Semiconductor Company Gets Seamless System Upgrade In Record Time PeopleSoft HCM system needed to be upgraded in 90 days • Astute performs upgrade along with required customizations without disrupting client operationsa

1. Background
Customer Requirements
Semiconductor Company
Gets Seamless System Upgrade In Record Time
• PeopleSoft HCM system
needed to be upgraded
in 90 days
• Astute performs upgrade
along with required
customizations without
disrupting client operations
a huge amount of data that needed to be
integrated into the new system. It also needed
a large number of customizations and required
the new system to integrate seamlessly with its
current third party application.
The challenge was to perform the required
upgrade concurrently with the customizations
and the development phases within the
required timeframe – without disrupting
Business-as-Usual.
• PeopleSoft HCM Upgrade from 8.8 to 9.0 in 90 days.
• Complete customizations of online and offline objects
• Design of new interfaces for integrating “eTrack” (a 3rd party application) data with
PeopleSoft HCM.
A global leader in semiconductors with
annual revenues of $2.5B was operating
under a tight deadline. It needed to
upgrade its PeopleSoft HCM 8.8 system to
PeopleSoft 9.0 within a short timeframe.
As the industry’s leading provider of
hardware system-on-a-chip and software
solutions to manufacturers of mobile
devices, computers and networking
equipment, the client understandably had

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Astute recommended its proprietary 90-
Day Accelerated Upgrade Methodology
which leveraged both its Onsite and
Offshore resources to:
• Deliver a low-cost PeopleSoft HCM
upgrade within the required timeframe.
• Integrate the data from the 3rd party
application, eTrack, into the PeopleSoft
system using AE and CI programs
• Apply complex customizations for
implementing PeopleSoft 9.0 features
and facilitating future upgrades
The client’s support systems made a
smooth transition to the upgraded system
with no downtime and no changes in the
user experience.
The whole upgrade process was done
efficiently and seamlessly within the
required timeframe.
This resulted in no losses for the client
due to downtime, as the upgrade was
performed without disrupting Business-as-
Usual.
Astute Solutions
Customer Benefits
About Astute Business Solutions
The client’s support
systems made a smooth
transition to the upgraded
system with no downtime
and no changes in the
user experience.
Astute is dedicated to providing innovative solutions that address our clients’ unique and
industry-specific pain points. We specialize in extending the out-of-the-box functionality of
enterprise applications using our seamless add-on solutions so our clients can be spared the
burden of messy and difficult-to-maintain customizations. Our unique combination of onsite,
offsite and offshore resources enable us to provide best-in-class service and support to our
clients at significant cost savings.