A global horticulture company moves to S/4HANA to increase responsiveness and customer engagement

This leading player in the horticulture industry has a global family of breeders, research and development teams, suppliers, and distribution companies around the globe.  In 2022, the company wanted to upgrade its 15-year-old on-premises legacy SAP ECC system to SAP S/4HANA to improve performance, provide timely information to its customers, and take advantage of new functionality.

Hitachi Digital Services performed a technical migration from SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 0 to SAP S/4HANA 2021 FSP2. The team minimized impact on the business by thoroughly testing all custom solutions, integrations, and business processes, along with conducting multiple dry runs of the upgrade process.

The Hitachi Digital Services team:

• Remediated all custom SAP code to comply with the new S/4 data models and coding conventions.
• Migrated all systems from on-premise to Microsoft Azure.
• Implemented Tricentis Tosca, a codeless AI-powered solution to accelerate end-to-end testing; automated test scripts; and performed disaster recovery tests.

The upgrade to SAP S/4HANA has improved system performance, enabling the company to provide timely information to customers and suppliers and better support growth.

• A modern S/4HANA database and digital core platform will support continuous innovation at the company and expansion of its operational capabilities.
• The implementation will provide the company with a modern digital core platform to support continuous innovation
• The new infrastructure and upgraded system will allow the company to deliver an improved customer experience.
• Cloud-based hosting of the solution platform provides predictable operational expense management.

Key benefits include:  

– A modern digital core for innovation

– Improved responsiveness

– Enhanced performance

– Expanded operational capabilities