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

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What’s Hot 

📊 November 17-26: Change Readiness Survey (watch for the link!) 
🧪 Mid-November: Stress test of core solutions 
📅 Early December: In-person testing session 
🚀 Spring 2025: Target go-live (date TBD based on readiness) 

People

As we move into the final weeks of 2025, we have much to be proud of and much to look forward to: 

✅ Data migration nearing completion 
✅ Cross-functional collaboration ensures the processes are connected 
✅ Testing approach focused on quality and real-world scenarios 
✅ Training materials staying current with system evolution 
✅ Flexible approach prioritizing core functionality first 

The team's dedication, adaptability, and commitment to excellence continues to impress leadership. Together, we're building something that will serve our organization for years to come. 

Keep up the great work! 

Process

One of the capabilities we're implementing in D365 F&O is CTP – Capable to Promise. So, what exactly is CTP, and why should you care? 

CTP answers a critical question: "When can we actually deliver this order, given our real-world constraints?" Instead of just checking if we have inventory on the shelf, CTP calculates realistic delivery dates by considering material availability, production capacity, supplier lead times, and existing orders in the pipeline. 

Here's how it works: When you save a sales order line, D365 immediately goes to work checking unallocated inventory, production schedules, and purchase orders. It then calculates the earliest feasible delivery date based on actual production times and material availability – not just wishful thinking. 

Why this matters: CTP helps us provide customers with accurate ship dates, reduce back-dates and missed commitments, and align our sales, production, and procurement teams around realistic schedules. It's a cross-functional tool that benefits everyone – from Sales promising delivery dates to Production scheduling capacity to Customer Service communicating realistic expectations. 

The key to CTP success? Accurate master data. BOMs, routes, supplier lead times, and resource calendars must be maintained correctly. As we prepare for go-live, keeping this data current will ensure CTP delivers on its promise of realistic, reliable delivery dates. 

Technology

Great news on the data front! Master data loads are complete, and we're now in the critical phase of transactional data validation. This is exactly where we want to be at this stage of the project. 

What this means: The heavy lifting of loading customer records, vendor information, item masters, and other foundational data is behind us. Now we're validating that transactional data – the orders, invoices, and other business records – is accurate and complete. 

Your role: If the project team reaches out asking you to verify data, that's a good thing. It means we're thorough. Take the time to check it carefully. Catching data issues now is infinitely easier than fixing them after go-live. 

Current focus: 

• Resolving outstanding data issues 
• Preparing for upcoming UAT 2 (User Acceptance Testing) 
• Setting up for smoke testing 
• Ensuring data quality and accuracy 

Green Bay

Upcoming Milestones: Stress Testing and Validation 

The team is targeting a comprehensive stress test of core solutions in mid-November. Think of this as our "dress rehearsal" – we'll put the system through its paces to uncover issues we need to find NOW.  

Following the stress test, we have an in-person session planned for early December to ensure processes and solutions are ready. This session will bring together the amplify team and Subject matter experts to test the revised solutions and business scenarios identified. 

More information to come!  

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.