Conagra Foods Sap Temperature Control Integration: Case Study
Conagra Foods Sap Temperature Control Integration: Case Study
Case Study
Temperature Control Integration
Solution Overview ConAgra Foods is in the process of the Integration & Operational Readiness
designing, developing, testing and Testing Support and Analysis – Load
Industry implementing a Temperature Control Tender, ROI, Order Status, Shipment
Retail/Commercial Food Integration Project for full implementation in Status and Customer ASN
Manufacturing 2003 and 2004. A similar integration
project for Dry Goods was implemented B.Analyst by ConAgra.
SCM Area
recently and the architecture developed for
Post-manufacturing Design – Weekly Accrual, Freight
distribution logistics the Dry Goods Project will be used as a
Allocation, Product Master, Customer
SAP, Manugistics, Red Prairie baseline for the Temperature Control
integration Master, Carrier Rates and Carrier
project. Earlier this year a combined team
AS400, Mainframe and Java Resources
of Business Unit and Information
The Analyst will conduct (JAD) sessions
Business Issue Technology personnel conducted a gap
to address Weekly Accrual, Freight
Merging of multiple, business unit- analysis in preparation for the
centric transportation and
Allocation, Product Master, Customer
business/technical analysis and design
warehousing organizations into an Master, Carrier Rates and Carrier
phase of the project. The technical
efficient, Integrated Logistics Resources. The “solutions” identified
organization, servicing the specifications that will be prepared during
during the JAD sessions will be used to
enterprise-wide finished goods the business/technical analysis and design
distribution needs. create Technical Specifications for the
phase will then be used to develop
software developers to use and for the
software and prepare for unit, integration
Solution basis of unit testing. The Technical
Provided functional transportation, and operational readiness testing and
Specifications will then be presented to
distribution, customer service, support.
inventory, and finance subject
the appropriate Business and Technical
matter experts and senior project personnel for approval.
leadership skills that managed the The Challenge Unit Test Plan – Weekly Accrual, Freight
solution implementation and rollout Allocation, Product Master, Customer
services over a three year period. The scope of this engagement is to
provide ConAgra with two (2) Analysts to Master, Carrier Rates and Carrier
Benefits provide business/technical analysis and Resources
Creating processes managing unit testing for the following components
transportation, distribution center
of the Temperature Control project: The Result
operations, streamlined customer
service functionality, and improved
supply chain visibility allowed the
The Encore team identified the
A.Analyst by ConAgra. deliverables to be achieved during that
client to restructure its entire
finished goods distribution network, Design – Load Tender, ROI Order Status particular month. These deliverables were
realizing $166M annual savings. The Analyst will conduct (JAD) sessions be based upon the planned JAD Sessions,
to address business and technical gaps Technical Specification Development, and
for Load Tender, ROI and Order Status. Unit Testing Tasks scheduled.
The “solutions” identified during the JAD
sessions will be used to create Technical Technical Specifications Packages from
Specifications for the software developers the JAD sessions:
to use and for the basis of unit testing. Consisted of the following components as
The Technical Specifications will then be defined by established ConAgra standards:
presented to the appropriate Business • Description of general architecture
and Technical personnel for approval. • Description of detailed architecture
Unit Test Plan – Load Tender, ROI, • Source record layout
Order Status, Shipment Status and • Data field descriptions
Customer ASN • Interim mapping characteristics and
The Analyst will develop a unit test plan, requisites
create test data and conduct the unit • Information design requisites
testing for Load Tender, ROI and Order • Target layouts
Status. The Analyst will also conduct
• Any special processing or exclusions
regression testing for Load Tender, ROI,
Order Status, Shipment Status and
Customer ASN.