based event offers a unique opportunity to compare and experience leading ERP vendors and their products.

What is in it for you?

Compare 12 leading ERP vendors and their products over 2 days from your work or home environment
Hear elevator pitches from all the vendors
Attend live on-line presentations of Lumenia's keynote speeches on ‘Characteristics of Successful ERP Projects’ and 'Are you ERP Ready?'
Attend on-line live demos and review the ERP products based on defined scripts covering Finance, Production, Projects, Procurement and Sales.
Listen to a panel discussion addressing the most common mistakes made during ERP projects
The event will run though our dedicated event platform which you will have full access to for 4 weeks post-event
The event platform will give you contact details and information for all the ERP vendors, so you can interact with them and arrange private calls or meetings
The event will be very interactive with Q&A, activity feed, polling, prizes to be won and networking

Products to be presented

See below for the list of products

What to expect?

The virtual event will take place over a two day period. It will be facilitated by Lumenia using our Event platform.
Attendees can attend from their home or office environment.
Lumenia will welcome attendees at the start of Day 1. On Day 1, all vendors will take part in an “Elevator Speech” to introduce themselves.
During this session vendors will present a summary of their USPs to convince delegates why it would be a good idea to attend their presentation.
Delegates can choose to attend demonstrations focused on Finance, Production, Procurement, Projects, Sales Quotation or Sales High Volume. All demonstrations will be based on defined high-level Scripts.
Each demonstration will be 60 minutes in duration.
Each demonstration will run live and you will have the facility to interact and ask questions.
There will be 3 concurrent sessions, you can choose which sessions to choose. Check out the Agenda for updates.
During Day 2 there will be a panel discussion involving companies who have already implemented ERP, who will share their experiences.
Day 1 and 2 will include a vendor-independent presentation from Lumenia Consulting.
After each session you will have an opportunity to rate the vendor demonstrations and the vendor that has scored the highest on their presentations will get the title - ‘ERP HEADtoHEAD™ Best Vendor Demonstration – Ireland 2021'.
The event will run on-line though our dedicated Event Platform, accessible on any mobile, laptop or desktop device, which you will have full access to for 4 weeks post-event.
The event platform will give you contact details and information for all the ERP speakers and sponsors so you can interact with them and arrange private calls or meetings.
The two days will be very interactive with Q&A, activity feed, polling, gaming, prizes to be won and networking.

Agenda

DAY 1 - Tuesday 12th October 2021

08:45	Virtual Registration
09:15	Welcome by John Donagher, Consulting Manager, Lumenia and Vendor Elevator Speeches Each vendor will get 4 minutes to tell you what makes them different and why you should attend their demonstration
10:15	Refreshment Break
	Stream 1	Stream 2	Stream 3
10:30	FINANCE: SAP Business By Design from TRC Solutions	PRODUCTION: Epicor ERP from Aspera Solutions	PROJECTS: SAP S/4HANA Cloud from Sapphire Systems
11:30	Refreshment Break
11:45	FINANCE: Sage X3 from K3	PRODUCTION: QAD ERP from Strategic Info Group	PROJECTS (SERVICES): Oracle NetSuite from OSSM Cloud
12:45	Lunch Break
13:30	Characteristics of Successful ERP Projects Presentation by Ian O'Toole, Consulting Manager, Lumenia Consulting
14:15	Refreshment Break
14:30	FINANCE: IFS Applications from IFS	PROCUREMENT: Intact iQ from Intact	SALES (QUOTATION-BASED): Epicor ERP from Aspera
15:30	Refreshment Break
16:00	FINANCE: Sage 200 from K3	PRODUCTION: EFACS E/8 from Profitsflow	PROJECTS: SAP Business By Design from TRC Solutions
17:00	Day 1 Close

DAY 2 - Wednesday 13th October 2021

08:45	Virtual Registration
	Stream 1	Stream 2	Stream 3
09:15	FINANCE: Epicor ERP from Aspera	SALES (HIGH VOLUME): MS Dynamics 365 Business Central from ProStrategy	PROCUREMENT: SAP Business ByDesign from TRC Solutions
10:15	Refreshment Break
10.30	FINANCE: Oracle NetSuite from OSSM Cloud	SALES QUOTATION: EFACS E/8 from Profitsflow	PROJECTS: IFS Applications from IFS
11:30	Refreshment Break
11:45	Panel Discussion: Avoiding ERP Implementation Mistakes A panel of industry end users, all of whom have implemented ERP, will talk about their experiences good and bad and highlight things they might do differently next time.
12:45	Lunch Break
13:30	FINANCE: MS Dynamics 365 Business Central from ProStrategy	PRODUCTION: IFS Applications from IFS	PROCUREMENT: QAD ERP from Strategic Info Group
14:30	Refreshment Break
14:45	FINANCE: SAP S/4HANA Cloud from Sapphire Systems	SALES (HIGH VOLUME): Intact iQ from Intact	PROCUREMENT: Sage X3 from K3
15:45	Refreshment Break
16:00	Are you ERP Ready? Presentation from Sean Jackson, Managing Director, Lumenia Consulting
16:45	Event Wrap-up. Announcement of winner of ERP HEADtoHEAD™ Best Vendor Demonstration Virtual Event 2020 and the Delegate Leader Board challenge!
17:00	Event Close

Please note this Agenda is subject to change.

Pricing

This event is now a virtual event and will have a number of early-bird price offers. Pre-register now to receive updates about this event.

Location

As this event is now a virtual event you can attend from the comfort of your home or work office.

Senior Manager Programme

The senior manager programme is applicable for our physical event. But please feel free to invite your senior manager(s) to this event. The more you invest in the event, the greater the return!