IT Carve-Out with a medium-sized chemical group

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Composition of an independent IT-infrastructure

After takeover by interim management, teams and workstreams were restructured, and internal and external partners were transparently coordinated to achieve the objective. The result is a fully independent IT landscape with new hardware and software infrastructure, as well as modernized production and laboratory systems. The go-live took place one week ahead of schedule.

Company

Medium-sized chemical group manufacturing barium strontium mixtures for various end industries
> 500 employees worldwide and revenue of €350m
Three chemical plants in Germany , Mexico and Spain

Challenge

The company was sold to a new owner
IT carve-out project, initially managed externally, faced significant delays and risk of failure
New interim management appointed to ensure successful carve-out completion by the revised deadline

Goals

Establishment of a fully independent IT infrastructure as part of the carve-out
Implementation scope included a new ERP system, dedicated network, new hardware, standalone data center, and proprietary telephony solution
Project operated under a strict deadline due to unextendible Transition Service Agreement (TSA)

Measures

Project delivery improved by restructuring teams, defining new roles, and organizing workstreams
Oversight of internal teams and external partners to maintain alignment with milestones and objectives
Enhanced stakeholder management through increased transparency and proactive communication of key challenges
Initiated recruitment of future IT team while streamlining and consolidating existing infrastructure

Results

Development of a standalone network and server infrastructure, streamlined to 14 servers
Implementation of Microsoft Teams telephony, including integration of landline services. Migration and upgrade of production and laboratory systems to the latest versions
Rollout of new hardware across the organization, including printers, laptops, PCs, and phones
Independent IT infrastructure successfully launched one week ahead of the planned carve-out date