Claims
- 1. A method of facilitating an enterprise change comprising:
treating two or more information systems as a single logical information system to execute pre-change due diligence and post-change integration of the enterprise change, the enterprise change comprising at least one of a merger and an acquisition; and providing a user interface to access the logical information system to manage supplier information and supplier resources.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
providing a procurement user interface to access the logical information system to manage procurement information and resources; and allowing the procurement user interface to present at least one of a synergies panel, a merger risk, a synergy target, and a sub-deliverable, the procurement user interface presenting an impact of a synergy and a risk level impact.
- 3. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations comprising:
identifying sources of supplier spending in a merger of at least two organizations, wherein the identifying sources of supplier spending comprises displaying sources of supplier spending in a user interface; identifying supplier resource spending for at least one of the organizations; and facilitating supplier consolidation of at least one of the organizations, wherein the facilitating comprises displaying a list of suppliers in the user interface; and creating an initiative based on the consolidation.
- 4. The article of claim 3, wherein creating the initiative comprises displaying a menu, wherein the menu comprises basic data, a plurality of actions, a budget, and one or more merger-related resources.
- 5. A system for planning a merger of at least two organizations, the system comprising a clean room object and a module to consolidate suppliers of at least one of the organizations, the system further comprising a list of consolidated items, the list comprising a lowest negotiated supplier price and a resulting post-merger cost savings.
- 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the system further comprises at least one of a list of consolidated items with volume information and a list of consolidated suppliers with volume information, at least one of the lists presenting a percent change in volume.
- 7. A system for planning a merger of at least two organizations, the system comprising a process adapted to allow one or more merger members to access procurement information, the process comprising a user interface adapted to allow a user to search for stakeholders, a deliverables view, and a financial impact of obtaining one or more goods from a supplier.
- 8. The system of claim 7, in which the process further comprises a planned timeline and a risk level, the process presenting merger financial information, the financial information comprising a budget and a return on investment, the deliverables view comprising one or more sub-deliverables, the system further comprising one or more procurement-related messages, the messages comprising supplier contract information.
- 9. A method comprising:
facilitating consolidation of suppliers for an organization in a merger of at least two organizations; facilitating an assessment of supplier information of at least one of the organizations; and
presenting a user interface adapted to facilitate the consolidation of the suppliers and facilitate the assessment of supplier information, the user interface comprising personalized tasks.
- 10. A system for planning a merger of at least two organizations comprises:
a procurement synergy; a procurement initiative item related to the procurement synergy; and an attachment related to the item, the attachment being a supply-related clean-room object.
- 11. A system for implementing a merger of at least two organizations, wherein the system comprises:
a first user interface adapted for a procurement stakeholder for a first organization; and a second user interface adapted for a procurement stakeholder for a second organization, the second user interface facilitating sharing of one or more procurement objects with the first user interface.
- 12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein at least one of the interfaces presents contact information for at least one procurement stakeholder of one of the organizations, the system further comprising a synergy item.
- 13. A system for planning a merger of at least two organizations, the system comprising information repositories, a clean room, and an interface adapted to present research information, the research information including one or more lists of legal, accounting, commercial, and internal data.
- 14. The system of claim 13, further comprising at least one of information on suppliers and customers, supplier contracts, customer lists, procurement item lists, credit terms for one or more supplier, supplier prices, and sample procurement reports.
- 15. The system of claim 13, further comprising a supplier contract document.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Application entitled “ENTERPRISE CHANGE PLANNING AND EXECUTION,” filed on Mar. 14, 2003, Application Serial No. 0.60/455,087.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60455087 |
Mar 2003 |
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