Hi-Definition Transformation Problems > Corporate Internal Reorganization > Break Down the Silos

Each area of your business was set up differently, there is no sharing, and you need to break down the silos.

Profile

A multinational corporation that has been in business 22 years had recently begun to notice that the systems behind its different business units kept track of the same information, but in different forms and formats, creating a large amount of duplicate data that was difficult and time-consuming to reconcile. In the early stages of the business, each line of business developed its own systems rather than adopting a large ERP system to drive the business as a whole. When E-Business Suite was finally adopted, each line of business implemented its own instance of the Suite, not considering that they were still duplicating the effort of tracking the same data and then having to weed through it for reporting purposes. Many third-party hardware systems were introduced in order to integrate the systems, but they found that the new hardware actually increased the time required to get the reports they needed. The company needed a way to increase communication between the systems and reduce the amount of duplicated efforts across the company.

Solution

The company used eprentise instance consolidation software to consolidate all of its instances into a single instance that functioned on its own. During the process, duplicate data such as customers, vendors, employees, and products was eliminated, and the silos of information were broken down allowing different areas of the business to communicate seamlessly. The company was then able to get the reports its needed straight from E-Business Suite and was able to eliminate a large energy footprint in the form of integration systems.