Business Context
Cloud Enhancement Services (CES) enable cloud solutions to consistently deliver value with in-depth observability, productivity–enhancing automation, AI-powered insights, exception-based interventions, and incident handling (as and when required). With options of customized packages for varied business models, it ensures cost and architecture optimization and resource efficiency, whenever and wherever possible.
A well-renowned, full-service winery chain in North America, with more than 45 locations, our client specializes in handcrafted wine, modern casual dining, and retail.
About Client
Morrisons is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom and is headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. In February 2021, Morrisons employed 110,000 employees, and served around 11 million customers each week.
The Situation
Managing Cloud Infrastructure for Future Growth and Transformation
With an aim to continuously improve their enterprise operations, the client was looking to:
Enhance their ERP (Financials) and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) environments.
Create a more mature and improved business model.
Keep their Oracle Cloud investments supported, updated, and enhanced.
The client chose Mastek as their support partner based on its technical expertise, ‘decomplex digital’ approach, adaptability, and decision-making maturity to stay ahead in a rapidly changing environment. As a trusted Oracle partner with strong CES capabilities and a proven track record in the managed services arena., Mastek was their choice to meet their objectives of both management and continuous improvement of their Oracle Cloud-related operations.
The Situation
Managing Cloud Infrastructure for Future Growth and Transformation
With an aim to continuously improve their enterprise operations, the client was looking to:
Enhance their ERP (Financials) and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) environments.
Create a more mature and improved business model.
Keep their Oracle Cloud investments supported, updated, and enhanced.
With an aim to continuously improve their enterprise operations, the client was looking to:
Enhance their ERP (Financials) and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) environments.
Create a more mature and improved business model.
Keep their Oracle Cloud investments supported, updated, and enhanced.
The client chose Mastek as their support partner based on its technical expertise, ‘decomplex digital’ approach, adaptability, and decision-making maturity to stay ahead in a rapidly changing environment. As a trusted Oracle partner with strong CES capabilities and a proven track record in the managed services arena., Mastek was their choice to meet their objectives of both management and continuous improvement of their Oracle Cloud-related operations.
The Solution
Simplifying and automating the cloud infrastructure
Mastek optimized the client’s processes and data for efficiency and ease of use by:
Establishing governance with a CSI framework
Ensuring daily health checks
Streamlining the metadata update process
Defragmenting the database through Intelligent scripts
Proactive monitoring of OIC Jobs
Enhancing the Release Management process
The ERP Database was resized and reorganized to ensure minimal errors in the ERP and EPM Systems, and unplanned service interruptions were automated to reduce downtime up to 2x.
- Migrate 20 on-prem applications, 23 Essbase Cubes, 4000+ reports and 28 integration touchpoints to the cloud
- Migrate 100 GB of data from legacy systems to Oracle Cloud
- Gain a bird-eye’s view of operations by incorporating dashboards
- Drive better insights from data, improved reporting, top-notch data security, governance and compliance
The Solution
Simplifying and automating the cloud infrastructure
Mastek optimized the client’s processes and data for efficiency and ease of use by:
Establishing governance with a CSI framework
Ensuring daily health checks
Streamlining the metadata update process
Defragmenting the database through Intelligent scripts
Proactive monitoring of OIC Jobs
Enhancing the Release Management process
The ERP Database was resized and reorganized to ensure minimal errors in the ERP and EPM Systems, and unplanned service interruptions were automated to reduce downtime up to 2x.
- Migrate 20 on-prem applications, 23 Essbase Cubes, 4000+ reports and 28 integration touchpoints to the cloud
- Migrate 100 GB of data from legacy systems to Oracle Cloud
- Gain a bird-eye’s view of operations by incorporating dashboards
- Drive better insights from data, improved reporting, top-notch data security, governance and compliance
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Client, XYZ Company
"Mastek are always very positive, always got great ideas, certainly ideas outside of the area in which they're just engaged upon. They add value in that respect."
– Stuart O’Hara
Head of Application Delivery, Morrisons
The Outcome
Higher efficiency with greater security
By simplifying and streamlining the client’s processes, and providing them with an ever-ready cloud infrastructure, Mastek freed up their resources to focus more on strategic business initiatives and cost-optimization efforts — thereby delivering significant reduction of IT costs.
Mastek’s solution also enabled the following:
Stabilizing of high volumes through proactive monitoring and predictive analysis of critical incidents, month on month
Accurate forecast of quarterly functional releases
On-time reporting of integration summary status, to enable accurate weekly financial reporting
~30% cost saving and 100 man-hour improvement due to streamlining of the review recognition process
Monthly saving of up to 200-man hours through automation of OIC integration and invoice coding; Potential monthly saving of an additional 100-man hours through Gratshare automation
Zero performance or memory-related errors through stabilization of the OIC environment
This has enabled the client to become a truly resilient digital enterprise with a robust IT infrastructure, optimized monitoring and management backup, efficient database administration, and comprehensive vulnerability and penetration testing.
Higher efficiency with greater security
By simplifying and streamlining the client’s processes, and providing them with an ever-ready cloud infrastructure, Mastek freed up their resources to focus more on strategic business initiatives and cost-optimization efforts — thereby delivering significant reduction of IT costs.
Mastek’s solution also enabled the following:
Stabilizing of high volumes through proactive monitoring and predictive analysis of critical incidents, month on month
Accurate forecast of quarterly functional releases
On-time reporting of integration summary status, to enable accurate weekly financial reporting
~30% cost saving and 100 man-hour improvement due to streamlining of the review recognition process
Monthly saving of up to 200-man hours through automation of OIC integration and invoice coding; Potential monthly saving of an additional 100-man hours through Gratshare automation
Zero performance or memory-related errors through stabilization of the OIC environment
This has enabled the client to become a truly resilient digital enterprise with a robust IT infrastructure, optimized monitoring and management backup, efficient database administration, and comprehensive vulnerability and penetration testing.
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