SAP harmonization opens up new opportunities

Global transparency for global players

Today, companies are increasingly international and decentralized. In order to be able to ensure process and cost efficiency, the decisive key figures must be transparent and comparable.

SAP in particular could make a decisive contribution here - provided that the system landscape has been configured with these premises in mind.

However, the reality often looks different:

• System landscapes are fragmented,
• there is a proliferation of charts of accounts,
• there is no uniform cost center and profit center structure, or
• companies use different reporting features.

All of this, however, makes it considerably more difficult to manage a company efficiently and in line with key performance indicators.

Harmonization - the basis for improved process efficiency and management competence

Our conversion programs are capable of making changes to SAP data that cannot be made by setting parameters in the SAP system.

Classic applications for such conversions are:

• Chart of accounts harmonizations
• Introduction of parallel and/or group currencies
• Reorganization or harmonization of profit center structures and segments for the purpose of balance sheet reporting
• Merging of previously separate controlling areas
• Consolidation of previously separate operating concerns
• Harmonization of characteristics and value fields, document and material types, and product hierarchies

Depending on the initial situation, several requirements can be carried out at the same time.

Maintained master data

Above all, sensibly defined and maintained master data is a basic prerequisite for transparency, process efficiency, comparability and controllability of business processes.

In many companies, the quality of this master data does not meet the requirements. Therefore, the aforementioned goals can hardly or only laboriously be achieved if the data has to be merged with complex mapping programs and additional evaluations.

GAMBIT has experienced consultants and proven tools and methods to ensure a fast and efficient cleansing of master data.

SAP Master Data: Certified Tools

GAMBIT uses SAP-certified tools of the SAP component SAP Landscape Transformation 2.0 for a variety of master data.

Popular applications are for example

• Material master data harmonization
• Accounts payable master data harmonization
• Customer master data harmonization.

Complete data cleansing

When using these scenarios, duplicates including historical document data can be completely cleansed. In addition to these "classics", there are a variety of other master data objects that can be part of a master data harmonization program.

These often include:

• Chart of accounts
• Characteristics and value fields
• Product groups and hierarchies
• Material groups and hierarchies
• Material and document types

SAP-based conversion options and corresponding mapping architectures exist for almost all common data objects.

SAP harmonization done - and then?

Harmonized SAP structures and data enable a multitude of new, previously unused possibilities.

Examples include:

• Increased efficiency through the use of integrated intercompany processes
• Improved order and backorder tracking in real time
• Real-time comparability of all locations, subsidiaries and plants
• Use of dashboards for condensed presentation of key performance and risk indicators
• Flexible, time- and cost-efficient SAP roll-outs to add additional companies or locations
• Simplified introduction of shared services