Successfully Re-Engineered Business Process and sunset large legacy systems as part of an Electronic Giant’s Global PLM Transformation Program
Business Challenge
The As-Is Processes were highly complex and spread across multiple legacy systems that had to be retired
Achieve a seamless digital thread across the Product Development Process
Needed a trusted advisor with rich Enterprise PLM consulting experience who are globally spread to support sites in USA and China
Solution
Conducted a thorough business process re-engineering exercise globally and delivered a solution blueprint to transform the processes
Worked out a plan to sunset large legacy systems as part of the Process Transformation Exercise
Strategized short project release cycles and deliver 7 releases in 2.5 years in an Agile Methodology to accomplish the program vision.
Implemented Windchill ESI for SAP with TIBCO middleware to bidirectionally integrate Windchill PLM with SAP ERP and handle complex high-volume production data.
Benefits
Globally transformed process helped minimize process gaps, thereby improving efficiency by ~20%
“Cut the Chord” of complex mission critical applications from IBM owned systems as part of the transition agreement efficiently within the stipulated period.