This monthly newsletter is designed to deliver information about activities and progress around amplify – the BW Corporate Equipment ERP Transformation. 

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You'll see we've shifted the format this month. Instead of our usual People, Process, Technology structure, we're letting the field tell the story — because something worth sharing is happening across many locations.

Lucca

Last week, the Lucca team participated in Conference Room Pilot 2.1. This event is where business users sit down with real scenarios in the system.

Cedric captured it best in his note to the team:

"You did an excellent job presenting the prepared scenarios independently, with minimal support required from HSO. This reflects both your thorough preparation and understanding of the topics."

Behind that confidence was a tremendous amount of upfront work — hours of preparation, scenario walkthroughs, and collaboration between Lucca and our HSO partners. 

To the Lucca team: grazie mille for your commitment, your dedication, and the way you're showing up for this project. And to HSO: thank you for the partnership and preparation that made this milestone possible.

Head Office

There's a particular kind of energy that builds in the weeks before a go-live. 

After weeks of UAT that included testing scenarios, surfacing exceptions, working through every "what if" the team could throw at D365 F&O, User Acceptance Testing is wrapping up and our attention is gearing towards Mock Go-Live. This is the dress rehearsal. The final pressure test before August 3 go-live.

To everyone in Corporate Finance, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Fixed Assets, and Treasury, who has shown up for UAT — thank you. You've been patient with the bugs, persistent with the testing, and generous with your time.

Green Bay/Lenexa

The confidence of the Green Bay Change Champions continues to grow with system demonstrations by team members, but it’s not just any kind of demo; it’s based on a classic board game.  

If you've played Candy Land, you know the rhythm — draw a card, take a step, land somewhere new. Converting Land borrows that same spirit, but instead of Gumdrop Mountain and Lollipop Woods, our Change Champions guide peers through the landscape of D365 F&O. Each stop is a peer-led demonstration with real people, doing real work, in the real system. 

Why it works: The scariest part of an ERP change isn't the system. It's the unknown. Converting Land tackles that head-on by letting you watch someone like you succeed first.  

After two months of Change Champion sessions, the feedback has been remarkable. Champions are more confident, more connected, and more ready to lead their teams. Five common ideas we’ve shown so far in the demonstrations: filters drive efficiency, navigation is familiar, headers tell you who/where and lines tell you what, views enable personalization, and the system is forgiving. We appreciate our change champions volunteering their time to show common tasks for roles including Inside Sales, Supply Chain, Inventory, Engineering, and Sales Coordination. 

Converting Land is proof that change doesn't have to be scary, sterile, or top-down. It can be playful. It can be peer-led. Missed the sessions or want to revisit a demo? Watch the recording here. 

Keep Connected! 

This newsletter, our Viva community, and the amplify SharePoint, are designed to provide regular communication to keep you informed. In addition, we encourage you to email amplify@barry-wehmiller.com with questions or feedback.