Panzani had about nine months to prepare, setting up his own SAP information system to take over from Ebro. “We had several imperatives as part of our carve-out: to gain our independence as quickly as possible, while securing the execution of our information system and minimizing business impacts,” says Seimandi.
These challenges go beyond the SAP world, as Panzani also needs to migrate other business applications and set up its own IT infrastructure. “All of this work has been very busy for our CIO. In addition, we have to deal with cross-border and reciprocal ASD, with Panzani providing certain services on behalf of Ebro, particularly in the logistics sector. This has added complexity to our carve-out. We quickly realized that we could not achieve this without the help of a trusted partner, able to contribute its expertise in multiple sectors.” Panzani opts for a recognized actor, the TeamWork Group, able to accompany it from formalization to the execution of the exit plan.
“Application Transition Service Agreements (TSA) were defined in the third quarter of 2021,” said Norbert Seimandi, CIO of the Panzani Group. As of 31/12/2021, the two entities were still co-located in the same SAP system. “One of the challenges we faced in making this carve-out a success was to ensure the separation of systems quickly.”