Situation
GridSource is a leading utility contractor that specializes in infrastructure solutions for the telecom and gas industries. GridSource is 100% private equity owned and is focused on growth driven initiatives.
Challenge
- Multiple entities were part of a private equity acquisition planning to consolidate operations.
- As part of this new consolidated entity, a system implementation was required.
- Each legal entity had its own system, its own chart of accounts, and its own dimensions in which measures performance (class, geography, department, etc.).
- The team had difficulty getting all the data from disparate systems into one spot, where it could map all information into a new mapping pre-implementation.
Action
- Connected to each entity’s ERP, to access data and run through BUCS end-to-end data management platform.
- Consolidated data in identical data structures across all entities, allowing analysts to map different sets of data to the new system.
- Calculated proper account balances at the class, department, business line level to upload into new system, making it an easier implementation.
Result
1 Month
increase in timing to implement the new ERP, additionally hours of manual time cleansing data in Excel files eliminated
BUCS was instrumental for us as we worked to consolidate three legacy systems into one consolidated NetSuite implementation. Their ability to pull data across systems and combine everything into one useful data source made consolidation a breeze as we made the transition to NetSuite. Additionally, their customer service is top notch. They consistently adapt and respond to our ever-changing data needs.
Jonathan Cooley
FP&A Manager