Sterlite Optical Technologies- Synergy

The company already had SAP 4.7/3.1 H since 1999. However, the organization

structure in the old system was not as per standard practices. Each plant or

business was defined as a company code, though legally they belonged to same

company. Moreover, modules such as Inventory Valuation, Controlling Module, MRP,

Quality Management, Asset Management and PP Module were not mapped or not being

used in the old system. For the purpose of trial balance or P&L the company

could get only expenses/sales from SAP.

Since the valuation of RM, WIP and FG was not correct, they had to maintain

other balance sheet items in a parallel system such as Excel. Keeping all this

in mind, they decided to create a solid base for the implementation of further

IT initiatives such as BIW, CRM and SAP HR. They decided to upgrade to SAP ECC

5.0 using Oracle 9i as the database. To facilitate faster connectivity, easier

access and adequate bandwidth, all plants were connected through MPLS-VPN from

VSNL, and server hosting was outsourced to Tata IDC, Mumbai (VSNL). The project

was started in February 2006 and the company went live on SAP on 1st September

2006. They implemented the solution across all four of their manufacturing

locations in one go.