Case study
Pit to Plant on SAP Public Cloud, with BTP and AI
A cloud ERP built on SAP best practices, extended on SAP BTP and ready for AI, connecting mining, steel operations, finance and sales.
Overview: a cloud ERP for a steel and mining group
This case study shows how TechCarvings delivered SAP Public Cloud for steel and mining for a group with operations across mining and steel. The business needed one system that could follow material from extraction to finished steel, while giving finance and leadership a reliable, real-time view.
The group chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition to stay on standard, upgrade automatically and adopt new SAP innovation, including AI, as it arrives. Requirements beyond the standard were built on SAP BTP so the core stays clean.
Operational challenges
Mining and steel operations create a lot of data, but before the project much of it lived outside the ERP.
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Disconnected operations. Mining, processing and sales data sat in separate systems and spreadsheets.
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Slow, manual reporting. Month-end numbers took time to compile and reconcile.
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Heavy customisation risk. Earlier systems had been changed so much that upgrades were difficult.
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Limited real-time visibility. Leaders could not easily see production, stock and margin together.
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No path to AI. Data quality and structure were not ready for AI use cases.
The transformation: what the group wanted
The group set clear principles for the new ERP.
The solution: SAP Public Cloud for steel and mining, extended on SAP BTP
TechCarvings implemented SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition using fit-to-standard, then added side-by-side extensions and AI capabilities on SAP BTP.
Best-practice processes
Finance, procurement, inventory, production and sales configured from SAP best practices through fit-to-standard workshops.
Extensions on SAP BTP
Requirements outside the standard built as apps and workflows on SAP BTP, keeping the ERP upgrade-safe.
SAP Business AI
AI capabilities enabled to assist users with everyday tasks and surface insights from operational data.
Integration
Connections to surrounding systems through SAP’s integration services rather than custom code.
Data migration
Master data cleansed and migrated, with balances reconciled before go-live.
Reporting
Real-time analytics across operations, stock, cost and margin.
Technology used for this SAP Public Cloud for steel and mining project
Learn more on SAP.com: SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Business AI.
How we delivered
TechCarvings followed SAP Activate. Fit-to-standard workshops showed each process in the live cloud system, so the team could agree where standard fits and where an extension was justified.
Data was cleansed early and tested through trial loads. Users were trained by role, and the go-live was followed by hypercare to stabilise the new system.
Business impact
With SAP Public Cloud for steel and mining, the group now runs mining, steel operations and finance on one cloud ERP.
Material, cost and sales data follow the business from mine to customer.
A clean core means quarterly SAP innovations arrive without rework.
Real-time reporting replaces manual month-end compilation.
AI capabilities now assist users on top of trusted ERP data.
What’s next
With SAP Public Cloud for steel and mining in place, the group can add new AI use cases on SAP BTP as they become available, without changing the core.
Planning a cloud ERP for metals or mining?
TechCarvings implements SAP Public Cloud with clean-core extensions on SAP BTP and AI built in.