Success Story
Client: Ubisoft
Client Comments Client Background “Consultants are a necessary evil Founded in 1986 with North American offices in San Francisco and Montreal – Ubisoft and they typically just annoy me. is a global producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products. SpearMC brought us a unique blend With over six thousand employees worldwide, Ubisoft has quickly grown to become of talent across multiple disciplines the fourth largest independent video game publisher in the world. Some of Ubisoft’s including business process design, well-known titles include Assassin’s Creed, Shaun White Snowboarding, Tom Clan- systems configuration and application cy’s Rainbow Six, Splinter Cell, Avatar, Petz, Rayman, and Prince of Persia. development. They even helped us recruit a top-notch leader to manage Project Summary our support group. Most shocking, SpearMC was engaged by Ubisoft to complete a requirements analysis, fit-gap review the price was fair.” and re-implementation of PeopleSoft Financials and Supply Chain Management from Les Fondy, v8.0 to v9.0. The project also included migrating Ubisoft’s Canadian Operations from Vice President, MAS200 to PeopleSoft v9.0. Working toward an absolute go-live date, SpearMC and Information Technology Ubisoft successfully completed the upgrade on schedule in support of the upcoming Ubisoft holiday season. Applications Value Proposition • General Ledger / nVision PeopleSoft v8.0 was implemented in 2002 when Ubisoft’s revenue was less than 25% • Purchasing / eProcurement of 2009 revenue levels. Ubisoft realized that the current ERP platform was no longer • Accounts Payable able to keep up with business demands and that future growth would be hindered • Cash Management without world-class ERP systems. Significant issues existed with business processes • Order Management /Inventory not being documented and aligned with PeopleSoft or established best practices. • Billing /Accounts Receivable • Manufacturing /Cost Management Benefits Realized • Security Administration • System Efficiencies were obtained by upgrading to the latest release, and allowing • User Productivity Kit Developer v3.5 for ongoing support for current updates and fixes. In addition, upgrading the • PeopleSoft FMS/SCM v9.0 application, database and hardware platform also provided a scalable system that »» On Oracle 11i database meets Ubisoft’s long-term growth plans. Success Story
Client: Ubisoft
Client Comments Benefits Realized...continued “Consultants are a necessary evil • Improved Overall Accuracy through the quality of data by utilizing enhanced and they typically just annoy me. v9.0 functionality and by providing ongoing training to end users via the User SpearMC brought us a unique blend Productivity Kit. of talent across multiple disciplines • Business Processes are now in place that take advantage of best practices support- including business process design, ed by v9.0. A major initiative of the upgrade project was for IT and business users systems configuration and application to agree on best-practices that were supported by the latest version of PeopleSoft. development. They even helped us • Scalable and Supportable Systems are now able to support future growth of recruit a top-notch leader to manage Ubisoft’s core revenue channels. The upgrade allowed Ubisoft to make use of open our support group. Most shocking, source standards that integrate PeopleSoft v9.0 to other business critical applica- the price was fair.” tions such as Business Objects, Master Data Management and a new roll-out with Les Fondy, Ubisoft’s Digital Store distribution partner. Vice President, Information Technology Ubisoft Applications • General Ledger / nVision • Purchasing / eProcurement • Accounts Payable • Cash Management • Order Management /Inventory • Billing /Accounts Receivable • Manufacturing /Cost Management • Security Administration • User Productivity Kit Developer v3.5 • PeopleSoft FMS/SCM v9.0 »» On Oracle 11i database