Successful Digital Transformation from ECC and Legacy Apps to S/4HANA
SAP | Energy
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SAP | Manufacturing
North American Mill and Manufacturing Company with 300+ Locations
- Client:
- WestRock
- HQ:
- Atlanta, GA
- Service:
- Implementation
- DB Size:
- 10T
- SAP Version:
- S/4HANA
- Duration:
- 12 Months
Summary
S/4HANA deployment managing data and analysis for 40+ sources (SAP ECC, JDE, files) into a unified SAP S/4HANA.
Four step approach;
- Analysis and data profiling
- Mapping SAP to SAP and non-SAP to SAP
- Cleanse and consolidate data into S/4HANA
- OCM, training and deployed by site
Challenges
- Disparate data sources
- Aging poor data quality, from M&A data and legacy data
- Business not skilled in SAP
- Need a unified target S/4HANA system with clean master data
- Data initiative need to be business SME driven
- Minimal disruption to ongoing business operations
Results
- Define data scope, and get business buy-in
- De-dupe across apps (golden record) and cleanse data at source, reducing data volume and risk
- Unify disparate data into single schema for S/4HANA
- Map source to target, work with SI to migrate
- Enable business to test in Mock Cycles, help ridge the gaps between legacy and SAP
- OCM, training and Site Deployment support