Every organisation is facing constantly changing framework conditions resulting from company internal decisions or external processes. These changes must be mapped in SAP systems.
The challenge that all business departments in a company as well as the CIOs in charge must face is flexibility.
CSC offers you a holistic service package that will enable you to easily and flexibly adapt data and structures in your productive ERP system to new requirements.
Flexibility is the “catch word” for describing what organisations need to survive in the long run in increasingly tightening markets.
In business terms, this requirement becomes manifest itself in mergers and acquisitions as well as in outsourcing activities (carve outs) from the parent company.
Internal restructuring of organizations and the permanent striving for standardization and optimisation of business processes are ongoing measures for meeting ever-changing demands. Concrete measures such as changing a company’s global sales structure, however, significantly affect the existing IT environment.
Consequently, information technology must be able to offer concrete solutions in terms of harmonisation and consolidation initiatives as a response to these changing conditions.
Typical aspects include:
Reducing the system complexity by streamlining and standardising IT and ERP systems.
Harmonising master data and minimising redundant data
Automating data migration between the systems involved
Consolidation of the SAP infrastructure (server, operating systems, databases) and technology (NetWeaver)
Adaptating the SAP operational aspects in terms of performance, high availability and scalability
Internationally available shared service models for support and operation
The overall objective is to fully exploit identified cost optimisation potentials, both under business and IT aspects. Our service offerings
Based on a holistic analysis phase that embraces all relevant processes, applications and infrastructure, CSC offers you a standardised methodology to ensure that the potential for improvement in existing and future SAP systems is fully exploited.
Design and implementation of standardised, industry-specific processes
Optimal implementation of the required business models into specific SAP
Architectural planning taking into account the SAP technology strategy - Harmonisation of the system environment - Replacing legacy systems - Implementing SAP NetWeaver - Tool-based system analysis
System migration defining a suitable strategy – R/3 introduction – R/2-R/3 migration – R/3-R/3 conversion / migration – SAP release upgrade
Data migration – Migrating data from non-SAP systems – Reconsolidation of SAP R/3 systems – Tool-based process, e.g. with SAP SLO or Thebis Thale – Concurrent data cleansing and harmonisation
Optimizing the SAP infrastructure – Hardware, operating systems and databases – Sizing and performance optimisation – Operation of SAP data centres and sourcing models
The measures support the harmonization of the business processes and are essential for the implementation of company-wide business models that make your day-to-day business more efficient.
The aspect of data consolidation alone has immediate effects; it helps, for instance, improve both the speed and quality of your customer transactions.
Reducing the system complexity enables you to substantially and significantly cut operating and maintenance costs for IT.
In particular, the simplification of the infrastructure and centralising of the support sector means that your company’s entire IT environment becomes more manageable and thus guarantees a smooth operation for the users. The efficiency of your IT landscape will be increased by:
CSC is a full-service provider and our support ranges from strategic issues to migration, all the way to operation.
CSC ranks among the top strategic partners of SAP:
SAP Global Partner Service
SAP Hosting Partner
SAP Special Expertise Partner
SAP Product Development Partner
CSC furthermore has partnerships with manufacturers of proven migration and analysis tools in the SAP environment such as Thebis Thale, IntelliCorp and Evoke, as well as with all established platform manufacturers such as IBM, SUN, HP, UNISYS, Fujitsu Siemens, etc.
