SUCCESS STORY｜CEB
CEB｜ERP transformation on SAP Cloud, in service of social cohesion
KPC rolled out SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public at the Council of Europe Development Bank. 230 employees of 33 nationalities moved onto a unified system, on a fit-to-standard approach.
The impact in numbers
8
Consultants assigned
14
Months of project
230
Employees affected
6
SAP solutions deployed
The impact in numbers
8
Consultants assigned
14
Months of project
230
Employees affected
6
SAP solutions deployed
The impact in numbers
8
Consultants assigned
14
Months of project
230
Employees affected
6
SAP solutions deployed
THE CLIENT STORY ON VIDEO
The CEB transformation｜From choosing SAP to go-live
Sandrine Gaudin (Vice-Governor, Financial Strategy) and Sébastien Boutonnet (CIO) look back on what was at stake. They explain the choice of SAP Cloud and KPC's role in the implementation.
THE CLIENT STORY ON VIDEO
The CEB transformation｜From choosing SAP to go-live
Sandrine Gaudin (Vice-Governor, Financial Strategy) and Sébastien Boutonnet (CIO) look back on what was at stake. They explain the choice of SAP Cloud and KPC's role in the implementation.
THE CLIENT STORY ON VIDEO
The CEB transformation｜From choosing SAP to go-live
Sandrine Gaudin (Vice-Governor, Financial Strategy) and Sébastien Boutonnet (CIO) look back on what was at stake. They explain the choice of SAP Cloud and KPC's role in the implementation.
RESULTS
The results for the CEB
Standardized processes, re-keying eliminated
The purchasing and payment processes are standardized on SAP Cloud. Data consistency goes up. The operational risks tied to double entry disappear.
The results for the CEB
HR and business expenses digitalized
Recruitment and talent management move into SAP SuccessFactors. Travel expense management is digitalized through SAP Concur. Manual, error-prone tasks are removed.
The results for the CEB
An analytical foundation aligned with the SAP roadmap
SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Datasphere and the Integration Suite on BTP give the CEB reporting and data governance capability.
RESULTS
The results for the CEB
Standardized processes, re-keying eliminated
The purchasing and payment processes are standardized on SAP Cloud. Data consistency goes up. The operational risks tied to double entry disappear.
The results for the CEB
HR and business expenses digitalized
Recruitment and talent management move into SAP SuccessFactors. Travel expense management is digitalized through SAP Concur. Manual, error-prone tasks are removed.
The results for the CEB
An analytical foundation aligned with the SAP roadmap
SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Datasphere and the Integration Suite on BTP give the CEB reporting and data governance capability.
RESULTS
The results for the CEB
Standardized processes, re-keying eliminated
The purchasing and payment processes are standardized on SAP Cloud. Data consistency goes up. The operational risks tied to double entry disappear.
The results for the CEB
HR and business expenses digitalized
Recruitment and talent management move into SAP SuccessFactors. Travel expense management is digitalized through SAP Concur. Manual, error-prone tasks are removed.
The results for the CEB
An analytical foundation aligned with the SAP roadmap
SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Datasphere and the Integration Suite on BTP give the CEB reporting and data governance capability.
Background & core challenges
An international bank running on Excel, with the ambition of an IT estate worthy of its mission
The CEB is a multilateral development bank. It finances social investment for the governments and local authorities of 42 member countries. Its finance, purchasing, human resources and travel management systems rested heavily on Microsoft Excel. The application landscape was heterogeneous and poorly suited to managing 230 employees from 33 nationalities.
The objective: roll out a robust solution, aligned with market standards, to modernize all of those systems without custom development that would be expensive to maintain.
Modernize financial management, purchasing and budget accounting
Digitalize HR management, talent and business expenses
Meet the requirements of an international institution (multi-currency, multi-entity, compliance)
Maximize adoption of standard SAP features to limit future maintenance cost
Background & core challenges
An international bank running on Excel, with the ambition of an IT estate worthy of its mission
The CEB is a multilateral development bank. It finances social investment for the governments and local authorities of 42 member countries. Its finance, purchasing, human resources and travel management systems rested heavily on Microsoft Excel. The application landscape was heterogeneous and poorly suited to managing 230 employees from 33 nationalities.
The objective: roll out a robust solution, aligned with market standards, to modernize all of those systems without custom development that would be expensive to maintain.
Modernize financial management, purchasing and budget accounting
Digitalize HR management, talent and business expenses
Meet the requirements of an international institution (multi-currency, multi-entity, compliance)
Maximize adoption of standard SAP features to limit future maintenance cost
Background & core challenges
An international bank running on Excel, with the ambition of an IT estate worthy of its mission
The CEB is a multilateral development bank. It finances social investment for the governments and local authorities of 42 member countries. Its finance, purchasing, human resources and travel management systems rested heavily on Microsoft Excel. The application landscape was heterogeneous and poorly suited to managing 230 employees from 33 nationalities.
The objective: roll out a robust solution, aligned with market standards, to modernize all of those systems without custom development that would be expensive to maintain.
Modernize financial management, purchasing and budget accounting
Digitalize HR management, talent and business expenses
Meet the requirements of an international institution (multi-currency, multi-entity, compliance)
Maximize adoption of standard SAP features to limit future maintenance cost
Our approach
Fit-to-standard: SAP best practice, with no custom development
KPC led the implementation using the SAP Activate methodology and translated the CEB's needs into standard features. A POC was run up front to validate the Public Cloud solution. The aim was to align processes with the SAP roadmap, not to re-adapt them in code.
Finance & Purchasing
Unify financial management and purchasing
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public centralizes financial management, budget accounting, purchasing and payments. The processes are standardized on SAP best practice.
HR & Business expenses
Digitalize HR and travel
SAP SuccessFactors covers core HR and talent management. SAP Concur handles the digitalization and control of travel expenses.
Data & Analytics
Lay a lasting data and analytics foundation
SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere bring reporting, data warehouse and governance capability. The Integration Suite on SAP BTP keeps it all interoperable.
Our approach
Fit-to-standard: SAP best practice, with no custom development
KPC led the implementation using the SAP Activate methodology and translated the CEB's needs into standard features. A POC was run up front to validate the Public Cloud solution. The aim was to align processes with the SAP roadmap, not to re-adapt them in code.
Finance & Purchasing
Unify financial management and purchasing
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public centralizes financial management, budget accounting, purchasing and payments. The processes are standardized on SAP best practice.
HR & Business expenses
Digitalize HR and travel
SAP SuccessFactors covers core HR and talent management. SAP Concur handles the digitalization and control of travel expenses.
Data & Analytics
Lay a lasting data and analytics foundation
SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere bring reporting, data warehouse and governance capability. The Integration Suite on SAP BTP keeps it all interoperable.
Our approach
Fit-to-standard: SAP best practice, with no custom development
KPC led the implementation using the SAP Activate methodology and translated the CEB's needs into standard features. A POC was run up front to validate the Public Cloud solution. The aim was to align processes with the SAP roadmap, not to re-adapt them in code.
Finance & Purchasing
Unify financial management and purchasing
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public centralizes financial management, budget accounting, purchasing and payments. The processes are standardized on SAP best practice.
HR & Business expenses
Digitalize HR and travel
SAP SuccessFactors covers core HR and talent management. SAP Concur handles the digitalization and control of travel expenses.
Data & Analytics
Lay a lasting data and analytics foundation
SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere bring reporting, data warehouse and governance capability. The Integration Suite on SAP BTP keeps it all interoperable.
"The relationship with KPC is one that was built as the project went along. It is a partner we managed to deliver an ambitious project with, in an extremely tight timeframe."
Sébastien Boutonnet
CIO · Council of Europe Development Bank
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Professional Equipment Rental Company | Industrialized tender response 100% Snowflake
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Global shipping company — Data Science: from R&D to industrialization
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Aqualung Group — Transforming the data platform
Snowflake
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→
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
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AN ERP PROJECT IN MIND?
An ambitious ERP project to roll out on SAP Cloud?
KPC supports the rollout of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SuccessFactors and SAP BTP, from framing to go-live. SAP Gold Partner, more than 150 certified consultants.
AN ERP PROJECT IN MIND?
An ambitious ERP project to roll out on SAP Cloud?
KPC supports the rollout of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SuccessFactors and SAP BTP, from framing to go-live. SAP Gold Partner, more than 150 certified consultants.
AN ERP PROJECT IN MIND?
An ambitious ERP project to roll out on SAP Cloud?
KPC supports the rollout of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SuccessFactors and SAP BTP, from framing to go-live. SAP Gold Partner, more than 150 certified consultants.