The migration of Carver Korea’s SAP-based ERP system to Microsoft Azure, which is part of a broader strategic alliance between the two companies, was completed in a short span of two days.
In 2017, Unilever has expanded its global beauty business with the 2.27 billion euros ($2.71 billion) acquisition of Carver Korea, a fast-growing cosmetics company from South Korea. According to Unilever, Carver Korea was able to gain a strong foothold not only in the country but also in the world’s largest skincare market, North Asia, driven by the beauty company’s AHC brand of anti-ageing creams, moisturisers, and other skin products.
In the recent “Global K-Beauty Products Market Forecast 2021-2028” report by Reportlinker.com, which included Carver Korea, the global K-beauty products market is projected to register a CAGR of 9.79{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} over the forecasted period of 2021 to 2028. Increased demand for organic products, the surge in e-commerce and social media, extensive research and development, and the curiosity to try new and innovative products are some of the key drivers of the market’s forecasted growth.
To ensure that Carver Korea remains agile in a highly competitive market, the company has recently embarked on a business transformation journey in partnership with Cloud4C Services, an Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP) and one of the largest and trusted SAP partners. One of the key items in the major three-year deal was the migration of Carver’s SAP-based ERP core system to Azure, which has enabled the beauty company to perform a mission-critical, agile migration with minimal disruption.
Digital Transformation Journey with Cloud4C Services
One of the essential elements in the Carver Korea and Cloud4C Services digital transformation project was upgrading the specification of the company’s cloud architecture to support the cosmetics firm’s business requirements around rapidly increasing data consumption. In two days, Cloud4C successfully migrated Carver Korea’s ERP system to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, supporting Carver Korea’s operational and performance needs through customised SAP managed services.
Peter Seo, Cloud4C Korea Country Manager, shared that Cloud4C is committed to supporting Carver Korea’s business transformation needs. He explained:
“The COVID-19 outbreak has forced retailers across the world to realign and reconfigure their service offerings. At Cloud4C, we are focused on value creation and world-class delivery capability combined with a deep understanding of the customer’s business.”
“With our partnership with Carver Korea, Cloud4C will draw upon its significant track record and expertise in cost optimisation and global regulatory compliance adherence. Moving forward, we will continue to support them in their digital journey and we believe this will help Carver Korea gain an important advantage in the competitive beauty industry,” he added.
Under the contract, following the SAP ERP migration, Cloud4C will now focus on managing Carver Korea’s SAP system on Azure for three-years.
Cloud Milestones
Cloud4C recognises the partnership with Carver Korea as another important milestone in its journey to deliver cloud-managed services to accelerate enterprise digitalisation across industries.
In June, Cloud4C, a Microsoft Gold Partner, has received the SAP on Microsoft Azure Advanced Specialization certification– an extensive validation of a partner’s capability to deliver high-fidelity services on SAP on Azure. This recognition further elevated the status of Cloud4C as a global Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Service Provider (MSP), highlighting the company’s distinct capabilities for every customer’s business needs.
Earlier this year, Cloud4C has forged a new alliance with Google Cloud to build a Center of Excellence (CoE) following last year’s global Silver Partnership with SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE (the SNP Group) to accelerate enterprises’ adoption of SAP S/4HANA in the cloud. The CoE project underpinned by SAP and Anthos technologies became a natural progression for Cloud4C’s mission to deliver ‘Total Control of Cloud’ to enterprise customers embarking on digital transformation.
