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Technical IT-Infrastructure for R/2 - R/3 Big Bang @ Boehringer Ingelheim

Technical IT-Infrastructure for R/2 - R/3 Big Bang @ Boehringer Ingelheim. Who we are IT Infrastructure and R/3 Basic Components Be prepared for Big Bang. Who we are. International corporation present in more than 60 countries Mainly Pharmaceutical Products About 27,000 employees in 2000

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Technical IT-Infrastructure for R/2 - R/3 Big Bang @ Boehringer Ingelheim

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  1. Technical IT-Infrastructure forR/2 - R/3 Big Bang @ Boehringer Ingelheim Who we are IT Infrastructure and R/3 Basic Components Be prepared for Big Bang

  2. Who we are • International corporation present in more than 60 countries • Mainly Pharmaceutical Products • About 27,000employees in 2000 • Locations in Germany • Biberach an der Riß and Ingelheim am Rhein • About 7,500 employees • Research, development, medical,production, sales and administration www.boehringer-ingelheim.com www.boehringer-ingelheim.de

  3. Requirements for Big Bang • Migration from: • SAP R2 • Individual programs for production planning • Individual program for warehouse management • Several interfaces to other systems • to: • One SAP R/3 System:Integrated Boehringer-Ingelheim System 1st of November 2000 • Fulfil the requirements of “FDA” oncomputer validation

  4. R/3 Modules

  5. Server Sizing Development Qualification(User) ProductionSystem Sandbox 2 * L1000/1MCSG Cluster,.5 GB Mem each50 GB Disc 2 * K370/3MCSG Cluster,1.7 GB Mem each, 260 GB Disc Space 1 * N4000/54.0 GB Mem.860 GB Disc Space 2 * N4000/6 MCSG Cluster, 4.5 GB Mem each, 270 GB Disc Space + Mirror in second Data Center6 * Application Server K-Class and L-Class, 3 GB Mem. each Transport EUROTesting Testing(Programmers) Training N4000/2.4.0 GB Mem 270 GB Disc Running onQualification System Running on Qualification System

  6. Disc Subsystem HP - XP256 Discs (Hitachi) XP 256 Sandbox System Storage Area Network (2 Brocade Switches) HP-UX Computer Production System Test and Training Systems

  7. Network and Data Backup Data Backup Server R/3 private Network IP: 230 Gbit/s ... R/3 public Network IP: 194 100 Mbit/s DB Server Application Server Router Company Backbone Network

  8. Business Continuation Planning Uninterruptable Power Supply Access Control two different buildings Computer Room 1 Computer Room 2 XP 256 XP 256 SAN DB SRV DB BCK TSM TSM LAN

  9. Big Bang’s Technical Risks • Technical risks: • Performance - Test Performance • Program Errors - Do software quality assurance • HW Instability - Partner • Users don’t know how to handle - Key users • Business Process doesn’t fit to SW Solution - verify your business processes (quality) • Business risks: • Supply Chain - only short term precaution • Not being able to accept orders from customers • Not being able to deliver goods

  10. Customizing and Developmentincl. Computer Validation Development processes Quality assurance Business processes Operational qualification Acceptance Testfunctional qualification User Requirement System Specification System and Integration Tests Program Code Code Review

  11. Performance • We didn’t do a full performance test with a large number of users or simulating users ! • Identify the business critical transactions • Test those by key users and verify the usage of system resources and expensive SQL statements • Check your job-network • In case of performance problems:only the performance approved transactions are allowed

  12. RA RM-LVS RF RM-MAT RK R/2 RM-INST B I G - B AN G Release 5.0e ( PSAP ) RM-PPS RV AM WM FI CO MM R/3 PM EIS Release 4.5b SAPGUI 4.6b( BIP ) PP SD PP- PI QM EH&S BIPLUSS DBM LAV Preparation Migration Productive 04.10. 2000 27.10. 2000 beginning 06.11.2000 Migration

  13. SAP - User (2.000) User- administration (ca. 50) 5 Call CenterUsers Dept. Key users (ca. 100) Technical SupportandPerfor-mance 1st Level IS - BWA (ca. 70) Contact Person / Programmer / Managing Access rights SAP Basis (ca. 15) 2ndLevel IT Infrastructure SAP HP Additional partners 3rd Level Helpdesk for the first days

  14. Many Thanks to ourConsultant Partners IT Infrastructure and “Basic Components” Support • HPHardware (Server, Disk, SAN, ...) and Operating System,Installation SAP R/3 Kernel, Performance • IT Beratung Michael KauthHardware and Solution Provider independent Consultant for R/3 “Basic Components” and technical Issues (over all) • SAP Server Sizing, Installation and Support for R/3 Kernel and“Basic Components”, Support for Big Bang • Tivoli / IBMData Backup and Recovery

  15. Next Steps • Supporting other European Boehringer-Ingelheim companies • Starting with my.SAP.com in 2001: • SEM June 2001 • APO planned in 2001 • BW planned in 2001

  16. R/3 Big Bang @ Boehringer Ingelheim • Who we are • IT Infrastructure and R/3 Basic Components • Be prepared for Big Bang Peter Semmel Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG A Informationsverarbeitung Binger Straße 173 D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein Germany Phone +49 (0) 6132 -77-4177 Fax +49 (0) 6132 -72-4177 E-mail: mailto:peter.semmel@ing.boehringer-ingelheim.com Web: http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com

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