Lloyds Banking Group, established in 2009, is a leading UK-based financial services group providing a wide range of banking and financial services, focused on personal and commercial customers. The Group includes a family of banks including household names like Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows.
PARTNERSHIP WITH VELOCITY• Migrate existing SAP e-Sourcing Application for multiple bank entities such as SAP AG
prepared to leave the hosting market for this application• Turn-key solution including infrastructure, SAP BASIS support and disaster recovery• Support on a client-requested accelerated migration timeframe to ensure continuity of service
for the bank
KEY BUSINESS OUTCOMES• Successful and smooth go live prior to the bank’s current contract termination date with SAP
AG• Supported the stringent security requirements of the bank • Provided the ability to upgrade to the latest revision of the e-Sourcing application as part of
the offer• Provided Database as a Service to support the database licensing requirements of the bank
Founded in 2001 and owned by Hexion Inc. and Hüttenes-Albertus, HA International (HAI) is a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the foundry industry, supplying North American foundries with a comprehensive range of products. With two plants located in Oregon, IL, and Toledo, OH, and a corporate office in Westmont, IL, the company has 130 employees and 100 SAP users.
PARTNERSHIP WITH VELOCITY• Velocity worked hand-in-hand with HAI’s executive leadership to evaluate its parent company’s
SAP platform and IT support solution, ultimately architecting a solution for a net new SAP implementation
• Velocity provided a turn-key solution to implement a modified, custom purchase order process including the licenses, implementation, hosting and managed services of SAP for HAI
KEY BUSINESS OUTCOMES• Thorough, 360-degree understanding of costs and profits by customer, product and plant• Implementation of an SAP platform always prepped for future migrations and upgrades• Easy access to stable and reliable 24/7/365 support• Optimized process across the organization, designed on Chemical Best Practices
