Key Highlights:
- Microsoft helped Woolworths in migrating its SAP mission-critical applications and platforms.
- The project was comprised of transitioning over 20 SAP applications, 75 terabytes of data, 135 servers, and 435 application servers.
- The rival company Coles has also partnered with Relex to leverage the cloud-based AI platform to automate and forecast stock replenishment.
Woolworths has completely migrated to Microsoft Azure. The grocery giant had first announced these plans two years ago and now has completed the migration.
In the 8-month project, Microsoft helped Woolworths in migrating its SAP mission-critical applications and platforms. This included SAP ERP and SAP Cloud platform into Azure. The project was comprised of transitioning over 20 SAP applications, 75 terabytes of data, 135 servers, and 435 application servers which underpin the group’s retail business, supply chain, corporate finance, and enterprise support teams.
Microsoft helping Woolworth in SAP migration
Microsoft commented that Woolworths used SAP’s Near Zero Downtime service which resulted in a potential outage window being reduced from a few days to 17 hours. Additionally, Woolworths also redesigned the disaster recovery capability, compressed the size of its data by half, and upgraded the operating system and database.
John Hunt, the CIO of Woolworths, shared that this project sets the retailer beyond the ongoing modernization and its eventual plans to move to SAP S/4 HANA on Microsoft Azure. He added, “At Woolworths Group, we’re leveraging the cloud to drive innovation and improve speed to market. Our cloud transformation is a key enabler for delivering superior customer and team experiences across our stores and digital channels.”
Coles partners with Relex
The rival company Coles has also partnered with Relex to leverage the cloud-based AI platform to automate and forecast stock replenishment across the 931 liquor stores across the nation, in addition to 5 distribution centers that service its liquor brands.
It is the same tech that Coles has been using to replenish the fresh produce stock across more than 850 supermarkets nationally.
