Webinar: Migrating a Live ERP to the Cloud with Zero Disruption (CIO, Elida Beauty) by OrbitalX Webinars

About This Webinar

Migrating a live ERP is one of the most consequential calls a tech leader makes. Get it wrong, and orders stop moving, finance can't close. Nine in ten CIOs have lived through a migration that went sideways — which is exactly why most teams still running on-premise Dynamics haven't moved, even though they know they should. Fear of disruption keeps them stuck.

Elida Beauty moved anyway. Carved out of Unilever and built lean, the company migrated its on-premise Business Central to the cloud under CIO Shannon Castle — zero disruption, zero lost days, and new capability shipping within the first week of cutover.

In 30 minutes, Shannon breaks down exactly how: the proof of concept that surfaced problems early, and the finance case that held with no overruns.

No horror stories. Just how it's actually done.

Agenda

What staying on-premise is really costing you Infrastructure you no longer have to manage — and Microsoft AI that finally reaches where your on-prem setup never could. Why an asset-light business saw the cloud not as a risk, but as the cheaper, safer bet.
Migrating a live ERP by maintaining business continuity (and what cloud will not fix on day one) The proof-of-concept method that surfaced the surprises early, how Elida split the heavy lifting with a specialist Microsoft partner, and an honest read on what a migration takes off your plate and what it does not.
From system of record to system of action What Elida could do inside the first week of cutover, and what a cloud Dynamics foundation keeps returning in the year that follows: business users building without waiting on developers, and a platform ready for the next move.

Shannon Castle

Chief Information Officer, Elida Beauty

More than 20 years in IT and the last five as CIO of Elida Beauty, the multi-brand beauty and personal care business carved out of Unilever in 2021 and now backed by Yellow Wood Partners. Shannon led Elida's move to a cloud-first, asset-light technology model and lived every part of the migration described here.

Nishanth Kumaran

Head of Presales and Solutions, Agilitz

Nishanth is the Head of Presales and Solutions at Agilitz, with deep experience in building consulting operations and customer success practices globally. He has overseen numerous transformation programmes focused on Microsoft Business Applications, empowering organisations to achieve value through strategic initiatives.

Anurag Sharma

Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer, Agilitz

Anurag is the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Agilitz, responsible for driving revenue growth and leading strategic customer engagements globally. He focuses on enabling business transformation by helping organisations envision strategies and translate them into structured execution, with initiatives across retail, consumer goods and manufacturing spanning ERP, Data and AI, Cloud, and SaaS solutions.