SAP New GL to S/4HANA migration

Our international customer with production facilities on three continents had to bring its financial accounting in SAP into the 21st century in a short time and during ongoing operations. Vico Finpas mastered this challenge brilliantly in the allotted time

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The challenge

The customer from the automotive supplier industry was looking to upgrade their SAP ECC to S/4HANA. Financial accounting ran on an old version and was not compatible with an upgrade to S/4HANA. In order to minimize the risk of switching to S/4HANA and accelerate the project lead time, the customer decided to upgrade financial accounting to the SAP New General Ledger (“SAP newGL”) as a first step and, at the same time, to upgrade parallel accounting according to IFRS and local GAAP. To do this, they needed a partner who could carry out the change quickly and smoothly.

The answer

Through Vicoland, the customer found a Vico that not only provided experts for the conversion to SAP New GL, but could also provide technical accounting advice. Over a project period of nine months, the concept was developed, the migration was tested and carried out and all users in Europe, China and the USA were trained in the new functionalities.

An automotive supplier with production facilities on 3 continents

  • Automotive supplier

    Industry

  • 850 employees

    Company size

  • 7 Vico Member

    Vico size

Summary

Project completed within 9 months with roll-out and training in all target markets.

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20% cost advantage realized over traditional providers.

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Further collaboration in an intercompany optimization project.

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"The Vico demonstrated remarkable flexibility in responding to the project challenges and successfully met all the our requirements."

The Vico "Finpas"

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    Manuel R.

    Vico Lead

    20 years of experience

    Responsible for Project Management

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    Tom H.

    NewGL Expert

    8 years of experience

    Responsible for implementation SAP new General Ledger

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    Louis R.

    Accounting Expert

    8 years of experience

    Responsible for upgrading parallel accounting

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    Ron W.

    PP Consultant

    10 years of experience

    Responsible for coordinating of local requirements

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    Mia R.

    S/4HANA Consultant

    15 years of experience

    Responsible for training and change management

  • Further Vico Members

We are an experienced team of SAP specialists that focuses on the financial sector in the production and logistics industry.

— Finpas

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