Stefan Vielweib, Geberit SAP Simple Finance Implementation at Geberit AG 20.04.2015
Geberit and SAP S/4HANA Agenda Overview Geberit Initial Situation & Plan Course of Projekt Migration Lessons Learned Next Steps Q&A 20th. April 2015 2
Geberit The Company in Short Development, manufacturing and sales of sanitary technology Installation Systems / Piping Systems Ca. 6 300 employees in 42 countries * 17 production facilities in Europe, China, India and USA Revenue CHF 2.4 Billion *, Operating Margin 27,3% * Founded in 1874 in Rapperswil, Switzerland Since 1999 listed on the Swiss stock exchange (SMI Blue Chip) Powerful brand, outstanding technology platform 2015 Aquisition of Sanitec, Finland * 2014 20th. April 2015 3
Plan Initial Situation Original Plan Simple Finance Classic G/L New G/L New G/L Classic AM New AM Multi-GAAP Accounting New AM Multi-GAAP Accounting Classic Depreciation Calculation New Depreciation Calculation New Depreciation Calculation Preparations for Consolidation Preparations for Consolidation Preparations for Consolidation Cost of Sales Accounting Cost of Sales Accounting Cost of Sales Accounting Ledger Solution Ledger Solution Profit Center Accounting Profit Center Accounting Profit Center Accounting
Plan Initial Situation Original Plan Plan since Dec 2014 Simple Finance 1.0 Classic G/L New G/L New G/L Classic AM New AM Multi-GAAP Accounting New AM Multi-GAAP Accounting Classic Depreciation Calculation New Depreciation Calculation New Depreciation Calculation Preparations for Consolidation Preparations for Consolidation Preparations for Consolidation Cost of Sales Accounting Cost of Sales Accounting Cost of Sales Accounting Ledger Solution Ledger Solution Profit Center Accounting Profit Center Accounting Profit Center Accounting
ERP Systems C11 Central system C21 Central logistics, German Production and Sales Companies Acq. Several SAP and non SAP System from Sanitec Acquisition
Frame Conditions C11 Migration to EHP7 / HANA 22.03.2015 C21 Migration to C11 01.01.2016/17 Acq. Integration Day 1 07.04.2015 Logistics projects: Expansion of central warehouse LES to EWM Migration
Idea C11 Migration to EHP7 / HANA 22.03.2015 Simple Finance C21 Migration to C11 01.01.2016/17 Migration Acq. Integration Day 1 07.04.2015 Migration to C11 or Central Journal or? Logistics projects: Expansion of central warehouse LES to EWM Migration
Timeline December January February March 22.03. 1300 Index Errors Note 1295904 (ZFINDEX_MIG, ZF_CHECK_XOPVW) Changes of open item management in master data without changing the documents Inactive companies without clearing of balances and items Differences in expired transaction currencies Missing carryforward for customers/vendors in further years Clearing of different special G/L codes Differences between reconciliation accounts and totals
Timeline December January February March 22.03. 1300 Index Errors Note 1498047 (Changeover) Note 965032 (Differences) New Depreciation Calculation Extension EA-FIN Ideal changeover date immediately after end of fiscal year Corrections of depreciation keys Corrections of changeover precedures Highest rounding difference per company in total was 36.- Asset management 2014 was kept closed
Timeline December January February March 22.03. 1300 Index Errors Copy C11 to Testing system Installation, Migration, Key User Test New Depreciation Calculation Extension EA-FIN Installation attempts 2 System Copies Installation, Migration, Test SPAU Programm Corrections for HANA User Guides Remove Valuation Differences Foreign currency valuation F.05 using a Reset Method Deadline Go / No Go 06.02.2015 to reverse BSEG-BDIFF and valuation differences in G/L.
Timeline December January February March 22.03. 1300 Index Errors Copy C11 to Testing system Installation, Migration, Key User Test New Depreciation Calculation Extension EA-FIN SPAU User Guides Installation attempts 2 System Copies Installation, Migration, Test Programm Corrections for HANA Remove Valuation Differences Final Test Deadline Go / No Go 06.02.2015 Go Live
Migration Migration Time Including Transports of SAP-Notes, Customizing and preliminary Checks Excluding Reporting for Audit and Populate Profit Center in CO 8,5 h (50 Jobs) Note 2124507 (Packages) Note 2125225 (GLT3) Populate Profit Center in CO 43 h bis jetzt läuft noch BSEG: 230 Mio COEP: 190 Mio GLPCA: 1 Mio
Lessons Learned Only few Problems in Migration and Productive Installation and Populate Profit Center in CO Why is the Migration to Simple Finance part of IMG and not an automatic Process? More or less an additional step of the Release Upgrade.
Lessons Learned Database Size Performance of Line Item based Transactions Customer Line Items Orders Line Items Costcenters Actual/Plan/Variance Advance Return for Tax Actual Overhead Calculation Production Orders Settlement Fiori Apps 1,7 TB -> 1,0 TB 7 min -> 4 sec 10 min -> 18 sec 24 min -> 20 sec 1 min -> 5 sec 109 min -> 9 min 144 min -> 20 min Database Performance Statistic for the System is nearly the same
Fiori Apps in 5 Seconds
Fiori Apps
Next Steps CO: Master data management and planning (Functions FIN_CO_CCMGMT / CCPLAN / ORPLAN Rollout of Fiori Apps BI - Integration C21 Acq. Integration Integration or Central Journal or? Ledger Solution Simple Finance 2.0 Scenario Profit Center Update?
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