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Case study · Pharmaceuticals

Greenfield SAP S/4HANA wave delivered across ten entities

Procure-to-Pay, Supply Chain and Master Data Governance for the first wave of a five-year SAP S/4HANA transformation, from design through hypercare.

10entities live on a global template
Client
International pharmaceutical group
Sector
Pharmaceuticals
Service
Finance Transformation: Opportunity to Adoption

The challenge

The group was replacing its ERP landscape with a greenfield SAP S/4HANA global template as part of a five-year strategic transformation. Wave 1 needed P2P, SCM and MDG designs that would work across ten entities and integrate with regulated business systems.

  • 10entities in Wave 1
  • 3workstreams: P2P, SCM, MDG
  • 5-yrstrategic programme

Our approach

  • Led the P2P, SCM and MDG workstreams, aligning process design with the programme’s strategic objectives.
  • Built and led a team of business analysts and functional consultants working with offshore system integrators.
  • Delivered AI-assisted AP automation and purchasing self-service, integrated with S/4HANA and CRM.
  • Enabled regulatory transparency reporting on the BI platform.
  • Took the wave through UAT, go-live and hypercare.
Wave 1, end to end
  1. 01Global templateP2P, SCM and MDG design
  2. 02BuildWith offshore system integrators
  3. 03AP automationAI-assisted invoice capture
  4. 04UATBusiness acceptance
  5. 05Go-liveTen entities
  6. 06HypercareStabilise and hand over
  • People decision
  • System / automated
  • Control point

The outcome

  • Wave 1 live across ten entities on the global template
  • Automated, AI-assisted invoice processing from go-live
  • A reusable template and approved operating procedures for later waves

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