A large engineering and IT services provider working on a project for a major manufacturer of heavy electrical equipment.
To extend critical ERP workflows to a wider group of users without incurring the prohibitively high cost of additional ERP licenses.
Architected and built a custom portal solution that leveraged existing investments to provide seamless, integrated access to ERP workflows, saving significant licensing costs.
A large engineering and IT services provider working on a project for a major manufacturer of heavy electrical equipment.
The core challenge was cost. While their SAP ERP was a powerful and essential system, deploying full licenses to every user who needed occasional access to specific workflows was not financially feasible. They had made a significant investment in a separate collaboration platform (SharePoint) but lacked a way to integrate the two systems to solve this business problem.
The client's ambition was to improve collaboration and efficiency by extending key specification and costing workflows from their core SAP system to additional users. They needed a solution that could achieve this business goal in a highly cost-effective manner, avoiding millions in potential software licensing fees.
The integrated portal was a significant win, delivering the full required business functionality at a minimal incremental cost. The solution successfully broke down the technology silos, allowing the client to leverage their existing investments to solve a critical business need. Multiple complex approval processes were automated, enhancing team productivity. Most importantly, this was achieved without impacting the uptime of their mission-critical production ERP system.
