The new system was launched with a training program to promote user adoption, so that employees didn't persist in using the old system that they were more accustomed to. Even with the new training system, employee adoption was slow, but the company offered incentives to using the new system and gradually phased out the old one. Only when the old system was phased out completely did adoption of the new system increase tenfold. Some of the failings of previous information systems were attributed to lack of training programs to smooth the difficulties of adopting new systems, and this time around Dick's ensured that the proper programs were in place.