Client
Al Maousherji Catering Company | McDonald’s Kuwait
Industry
Food and Beverage
Overview
Accelerating Cloud Transformation with Zero Supply Chain Disruption
Al Maousherji Catering Company, the supply chain and catering partner supporting McDonald’s operations in Kuwait, needed to modernize its legacy ERP infrastructure without disrupting critical restaurant supply chain operations.
ITTI delivered an accelerated Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365FO) Cloud migration, enabling the organization to move from on-premise infrastructure to a scalable, Microsoft-managed cloud environment in just 3 months.
Business Challenges
- Legacy infrastructure constraints limiting scalability, agility and operational efficiency.
- Need for a rapid cloud migration with zero disruption to ongoing restaurant operations.
- Critical restaurant supply chain integrations had to remain operational throughout the transition.
- Requirement to migrate 2 years of operational data within a highly compressed timeline.
- Business-critical documents and receipts needed to be securely migrated and made accessible in the cloud.
The Solution: Accelerated D365FO Cloud Migration
ITTI executed a Lift & Shift migration to Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations Cloud, focusing on speed, continuity and minimal operational disruption.
Key components included:
- Migrated 1 legal entity and 2 years of operational data to D365FO Cloud.
- Leveraged Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS), Code Upgrade Service and Azure DevOps to accelerate migration and deployment activities.
- Migrated business documents and receipts to Azure Blob Storage for secure and scalable cloud storage.
- Re-engineered and validated the critical Material Request system to ensure uninterrupted supply chain operations.
- Performed comprehensive validation of migrated data, integrations and business processes to support a smooth transition.
Business Outcomes
- 3-Month Cloud Migration – Successfully completed the D365FO Cloud migration within just 3 months, significantly accelerating the organization’s cloud adoption journey.
- Zero Supply Chain Disruption – Maintained continuity of critical restaurant supply chain operations throughout the migration.
- Reduced IT Overhead – Moved away from legacy infrastructure, reducing the burden associated with on-premise infrastructure management and maintenance.
- Improved Operational Performance – Enhanced inventory processing and reporting performance through a modern cloud-based ERP environment.
- Scalable Cloud Foundation – Established a scalable, Microsoft-managed cloud platform capable of supporting future business growth and digital transformation initiatives.
Technology Landscape
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations | Microsoft LCS | Azure DevOps | Code Upgrade Service | Azure Blob Storage
Key Results at a Glance
- 3 Months — Cloud migration timeline
- 1 — Legal entity migrated
- 2 Years — Operational data migrated
- Zero — Supply chain operational disruption
