A leading FTSE-listed UK manufacturing organisation, operating at national scale and generating multi-billion-pound annual turnover, has successfully completed a business-critical System 21 Aurora transformation programme to support the legal and operational separation of a major business unit into a new standalone company.
The programme was delivered by Total e Solutions and focused on the end-to-end separation of an existing company into a new entity within System 21 Aurora running on IBMi, ensuring full operational continuity, data integrity, and auditability across the ERP estate.
A Mission-Critical System 21 Aurora Copy-Company Programme
The project centred on the creation of a new legal entity within System 21 Aurora running on IBMi for a large, high-volume operation. This was not a standard company copy exercise, but a strategic ERP separation with direct impact on live operations, financial reporting, and downstream business processes.
The scope required comprehensive analysis and execution across all impacted System 21 Aurora modules, with absolute precision demanded due to the scale of data volumes and the criticality of uninterrupted operations. Any failure in execution would have carried material operational and financial risk.
Deep System 21 Aurora Analysis and Design
Prior to development, detailed technical and functional evaluations were completed across the System 21 Aurora environment to define a robust, low-risk separation strategy.
This included identification of all affected data structures, transactional dependencies, and cross-company interactions to ensure the new company could operate independently while maintaining integrity within the original company.
This upfront analysis was essential to de-risk the separation and to define a repeatable, auditable execution approach aligned with enterprise governance standards.
Bespoke IBMi Development at Enterprise Scale
Given the complexity of the environment, the programme required bespoke IBMi development engineered specifically for System 21 Aurora.
Custom program suites were designed and built to extract and populate large volumes of master and transactional data into the new company, apply controlled residual updates to the original company, synchronise and process up to twenty System 21 Aurora data files concurrently, and apply real-time audit logging to every record processed.
Project-specific logical files were also created to optimise performance and ensure stable execution across high-volume data sets, providing full visibility and control throughout the separation process.
Controlled Testing, Performance Validation, and Live Readiness
All development and execution logic was validated within a controlled TEST environment before any live activity was permitted.
During testing, copy-company programs were monitored on an hourly basis within IBMi, analysed for execution time and system load, refined iteratively to eliminate performance risk, and used to produce accurate live-execution timing estimates.
Only once the full process had been proven, rehearsed, and formally signed off was the solution promoted to the live System 21 Aurora environment.
Live System 21 Aurora Execution with Zero Disruption
The live separation was executed strictly in line with the validated TEST procedures and agreed data-cut timelines.
Through disciplined execution and performance-driven control, the programme achieved the safe creation of a fully operational standalone company, preservation of data integrity across both entities, zero unplanned disruption to live operations, and full auditability of all System 21 Aurora data movements.
This enabled the organisation to proceed with its wider strategic and legal restructuring objectives without compromising operational stability.
Specialist System 21 Aurora and IBMi Delivery Capability
System 21 Aurora copy-company separations at this scale are rare, high-risk, and technically demanding, particularly within large publicly listed manufacturing organisations.
This delivery reinforces Total e Solutions’ position as a specialist provider of System 21 Aurora and IBMi development services, trusted to execute complex ERP change programmes where failure is not an option.
Enabling Strategic Change Through System 21 Aurora
For enterprise organisations, System 21 Aurora sits at the core of financial control, operational execution, and regulatory compliance.
By delivering this programme safely and predictably, Total e Solutions enabled the client to progress a major structural change with confidence, supported by deep System 21 Aurora expertise and proven IBMi execution discipline
