SAP SCM and SAP ERP Carve-Out and Upgrade Done in Near-Zero Downtime at Kellogg’s The Challenge: Kellogg's is splitting their global production systems into regional ones. They need to carve-out and upgrade of SAP SCM and SAP ERP systems in near-zero downtime The solution: Engaging Datavard consultants and tools to run the carve-out and upgrade the non-unicode systems (10 TB) over one weekend Kellogg’s…
DATAVARD ACQUIRES FORMBIT, BOLSTERS SYSTEM LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION OFFERING FOR GLOBAL ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS Datavard US Adds Formbit Founders to Leadership Team Heidelberg, Germany – September 19, 2019 – Datavard, a recognized global leader in data transformation and solutions with a history of 20 years in SAP landscape transformation, today announced it has acquired Formbit, a leading expert in SAP-certified System Landscape Optimization (SLO)…
Case Study: A Complex System Carve-Out Done in Three Months The state of the M&A deal Following the Deloitte report, mergers and acquisitions business has never been better. Companies are taking advantage of the steady economic growth and increased cash reserves to invest in M&A deals. The number one reason behind M&A transactions is acquiring new technologies, but also expanding…
SLO Best Practices – Series Join our webinar series on SLO topics hosted by Kees Van Turnhout - our Expert with 20 years of experience managing project architecture and scoping for projects in the System Landscape Optimization (SLO) area, including divestitures, organizational structure changes, merging or splitting systems.
Chart of accounts conversion with the SLO approach A chart of accounts (CoA) is a listing of the names of the accounts that a company has identified and made available for recording transactions in its general ledger. The CoA defines how accounting transactions, assets, and liabilities are processed and classified. The CoA is the framework for financial reporting…
Is reload of your SAP BW the only option? I would like to follow up on my previous post about a business transformation impact on SAP BW system. Let’s shed some light on different options for handling data transformations in SAP BW. In this article, I will go through pros and cons of data reload, DataMarts, conversion and hybrid…
How business transformation impacts the SAP BW system I would like to follow up on articles about SLO (System Landscape Optimization) and Business Transformation that my colleague has posted recently. He explained how tools and the methodology can be used to transform SAP ERP systems in the context of M&A, divestiture, and corporate reorganization. Many readers are interested…