Competitive pressures and industry consolidation - combined with the financial volatility and uncertainty among some of the enterprise software manufacturers - have left many IT executives looking for the stability of a leading, end-to-end system. Many of those executives are choosing to migrate from home-grown and Tier I & II enterprise systems to SAP.
There are many reasons why a company might consider migrating from its legacy system to SAP. These include involvement in a merger or acquisition, desire to upgrade antiquated functionality of an existing system, and concern over the financial health of a current software vendor.
Sanchit starts each migration project with a detailed analysis of the legacy system, including the specific identification of any additional functionality or customized modifications that the client may desire. Once a customer-specific implementation plan is mutually agreed upon, the team begins the first step in data migration. This includes mapping the source data (which fields means what), examining the data for number schemes and invalid characters, and searching for any localizations or customizations.
Because of the inherent complexities of moving to a new system field structure and architecture, it is estimated that 15-to-20 percent of the cost of a R/3 implementation is related to data migration. In many cases, migration requires the development of a data conversion program that cannot be used in the future.
Sanchit leverages SAP's Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) to facilitate data conversion and migration from other ERP systems to SAP. The LSMW is based on R/3, and supports both periodic and single data transfer from a non-SAP system to R/3. The LSMW enables Sanchit's consultants to ensure the quick, efficient and accurate migration of legacy data.
Sanchit's consultants possess a thorough understanding of technology and how it can benefit an organization. That requires two distinct disciplines: (1) process - to understand how the business desires to execute business functions, and (2) technology - to help emulate the business functions - or redesign them if need be - to best leverage the applications or architecture selected for the organization. These disciplines, combined with superior project management practices, are the real value that Sanchit provides to its clients.