At Mindset, we center everything we do on the user experience—making people the heart of every SAP solution we build. When premium EV maker Lucid Motors faced the imminent shutdown of SAP’s CPI NEO environment, they turned to us to keep their business-critical interfaces running without a hitch.
The Challenge
- SAP NEO Deprecation: SAP’s announcement to retire the CPI NEO runtime put Lucid’s entire integration landscape at risk.
- Mission-Critical Interfaces: 65 iFlows supporting EDI, foreign trade, order management, reporting and e-commerce needed a seamless cutover.
- Resiliency Requirements: Lucid wanted automatic recovery from transient errors (network timeouts, service unavailability) to minimize manual firefighting.
Our Approach
Foundation on Cloud Foundry
We stood up a dedicated SAP BTP sub-account with dev/test/prod segregation, secure connectivity (Cloud Connector, VPNs, certificates) and role-based access.
Agile Delivery
A Scrum-based cadence with two-week sprints, daily stand-ups and monthly leadership reviews kept the migration on track and transparent.
Enterprise-Grade Error Handling
We designed a reusable retry iFlow pattern, parameterized for each interface’s needs, and integrated proactive alerting.
Governed Transport Management
A robust TMS and blanket Change Request process enabled controlled promotions across landscapes.
Comprehensive Testing & Cut-Over
Unit, end-to-end and UAT cycles with functional SMEs ensured zero surprises during a phased, minimal-downtime go-live.
Key Outcomes
- 100% Interface Migration: All 65 iFlows were designed, tested and deployed on Cloud Foundry—no critical processes left behind.
- Zero Downtime & Defects: Phased cut-overs and parallel run validations delivered a seamless transition, meeting Lucid’s uptime SLAs.
- Resilient Retry Logic: 49 interfaces now leverage a standardized retry framework—since go-live, not a single retry failure has occurred.
- Accelerated Lift-and-Shift: Using SAP’s open-source migration tool, we auto-converted 251 legacy artifacts—streamlining impact analysis and cleanup.
- Strong Hypercare Support: Only six minor incidents surfaced post-go-live, all resolved within SLA windows thanks to thorough documentation and runbooks.
Business Benefits & Next Steps
Business Continuity ahead of SAP’s NEO sunset, with no disruption to procurement, logistics, compliance or e-commerce.
Modern BTP Foundation ready for event-driven architectures (SAP Event Mesh), hyperscaler connections and DevOps pipelines.
Positioned for Innovation on SAP Business Technology Platform—unlocking DataSphere analytics, GRC, IoT integrations and AI services.
Predictable TCO with a managed-services support model ($60K/year), ensuring Lucid can focus on electrifying the future.
Conclusion
Ready to modernize your SAP integrations? Let’s talk about how Mindset can help you migrate with confidence—and build the resilience you need for tomorrow’s challenges.
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