Implementing and maintaining SAP R/3 supporting
over 4000 projects and complex interfaces for a global
engineering company
The Client
The client headquartered at Princeton, New Jersey,
works in electronic, biomedical, and information technologies.
The client’s engineering products include communication
solutions, healthcare solutions, fuel cells, imagers
& cameras, semiconductor design and video solutions.
The client’s electronic, information, and biomedical
innovations address marketplace needs for such leading
organizations as Toshiba, Motorola, Goodrich, Hynix,
NIST, and DARPA.
The Project
The client operates over 4,000 projects for developing
its solutions portfolio and required the expertise in
implementing SAP for optimizing operations, monitoring
projects and creating a flexible infrastructure that
could handle the demanding requirements of projects.
Quintegra provided the required expertise through leveraging
upon rich experience in handling SAP projects. Quintegra
partnered with the client in implementing SAP while
incorporating several best in class practices. An indicative
list of roles undertaken by Quintegra follows:
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Understanding and analysis of over
4,000 project systems consisting of approximately
15,000 networks |
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Roadmap preparation and implementation
of SAP R/3 4.6C |
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Design, development and implementation
of interfaces with other systems |
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Development of a digital dashboard
as front-end with the data extracted from SAP |
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Ongoing 24 X 7 Level 2 and Level
3 Support |
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Comprehensive documentation for
significant reduction in resolution time |
The modules involved were Financial Accounting (FI),
Controlling (CO), Materials Management (MM), Sales and
Distribution (SD) and Project System (PS). Acquiring
an in-depth understanding of the client’s projects
while deploying a Knowledge Transfer team, Quintegra
demonstrated the ability to support and implement an
optimal solution that provides a good overview of operations.
Value Created
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Quintegra implemented a solution
that provided a single, integrated system that was
easy-to-use, context sensitive, flexible, and modern—taking
full advantage of SAP's technical capabilities |
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Provided 24 x 7 support for resolution
of issues at quickest time |
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Increased scalability of SAP system
to accommodate additional requirements with ease |
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Increase of 70 – 80% in
service levels through customization and upgrades |
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Effective business process mapping
and definition of new processes that directly translates
to a well managed IT system |
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Incorporation of SAP best practices
resulting in reduced cost of ownership |
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Well documented information on
processes across projects |
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