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Global Construction Equipment Manufacturer｜SAP BW to Snowflake Migration, Accelerated by AI
KPC migrated the SAP BW estate of an industrial group specialized in lifting equipment to Snowflake with BW Convert, a KPC Product driven by AI. Ten years of BW business logic is preserved and converted, not rewritten from scratch.
The impact in numbers
400
BW transformations migrated
93
BEx queries
420+
Reports moved to Power BI (120 BW/BEx + 300+ outside BW)
The impact in numbers
400
BW transformations migrated
93
BEx queries
420+
Reports moved to Power BI (120 BW/BEx + 300+ outside BW)
The impact in numbers
400
BW transformations migrated
93
BEx queries
420+
Reports moved to Power BI (120 BW/BEx + 300+ outside BW)
RESULTS
The client results
Ten years of business rules preserved
BW semantics, KPIs and aggregations are kept and converted. Nothing is rewritten from scratch.
The client results
A data platform unified at France level
The group's various data platforms are rationalized onto Snowflake. Shared rules and Power BI reporting now apply across the board.
The client results
A build divided by 5
The AI suggests, KPC validates and secures in an expert-in-the-loop cycle. The build cost is cut by a factor of 5 against a manual rewrite.
RESULTS
The client results
Ten years of business rules preserved
BW semantics, KPIs and aggregations are kept and converted. Nothing is rewritten from scratch.
The client results
A data platform unified at France level
The group's various data platforms are rationalized onto Snowflake. Shared rules and Power BI reporting now apply across the board.
The client results
A build divided by 5
The AI suggests, KPC validates and secures in an expert-in-the-loop cycle. The build cost is cut by a factor of 5 against a manual rewrite.
RESULTS
The client results
Ten years of business rules preserved
BW semantics, KPIs and aggregations are kept and converted. Nothing is rewritten from scratch.
The client results
A data platform unified at France level
The group's various data platforms are rationalized onto Snowflake. Shared rules and Power BI reporting now apply across the board.
The client results
A build divided by 5
The AI suggests, KPC validates and secures in an expert-in-the-loop cycle. The build cost is cut by a factor of 5 against a manual rewrite.
Background & core challenges
Modernize without losing what works
Ten years of SAP BW assets to modernize without losing them
This crane manufacturer operates globally. In 2025, the group launched an overhaul of its data platform. The target is based on Snowflake, QCDI, and Talend for ingestion, and Power BI for reporting.
Its SAP BW legacy system was running on a version 7.3 that had reached end-of-life maintenance. It brought together ten years of business rules, KPIs, and aggregations: 400 transformations and 93 BEx queries. Added to this were a new ERP (Infor) without integrated reporting and a fleet of reports, from both BW and non-BW sources, to be migrated to the new platform.
Migrate 400 BW transformations and 93 BEx queries to Snowflake without losing the business logic
Carry over 420+ reports to Power BI (120 from BW, 300+ outside BW)
Rationalize the group's data platforms worldwide, with shared rules
Open the data up to future uses: unstructured data, AI, secure sharing
Background & core challenges
Modernize without losing what works
Ten years of SAP BW assets to modernize without losing them
This crane manufacturer operates globally. In 2025, the group launched an overhaul of its data platform. The target is based on Snowflake, QCDI, and Talend for ingestion, and Power BI for reporting.
Its SAP BW legacy system was running on a version 7.3 that had reached end-of-life maintenance. It brought together ten years of business rules, KPIs, and aggregations: 400 transformations and 93 BEx queries. Added to this were a new ERP (Infor) without integrated reporting and a fleet of reports, from both BW and non-BW sources, to be migrated to the new platform.
Migrate 400 BW transformations and 93 BEx queries to Snowflake without losing the business logic
Carry over 420+ reports to Power BI (120 from BW, 300+ outside BW)
Rationalize the group's data platforms worldwide, with shared rules
Open the data up to future uses: unstructured data, AI, secure sharing
Background & core challenges
Modernize without losing what works
Ten years of SAP BW assets to modernize without losing them
This crane manufacturer operates globally. In 2025, the group launched an overhaul of its data platform. The target is based on Snowflake, QCDI, and Talend for ingestion, and Power BI for reporting.
Its SAP BW legacy system was running on a version 7.3 that had reached end-of-life maintenance. It brought together ten years of business rules, KPIs, and aggregations: 400 transformations and 93 BEx queries. Added to this were a new ERP (Infor) without integrated reporting and a fleet of reports, from both BW and non-BW sources, to be migrated to the new platform.
Migrate 400 BW transformations and 93 BEx queries to Snowflake without losing the business logic
Carry over 420+ reports to Power BI (120 from BW, 300+ outside BW)
Rationalize the group's data platforms worldwide, with shared rules
Open the data up to future uses: unstructured data, AI, secure sharing
Our approach
Preserve what works, modernize how it runs
The starting conviction is simple: do not throw away ten years of investment. The S/4HANA path opens a window to convert the BW estate rather than rewrite it. BW Convert tools the migration end to end. The AI accelerates, the KPC expert validates.
Mapping & extraction
Map the BW estate
BW Convert scans the BW estate and rebuilds the lineage. The tool identifies which objects feed which indicators, which transformations are actually used, and the downstream impact of a change. It then extracts the ABAP code.
AI-assisted conversion
Convert the logic into Snowflake SQL
The AI interprets the business logic and converts the ABAP code into optimized Snowflake SQL. A multi-agent validation then secures the result.
Platform & migration
Deploy and carry over the history
KPC sets up the platform (Snowflake, ingestion, Power BI) on a Bronze / Silver / Gold architecture. The history and the reports are carried over right after.
Our approach
Preserve what works, modernize how it runs
The starting conviction is simple: do not throw away ten years of investment. The S/4HANA path opens a window to convert the BW estate rather than rewrite it. BW Convert tools the migration end to end. The AI accelerates, the KPC expert validates.
Mapping & extraction
Map the BW estate
BW Convert scans the BW estate and rebuilds the lineage. The tool identifies which objects feed which indicators, which transformations are actually used, and the downstream impact of a change. It then extracts the ABAP code.
AI-assisted conversion
Convert the logic into Snowflake SQL
The AI interprets the business logic and converts the ABAP code into optimized Snowflake SQL. A multi-agent validation then secures the result.
Platform & migration
Deploy and carry over the history
KPC sets up the platform (Snowflake, ingestion, Power BI) on a Bronze / Silver / Gold architecture. The history and the reports are carried over right after.
Our approach
Preserve what works, modernize how it runs
The starting conviction is simple: do not throw away ten years of investment. The S/4HANA path opens a window to convert the BW estate rather than rewrite it. BW Convert tools the migration end to end. The AI accelerates, the KPC expert validates.
Mapping & extraction
Map the BW estate
BW Convert scans the BW estate and rebuilds the lineage. The tool identifies which objects feed which indicators, which transformations are actually used, and the downstream impact of a change. It then extracts the ABAP code.
AI-assisted conversion
Convert the logic into Snowflake SQL
The AI interprets the business logic and converts the ABAP code into optimized Snowflake SQL. A multi-agent validation then secures the result.
Platform & migration
Deploy and carry over the history
KPC sets up the platform (Snowflake, ingestion, Power BI) on a Bronze / Silver / Gold architecture. The history and the reports are carried over right after.
Our clients
Our clients
They trust us.
They trust us.
Equipment rental
Professional Equipment Rental Company | Industrialized tender response 100% Snowflake
Gen AI
Snowflake
→
Transport & Logistics
Global shipping company — Data Science: from R&D to industrialization
AI
Data
→
Industry
Aqualung Group — Transforming the data platform
Snowflake
Data Platform
→
Business services
APAVE — Cross-office capacity planning
Pigment
EPM
→
Organic food distribution
Biocoop — Steering the forecasting processes with SAP BPC
SAP
Retail & Distribution
→
Heating, plumbing and renewable energy distribution
Richardson — Opening up access to data by moving to the cloud
Qlik
Snowflake
→
Equipment rental
Professional Equipment Rental Company | Industrialized tender response 100% Snowflake
Gen AI
Snowflake
→
Transport & Logistics
Global shipping company — Data Science: from R&D to industrialization
AI
Data
→
Industry
Aqualung Group — Transforming the data platform
Snowflake
Data Platform
→
Business services
APAVE — Cross-office capacity planning
Pigment
EPM
→
Organic food distribution
Biocoop — Steering the forecasting processes with SAP BPC
SAP
Retail & Distribution
→
Heating, plumbing and renewable energy distribution
Richardson — Opening up access to data by moving to the cloud
Qlik
Snowflake
→
Equipment rental
Professional Equipment Rental Company | Industrialized tender response 100% Snowflake
Gen AI
Snowflake
→
Transport & Logistics
Global shipping company — Data Science: from R&D to industrialization
AI
Data
→
Industry
Aqualung Group — Transforming the data platform
Snowflake
Data Platform
→
Business services
APAVE — Cross-office capacity planning
Pigment
EPM
→
Organic food distribution
Biocoop — Steering the forecasting processes with SAP BPC
SAP
Retail & Distribution
→
Heating, plumbing and renewable energy distribution
Richardson — Opening up access to data by moving to the cloud
Qlik
Snowflake
→
A SIMILAR PROJECT IN MIND?
An SAP BW estate to modernize?
Our Data & AI teams migrate SAP BW estates to Snowflake with BW Convert. The business logic is preserved, and the timeline, cost and risk stay under control.
A SIMILAR PROJECT IN MIND?
An SAP BW estate to modernize?
Our Data & AI teams migrate SAP BW estates to Snowflake with BW Convert. The business logic is preserved, and the timeline, cost and risk stay under control.
A SIMILAR PROJECT IN MIND?
An SAP BW estate to modernize?
Our Data & AI teams migrate SAP BW estates to Snowflake with BW Convert. The business logic is preserved, and the timeline, cost and risk stay under control.