The Market Street Consulting approach consists of four phases shown below. A "big bang" approach to implementing Plex Online is recommended to avoid running parallel systems and to realize a return on your investment in Plex as quickly as possible. Implementation services are provided on-site at your location to facilitate a truly interactive and collaborative project. 
  • Define scope and objectives from process, organization, and system perspectives
  • Establish project documentation standards and format, determine meeting schedules
  • Define weekly project schedule
  • Perform project kickoff
  • Perform system and operations interviews with process owners across all departments and processes in scope
  • Determine pilot testing parts
  • Collect and assemble sample data for pilot parts
  • Document internal and customer requirements
  • Establish base PCN (database) configuration
  • Establish security roles and permissions
  • Conduct hands on training and configuration workshops of all modules with pilot part data
  • Procurement and installation of piloting hardware (PCs, label printers, barcode scanners)
  • Conduct full system walkthroughs (conference room and shop floor)
  • Additional transactional testing
  • Master data conversion and entry
  • Procurement and installation of Go Live hardware (PCs, label printers, barcode scanners)
  • Plex Online full system configuration approval
  • Go Live Readiness Assessment (one week before Go Live)
  • Financial account beginning trial balance entry
  • Uploading/entry of open Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Order Entry & Accounts Receivable transactions
  • Full physical inventory
  • Schedule production and shipments
  • Go Live
  • Post Go Live Support
  • First month end closing and Financial Statements