A global engineering-led construction and mining company with 50,000 employees across more than 20 countries engaged NRI to modernise and simplify its complex ERP environment. Years of acquisition-driven growth had resulted in multiple ERP systems, ageing infrastructure, and rising operational costs.
The organisation sought a secure, scalable and cost-efficient cloud model to improve performance, data sovereignty and user experience.
Opportunity
The client relies on Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (JDE) and BI solutions (OBIEE and Hyperion Planning) to support core financial operations across numerous entities.
However, the legacy on-premise environment lacked scalability, was costly to maintain and made supporting a large remote workforce increasingly difficult. The business initiated a rationalisation program with objectives to:
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- Transition to a cloud-based deployment with global scalability
- Strengthen data sovereignty and improve security
- Enhance system performance and end-user experience
- Reduce total cost of ownership over five years
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Solution
As a long-term strategic partner, NRI designed a comprehensive transformation program comprising managed services, cloud migration and platform innovation.
1. Stabilisation and Managed Service
NRI first established a structured Managed Service to stabilise and govern the existing JDE and BI environment. This included improved operational oversight, security controls, SLA-driven support and platform reliability.
2. Migration to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Building on this foundation, NRI executed a phased migration of the ERP ecosystem to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Key outcomes included:
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- Deployment of JDE across global operations on OCI
- Adoption of Oracle PaaS and IaaS to provide a complete cloud ecosystem
- Transformation from legacy infrastructure to a next-generation consumption-based service model
- Improved security, scalability, global accessibility and performance
- Significant reduction in total cost of ownership
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3. Ongoing Innovation – Integration Platform Modernisation
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- Following the OCI migration, NRI continued delivering innovation services to support the client’s integration and operational requirements.
- NRI implemented Oracle SOA Cloud Service as the enterprise integration platform.
- When SOA Cloud Service reached end-of-life, NRI seamlessly migrated the platform to Oracle SOA Marketplace.
- The transition included extensive regression and integration testing, ensuring zero disruption to business operations.
- The new integration layer improved reliability, security and lifecycle support.
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Outcomes
The combined program delivered a modern, secure and scalable ERP environment underpinned by NRI’s managed services. Benefits included:
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- A fully scalable, globally accessible OCI platform.
- Stronger security posture through proactive monitoring and patching.
- Improved system performance, availability and resilience.
- Lower operating costs via a consumption-based commercial model.
- Simplified IT landscape and centralised governance.
- Full business continuity supported by OCI-based disaster recovery.
- Ongoing platform innovation through lifecycle-aligned integration services.
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Our client now operates a streamlined ERP model deployed on Oracle’ modern cloud infrastructure platform delivering sustained cost efficiencies, enhanced user experience and a secure foundation for future digital transformation.
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