Versum was spun off from Air Products and became a public company in October 2016. As part of becoming a stand-alone entity, Versum implemented SAP S/4HANA® Enterprise Management 1610 across three regions and 14 countries. Versum teamed with Accenture on this journey, which included not only an implementation of SAP S/4HANA® 1610 but also a custom container tracking application built on a combination of SAP S/4HANA® and iOS technologies. The approach leveraged a hybrid Agile methodology across the SAP and iOS components of the program. Versum chose a big-bang go-live strategy due to a highly integrated global supply chain as well as specific constraints related to being unable to integrate back to the Air Products clone SAP system being leveraged during the TSA. In the end, Versum went live in 15 months with a high degree of success. Versum has been live with this standardized and right-sized platform for approximately one year (as of the date of this conference) and is now focused on optimization and innovation.
Key Business Benefits:
• A system that is standardized, rightsized correctly for the business, and is a platform for future growth and optimization
• Improved data visibility and timeliness
• Improved plant and warehouse operations with a single source of data as the truth
