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Project Experience Case Studies

Case Studies

Global Financial Services

Challenge: Global financial services company had disparate systems and processes managing operations in 25 different countries. They were faced with increasing demand for consistent global servicing and reporting; as well as a growing cost for Basel & Sox compliance. The envisioned solution was technically complex, global and multi-vendor. They had limited in-house capacity to initiate and oversee the project.

Solution: A-frame is managing the full project lifecycle on behalf of this client including:

• Finalized the solution architecture;
  


• Negotiated dozens of vendor contracts;
  


• Ongoing vendor management, quality assurance, project audit & control;
  


• Active member of project Steering Committee.
  

Project Profile: Technical solution components include a robust initial implementation of the Oracle E-Business Suite, custom CRM solution, new origination and credit scoring system, new global data warehouse and new middleware platform. Business transformation includes the vast majority of roles and processes for +3000 global employees, as well as a large network of external dealers and trading partners. The project team is a global team of +350 full time team members (at peak), operating in six countries and including over a dozen vendors.

Communication & Entertainment Company

Challenge: Very large corporate merger required rapid consolidation of enterprise systems and information technology organizations. Limited internal capacity to initiate and manage the project.

Solution: A-Frame engaged to plan and manage the initial technology consolidation effort on behalf of the client including project planning, staffing, vendor selection and quality assurance.

Project Profile: Merger required consolidation of over a thousand applications, multiple data centers and 65,000 employees. Developed decision support tool and detailed project plan to enable rapid consolidation with minimal business disruption.

Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

Challenge: Global pharmaceutical manufacturer considering implementation of SAP. Limited internal capabilities and capacity to initiate and manage the project.

Solution: A-Frame engaged to manage effort on behalf of the client including validate feasibility of the vision, select and manage solution architect, manage bid process including vendor selection and negotiate requisite contracts and licenses.

Project Profile: Initial, robust implementation of SAP for North America operations.

United States Department of Defense (DoD)

Challenge: At the turn of the century, the DoD embarked on a transformation of its business systems in an unprecedented manner. Billions of dollars were budgeted to modernize financial, logistics, operational and management technology systems throughout the entire DoD enterprise. Program Managers and contracting officials were well educated in procuring weapons systems but had little experience in acquiring and implementing commercial off the shelf ERP products.

Solution: The Enterprise Integration Toolkit was developed to serve as a roadmap and repository of project management tools to ensure DoD programs leverage best practices in their acquisition and implementation projects. The Toolkit is used extensively throughout the DoD and has been adopted by other State and federal governments, including the State of California, the Province of Alberta, Canada, and the Australian Navy.

Solution: The DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) team negotiated best practice contracts with key consulting firms, such as Accenture, BearingPoint, CSC, Deloitte and IBM. These agreements are used to streamline the acquisition and evaluation process to result in best practice contract terms and fixed price and performance based payment structures for the implementation of ERP and other commercial software products throughout the DoD.

Challenge: The DoD enacted a policy requiring all tangible assets valued at $5,000 and above to be marked with a unique identifier (UID). More than 60,000 suppliers and DoD personnel needed a method to understand and comply with this policy in a timely manner.

Solution: The UID Toolkit was developed to serve as a roadmap and repository of tools to help accelerate compliance with this very important DoD policy. The Toolkit is used extensively throughout the DoD and its supply chain and increased compliance significantly.