GL Associates performs major ERP database instance consolidations for JD Edwards, Oracle and PeopleSoft ERP systems. 
 

Companies benefit from ERP Instance Consolidations
Consolidating ERP database instances enables companies to adopt common business processes and standardize master data across the enterprise, improving processing cycles and lowering costs. These are often strategic goals of many organizations, and it usually means merging multiple ERP systems, either from the same or different software vendors, into one database instance.


ERP Instance Consolidation initiatives are complex and challenging 

   Traditional approaches often result in complex projects with cost overruns
   The traditional approach that companies take when consolidating instances 
   is to initiate a major development project and to staff it with a mix of

   internal and external resources. Without the experience and proper tools,   
   however, these projects often result in overcommitted resources, extended
   testing cycles, business disruption, and cost overruns because they can be

   quite complex.
   
   Merging Customers and Vendors is challenging and error-prone 
   An area that can be particularly challenging is merging customer and
   vendor name and address data. The standard approach in merging name and
   address data is to just append the different files together to form a new
   master file. This is not the best method, however, and will result in many
   duplicate records with history split across them causing incomplete views of
   customer and supplier activity.

 

GL Associates has the tools and experience to ensure success

   Our tools and experience ensure a high quality project
   GL Associates performs major ERP database instance consolidations for JD 
   Edwards, Oracle and PeopleSoft ERP systems. Our methodologies and
   automated conversion tools enable us to perform these projects in planned 
   timeframes with high quality testing cycles at a predictable cost. We have
   experience with every need in ERP database instance consolidations including
   reorganizations, divestitures, and mergers (of similar and dissimilar
   businesses).

   Master and transactional data are combined properly  
   We ensure that the master data and transactional history are combined
   properly in the target database, and we help companies standardize and
   consolidate their:

   •    Master Data:
        o    Chart of accounts
        o    Work Breakdown structures
        o    Customers and vendors
        o    Item masters
        o    Bill of materials
        o    Fixed Assets
 
   •    Transactional history:
        o    Financial (General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable)
        o    Sales
        o    Procurement
        o    Inventory