Before kickoff · Haverlund Food Distributors
Your project: every question
For Ingrid, controller. About 10 minutes online, due Fri Nov 20. Kickoff is Mon Nov 23 at 10:00 AM.
1. Your project team
Who does what on your side. We've filled in the names from our calls; edit any that are wrong. Confirm each line, or write what's different.
- Ingrid Vasskog, your controller, is the project sponsor.
- Ingrid is also our day-to-day contact.
- Marit Elstad, your AP lead, owns Invoice matching.
- Ewart Pillay, your AR lead, owns Collections follow-up.
- Ewart also owns Cash application.
2. What success looks like
Where things stand today, and where you'd like them. We measure against these after go-live. Confirm each line, or write what's different.
- Invoice matching: Invoices on hold at month-end. Today: 120 invoices . Your target:
- Invoice matching: Hours a week your team spends matching. Today: 30 hours . Your target:
- Collections follow-up: Days, on average, to get paid. Today: 46 days . Your target:
- Collections follow-up: Hours a week spent chasing. Today: 12 hours . Your target:
- Cash application: Payments applied the day they arrive. Today: 60% . Your target:
- Cash application: Hours a week applying cash. Today: 15 hours . Your target:
3. Your plan
The plan we've drafted, from kickoff to go-live. If something clashes, drag a phase to suggest another date; we confirm it at kickoff. Confirm each line, or write what's different.
- Who comes to kickoff: Ingrid Vasskog, controller; Ewart Pillay, AR lead; Marit Elstad, AP lead.
- Month-end close: the first 3 working days of each month.
- Who’s away during the plan, and when? Any weeks to avoid, such as your year-end close?
4. Your systems
So we connect to what you already use. Whoever is responsible for IT gets a short form of their own. Confirm each line, or write what's different.
- Your books are kept in NetSuite
- You pay bills through BILL
- Customer payments arrive as your bank's lockbox file
- Who is responsible for IT? Their name, job title and work email.
5. Email and chat
Where your agents read and send email, and where they ask your team a question.
- Which email platform does your team use?
- Which team chat does your team use?
6. Your brand
We looked at haverlund.example first. Confirm what we found, and add what we couldn't. Confirm each line, or write what's different.
- Your wordmark (usually your marketing team)
- Your full logo (usually your marketing team)
- A square icon (usually your marketing team)