The Client is one of the largest suppliers of contact lenses, lens care products, prescription pharmaceuticals, intraocular lenses, and other eye surgery products.
The client was spinning off its eye care business into a separate entity. Infosys was contracted to plan and execute the physical separation of their SAP ECC instances in Poland, Latin America (LATAM), and Turkey without any business disruption.
Key Challenges
- Assessing the readiness of Azure Virtual Machines (VMs)
- Making legal and privacy decisions around data visibility
- Altering the separation methodology used in Poland mid-way through the project
- Delivering additional requirements for Turkey and middleware scenarios while meeting timelines
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The Solution
Infosys handled the complete project planning and separation of the SAP ECC instances for the client in three geographies. Owing to the unique requirements of each geography and its corresponding SAP ECC instance, Infosys varied the separation methodologies.
For Poland and Turkey, Infosys leveraged a cloud migration approach to create a copy of the existing system. Legal approvals were obtained to allow cross-company data to reside in the other system. In the LATAM instance, Infosys enabled separation using Landscape Transformation 2.0, an SAP productized and licensed solution to assist with corporate carveouts.
Executing a smooth physical separation of SAP ECC platform and enabling the client to independently function as a new company
- Instituted a robust execution methodology and responsibility assignment matrix (RACI) early in the program
- Close collaboration between Infosys and the client teams to plan and deliver an integrated program
- Established regular cadence with SAP and Microsoft Azure teams to ensure proper support
Benefits
Successful physical separation of the client’s eye care business as a unique entity.
Enabled the client to operate independently in a completely separated environment.
Helped the client meet the requirements of the transition service agreement (TSA) exit. Provided effective workflows for the future physical separation of the Canada S/4HANA instance
