• . Plant and sales org reassignment,
• . Update of credit control areas and
• . Update of purchasing organizations
• . New CO object creation as well as some
• . CO object re-assignments and
• . Settlement rule (re-)creation

key benefits

With a wide range of functional needs and technical requirements, it was essential Armstrong got expert advice on how to split the single instance of SAP and convert the data in in the resulting instances to continue to meet their daily business requirements, without loss of historical data, and with new capabilities for product level profitability/gross margin reporting due to splitting of overhead cost on company code level.

motivators for change

• MCO-I's decision to move to S/4HANA was based on:
• . The ability to bring in new and improved functionality available in S/4HANA and be able to adapt quicker to specific business requirements driven by customers
• . Allowing End-to-end process understanding and downstream impact of actions among teams.
• . Establishing a core team of super users to induce knowledge to their teams and to increase collaboration between teams
• . Creating a robust systems and best practice driven business processes.
• . Streamlining, efficient and effective use of systems to facilitate on-time delivery, billing and payment processes.
• . Defining a strong inter-system architecture between SAP, CRM, TeamCenter and other systems.

Why SAP S/4HANA

Since MCO-I was already on SAP ECC, and pleased with some of the functionality, the decision was made to implement a greenfield S/4HANA and adopt some of this functionality from the parent company and convert the data from ECC to S/4HANA.

sap s/4hana modules implemented

The implemented modules were all part of S/4HANA core and included Finance, Controlling, Materials Management, Production Planning, Project Systems, Human Resources and Sales & Distribution.

some metrics

This project started early July 2018 and used an extremely aggressive implementation time-line of 5 months. Using the Cognitus onshore/offshore model, the project could work with a 24/5 schedule and all deadlines were met within budget.

differentiators

Cognitus’ in-depth knowledge of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction solution in SAP, together with an experienced onshore/offshore team made the difference for MCO-I. The heavy involvement of the MCO-I subject matter experts, working directly with our onshore and offshore team and using the SAP Activate methodology, accelerated the knowledge transfer, testing and training.

what cognitus and sap offer

SAP helps TreeHouseFoods remain a market leader and continue to grow their business. Cognitus drove the implementation of material ledger & actual costing, while simultaneously streamlining and intelligently allocating indirect costs, based on i.a. machine time consumption to materials, and across divisions, to facilitate detailed COGS reporting in COPA and CFin. 

key benefits

• . Provision of a financial controlling framework to implement SAP at ‘merger’ plants
• . Actual cost and Profit transparency (COGS by cost component)
• . AOP and ML close Process Standardization
• . Reduction of yearly AOP efforts
• . Faster month-end close (incl. auto-posting BS on/off)
• . Represent Inventory at Actual Cost
• . P&L by customer/product
• . Increase bottom line profitability (through better information & decisions)
• . Implementation by Cognitus ensured correct and value-added use of SAP

what cognitus and sap vistex® Offer

Cognitus works with BJ’s North America region, offering support with functional & technical upgrade of the software solution , IS-Retail integration for vendor promotions and on-going post-production support. Cognitus assess BJ’s specific situational needs and offers strategy and implementation based off that.

key benefits

• . Accuracy in Physical and Digital Reconciliation
• . No Touch Vendor Coupon Invoicing rate using IA
• . Increase bottom line control
• . Lower dispute handling costs
• . Lowest TCO
• . Higher standardization

what cognitus and sap vistex® Offer

Michael Foods needs to correctly predict demands, manage data and deliver on time. SAP serves to help Michael Foods achieve their objectives with trade spend management, deviated price management, trade promotions, rebates, chargebacks and request for pricing apps to North America Sales Force. Congitus specialty with SAP allows Michael Foods to properly manage and optimize rebates, chargebacks and incentives.

key benefits

• . Uncovered $4M in invalid claims
• . 40% - 60% reduction in rebate plans management time
• . Deviated pricing offers via Fiori
• . Automated chargeback processing

what cognitus and sap vistex® Offer

SGA has various complex programs that need proper management and flexibility. SAP has the ability to work cross-functionally to offer solutions covering administration, modeling, reporting and analyzing. Cognitus provides training courses for stakeholders, leads the implementation, testing and modeling to full implementation, to make the transition smooth and straightforward.

key benefits

• . 30-50% reduction in rebate overpayments and errors.
• . Achieved real-time insight into our business processes and visibility
• . Gained control on agreement earnings, on the accruals and the payouts
• . Able to understand better the true benefit of each rebate agreement
• . Better equipped to create partnerships with customers, based on shared goals
• . Payment calculations for 25,000 customers completed in just 30 minutes
• . Committed partnership with Cognitus for other needs, due to superior service and implementation

Welch Allyn combines a practical understanding of clinical needs with a visionary spirit to develop solutions that assess, diagnose, treat and manage a wide variety of illnesses and diseases.

what cognitus and sap vistex® Offer

It manages billbacks, administrative fees, data objectives and customer management. For Welch Allyn, timely delivery and efficient management is needed in order to deliver the best and solutions. Cognitus has specific expertise in life science to ensure regulatory compliance and efficient utilization of resources and time.

key benefits

• Reduced error rate by 90%
• Used for sales trace processing to cleanse and enrich incoming data for further SAP processing
• Expert consultation from Cognitus