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Cloud Migration£120KManufacturing / Optics

Carl Zeiss GmbH

SAP-to-Azure Migration

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Annual Savings

Timeline: 18 monthsTeam: 2 consultants

Summary

Designed Customer 360 analytics platform integrating SAP CRM/ERP with Azure Synapse, achieving 40% faster reporting and 50% reduction in manual data reconciliation.

The Challenge

Carl Zeiss had customer data spread across SAP CRM, SAP ERP, and multiple regional systems. Generating a unified customer view required manual reconciliation that took the analytics team days. SSIS-based ETL was slow, fragile, and impossible to maintain.

Our Solution

Designed a Customer360 architecture in Azure Synapse with automated migration from SSIS to cloud-native pipelines. Implemented a Landing Zone using Azure Synapse Pipelines with a customizable framework for ingesting complex unstructured files from SAP CRM and ERP systems.

Results & Impact

The numbers that mattered.

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Annual Savings

Cloud cost optimization and eliminated manual reconciliation

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Faster Reporting

From multi-day to same-day customer analytics

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Less Manual Work

Automated reconciliation replaced spreadsheet processes

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Customer View

Unified view across all SAP modules and regional systems

ARCHITECTURE

Data Architecture

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SAP Source Systems

SAP CRMSAP ERPRegional databasesFlat file exports
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Azure Data Platform

Azure SynapseData Factory pipelinesSQL PoolsStaging area
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Analytics & Reporting

Customer360 modelPower BI dashboardsSnowflake warehouseSelf-service analytics
PROCESS

How we delivered

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SAP Data Mapping

Mapped all SAP CRM and ERP data entities, relationships, and transformation rules for the Customer360 model.

SAP CRMSAP ERPData Modeling
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SSIS-to-Cloud Migration

Migrated legacy SSIS packages to Azure Synapse Pipelines with automated testing and validation.

Azure SynapseAzure Data Factory
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Landing Zone Framework

Built customizable ingestion framework for complex SAP extracts with automated schema detection.

Synapse PipelinesSQL Pools
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Customer360 Model

Designed star schema for unified customer view with SCD Type 2 for historical tracking.

Star SchemaSCD Type 2Snowflake
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BI & Analytics

Power BI dashboards for customer behavior, product trends, and regional performance analysis.

Power BIDAXRLS

Tech Stack

Azure SynapseSAP CRMSAP ERPAzure Data FactorySnowflakePower BISSIS MigrationSQL Pools
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“The Customer360 platform has given us unprecedented insight into our customer relationships across all regions. The Azure migration was seamless.”

Foli Josee

Product Owner, Carl Zeiss

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