SAP Release Change

Industry
Professional equipment

Customer

Our customer is a major high–tech development corporation and an original equipment manufacturer for the automotive industry and many other industries throughout the world. As supplier, it plays an active role in numerous sectors, such as automotive, railway, chemical and petrochemical, and shipbuilding and aviation industries.

Project Overview

IBA has been participating in the project since September 2003. The IBA team comprises 10 people. The project is designed to migrate SAP R/3 Enterprise Version 4.0B–4.6B to Version 4.70. As part of an international project team, IBA provides release change support to 13 German companies (13 different SAP R/3 installations).

Project Execution

IBA performs the following tasks:

Customer functionality analysis before release change for each installation
SPDD/SPAU phases adjustments for all SAP components
Post release change customization checks and adjustments for FI/CO/SD modules
Customer SAP functionality checks and tuning after release change
Functional/technical tests of standard/customer functionality in 4.70 environment
System analysis regarding critical OSS notes implementation
Documentation preparation to track each step of the release change process
Technical consulting for customer team in critical cases
Technical support and troubleshooting for the customer–based upgrade process during go–live weekends.

IBA performed various tasks within the following SAP R/3 Enterprise functionalities:

MM — Materials Management
SD — Sales Distribution
FI — financing inventory
CO — Controlling
QM — Quality Management
PP — Production Planning
BC — Basic Components

Project Results

The customer launched the project to achieve budget reduction. In addition to sizable cost savings, IBA showed deep expertise and profound dedication that contributed to the common success. The project team received official letters of thanks from the management of all customer divisions that use the new system.