SAP harmonization at Homann Feinkost

Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller integrates Homann Feinkost

In order to ensure that your company is fit to face the future, growing companies should constantly consolidate and harmonize their core business processes and IT environment. The big challenge for Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller (UTM) was integrating the SAP environment of the subsidiary Homann Feinkost GmbH (Homann) at its six German locations efficiently, with predictable costs, and on the planned schedule into its own SAP system environment.

Project goal

An overview of the project

For Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, the goal was to create a common system basis, which could be used later for additional optimizations and process harmonization. Similarly, a uniform database, which integrates data from its subsidiary, was supposed to allow transparent reporting.

Scope

The project was complex from the very start. It included:

Integration of the SAP environment including connection of several subsystems of Homann Feinkost GmbH to the SAP environment of Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller in six German locations
Harmonization and optimization of the areas finance and accounting, controlling, personnel, sales, materials management/production/logistics, development, business intelligence (BW), data migration, and test management
More than 140 project participants
Steering committee consisting of management and all department managers
Strategic and operative project management by valantic (external part)

Result

In the end, UTM had the complete implementation with a go-live scenario without compromising business operations. Furthermore, the project was completed on-time and in-budget. The successful project set a milestone for the implementation of large IT projects and ensured great satisfaction in the department and among management.

Gerhard Nowak
Manager of Central IT, Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller

”The close cooperation with the experts from valantic [formerly realtime AG] and Datavard GmbH made our project a success. Schedule and budget were adhered to perfectly, that was only possible with an experienced, flexible, team that was able to react quickly. Nothing wobbled.“

Gerhard Nowak
Manager of Central IT, Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller

”For the success of a harmonization project of this order of magnitude, we required the support of specialists with many years’ project experience in our industry and with special expertise in data migration. This is why we opted for cooperation with valantic [formerly realtime AG] as the general contractor for bundling all external activities in the SAP sector.“

Gerhard Nowak
Manager of Central IT, Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller

”The expertise in the food industry, especially of production, logistics, materials management, and sales, but also the existing technological background suited our realization plans perfectly.“

Dirk Schmalhorst
Internal Project Manager, Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller

”Especially important for the project’s success was the very good, close cooperation of all areas of UTM, Homann, and external parties from the very start. Multi-day intensive workshops with nearly all project participants made a significant contribution to this.“

Dirk Schmalhorst
Internal Project Manager, Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller

”The early start of work on the data migration proved to be good and the driver for the entire project. Even the first test runs were of high quality. In the productive data migration, there were no more surprises. In addition, consistent risk management – with a go-live in twelve steps with the separation of technical and actual go-live instead of big bang – proved decisive.“

Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller integrates Homann Feinkost

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