In this session, we will review the different stages of this journey from evaluation of the right SAP technology landscape for Albemarle through deployment one. At the time of our decision, SAP S/4HANA® and simple finance were prevalent approaches in the market. We will cover the business considerations that drove Albemarle’s decision: business transformation, best practices, timing and duration, and long-term technology platform.
The program is a business-sponsored transformation program and based on best practices. The intent is to implement SAP as close to vanilla best practice as possible. This means adopting the standard business best practices and driving the teams to evaluate why the standard will not work. We will cover the processes used and the results of the adherence to best practices.
The scope of the program is extensive, and while SAP S/4HANA 1610 was selected as the core, the program required many additional SAP capabilities both in the cloud and on-premise. We will cover these technologies and review the integration strategy and high-level capabilities.
High level list of topics:
- Business drivers and decision to embark on the digital transformation
- Technology decision on core ERP
- Scope definition and alignment with software bill of materials
- Data center choice: cloud, on-prem, or hybrid
- Project approach
- Deployment
Key Business Benefits:
- Strategy for best-practice adoption and change control
- Business transformation
- Technology approach and option evaluation
