Episode Overview

You picked your new accounting system. Now what?

In this episode, Jim Kineon walks through what actually has to go right — before and after go-live — for an accounting and financial reporting software implementation to succeed. Using a real case study of a mid-size manufacturer, distributor, and retailer, Jim shows how a go-live can look like nothing changed while the real business outcome takes months, or years, to show up.

Jim breaks down what to prepare before you migrate, what a real implementation can expose about your organization, how the plan changes as you grow, and what ownership looks like after the system is live.

If you've already chosen your software and you're wondering whether your organization actually knows how to implement it, this episode is for you.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn

• Why go-live is a milestone, not the actual goal, of an implementation
• The four things to prepare before you migrate: data, process, people, and support
• A real case study of a luxury goods manufacturer whose “successful” go-live still took years to pay off
• How implementation planning changes as you grow from 25, to 100, to 250 employees
• Why separating who creates, approves, pays, and reconciles matters more than people think
• What ownership looks like after go-live, and why the job isn't finished when the system turns on

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