{"id":149561,"date":"2025-03-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=149561"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:57:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T08:57:32","slug":"s-4-hana-utilities-24-hour-change-of-supplier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/s-4-hana-utilities-24-hour-change-of-supplier\/","title":{"rendered":"S\/4 Hana Utilities: 24-hour change of supplier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uniper is a European energy company with global reach, headquartered in D\u00fcsseldorf and operations in more than 40 countries. With around 7400 employees, the company makes an important contribution to security of supply in Europe. By switching to SAP S\/4 Hana Utilities, the company was pursuing the goal of making its process landscape, which is heavily individualized to the large customer business, efficient and future-proof. In particular, the introduction of the SAP MaCo Cloud for standardized market communication is intended to drive automation as well as the upgrade and release capability of the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transformation approach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Uniper's billing system is characterized by few but highly complex data structures and highly individualized processes. The aim of the transformation project was to bring Uniper's process landscape closer to the SAP standard and harmonize it with SAP's master data reference model. In this way, Uniper aims to seamlessly combine standard and customer-specific processes. A particular challenge in the almost four-year project, which included a preliminary study, was the product maturity of S\/4 Utilities for the \"supplier\" and \"balancing group manager\" market roles. Adesso, Uniper IT and SAP worked together on the project to further develop the solution for productive operation.<\/p>

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A hybrid approach was chosen as the transformation strategy, which enabled the adoption of already established processes and customized system adaptations. This approach ensured the integration and introduction of new processes and components such as the SAP MaCo Cloud. Partial historical data migration made it possible to significantly reduce the database volume of the new system's Hana database and thus save costs. The legacy system remains in read mode to ensure access to all fully historical data. Real-time access to data and new tools such as S\/4 Hana Embedded Analytics and Customer Engagement as well as various Fiori apps ensure optimized processes and more efficient work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n