1. Define business scope
Select processes, lines, products and outcomes. State what will not be included in the first release.
2. Prepare master data
Align products, routings, resources, units, reason codes, quality definitions and identifiers across connected systems.
3. Design interfaces
Define ownership, transactions, error handling and test cases for ERP, machines, quality, maintenance and other integrations.
4. Pilot representative production
Choose an area complex enough to expose real requirements but bounded enough that the team can observe and correct problems quickly.
5. Validate and train
Test normal flows and exceptions: holds, scrap, rework, network interruptions, bad scans, late messages and role changes. Train users using realistic production scenarios.
6. Expand with governance
Reuse common templates where they genuinely fit, but allow controlled plant/product variation. Measure benefits and system-support load after each wave.