Shortfacts - October 2020

Successful S/4 migration

Simus Systems spent around two years advising Piller Blowers & Compressors on setting up a classification system and preparing the master data for migrating the ERP system to S/4 Hana. As a globally active family business, Piller develops and manufactures high-performance blowers for the process industry. The customer-specific solutions meet the high technological requirements of refineries, chemical plants, power plants and general plant construction.

When the technology leader decided to replace the existing ERP system with S/4 Hana in 2016, the master data was examined for migration capability. A project with two objectives began in the first quarter of 2017: the development of a specific classification for better retrievability and the improvement of data quality for migration to S/4. Simus Systems was selected as the service provider. Over the course of two years, a customer-specific classification with functional characteristics was developed with all specialist departments.

The database was tested and optimized until an optimal master was achieved. In the process, the number of material master records was reduced by almost half. With the support of Simus Systems, the data migration was completed in time for the go-live on March 2, 2020.

An automated material master creation process now ensures that only complete and error-free master records enter the new ERP system. During the project, the decision was also made to introduce some Simus Classmate tools into the company.