Case Studies

• SAP Process Control

Increasing Transparency & Efficiency

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…

• SAP Fraud Management

New Security Platform at Lundbeck Helps Ensure Business Continuity and Eliminate Risk of Fraud

As one of the most highly regulated industries, the pharmaceutical industry takes an aggressive approach to supply chain risk management. Employing a global security system that supports access governance and authorization areas is critical in preventing fraud and maintaining business continuity. A case study on Lundbeck, a biopharmaceutical company based in Copenhagen, details how it…

• SAP Accounting

An International Beverage Company’s Roadmap to a Solid Foundation Using SAP Solution Extensions by BlackLine

A large global beverage company needed to ensure its software systems were depend¬able, automated, and properly integrated to support its plans for sustained growth. With a focus on business transformation, the company decided to hone in on its record-to-report process, which included journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, financial reporting and analytics, forecasting, and budgeting. The…

• SAP Cloud Strategy

How Endress+Hauser Is Creating a Simpler Business by Making Integration a Strategic Imperative

As SAP customers today begin to look more strategically at integration, some are creating centers of excellence dedicated to integration priorities. This case study reveals how one such organization, Endress+Hauser, formed a competency center that focused all the company’s resources and skills around applications integration in one place. Learn how the business moved its integration…

• SAP Data Warehouse Cloud

Data Warehouse Overhaul Helps Helvetia Simplify Reporting and Analytics for HR — to Start

Data warehouses serve as a central repository for information coming from multiple internal and external sources, enabling businesses to perform reporting and analytics and turn data into insights. For a company like Helvetia Group, which has been insuring products ranging from private and occupational pensions to liability, motor vehicle, transport, and property insurance for more…

• SAP Cloud Strategy

How a Cloud-First Integration Strategy Helps Eneco Offer Innovative Energy Services and Cut Costs

SAP customers can learn a great deal from their peers, and energy company Eneco has many learnings from its cloud-first strategy that other businesses can benefit from. This Q&A with Cloud Integration Consultant Marco Verhoef offers insights from Eneco’s experiences as an early adopter of SAP Integration Suite. In this article, he shares: – How…

• SAP Access Control

Mahindra CIE Automotive Ltd. Reduces Risk and Hours of Manual Effort by Automating Its SAP User Provisioning Processes

Mahindra CIE Automotive Ltd. (MCIE), as a growing, publicly traded, international company, must follow a variety of regulations and compliance standards and undergo various statutory audits. In the first quarter of 2019, the company’s board of directors stressed the importance of putting in place stronger security and compliance controls to provide better assurance to investors…

Materials case study on SAPinsider

Applied Materials, which is currently completing a company-wide initiative to consolidate on one instance of SAP ERP, is seeing more requests for customizations coming into IT as more business users are rolling onto the new platform – and consequently, testing and change management issues are also increasing – so company’s Test Support Office (TSO) has…

Ascend Performance Materials Achieves 99.9% Data Accuracy and Massive Time Savings with Supply Chain Automation

Manufacturing organizations today are under increasing pressure to move faster, reduce errors and risk, and be more efficient. For a company such as Ascend Performance Materials — which produces chemicals, fibers, and plastics for the automotive, electronics, textile, and consumer industries — reducing risk is paramount. The business impact of having bad data could be…

• SAP HRIS

Strategic Workforce Management Drives Agile Decision Making at Northwest Pipe

In today’s age of commonplace distributed workforces, every SAP customer should spend some time reviewing its workforce management strategy. Those companies with growth strategies that include acquisitions and heavy contingent workforces should take an even closer look. One organization, Northwest Pipe, manufacturer of engineered steel water pipe systems and SAP customer for two decades, scrutinized…