{"id":37367,"date":"2024-07-12T11:44:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=37367"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:43:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:43:14","slug":"major-construction-company-deploys-boomi-to-build-stable-data-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2024\/07\/12\/major-construction-company-deploys-boomi-to-build-stable-data-core\/","title":{"rendered":"Major construction company deploys Boomi to build stable data core"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>New Zealand\u2019s HEB Construction (HEB) uses Boomi to connect local operations and integrate into parent company\u2019s ERP modernisation, guarding its local capability, governance and AI readiness.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Top New Zealand construction company HEB has chosen Boomi to enable the delivery of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) modernisation project that ensures global alignment with its parent company, bolstered local governance and established a re-use philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1975, HEB is a major NZ construction player with 1,500 employees delivering road, rail, marine, land, and urban development projects nationwide. In 2015, HEB was acquired by VINCI Construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, HEB started the adoption of its parent company\u2019s ERP project, marking the first deployment outside of the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the ERP platform typically replaces all in-country systems, this was unsuitable for HEB due to the maturity of existing local technology investments and the regulatory frameworks under which it operates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith New Zealand\u2019s regulatory and functional requirements contrasting previously-deployed markets, it became clear a \u2018digital transplant\u2019 wouldn\u2019t be suitable \u2013 HEB required a different approach,\u201d said Mircel Van Der Walt, Enterprise Architect, HEB Construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead, my team considered a hybrid integration approach. This decision was driven not only by the necessity for a compliant governance system, but also by our imperative to uphold our existing expertise in local systems like HR. To ensure the new ERP would thrive in this unfamiliar environment, we realised HEB could only gain trust by innovating around a stable core.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HEB implemented Boomi\u2019s integration platform as a service (iPaaS) to establish hub and spoke integration patterns between its local applications, including payroll, timesheet, inventory management, and equipment maintenance systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adopting the ERP\u2019s data structure as its data standard, HEB mirrored its local patterns with the global ERP stack to form hub-to-hub connectivity. This approach established seamless communication between both companies and established re-usable integration patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite the ERP project\u2019s complexity, our \u2018slot\u2019 in the larger global rollout was kept to the same stringent 12-month timeframe. But with the Boomi Enterprise Platform, we had a tool that enabled us to deliver on time, plus create design interfaces that had reuse value \u2013 it can effectively replicate what we achieved in other parts of the world with similar local guardrails, regulations, and operational requirements,\u201d said Van Der Walt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HEB also implemented Boomi Master Data Hub (MDH) to deepen collaboration and precision. With MDH, HEB can comprehensively manage its digital assets through three abstracted layers: people, projects, and equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy establishing boundaries between the three data archetypes, ERP data accurately feeds through and lands where it should locally, and vice versa. For example, new hire information now pulls in our Boomi \u2018people\u2019 bucket and trickles up to the ERP when minimum data completeness is reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re becoming a digital centric business and not just a construction company that has data. This means we aren\u2019t just installing shiny new tech; we\u2019re giving systems meaning by connecting them around the stable enterprise data core. This is especially relevant to our AI plans, because you cannot have AI without IA (information architecture). With Boomi, we\u2019re now ready,\u201d said Van Der Walt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nathan Gower, Senior Director for Enterprise, APAC, Boomi, said: \u201cThis is a true representation of local innovation born out of a global company\u2019s recognition for unique requirements needed in-region. HEB used Boomi to create a crossbreed of top performing systems, and by doing so, established a mutual understanding that there are no camps \u2013 rather, both organisations used their respective systems and tools to create an integrated outcome serving a common goal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s HEB Construction (HEB) uses Boomi to connect local operations and integrate into parent company\u2019s ERP modernisation, guarding its local capability, governance and AI readiness. 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