SpearMC partnered with Harkins Builders to provide a sustainable solution for a new Financials, Procure to Pay and HCM integrated platform due to aging infrastructure, multiple siloed SaaS applications, inability to scale and lack of security.
Implementing a Four-Month FSCM Lift-and-Shift Project
The Challenge
- No interest in on-premise infrastructures
- Behind on upgrades and patches and limited resources
- No mobile technology capabilities or secure remote ERP login
- Not interested in System Administration. Only interested in being users of a robust, scalable enterprise grade financials solution.
Services Provided
- Current state review and third-party application inventory
- OCI Tenancy Creation
- Demonstrations and Training
- Network Connectivity
- Architecture and DR Design and Build
- Installed, Configured and Tested Third-Party Middleware apps
- Uneventful Go-Live
Managed Services
- 100% of users interaction is with Home Pages, Tiles, Nav Collections and WorkCenters. Users have never heard of “breadcrumbs…”
- SLA-driven System Administration with Proactive Patching and Maintenance
- SLA-driven Functional Support with Proactive Best Practice Security, Functionality and Configurable Enhancements
- IT Help Desk Partnership Model
The Results
- Provided Employee and Manager mobile self-service
- Remote, secure SSO authentication via Microsoft Azure
- Eliminated performance issues with aging infrastructure
- Eliminated middleware and third-party app integration issues
- Configured additional integrations between FSCM & HCM
- Improved system performance and scalability
- Continuous patching and enhancements via PeopleSoft Cloud Manager
