Case Studies
Our library of customer case studies focuses on insights, advice, and best practices. The featured case studies highlight how customers are using SAP solutions to streamline business processes, reduce errors, increase ROI, automate workflows, and more.
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Increasing Transparency & Efficiency
Sprawling multinational drug company Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) needed a way to centrally monitor its core enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The company had been using a manual method to track its financial and operational activities and related controls. But to increase transparency and efficiency, Lilly decided to implement SAP Process Control to automate…
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Photonics Manufacturer Transformed Its Financial Operations
On a mission of “enabling the future through light,” Excelitas Technologies Corp. is a global technology leader focused on manufacturing photonics components. To support the company’s heavy acquisition strategy, Excelitas needed to embrace the 21st century, says Vice President for Global Business Services Robert Ersoni, by addressing the organization’s greatest challenge — integration. Excelitas needed…
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Reducing Closing Time and Increasing Data Quality at KMD
Newly acquired companies often face roadblocks in consolidating their financial and accounting operations with their new parent company’s systems. Streamlining financial closing processes, addressing inefficiencies, and automating time-intensive activities with cloud technology can help acquired companies plan for an orderly, smooth transition. One of the largest IT firms in Denmark, KMD, an NEC Company, proved…
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New Security Platform at Lundbeck Helps Ensure Business Continuity and Eliminate Risk of Fraud
As one of the most highly regulated industries, the pharmaceutical industry takes an aggressive approach to supply chain risk management. Employing a global security system that supports access governance and authorization areas is critical in preventing fraud and maintaining business continuity. A case study on Lundbeck, a biopharmaceutical company based in Copenhagen, details how it…
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Automating Closing Processes at The Comfort Group
The financial closing process at many companies can be manual, inconsistent, and inefficient, which leads to lagging financial data and the inability to be a forward-thinking business. There are ways through technology and process improvements to create more effective financial closing. A leader in the Australasian bedding market, The Comfort Group, proved that possibility with…
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An International Beverage Company’s Roadmap to a Solid Foundation Using SAP Solution Extensions by BlackLine
A large global beverage company needed to ensure its software systems were depend¬able, automated, and properly integrated to support its plans for sustained growth. With a focus on business transformation, the company decided to hone in on its record-to-report process, which included journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting and analytics, forecasting, and budgeting. The…
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Delivering New Savings in Robin Hood Country
Local government plays a vital community role at all times, but especially in times like the pandemic. The United Kingdom’s Nottinghamshire county council serves over 70,000 citizens and uses technology to help meet the community’s shifting needs. Since 2011 SAP has served as the core platform for Nottinghamshire County Council’s finance management, an essential piece…
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Thames Water: Platform Approach Ensures Innovation Flows
As the supplier of 2.6 billion liters of water per day to the United Kingdom’s capital and the counties that surround London, Thames Water not only has to sate the thirst of one of Europe’s largest conurbations; the business is also dealing with the challenges of water scarcity. With major population growth and now climate…
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How Endress+Hauser Is Creating a Simpler Business by Making Integration a Strategic Imperative
As SAP customers today begin to look more strategically at integration, some are creating centers of excellence dedicated to integration priorities. This case study reveals how one such organization, Endress+Hauser, formed a competency center that focused all the company’s resources and skills around applications integration in one place. Learn how the business moved its integration…
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Data Warehouse Overhaul Helps Helvetia Simplify Reporting and Analytics for HR — to Start
Data warehouses serve as a central repository for information coming from multiple internal and external sources, enabling businesses to perform reporting and analytics and turn data into insights. For a company like Helvetia Group, which has been insuring products ranging from private and occupational pensions to liability, motor vehicle, transport, and property insurance for more…
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