Once the company's planner transformed the numbers containing the forecasts, the company rejected them because an SAP system was in place that would provide more reliable data on Nestlé's products 'agency. The implementation team and stakeholders were able to use common processes that streamlined operational procedures thus enabling the centralization of functions, such as developing training procedures. However, each location would follow the same procedures, developing processes before implementing the ERP system allowed Nestlé to develop training materials only once, which would then benefit employees when they moved to other Nestlé branches without adapt to local needs.