01 · The challenge
An early move with 3,000+ objects to fix
The cooperative’s legacy SAP ECC caused inefficiencies, duplicate data entry and poor operational visibility. Its 1,300+ users ran complex order to cash, procure to pay, record to report, PLM, EHS, quality and warehouse processes, alongside SAP Ariba, SAP IBP and SAP Analytics Cloud integrations. The move meant remediating 3,000+ technical objects, validating 200+ test scripts, converting customers, vendors and employees to business partners, and retesting EDI, Ariba and IBP integrations. As an early SAP S/4HANA 2020 adopter, the cooperative had little industry precedent to follow.
02 · The approach
Assess with TSP Kelvin, then deliver end to end
The cooperative chose TSP for its SAP expertise and its experience in food and agriculture. TSP Kelvin mapped the ECC landscape first, identifying custom code risks, gaps and SAP S/4HANA 2020 innovation opportunities before any migration work began. TSP then delivered the migration end to end, with production-size dry runs and two landscapes maintained in parallel for eight months.
What TSP delivered
Processes
Order to cash, procure to pay, record to report, plan to produce, PLM, EHS, quality management, warehouse management and RF.
Innovations and improvements
Settlement management, cash management, account-based profitability and available to promise, plus sales rebates on condition contracts, HANA enterprise search in PLM and EHS, and quantity budgets to control high-value material purchases.
Finance and data
Universal Journal, credit management, foreign trade, Material Ledger and MRP adapted for SAP S/4HANA, with data model changes, data cleanup, material number extension and functional data quality errors resolved.
Integrations and upgrades
SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway migration, SAP PO 7.5 upgrade and SAP Solution Manager 7.2 ITSM.
Testing
200+ test scripts and 3,000+ technical objects, with EDI, Ariba and IBP integrations validated.
Custom code
Cleaned up using usage data from SCMON, with new ABAP development on CDS views.
03 · The results
Zero business impact and a 30% smaller database
- Zero business impact at go-live
- Under 36 hours of total downtime during cutover
- More than 30% reduction in database size
- Fiori apps live, improving the experience for 1,300+ users
- SAP Solution Manager 7.2 ITSM for better reporting and issue tracking
- Better system performance, dialog response times and visibility, with better reporting to senior management
