AptarGroup decided to make the Chicago headquarters the centralized hub for software and hardware and the administration center for IT based services for the Group’s entire SAP environment. This required the migration of multiple systems from different locations and platforms to a unified environment in the Chicago data center. These activities, which involved the French, Italian, German and American offices, have led to a single, service-oriented information center enabling a reduction in management and maintenance costs and an optimization of internal and external services.
The project
To maximize success and minimize risk, AptarGroup engaged REALTECH to work with its own skilled IT team. REALTECH developed a comprehensive project plan that included technology consulting services and the application of proprietary software solutions.
The project was carried out by an international team consisting of six REALTECH consultants from the Italian, German, Spanish and American subsidiaries. Eight AptarGroup personnel took part in the project of whom five were employed fulltime while the other three were part-time.
REALTECH was responsible for all of the technical aspects of the project. The activities consisted of developing and executing the project plan, coordinating all of the resources involved, providing technology consulting services, and implementing proprietary software solutions.
Consulting services were provided both on-site and remotely. The REALTECH software solutions implemented are:
theGuard! ApplicationManager, theGuard! NetworkManager, theGuard! Helpdesk and theGuard! ServiceLevelAnalyzer, which enable AptarGroup to monitor and manage the new organization more efficiently.
About AptarGroup
AptarGroup is a world-leader in the dispensing and distribution systems industry – a niche area in the packaging field – and supplies large companies operating in the personal care, fragrance and cosmetics, pharmaceutical, household and food/beverage markets. AptarGroup has over 6,000 employees in 19 countries across the globe and is quoted on the New York Stock Exchange as ATR.
