Success Stories

GAF Building Materials: PeopleSoft Rapid Travel and Expenses Implementation

Altivity Packaging: SAP Financials Data Conversion – Microsoft Technologies

Senco Products, Inc.: PeopleSoft Financials/SCM Integration with HighJump Warehouse Management System

PeopleSoft Rapid Travel and Expenses Implementation

Project Highlights

PeopleSoft: Travel and Expenses, Accounts Payable
On-time delivery of rapid implementation
Interface credit card data with Visa/JPMorgan Chase
Interface payment data to Citibank

Client – GAF Building Materials

GAF, an international, multi-billion dollar manufacturing company with over 50 manufacturing sites, acquired Elk Building Products in 2007. This resulted in a major undertaking to integrate Elk’s PeopleSoft 8.4 Financials/SCM system with GAF’s PeopleSoft 8.8 system. As a result of Luna Technology Group’s critical involvement with the successful post-acquisition systems integration, the client selected us to perform all technical work needed in the rapid implementation of their PeopleSoft 8.8 Travel and Expense application.

Business Challenge

Timeline. The client had a long list of interfaces and customizations, with only 4 weeks to complete all development and a crucial go-live date that could not be postponed.

The task list included:

Create an app engine to send reminder emails to employees for receipts due and to put employees on payment hold if receipts have not been received within 21 days.
Configure and customize functionality to load credit card data from Visa/JPMorgan Chase into PeopleSoft for My Wallet.
Develop custom ACH file to be used in AP payment cycle for electronic payment of expense payments through Citibank.
Force the use of the Hotel Wizard when entering hotel expenses.
Use JPMorgan Chase’s PaymentNet Tool for analysis, accounting, and download of employee credit card data.
Create custom process to handle payment and accounting of diversion and central travel expenses, including upload into AP.
Create custom inquiry page for auditor allowing expense reports to be searched by 12 different criteria.

Solution

With thorough planning, Luna Technology Group was able to apply the proper resource to the appropriate task in order to deliver the completed, functional product on time and within budget. All systems were converted and/or upgraded from legacy systems to PeopleSoft 8.8’s T&E package and is still supported today by Luna Technology Group.

SAP Financials Data Conversion – Microsoft Technologies

Project Highlights

Data conversion into SAP from legacy systems
Microsoft Technologies: SQL Server 2005, Business Intelligence Development Studio
Conversion data included GL, AP, AR, customers, and vendors

Client – Altivity Packaging

Through a multi-billion dollar merger of US packaging companies, Altivity was in need of converting client financials data from disparate legacy systems into SAP Financials. Data to be converted included GL, AP, AR, customers, and vendors.

Business Challenge

The primary challenges for the Altivity project were the structure and gathering of the legacy financial and customer/vendor data. The information was extremely inconsistent as the manufacturing plants functioned as separate entities and each had its own independent database. The new business model required that data be stored in one central system. Luna Technology Group interacted very closely with end users, business experts, and SAP technical resources to ensure that data would be converted successfully.

Solution

After extensive client interviews and the development of complex algorithms to map, translate, transform, and converge data, Luna Technology Group was able to consolidate client information with the help of Microsoft Technologies, including SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio. Luna Technology Group also created efficiencies by writing automated data cleansing programs that eliminated temporary employee head-count and offered substantial project savings; both financial and time line. This aided in the accurate and efficient conversion of GL, AP, AR, customer, and vendor data.

PeopleSoft Financials/SCM Integration with HighJump Warehouse Management System

Project Highlights

PeopleSoft : Inventory, Order Management, Customer Returns, Purchasing, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable
Integration with HighJump Warehouse Management System
Custom Integration Points: Production Receipts, RMA receipts, UPC data, Freight Charges
Delivered Integration Points: Purchase Order Receipts, Interunit Receipts, Order Release and Shipment Notifications, Item Sync, Inventory Transactions
Integration Broker, App Messaging, App Engine

Client – Senco Products, Inc.

As one of the leading major U.S. tool manufacturers, the client had purchased several PeopleSoft Financials/SCM modules, including Order Management, Inventory, and Purchasing. Another purchase was HighJump Software’s Warehouse Management System. The plan was to integrate PeopleSoft and HighJump to work seamlessly.

Business Challenge

This client had a lack of internal resources with extensive technical knowledge of PeopleSoft’s Integration Tools or functional knowledge of proper processes surrounding integration with HighJump.

Solution

Luna Technology Group led the client through all phases of the integration. After a comprehensive fit-gap analysis was performed, we engaged Senco and provided a road map to the PeopleSoft and HighJump integration functionality. This process helped them identify all desired business functions that were not satisfied with the delivered integration points. We performed all necessary configuration and designed and developed custom processes to handle the following business needs:

Production Receipts
RMA Receipts
UPC Data
Freight Charges

App Messaging, Integration Broker, and App Engine were the main PeopleSoft tools used for this integration process. The final solution was delivered to the client on time and under budget.