Grip on your data, even during an ERP migration

To safeguard that continuity, Aviko deployed Yres (part of Plainwater) as the central layer for all data integrations.

Thanks to this approach, data sources remained available, reports simply kept running and new systems could be connected without jeopardizing the continuity of existing processes. Especially during a migration, you want to avoid every change leading to new scripts, extra maintenance or unexpected disruptions.

To keep the data environment manageable, Aviko chose to deploy Yres as the central layer within the Microsoft Azure platform.

Instead of loose scripts and custom integrations, you manage data sources from a single environment. New sources are connected in a standardized way and existing integrations stay clear, even when the underlying systems change.

The result is one manageable data environment in which integrations, pipelines and data sources are set up centrally.

“We weren’t just looking for SAP knowledge, but also for a way to keep our data environment manageable during the migration.”

A future-proof data environment has to move with Aviko’s (IT) changes and wishes. New data sources, cloud applications and AI solutions must not keep adding complexity.

Yres makes it possible to connect data sources in a standardized way. That shortens the path from idea to application: the teams at Aviko get faster access to usable data, new technology can be integrated more easily and the organization stays future-proof when systems or needs change.

In this way Aviko is investing not only in a stable data environment, but in a platform that supports innovation in the long term.

An ERP migration doesn’t mean the organization’s need for information stops. During the project, existing reports remained in use while new requests came in from the business at the same time.

“The migration went on, but meanwhile the demand from the business kept coming. We simply had to keep delivering on that.”

By managing the data integrations centrally, changes to the new ERP landscape could be implemented while existing reports and data flows remained available to the organization.

The SAP migration wasn’t the end point, but the start of a new phase. After the migration too, systems change, new applications are added and new information needs arise.

With Yres, Aviko has a standardized Azure data environment in which new data sources, integrations and changes are managed from one central place. That keeps the data environment manageable, even as the organization continues to grow.

“You could actually say that Plainwater has become a long-term partner for us. Not just a supplier.”