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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    Jabil Deploys UI Masking

    Reading time: 4 mins

    The proliferation of data privacy regulations and laws, such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), has prompted organizations to beef up their data privacy and protection. One way to protect data without the inconvenience of encryption is data masking or user interface (UI) masking. One…

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    Centralizing User Access Management

    Reading time: 4 mins

    A global tools and storage company that generates $14.5B in annual revenue and employs more than 10,000 workers worldwide had more than 100 enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems to handle. To get a grip on this sprawl, the company decided to optimize its IT environment with a plan that included a migration of its financial…

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    Re-Imagining the Sales Approach

    Reading time: 5 mins

    During the COVID-19 pandemic that forced many companies to re-imagine how they did business, Dallas-based GDT, a provider of IT infrastructure — upon which applications serve healthcare, retail, state government, and other industries — redesigned its sales approach to accommodate customer Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) needs. This changed GDT’s billing model to a subscription-based model where it…

  4. Sanofi Leverages SAP Access Control to Help Secure SAP S/4HANA Migration During COVID-19 Vaccine Response

    Reading time: 4 mins

    At the same time that Sanofi was working on COVID-19 vaccines, it was also working with Accenture and KPMG to migrate from SAP ERP Central Component System to SAP S/4HANA and consolidate and optimize its IT environment. This was an ambitious undertaking considering the unique economic environment, the firm’s multinational reach, and the heavily regulated…

  5. Enterprise-Class Demand Planning at Agilent Technologies

    Reading time: 6 mins

    For Agilent Technologies, a manufacturer of analytical instruments for the life science and laboratories sector, growth has been dramatic over recent years, including a number of acquisitions. Such growth has caused the company’s pathology division to experience a rapid expansion of sales, but also revealed that the division had outgrown its demand planning practices, which…

  6. How a Specialty Chemical Company Handles Integration in a Hybrid SAP Landscape Amidst a Move to SAP S/4HANA

    Reading time: 8 mins

    Twenty-five acquisitions, 11 new national subsidiaries, and 44 new plants. These are the accomplishments of one Swiss-based specialty chemical company made over a six-year span. In fact the company’s Head of the SAP Development Cloud and Integration (DCI) team says that the organization has been growing at almost double-digit figures for the last several years.…

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    Enabling SAP S/4HANA Central Finance and Group Reporting

    Reading time: 4 mins

    Perrigo is a global, leading provider of over-the-counter (OTC) self-care products across various OTC categories. Headquartered in Ireland, Perrigo’s international presence has grown dramatically over the years, accelerated particularly in the last decade or so by acquisitions that enhanced its product portfolio and geographic reach. Layering in additional tools and technologies from each new acquisition…

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    Increasing Transparency & Efficiency

    Reading time: 5 mins

    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

    Reading time: 5 mins

    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…

  10. KMD Case Study

    Reducing Closing Time and Increasing Data Quality at KMD

    Reading time: 4 mins

    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…