Asia IT Competence Centre
- IT
- Head of Distribution IT
- Swatch Group
- 29361
Go Live : 2007
Results
Project delivered on-time and in budget
Objectives
Establish a competence center in Asia to facilitate the roll-out and support of Asian-Pacific (APAC)
countries on the central SAP ERP system
Scope
Sales and Distribution
Finance and Controlling
Customer Service
Challenges
Cultural differences
Find location with pool of IT talent
Travel convenience
Synergies with local IT
Solutions
Evaluation of potential existing locations
Retained SG Singapore as best location:
- Available offices and infrastructure
- Local hosting manager
- IT pool of talents
- Convenience to travel abroad (Visas, connections, etc..)
- Language advantage (english)
- Willingness from local management to be pilot implementation
Hire new IT specialists and training in HQ