Dairy Manufacturing · SAP Assessment
47 Gaps Found in Two Days, and One Costed Way Forward
A mid-market manufacturer let down by a previous SAP partner had no evidence-based view of what was broken. We ran a two-day, live-system proof of concept across procurement, sales and finance, surfacing 47 functional gaps in three modules and one clear, costed path forward.
47Functional gaps identified
2 daysTime to evidence1Costed roadmap deliveredThe Challenge
A previous implementation partner under-delivered on a multi-module rollout. Leadership was left without a clear, evidence-based path to fix or replace the system. Procurement, sales and finance were all running on that estate, and nobody could point to what was actually broken and what was not. A stalled SAP investment with no clear evidence of what is actually broken is a costly, high-stakes limbo. Every month of uncertainty is a month of value not being realized. Leadership cannot commit to fixing the system or to replacing it, so the decision keeps getting deferred while the estate stays as it is.
What We Did
We aligned the full live estate with business priorities across procurement, sales and finance, so the assessment started from what the business actually needed the system to do rather than from a list of modules. We tested real processes end to end in the live system within 48 hours, replacing guesswork with direct evidence, then surfaced 47 gaps across three modules and translated them into a clear, costed path: what to fix, what to move, and what it would cost.
The Solution
Leadership holds an evidence-based picture of its SAP estate: 47 functional gaps identified across three modules, tested in the live system, and one costed roadmap that sets out what to fix, what to replace, and what each option costs.
The Outcome
47 functional gaps identified across three modules, in two days, tested against real processes in the live system. One costed roadmap delivered, covering what to fix and what to move, with costs attached. Leadership moved out of limbo in 48 hours. Instead of another round of opinion about a stalled investment, they had direct evidence from their own live system and one decision to make, with the cost of each option already on the page.
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