Why
A $1B waste management company, which had grown significantly through acquisition, was struggling to implement a new ERP system. The company did not have a standard way of operating across their subsidiaries and ran into numerous process and technical issues over the first two years of the ERP implementation. After many attempts, the customer realized they needed external help and partnered with Edge R&D to address specific challenges:
- Migrate data from existing ERP to new ERP
- Create system integration between 3rd party applications and the new ERP
- Transform their business processes to take advantage of the new ERP
What
Edge R&D performed the following to address the client's needs:
- Architected a cloud first approach to customer's tech stack
- Used our Data Hub accelerator to assist with the data migration and 3rd party integrations within the customer's environment
- Created and implemented a plan to migrate data in a phased approach
- Established a new set of standard operating procedures across existing 15+ subsidiaries
Impact
- Realized:Migrated and integrated 4 of the 15 subsidiaries in 2 years
- Realized: Reduced the migration and integration time for each subsidiary by 50% each time
- In-progress: Through the integration with the new ERP system, we have unlocked unprecedented visibility into business metrics that are driving real increases to revenue
- In-progress: Reduced operational risk by modernizing infrastructure through a cloud first approach
- In-progress: centralizing primary business functions across subsidiaries will lead to cost reductions