Xerox Connect partners with Patni for its Oracle Financials 11i implementation

The Challenge The Solution The Benefits

The Client

The Challenge

The client's key objective was to implement Oracle Financials 11i application suite to facilitate end-to-end consolidation across its operations, as also to facilitate uniformity in the financial systems across Xerox Corporation. Patni was selected for its qualified consulting expertise and its capability to ensure end-toned ownership of the implementation phases and project management.

Patni's challenge on the project was to help the client achieve:

	Tighter integration within financial applications
	Tighter and easier integration with systems at Xerox Corp
	Single business view within Xerox Connect
	Scalable, rock-solid ERP infrastructure
	Alignment with future plans and expansions
	Better and faster service to customers

The Solution

	Diversified service offerings and proven skills including product installation, implementation and customization, application development, database administration, ERP-implementation project management, and maintenance & support
	Implemented Oracle Financials using the new Chart of Accounts
	Migrated 6 years of history data to the new system with to-the-penny reconciliation, without sacrificing time or performance benefits, while maintaining the schedule
	Ensured minimum impact to current business processes
	Ensured support of existing interfaces to third party applications
	Facilitated faster month closure
	Ensured a scalable implementation
	More than 100 AIM documents generated throughout the implementation, enabling smooth transition to the client's IT team
	More than 3.5 million legacy records moved to Oracle Financials within a month with to-the-penny reconciliation
	All reports retained with same look and feel as the legacy report ensuring end-users comfort to the new system
	Very Close mapping of business processes to the legacy process to facilitate end-users migrating to the new system
	Highly productive offshore team delivered all custom reports and more than 80 Financial Statements within a rapid turn-around time
	Complete database maintenance and patch management owned by the Patni Team
	End-to-end responsibility of project management with the Patni Team

	Oracle 8i, developer 6i
	Oracle Financials Suite 11.5.5

The Benefits

	Increased cost-benefit with effective use of the onsite-offshore model
	Best practices and methodologies adopted for a mutually beneficial relationship
	Single vendor expertise of Patni with end-to-end responsibility of, both, functional and technical domains enabled the client to concentrate on business improvement and on leveraging the new implementation
	Client freed from bug-fixing and product-defect-corrections, with Patni's reliable Oracle Support
	Emphasis on rationalizing of records, customer lists, vendor and other information through suitable processes eliminated redundancies early in the conversion life cycle
	Assured simplified instance of integrating with Xerox Corporation
	Delivery adhered to stringent deadlines enabling the client to GO LIVE on time
	Focus on providing long-term solutions during the implementation resulted in 100% system stability, without a single instance of crash or system failure, even after a year of going live.