This session offers practical strategies to help you efficiently and effectively perform a global SAP ERP HCM rollout or consolidation. Overcome classic change management challenges associated with global projects by building a solid communication plan and requirements gathering and approval process. Learn how to structure your rollout or consolidation using a phased approach, starting with one area of the world and ending in another. Get insight into specific challenges organizations face with language, culture, management, and end user buy-in. Learn how to overcome these challenges so they don't affect your project timeline and costs. Learn how you can use your rollout or consolidation to standardize processes globally. Find out how other organizations have taken the steps necessary to consolidate their SAP ERP HCM system to a single instance and the benefits realized after this effort. Evaluate some common ways to localize your rollout, including translation, testing, and training. Walk away from this session with a solid understanding of the necessary steps to take to ensure a smooth global rollout or consolidation.