VML

VML: ERP Deployment for a Leading Digital Agency

Overview

VML is a leading digital agency within the Y&R Brands umbrella of WPP.

VML approached ZAG to help evangelize, implement and re-engineer the business operations as it relates to Production Billing, Finance, Project and Resource Management and Workforce planning across all its business.

Challenges

• Multi-Tier Rate cards
• Inter-Agency collaboration (Client Facing teams)
• Creating a unified Chart of Accounts
• Segregation of Duties
• Aligning workflow across client times
• ERP Reputation – Multi-Year/Multi-Million Deployment of SAP and its pitfalls in agencies such as Publicis & Ogilvy

Solution

ZAG provided Premier Adage built on SAP All-In-One and a Turnkey Implementation Team, in a shared-responsibility environment to ensure a successful implementation of a global Tier-1 ERP within 11 months across multiple North American Offices with 800+ Users

Results

ZAG successfully demonstrated the power of Premier Adage built on SAP All-In-One, and implemented the collaborative platform to fulfill the objectives. Below are some key results achieved in the project:

• 18 Month Implementation of Global Tier-1 ERP, under 1M$
• Single system of Financial, Workforce and Project/Job record
• Integrated financial system and Human Capital into a ‘Consolidation’ platform
• Replacement of Microsoft Dynamics GP and Spreadsheets

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