Case Study
Rescuing a Mission-Critical SAP-to-NAXT 365 ERP Transformation in Just Four Months
Customer Overview
GECOLSA is one of Colombia's leading distributors of heavy equipment, machinery, power systems, and aftermarket services. Operating across multiple legal entities, the organization supports complex sales, service, inventory, finance, and supply chain operations throughout the country.
As part of its digital transformation strategy, GECOLSA embarked on a migration from SAP to NAXT 365. However, after nearly two years of implementation, the project had stalled. The implementation partner had withdrawn due to the complexity of the engagement, leaving the customer just four months away from its planned go-live with an incomplete migration program.
The Challenge
By the time LGSTech was engaged, the ERP implementation had become a high-risk rescue project.
The organization faced several critical challenges:
Nearly two years of implementation delays with limited migration progress
Previous implementation partner exited the project due to its complexity
Only four months remained before the committed go-live date
Migration from SAP to NAXT 365 across multiple legal entities
More than 130 business-critical data entities requiring migration
Legacy business data stored in SQL databases with varying structures and quality
Spanish-language implementation requiring localized business processes and data handling
Business requirements continued to evolve, increasing migration scope during execution
The customer needed a partner capable of rapidly assessing the existing environment, recovering the migration program, and delivering a reliable data foundation without delaying the ERP deployment further.
The Solution
LGSTech began the engagement with a comprehensive discovery and migration assessment to evaluate the existing implementation, understand legacy SQL data structures, identify data quality issues, and determine the work required to recover the project.
Using LGSTech's data migration solution, the team established an automated migration framework that accelerated data extraction, transformation, validation, and loading while reducing manual effort and migration risk.
The engagement included:
Comprehensive migration discovery and assessment
Automated extraction from legacy SQL databases
Data cleansing, profiling, and transformation
Migration of more than 130 data entities
Cross-entity dependency management
Multi-legal entity migration planning and execution
Automated validation and reconciliation
Iterative migration testing and business verification
Controlled management of increasing project scope throughout the engagement
The automation-led approach enabled rapid execution while maintaining data quality, governance, and business continuity.
The Results
Despite inheriting a stalled implementation with a highly compressed timeline, LGSTech successfully stabilized the migration program and enabled the customer to move forward with its planned ERP deployment.
Business Outcomes
Rescued a stalled ERP implementation after nearly two years of delays
Executed the migration program within the remaining four-month go-live window
Successfully migrated 130+ business-critical data entities
Supported migration across multiple legal entities
Accommodated expanding project scope without disrupting delivery timelines
Improved data quality through automated validation and reconciliation
Reduced migration risk and restored confidence in the ERP transformation program
Why LGSTech
Large-scale ERP transformations often succeed or fail based on the quality and execution of the data migration strategy. Rescue projects, in particular, demand rapid assessment, deep migration expertise, and proven automation capabilities.
By combining a structured migration methodology with LGSTech's data migration solution, the team successfully recovered a complex SAP-to-NAXT 365 implementation, delivering a reliable migration foundation within an aggressive four-month timeframe.
At a glance
Project Snapshot
Key engagement details, scope, and delivery context.
| Customer | GECOLSA |
|---|---|
| Industry | Heavy Equipment Distribution |
| Source ERP | SAP |
| Target ERP | NAXT 365 |
| Migration Scope | 130+ Data Entities |
| Legacy Database | SQL Server |
| Legal Entities | Multiple |
| Language | Spanish |
| Project Type | ERP Migration Rescue |
| Engagement Timeline | 4 Months Before Planned Go-Live |
| Solution | LGSTech's Data Migration Solution |