Workday Managed Services
Insights, tips & tricks for your Workday Managed Services or Post Production journey.
The Case for Cleaning Up Your Workday Tenant (Before It Cleans You Out)
Every Workday tenant I've reviewed more than twelve months after go-live has the same problem. Not a dramatic failure. Something quieter and more corrosive: accumulated configuration debt that nobody planned for, nobody owns, and nobody has time to address. None of it feels urgent in isolation. Together, it creates drag that compounds with every passing quarter.
Success in ERP isn't the Go-Live you Celebrated.
Every Workday programme has a go-live moment that felt like an ending. The cutover weekend. The first payroll run. The LinkedIn photo with tired smiles and branded hoodies. Then everyone moves on. But go-live is not success. Go-live is survival. The real measure shows up months later, and it looks nothing like what most organisations are measuring.
How to Conduct an Effective AMS Partner Evaluation for Workday Success
Most UK organisations treat AMS partner selection as a procurement exercise. They score proposals on a spreadsheet and pick the highest number. Twelve months in, they discover the support team is offshore, the Article 28 DPA is generic, and the consultant on month-end payroll has never seen a UK pay run. Here is what a serious Workday AMS evaluation looks like.
You're Live on Workday. Now What? A Practical Guide to the First 90 Days
The go-live celebration was last week. The SI is wrapping up hypercare. Your team is running production payroll for the first time. Everyone is relieved. And now the real work begins. What your organisation does in the first 90 days determines whether Workday becomes a platform that delivers increasing value or a system your team spends three years trying to keep running.
Accelerate Your Workday Time to Value: 7 Practical Strategies That Actually Work
The implementation delivers the platform. What happens in the twelve to twenty-four months after go-live determines whether the organisation gets genuine return on a multimillion-pound investment or simply replaces one system with another and calls it transformation
AMS Vendor Selection: Evaluating Workday AMS Vendors for Your Success
Choosing the right AMS vendor for your Workday implementation can make or break your project. This guide cuts through the noise and gives you a structured, experience-driven approach to evaluating vendors, avoiding common pitfalls, and selecting a strategic partner who will keep your project on track and within budget.
Why Most Workday Operating Models Look Fine on Paper and Fail in Practice
Six months after go-live, most Workday teams are in trouble and don't realise it yet. The implementation partner has rolled off. Feature releases are piling up. Enhancement requests are growing faster than anyone can triage. And the operating model that looked sensible during hypercare is quietly buckling.
Questions to Ask Your Potential Workday AMS Partner
Twenty questions to ask every shortlisted Workday AMS vendor before you sign.