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Coordinating a manufacturer’s global SAP cutover.

A manufacturer coordinated testing, migration, system cutover and the transition from legacy processes within a global SAP program.

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Client context

The business context.

A manufacturer was moving to a new SAP environment through a global cutover. The transition brought together testing, migration, system changes and the move away from legacy processes.

The cutover required coordination across a ten-month program involving 250 people. Its runbooks covered up to 4,000 tasks, making the sequence and interdependencies central to delivery.

The work

How the engagement was delivered.

  • Plan and steer the cutover

    Planned and steered the global SAP cutover using runbooks that covered the interdependent tasks and participating teams.

  • Coordinate testing, migration and transition

    Coordinated testing, data migration, system cutover and the transition from legacy processes. Connected these activities within the cross-functional implementation sequence.

What changed

A coordinated plan and steering approach for the global transition.

The engagement brought testing, migration, system cutover and legacy-process transition into a coordinated delivery approach. Planning and steering covered the ten-month cutover scope, 250 participants and runbooks containing up to 4,000 tasks.

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