From complexity to efficiency: transforming the financial and operational core of a leading consumer goods company in Argentina

A demanding project: beyond a technological conversion

This project represented a significant technical challenge, but also an opportunity to deeply evolve the administrative and financial core.

Since 2017, we have supported the company with functional and technical support services for an operation that now involves more than 750 users.

On this basis, a 12-month S/4HANA conversion project was developed, led by a team of 15 specialised SAP consultants, focused on modernising the financial and operational core without affecting business continuity.

The initiative combined operational, technical, and strategic challenges that required precise coordination:

• Brownfield conversion to SAP S/4HANA: migration of the existing system without interrupting daily operations.
• Re-engineering aligned with global standards: redesign of the Cost Centre and Profit Centre structures in line with international corporate guidelines.
• Optimisation and standardisation: organisation, simplification, and standardisation of administrative, accounting, and financial processes.
• End-to-end support: ensured operational continuity across key modules including FI, CO, MM, PM, SD, IM, PS, RE-FX, BI, SAC, and ARIBA.

This set of challenges turned a simple technical conversion into a project with significant impact on the company’s management model.

Modern solutions and meticulous execution

The implemented solution covered technical preparation, functional deployment, and the incorporation of new analytical and operational capabilities:

• Comprehensive functional scope: intervention across a wide range of SAP modules, including FI, CO, MM, PM, SD, IM, PS, RE-FX, BW, and ARIBA, among others.
• Thorough technical preparation, including activities such as ABAP development remediation (ATC), FIT-GAP redesign, Readiness Check execution, and full conversion to Business Partner (BP).
• Landscape optimisation and data quality: archiving of two obsolete company codes, cleansing and depuration of productive data, and information structuring to improve efficiency and governance.
• Integration and new analytical capabilities: integrations with Ariba, BW, AFIP, and legacy systems; implementation of PAPM (management accounting); incorporation of SAC BI and SAC Planning to strengthen reporting and planning.
• State-of-the-art technology supported by a modern architecture based on RISE with SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud, SAP Integration Suite, SAC BI & SAC Planning, GRC, and PAPM.

A more efficient, standardised operation, ready to grow

The results achieved reflect the strategic value of the modernisation:

• Standardisation of key processes, increasing efficiency and operational consistency.
• Standardisation of Management Accounting Master Data, significantly improving international corporate reporting.
• Cleansing and depuration of productive data, enabling decisions based on accurate, complete, and reliable information.

The company now operates with a modern, reliable digital ecosystem aligned with the standards and demands of the sector.

This project demonstrates how a SAP S/4HANA RISE conversion, when approached with a strategic vision, becomes a key accelerator for transforming operations, boosting efficiency, and improving information quality.

Today, the leading consumer goods company in Argentina operates on a robust, scalable platform, ready to face future challenges and evolve towards more agile, integrated, and data-driven management models.