IT turnaround (mechanical engineering)

IT re-aligning of a PE-owned mechanical-engineering group — ERP live by day 1, M365 rescued from a dead end.

Day 1
ERP live
≈ 5.000
employees in the group
10
IT staff led
Cloud
regulatory basis negotiated

Starting point

A PE-owned mechanical-engineering group (≈ 5,000 employees) had aligned its IT for years to excessive IT security rather than market and cost needs; a shadow IT had emerged, and after a change on the board the IT had to be re-aligned.

Approach

  • Re-aligned the collaboration between IT and business — from blockade to delivery capability
  • Structured the ERP rollout (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central) and delivered it by day 1
  • Brought the O365/M365 rollout out of its dead end onto the home straight
  • Negotiated the regulatory prerequisites for cloud services across the group

Result

  • ERP live by day 1 — no postponement
  • M365 rollout unblocked and on track
  • IT repositioned as a supplier to the business, drivers of shadow IT removed
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