Reply from mack007 on Apr 1 at 8:57 AM Hi Barry
Interesting one. I don't understand why they would not want to migrate
your data and processes onto the new instance. Probably because they don't
want to have all the custom stuff in their new instance, the data cleansing
exercise might be time consuming and the timelines for the project are
tight. The preferred approach would be to migrate all your data and open
items to the new instance. This makes it easier in the long run. If you
keep 2 instances and then interface all WMS stuff from one system to
another, there is a lot you need to think about.
Who will monitor and manage the interfaces
When will the interfaces run, daily at EOD, hourly, or will it always be
on.
I assume they will use PI for the interfaces - if yes are there any rules
that need to be built in.
If you are part of the global rollout of a template, that inherently means
you should adopt the global processes and practices into your business
processes so that you have standardization across the solution/s. Whether
this will actually happen, I'm sure you will find out.
If they were to migrate your data into the new instance, the biggest
challenge will be the data and open item migration to the new instance.
Then of course, there may be a new way of doing a few processes as you may
have to adopt or change to a new global process.
Good luck
tx
| | | ---------------Original Message---------------
From: Barry Matthews
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 1:54 PM
Subject: Using an existing full SAP implementation just to utilize SAP's WMS.
I work for an organization that is in the process of being aquired by another company.
We have been on SAP for 12 years and currently using ECC 6.0. We have activated WMS and have a very robust implementation with some sophisticated custom logic and functionality, especially for inbound receiving, picking, packing, and shipping.
The company purchasing us is in the middle of their first SAP build. It will be a phased, global rollout.
Once the aquisition is finalized, they will begin updating their SAP blueprint and build with our structure, processing and functionality.
However, they have a concern about porting our WMS solution into their new SAP Enterprice environment. They would prefer to keep our legacy SAP system intact in order to directly use our existing WMS solution through a series of interfaces to their Enterprice instance.And they are not talking decentralized WM.
Intuitively, this seems dangerous to me if it can even be done. I would prefer porting oue existing WMS build onto thier platform.
That's where I need help. First, has anyone ever worked in or on an environment like this? Does it work? Can it even be done.
We will have 12 years of data and they will have a brand new instance. Are their concerns around this?
Our DC folks have access to creating orders (in special instances), creating, modifying, deleting deliveries when needed, perform plant to plant, storage location to storage location moves, ...
I am hoping to get some responses back in order to stop this approach or if the response is positive in regards to this approach, bring me peace of mind.
Many regards,
Barry |
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