In sep­a­rat­ing from Gen­er­al Elec­tric, ener­gy tech­nol­o­gy com­pa­ny Bak­er Hugh­es select­ed SAP S/4HANA Cloud, pri­vate edi­tion to move its shared-ser­vices busi­ness entities.

The CC Ledger enti­ties required migra­tion to the Bak­er Hugh­es sys­tems in a like-for-like sce­nario dur­ing the company’s carve-out. Bak­er Hugh­es had to choose between an exist­ing ERP foot­print or to imple­ment a mod­ern plat­form based on indus­try best prac­tices to land its shared busi­ness entities.

The com­pa­ny also need­ed to con­sid­er glob­al tem­plate require­ments in case it used a green­field advanced ERP as the new plat­form — poten­tial­ly the future home for larg­er Bak­er Hugh­es oper­a­tions. Any lim­i­ta­tions or unknown com­pat­i­bil­i­ty issues with oth­er inte­gra­tions in a SaaS/​cloud-based mod­el could pose cost­ly delays or roadblocks.

The project was a strate­gic ini­tia­tive for Bak­er Hugh­es to embark on the Busi­ness-Trans­for­ma­tion jour­ney lever­ag­ing S/4HANA Cloud. Capgemini’s iCap­ti­vate method­ol­o­gy and accel­er­a­tors (DDF, Path Solu­tions, etc.,) helped sim­pli­fy the project exe­cu­tion. The first end-to-end roll­out was com­plet­ed in 4 months. It was amongst the fastest S/4HANA deployments.

Key take­aways:

Engage SAP & sys­tems inte­gra­tor (SI) ear­ly to avoid net­work, infra­struc­ture, and sys­tem pro­vi­sion­ing delays.

Choose a reli­able and expe­ri­enced SI to man­age unplanned and unfore­seen issue. The right part­ner can nav­i­gate through chal­lenges based on its capac­i­ty, rela­tions, and experience.

If there is an oppor­tu­ni­ty to kick start the ERP trans­for­ma­tion jour­ney, hop-on soon­er than lat­er to gain efficiencies.