ilir
Inbound Logistics Infrastructure Renewal – Consolidation and modernization of the hardware and software infrastructure of 4 applications

Client: Worldwide leading automotive company - Department "Material Planning & Logistics" (MP&L)

Duration: October 2006 – June 2007

Software: Linux, Oracle 9i, SQL, PL/SQL, TOAD, imp, exp, tkprof, PVCS, SQLDeveloper, Java, Websphere, Web interfaces, JavaScript, Perl, Excel

Description: The ILIR project comprises the consolidation and modernization of the hardware and software infrastructure of 4 MP&L applications. Apart from switching to a common standard hardware, the software was upgraded to comply with the most recent customer standards. Parallel to the migration, a special emphasis was placed on re-structuring and unification of base constructs in the 4 applications, as well as to performance tuning on single application and integrated level.

Own tasks:
  • Responsibility for the technical part of the project plan, for effort and cost estimations, as well as for dimensioning the consolidated servers
  • Coordination of activities between the teams Application Development, IT Infrastructure, and Database Administration
  • Design and coordination of the integration and of the user acceptance tests
  • Migration of the 4 applications to Oracle 9i
  • Re-structuring and unification of concepts in the 4 applications (Schemas, Privileges, Tablespaces, Database Links, Tables, Constraints, Stored Procedures, etc.)
  • Re-structuring of the load and backup concepts
  • Improvements and enhancements on database level for compliance with the customer standards
  • Performance tuning on single application level and on integrated portfolio level