Retail: Road to SAP S/4HANA
The client is a global leader in the field of plastic and foam solutions.
Main project goals
- design of to-be architecture with system and application landscape
- recommendation for the transition scenario
- identification of harmonization and consolidation potentials
Solution
- roadmap development in five phases
- definition of guiding principles and key objectives for the system and application landscape
- involvement of stakeholders from different countries and companies
- analysis of system and application maturity
- identification of process harmonization potential
- design of the future system landscape incl. SWOT analysis
- design of the future application landscape incl. SWOT analysis
- evaluated criteria catalog for transition scenario and target architecture
- development of the transformation roadmap with concrete projects over the next five years
- cost estimate for the roadmap
Important benefits
- All relevant aspects of the transition were covered (system, application, organization).
- clear recommendations covering the client’s main questions regarding the transition to S/4HANA
- clear recommendations covering the customer’s main questions regarding harmonization for the future S/4HANA landscape
- project roadmap with budgeting costs
- All recommendations have been checked against the defined goals of stakeholders.
Input and contribution of CNT
- development of the methodology and roadmap approach
- analysis of the as-is situation
- development of the future landscape for systems and applications
- definition of the roadmap from the as-is situation to the future landscape
- definition of the best possible transformation methodology considering the surveyed environmental factors and capabilities of the organization
- integration of all relevant partners for the holistic result (software, hardware, roadmap projects)