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Case Study

The challenge

ERP upgrade – preparation for migration from version 4.6c to mySAP ERP 2004 and deployment of SAP Business

Warehouse and CRM applications in the medium term

Modernization of hardware landscape – system enhancement to meet the need to improve performance and

storage resources

Future-driven investment – deployment of a future-safe solution for optimal flexibility and agility

World’s largest manufacturer of school bags deploys Dynamic IT infrastructure solution

FlexFrame for SAP carries the day

for Sternjakob

» FlexFrame for SAP from Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a

flexible, high-performance, scalable solution based on anoptimal combination of standard components. «Günter Beres, IT Manager, Alfred Sternjakob GmbH & Co. KG, Frankenthal

The solution

With the FlexFrame for SAP infrastructure solution,

Alfred Sternjakob GmbH & Co. KG is ideally equipped to

accommodate dynamic growth with demand-based IT.

The employees of this leading manufacturer of school bags,

rucksacks and luggage now benefit from complete

modernization of the IT platform and virtualization

of the ERP application.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers and IT service provider IS4IT

delivered the necessary technical support. The deployment

of FlexFrame™ for SAP® gives Sternjakob a secure and

scalable basic infrastructure to support high-performance

availability of SAP services.

Established in 1934, Alfred Sternjakob GmbH & Co. KG is a leading international manufactur-

er of school bags, rucksacks and high-quality luggage. Based in Frankenthal, Germany, Sternjakob

is a typical medium-sized company and has 143 employees. In addition to Scout, the world’s

leading name in lightweight school bags, the company’s brands include 4YOU and HARDWARE as

well as its trend-setting logstoff.com, Quer and Fastbreak brands. More at: www.sternjakob.de

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The project

When it came time for Alfred Sternjakob GmbH & Co. KG to upgrade to the next release of the SAP solutions thecompany had been using, management and the IT department wanted to make the right investment. One option was

to accept the high cost of upgrading the system in place and the risk of having to upgrade again in two or three

years. On the other hand, another possibility was to modernize the entire hardware landscape and at the same time

take advantage of the opportunity to deploy new technology such as, for example, virtualization. The company’s deci-

sion-makers finally opted in favor of an innovative infrastructure solution and decided to deploy FlexFrame for SAP

from Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Steep, an SAP system integrator, and IS4IT, a company that specializes in implemen-

tation, convinced Sternjakob decision-makers of the considerable benefits of the solution. Sternjakob’s decision-makers

were impressed not only by the functionality and price of the proposed solution, but also by the ease of operation

and the reduction in administration costs this would mean For Dieter Liebler, Managing Director of Alfred Sternjakob

GmbH, the latter aspect represented a compelling argument: “Our goal is dynamic growth. The potential savings that

FlexFrame for SAP offers, especially as regards administration costs, will enable us to grow 20 to 30 percent withouthaving to hire new IT personnel.” As a result, the same four-man team is now handling the entire Sternjakob IT

system for a total of 104 ERP users, including employees of two sister companies, Steinmann and Kottek. IS4IT han-

dled the installation of the new IT high-availability infrastructure, which offers greater flexibility and improved data

protection, as well as production deployment of mySAP ERP 2004 and implementation of SAP Business Warehouse.

Project partner

Contact

Solution components

FlexFrame™ for SAP® 3.2B

Solution consisting of 

6 PRIMERGY RX300 S2s, 2 PRIMERGY RX300

S3s, NetApp 3020 MetroCluster

Operating system: Suse Linux Version 9ERP software after release change from

SAP R/3 4.6c to mySAP ERP 2004

Customer benefits

Flexible IT infrastructure to provide optimal

support for future growth

High-availability ERP applications

Improved data security

Scalability and investment securityMinimum maintenance

Reduced administration and operating costs

A record of success

IT Manager Günter Beres recalls the start-up phase, when he and his team wondered how much performance the

ERP version would actually require. But the uncertainty as regards the “big unknown” turned out to be unfounded

once the system went into production, and Günter Beres reports: “It quickly became obvious that we wouldn’t have

any performance bottlenecks with FlexFrame for SAP and that the new infrastructure would give our users very short

response times.” For Sternjakob GmbH, the big advantage lies not only in the virtualization of applications, but

also in the fact that the application environment can be expanded at any time. In addition, FlexFrame for SAP gives

Sternjakob long-term planning certainty. The company can now look forward to dynamic growth with the confidence

that comes with being well prepared. After all, the company’s IT resources can be scaled as a function of needs, and

new applications can be integrated without major expense. And, finally, the company’s IT investment is protected

since the system requires so little maintenance, which reduces administration and operating costs.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH,Mies-van-der-Rohe-Strasse 8, D-80807 Munich,Phone +49(0)8962060-0www.fujitsu-siemens.com/casestudies

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