ERP HEADtoHEAD™ Ireland

The Lumenia ERP HEADtoHEAD™ event will continue as a virtual event for 2021. 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’, 'Preparing Business Processes for ERP' and 'Are you ERP Ready?'
Attend on-line live demos and review the ERP products based on defined scripts covering Finance, Production, Projects, Procurement, Supply Chain 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 , Supply Chain , 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 4 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 vendor-independent presentations 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 desktop, mobile or laptop 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 1:1 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
09:00	Welcome by John Donagher, Consulting Manager, Lumenia Consulting 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 (15 mins)
	Stream 1	Stream 2	Stream 3	Stream 4
10:30	FINANCE	PRODUCTION	SUPPLY CHAIN	PROJECTS
11:30	Refreshment Break (15 mins)
11:45	FINANCE	FINANCE	PROCUREMENT	PROJECTS
12:45	Lunch Break
13:30	Are you ERP Ready? Presentation from Sean Jackson, Managing Director, Lumenia Consulting Many organisations start ERP projects without doing some of the groundwork that is essential to ensure project success. In this presentation we will talk about how you can ensure your organisation is ready for ERP and share some of the lessons we have learned across hundreds of ERP projects.
14:15	Refreshment Break (15 mins)
14:30	FINANCE	PRODUCTION	PROCUREMENT	PROJECTS
15:30	Refreshment Break (15 mins)
15:45	FINANCE	PROJECTS	PROJECTS	SALES QUOTATION
17:00	VIP Vendor Sponsored Roundtable
17:45	Day 1 Close

Please note this Agenda is subject to change.

DAY 2 - Wednesday 13th October 2021

08:15	VIP Vendor Sponsored Roundtable:
09:00
	Stream 1	Stream 2	Stream 3	Stream 4
09:15	FINANCE	PRODUCTION	PROCUREMENT	SALES HIGH VOLUME
10:15	Refreshment Break (15 mins)
10:30	FINANCE		PROJECTS	SUPPLY CHAIN
11:30	Refreshment Break (15 mins)
11:45	Characteristics of Successful ERP Projects (25 mins) Presentation by Ursula Browne, Consulting Manager, Lumenia Consulting Based on our consultants’ 250 years cumulative experience working on ERP projects, Lumenia has identified 6 characteristics that successful ERP projects have in common. This presentation goes though each of these characteristics, explains the importance of each one, and provides advice and tips on how you can ensure your ERP project is successful.
12:15	Preparing Business Processes for ERP (25 mins) Presentation by Sean Jackson, Managing Director, Lumenia Consulting For many organisations, implementing a new ERP solution is an opportunity to transform business processes. However, all too often, the expected transformation is not delivered. In this presentation, we will explore why this happens and what you can do to prepare for real business process change in advance of your ERP project.
12:45	Lunch Break (45 mins)
13:30	FINANCE	PRODUCTION	FINANCE	PROCUREMENT
14:30	Refreshment Break (15 mins)
14:45	ERP VERTICAL PRESENTATION 1	ERP VERTICAL PRESENTATION 2	ERP VERTICAL PRESENTATION 3	ERP VERTICAL PRESENTATION 4
15:45	Refreshment Break (15 mins)
16:00	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.
17:00	Event Wrap-up. Announcement of ERP HEADtoHEAD™ Best Vendor Demonstration Virtual Event Ireland 2021 and the Delegate Leader Board challenge winners!
17:10	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!