August Rüggeberg | S/4HANA Brownfield Conversion
S/4HANA Brownfield conversion of the ERP system to S/4HANA
The tool manufacturer decided to convert its current ERP system based on SAP ECC 6.0 to S/4HANA in order to further optimize its digitalization processes and thus strategically expand its competitiveness. The North Rhine-Westphalian company enlisted the support of SAP specialist CONSILIO for this extensive task.
Project Management
The plan was a brownfield approach (technical conversion) with selective optimization from ECC to S/4HANA. Selective because the experts adapted processes that had great potential for optimization and could also be implemented quickly for S/4HANA during the conversion phase in consultation with Rüggeberg. Processes that were more complex to implement in the system were noted by the team for a subsequent optimization phase. Processes that were not included in S/4HANA were redesigned by CONSILIO in order to achieve implementation in the SAP standard.
Of the various providers, CONSILIO had the most convincing overall concept, which on the one hand demonstrates the consultants' in-depth expertise in S/4HANA and on the other hand clearly shows that CONSILIO knows our industry.
Challenge
- Identification of optimization potentials in order to implement them immediately or downstream after evaluation and coordination with the customer
- Inclusion of an extensive interface landscape
- Conversion of the internal organizational structure (GPO)
- DMO with System Move in near-zero downtime
Project Goals
- Implementation of the business partner conversion
- Advancing digitalization and strategically expanding competitiveness
- Mainly adopting existing processes and examining potential for improvement
- Use of Fiori apps where these make sense
- Integration of APO in S/4HANA embedded PP/DS
Main benefit for Rüggeberg
- Secure commissioning of S/4HANA at all locations
- Creation of the strategic basis for process innovations and further optimizations