00 Industrial ERP / PLM migration

Data migration, rethought as a system.

MigQuest de-risks industrial PLM and ERP migrations through an audit of the real data, repeatable loads and object-by-object traceability, all the way to Go-Live.

Start with an audit→ See the methodology
SECTORSERP · PLM
PHASES5
TRACEABILITYObject by object
01 The real problem

It's not the target system that's the problem. It's the source data.

ERR_01

Documentation is incomplete or out of date.

ERR_02

Business rules are implicit, sometimes contradictory.

ERR_03

Years of history, with exceptions that were never handled.

ERR_04

Real data volumes are systematically underestimated.

ERR_05

Testing comes too late, on scopes that are too narrow.

ERR_06

Problems surface in production, when fixing them costs the most.

02 A different vision

A migration is not a fixed project. It's an execution system that understands, corrects and stabilizes data over time.

At MigQuest, execution is not the last step: it's the main learning mechanism. Every run reveals discrepancies and edge cases that no specification can anticipate. Complexity doesn't disappear, it gets mastered.

03 The methodology

Five phases, from data chaos to a controlled Go-Live.

01

Audit

Face the reality of the data and the information system. Extract, measure volumes, spot duplicates and edge cases.

Reality > assumptions
02

Build

Build a configurable, traceable and repeatable migration chain, designed as an industrial system.

System, not script
03

Run / Fix

Run on real scopes. Each run reveals discrepancies, which get corrected. We loop until stabilization.

Stabilize through execution
04

Dry Run

A complete dress rehearsal, at real volume, across the entire chain. Not a demo: a validation at scale.

Validate at scale
05

Go-Live

Going to production happens once everything has already been proven. A controlled step, with no late discoveries.

No surprises
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04 Where to start

Start by measuring the risk.

Before pricing the full migration, MigQuest profiles the real data, measures the volumes and surfaces the anomalies and business decisions that will drive the schedule.

See what the audit covers→
  • Risk map
  • Measured quality and volumes
  • Dependencies identified
  • Pilot plan
05 Traceability, in practice

Every object is tracked individually. No opaque batch.

A. Real-time tracking: status, PLM/ERP type and duration, record by record.

// MIGRATION_MONITOR DEMO RUN
sample data · last 9 · 26 450 processed
ID TYPE STATUS TIME
PART-001 PART REJECTED ·
BOM-044 BOM REJECTED ·
DOC-017 DOCUMENT OK 8ms
CO-089 CO REJECTED ·
MAT-007 MATERIAL RUNNING ·
PART-052 PART OK 11ms
BOM-051 BOM OK 29ms
CO-091 CO QUEUED ·
RTG-003 ROUTING OK 16ms
✓ 26 167 migrated ↻ 14 running ✕ 283 rejected Run/Fix · ERP + PLM

B. Reject analysis: qualified by type, with cause and replay.

06 Ecosystems we work in

Source and target systems.

Source or destination, the method is system-agnostic. Exact coverage of your estate is confirmed during the audit.

ERP
SAP ECCSAP S/4HANAIFS CloudDynamics 365Oracle ERPInfor M3
PLM
Windchill3DEXPERIENCETeamcenterENOVIAAras InnovatorArena PLM
07 Who it's for

Built for critical migrations.

Where stability matters more than apparent speed. Not suited to fast or simplified migrations.

Industrial ERP & PLMLegacy with long historyLarge volumesInterdependent domainsBusiness-critical data
08 Our principles

What guides every project.

  • 01Work from real data, not assumptions.
  • 02Prioritize execution over the promise.
  • 03Treat migration as a system, not a one-off project.
  • 04Guarantee traceability of processing and the ability to correct.
  • 05Make processes repeatable and controllable over time.
09 Who runs it

Expertise dedicated to the data workstream.

MigQuest works alongside your business teams and your target integrator to make the data migration measurable, repeatable and verifiable.

Steven Robillart FOUNDER OF MIGQUEST LinkedIn profile
// WHAT WE TAKE ON
  • 01Audit and qualification
  • 02Mapping and transformations
  • 03Repeated executions
  • 04Reject analysis and replay
  • 05Reconciliation
  • 06Cutover preparation
10 Let's talk

Every migration context is unique.

A single conversation is often enough to clarify the stakes, the constraints and the real risks of your project.

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