Onboarding AFAS Profit is crucial for a smooth start and successful adoption within your organisation. Below, you can read how to get started with effective onboarding, appropriate training, and support options.
Step 1: Preparation & Planning
Solid onboarding starts with a plan: goals, timelines and responsibilities are clearly defined. Legal requirements and privacy settings are immediately taken care of with the help of AFAS consultancy or specialised partners.
Step 2: Training and Education
Get acquainted quickly with:
- Classroom courses or self-study courses for AFAS Profit, as stated in our AFAS course page
- Role-based training courses, for example for functional management or HRM
- Routes such as Success Management Traineeship for in-depth onboarding and role development
Building up knowledge structure helps employees to work independently more quickly.
Step 3: Set up & personalise
During the technical setup, you configure user roles, authorisations and basic settings in Profit. Utilise the expertise of AFAS application management to automatically set up workflows and documents and publish them securely in InSite/OutSite.
Step 4: User support
- Ensure there are central contact persons, such as a functional administrator.
- Role of administrators strengthened through training and information from AFAS mentorship
- Set up a service desk for questions during onboarding; this is more convenient when outsourcing onboarding via AFAS outsourcing
Step 5: Optimisation & Aftercare
After going live, monitor key performance indicators for HRM, finance, onboarding time, and compliance. Make adjustments and organise follow-up meetings:
- Share best practices via AFAS community
- Schedule optimisation sessions or support programmes such as AFAS optimisation
Benefits of Structured AFAS Onboarding
- Faster adoptionUsers start with confidence and require less support.
- Fewer errorsCorrect configuration, workflows, and authorisations are active from day one.
- Strong commitment: employees see value in new systems, which promotes motivation and usage.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does AFAS onboarding entail?
It involves the structured induction of users into AFAS Profit, including configuration, training and guidance.
How long does this onboarding process take?
That depends on your role and scope, from one day to several weeks for complete teams.
Can you outsource onboarding?
Yes, through partners with experience in onboarding and application management – see our page on AFAS outsourcing.
How do you maintain the system after onboarding?
Through functional and technical management, expert processes such as AFAS optimisation, integrated support and regular sessions.
Conclusion
Successful AFAS onboarding requires planning, training, configuration, support and aftercare. By investing in these areas, you will get a faster return on your AFAS implementation and increase satisfaction. Start today and make AFAS Profit a powerful part of your organisation.
