Integrated Consulting Group

ICG Support and Outsourcing Solutions, Part I: Global Sourcing

This post is part I of IV in a series about ICG’s support and outsourcing solutions. Over the coming weeks, we’ll cover each aspect of our support and outsourcing solutions, from global sourcing, to variable cost structure. Be sure to check back later for more posts in the series. In our last series about ICG's implementation solutions, we covered what goes into the actual implementation of our SAP HCM solutions, from project management to go-live and support. But our services--and our process--don't stop ...

What Is Change Management?

In conversations about our services here on our blog, and even in broader conversations about SAP HCM consulting, a term you're very likely to see come up is "change management." But if you're unfamiliar with SAP HCM and HCM solutions, there's a chance that you may not know exactly what change management is, or why it matters. So what is change management, and why should businesses be so concerned with it? Put simply, change management is an approach to implementing changes in an ...

February 13, 2014 by ICG in Blog

ICG Implementation Solutions, Part IV: Go-Live and Support

This post is part IV of IV in a series about ICG’s implementation solutions. You can find parts I, II, and III of the series here, here, and here, respectively. The previous three phases we've discussed over the last few weeks, project management, business blueprinting, and realization, lead us to the final go-live and support phase with a level of comfort and thorough understanding of how SAP is set up to run. By this point in the process, the staff has been trained, and support ...

February 6, 2014 by ICG in Blog

ICG Implementation Solutions, Part III: Realization

This post is part III of IV in a series about ICG’s implementation solutions. Over the coming weeks, we’ll cover each aspect of our implementation solutions, from project management to go-live and support. Be sure to check back later for more posts in the series. You can find parts I and II of the series here and here, respectively. After the critical steps of project management and business blueprinting, the next stage of ICG's implementation process is realization--the final stage before go-live and support. Like project management ...

February 4, 2014 by ICG in Blog

ICG Implementation Solutions, Part II: Business Blueprinting

This post is part II of IV in a series about ICG’s implementation solutions. Over the coming weeks, we’ll cover each aspect of our implementation solutions, from project management to go-live and support. Be sure to check back later for more posts in the series. You can find part I of the series here. On Monday, we covered part I of our series about ICG's implementation solutions, and discussed the approach we take during the project management stage of implementation. The next step of ...

January 30, 2014 by ICG in Blog

ICG Implementation Solutions, Part I: Project Management

This post is part I of IV in a series about ICG’s implementation solutions. Over the coming weeks, we’ll cover each aspect of our implementation solutions, from project management to go-live and support. Be sure to check back later for more posts in the series. As you may have gathered from our past few posts here on the blog, we here at ICG believe that understanding our consulting process is essential to understanding the types of problems we can help your business ...

January 28, 2014 by ICG in Blog

What Is SAP HCM?

When we started up our blog again last week, we kicked off with a post about what ICG is and what we do. And while that can be useful for readers and customers already familiar with SAP HCM, we thought we’d take a moment today to step back and break our services down to a more basic level. Even for companies already using SAP software, looking further into different modules and solutions surrounding SAP implementation and change management can get confusing, which ...

January 23, 2014 by ICG in Blog

The 7 Best Blogs and Online Resources for Anyone Interested in HR and HCM

Part of being an HR professional involves being well-versed in what’s going on in the worlds of Human Resources and Human Capital Management. While ICG is here to help you with the implementation and support of SAP HCM, it never hurts to be educated about the space—and in terms of doing that, the internet is a great place to start. Even so, there’s so much information on the web that it can sometimes be tough to know what’s legitimate and what isn’t. ...

January 21, 2014 by ICG in Blog

An Interview with Mike Timm, Managing Partner at ICG

Earlier this week, we had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Mike Timm, Managing Partner here at ICG. He has some great insights on the world of SAP HCM, on ICG, and on normal life in the workplace here in our office. You can read the full interview below: First off, tell us a little bit about yourself. What's your background in consulting, what's your interest in SAP HCM, and how did you end up in your position here at ICG? I’ve ...

January 16, 2014 by ICG in Blog

What Is ICG?

Over the last few years on our blog here at ICG, we’ve covered a lot. From alleviating cost burdens in SAP payroll, to recapping HR conferences, to announcing important events, we’ve used our blog to help keep our readers and customers up on what’s going on in HR, HCM, and with SAP. Until now, though, we’ve been fairly sporadic with posting. This year, we’re making an effort to post to our blog more regularly, keeping our readers up on topics like those ...

January 14, 2014 by ICG in Blog

Posts Tagged: ICG