Virtustream, the
enterprise-class cloud company and a Dell Technologies Business, today
announced that FMC Corporation has selected Virtustream to migrate and manage
its mission critical, global suite of SAP applications.
Philadelphia-based FMC provides solutions
to growers around the world with a portfolio of proprietary crop protection
products and a robust pipeline fueled by innovative discovery and development
capabilities in crop protection, plant health and professional pest and turf
maintenance solutions. FMC turned to Virtustream to complete a multi-year
effort to consolidate its infrastructure and migrate its SAP applications to a
new S/4HANA environment on Virtustream
Enterprise Cloud.
Due to multiple growth events including the
acquisition of DuPont's Crop Protection business, FMC is working with
Virtustream to design a solution that will integrate newly acquired IT assets
into its core business and consolidate multiple ERP systems. FMC is also
leveraging Virtustream's Managed Services, which brings deep SAP expertise into
each stage of their migration journey from planning to integration to
optimization, and from the infrastructure through to application management
level.
"We selected Virtustream because of the
company's extensive experience migrating and managing global enterprise-scale
workloads in the cloud. It was also important for us to find a cloud partner
who could keep up with our rapid project timeline, and who would work with us
every step of the way to ensure our success," said Dave Kotch, FMC Chief
Information Officer. "Our existing SAP applications were highly customized over
the last 20 years, which created a complex environment, so we were looking for a
partner capable of more than just a migration."
FMC has served the global agricultural,
industrial and consumer markets for more than a century, and uses advanced
technologies and customer-focused research and development to provide
innovative and cost-effective solutions to enhance crop yield and quality. As
FMC continues to grow, the company is implementing best practices and processes
that will expand the new cloud environment developed with Virtustream to
quickly accommodate additional innovations into its
operations.
"The most important industries in the world
rely on FMC to provide innovative agricultural solutions," said Rory Read, CEO,
Virtustream. "The complexity of their legacy systems combined with their rapid
growth and need to scale to keep pace with FMC's strategic initiatives requires
a cloud partner that understands how to navigate all of these parameters to
success. FMC's digital transformation work is impressive and will serve as a
solid foundation as they prepare for unparalleled growth, and we are pleased to
partner with them on this journey."
As a result of transforming its IT
operations, migrating mission critical applications to the cloud and
implementing a new SAP S/4HANA environment, FMC expects to realize significant
cost and time savings.