Consumer Products: S/4HANA Conversion
CLIENT
The client is a supplier of stationary woodworking and metalworking machinery as well as workshop equipment, gardening equipment, construction machinery, firewood technology, and power generators.
Main project goals
- upgrade and implementation of the new functionalities of SAP S/4 HANA
- ad-hoc evaluations in logistics
- Fiori for management
- S/4HANA embedded analytics
- short innovation cycle (introduction of ERP on HANA in 2014)
Solution
- The solution was implemented in four steps:
- technical upgrade from SAP ERP 6.0 EhP7 on HANA to SAP S/4 HANA 1809 FP01
- conversion of applications in the areas of finance controlling, sales, materials management, logistics, and business intelligence
- implementation of new functions (incl. business partners, new asset accounting, FSCM credit management)
- selected FIORI apps to support order-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes
Important advantages
- state-of-the-art ERP solution as the basis for rapid business growth
- approach according to SAP best practice for S/4HANA
- integrated e-commerce solution
- future-proof system and technology
- low upgrade expenses thanks to short innovation cycle
- 35 best practice processes in finances, controlling, sales, materials management, warehouse management, and business intelligence
Input and contribution of CNT
- implementation partner
(initial introduction and upgrade) - technology consulting
- continuous support and optimization