The aviation major decided to standardize its IT infrastructure
across the globe for centralized control of information at its headquarters
at Canada. As part of the process, the aviation major decided to have
its Poland plant fully operational on SAP. It found its most natural
partner in Infotech.
- Re-engineer existing business process in Poland in line with
Canada headquarters' business process - with Client team
- Map the business process at Poland site and generate Business
Blueprint
- Complete configuration of the SAP system in MM, PP, SD, FI and
CO modules
- Complete migration of data from legacy to SAP in the required
areas
- Development of required interfaces, enhancements and other ABAP/4
objects
The project started in December 2002 and was completed, as per schedule
on the 30th of June, 2003. The total offshore effort was about 60
person months and onsite 13 -person month. The Infotech SAP team
for this project consists of 5 Functional Consultants led by a Project
Manager and about 18 ABAP/4 (Technical) consultants. The consultants
are experienced in full cycle implementations in SAP that includes
generation of Business Blueprint, configuration, migration and development
of ABAP objects. It also includes different levels of testing: unit,
integration and acceptance; user training, and cutover for Go-Live.
The major activities and subsequent benefits derived by adopting
this on site - off shore model are -
- Infotech Consultants visit onsite (Poland & Canada) for
requirement analysis
- Define broad Scope of work & formation of Steering Committee
- Formation of Client-Infotech Operational Team
- Knowledge Acquisition at Client sites, specific to the SAP modules
for implementation - SAP MM, PP, SD, FI & CO
- Infotech onsite-offshore team composition and modus operandi
for remote access, network connectivity and client-compatible
quality plan finalization
- On site cost of personnel from Infotech, compared to locally
available personnel were enormously less
- Infotech offshore team receives specification from onsite team
as per client'’s functional specifications and agreed standards
- Configuration work from both onsite and offshore
- Data Conversion from legacy to SAP to be done offshore
- Development of ABAP/4 objects at offshore
- Unit testing at offshore & final quality testing at onsite
- The off shore development cost using Infotech personnel works
out about only 40% of their local equivalent
- SAP MM, PP, SD, FI & CO
- ABAP/4 development objects including, transaction development,
report development, user exits and enhancements
The implementation enabled centralized control of information at
the headquarters at Canada for faster decision-making process.
|
