Case study
Live on SAP Public Cloud, with BTP Apps Where Standard Stops
A manufacturer moved onto SAP Public Cloud best practices and used SAP BTP for the processes that made it different.
Overview: a manufacturer moves to cloud ERP
This case study describes how TechCarvings delivered SAP Public Cloud for manufacturing for a company that designs and makes energy-management and metering equipment. The business plans, produces and services a wide range of products for industrial and commercial customers.
The company chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition to run on SAP best practices and stay current automatically. Where its own processes went beyond the standard, TechCarvings built extensions on SAP BTP.
Operational challenges
The previous set-up made growth harder than it needed to be.
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Disconnected planning. Sales, planning and production worked from different numbers.
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Manual workarounds. Spreadsheets filled the gaps between systems.
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Slow month-end. Costs and margins took too long to confirm.
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Hard to change. Customisations made improvements and upgrades risky.
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Limited visibility. Leaders lacked a real-time view of orders, stock and production.
The transformation: what the company wanted
The company set out four principles for the project.
The solution: SAP Public Cloud for manufacturing, extended on SAP BTP
TechCarvings ran fit-to-standard workshops for every process, implemented SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and built a focused set of extensions on SAP BTP.
Plan to produce
Demand, materials planning and production orders on SAP best practices.
Procure to pay
Purchasing, goods receipt and supplier invoices in one flow.
Order to cash
Sales orders, delivery, billing and collections connected to production and stock.
Finance and costing
Product costing and margin visibility as transactions post.
BTP extensions
Apps and workflows for requirements outside the standard, built on SAP BTP so the core stays clean.
Integration
Connections to surrounding systems through SAP’s integration services.
Technology used for this SAP Public Cloud for manufacturing project
Learn more on SAP.com: SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform.
How we delivered
The project followed SAP Activate. Every requirement that did not fit standard went through a simple test: change the process, or build it on SAP BTP. Only justified needs became extensions.
Data was cleansed and loaded through trial runs, users were trained on Fiori apps by role, and the go-live was followed by hypercare.
Business impact
The manufacturer now runs on a clean, cloud ERP with room to grow.
Sales, planning and production work from the same numbers.
Standard processes and BTP apps replace spreadsheets.
A clean core means SAP’s releases arrive without rework.
Orders, stock, cost and margin visible as they happen.
What’s next
With SAP Public Cloud for manufacturing live, the company can add new BTP apps and AI capabilities as needs arise, without touching the core.
Moving your factory to cloud ERP?
TechCarvings implements SAP Public Cloud for manufacturing, with clean-core extensions on SAP BTP.