CASE STUDY

IT integration of an acquired production site

Huber Engineered Materials

· 04/2019 to 06/2020

Group:

around 3,200 employees, sites in North America, Europe and Asia

Our role:

Overall project leadership and IT management

600+

IT workplaces replaced

14 months

from acquisition to regular operations

No standstill

transition without notable interruption

Situation and objectives

  • A newly acquired production site with its own grown IT landscape
  • Systems, processes and security standards differing from group IT
  • Goal: full integration into group IT and a fast handover into regular operations
  • Goal: meet the group wide compliance and security requirements

Activities and responsibilities

  • Overall project leadership of the IT integration at the site
  • Planning and steering of migration, rollout and handover
  • Coordination between group IT, the local team and service providers
  • Alignment with production and the business units to avoid business interruption

Focus areas

  • Harmonizing systems, processes and standards
  • Replacement of more than 600 IT workplaces
  • Connection to central infrastructure and directory services
  • Implementation of the security and compliance requirements
  • Handover into regular operations

Technologies and methods

  • Office 365, Windows 10
  • Intune, SCCM, MobileIron
  • CrowdStrike
  • SAP, Oracle, Active Directory

IT integration of an acquired production site

Results

  • IT integration completed within the target period
  • All workplaces fully migrated
  • All compliance and security requirements met
  • Transition without any notable business interruption

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