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ERP - ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
Value creation through customized processes
Future-proof Business Processes with the PIKON 3-Point Approach
Your ERP system is the digital backbone of your company. But true added value only emerges when your business processes are harmonised, modernised, and perfectly aligned.
As experienced SAP consultants, we support you with an integrated approach that goes beyond standard implementation:
The PIKON 3-Point-Approach
We combine People, IT, and Business into one integrated concept:
- People – Employees are engaged and inspired to actively support change.
- IT – Technological solutions are intelligently integrated and designed for the future.
- Business – Your business objectives and processes are at the core of every solution.
Your Key Benefits:
Harmonisation and optimisation of existing business processes
Smooth implementation or further development of your ERP system
Benefit from SAP Best Practices
Future-ready structures that enable innovation
Increased productivity and competitiveness
Reduced manual effort through automation and digitalisation
“We create processes that not only work – but inspire.”
Overview of our ERP consulting services
Our Consulting Services
Finance
The finance sector is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by digitalisation, automation, sustainability, and new business models. Companies that rely on modern finance systems like SAP S/4HANA Finance benefit from greater efficiency, real-time insights, and improved decision-making.
SAP S/4HANA Finance combines innovative technologies with seamless integration into your business processes. We support you in addressing key challenges such as:
- How can I make my finance processes more efficient and transparent?
- Where can I automate processes and reduce manual tasks?
- How can I enable real-time analysis of my financial KPIs?
- How can I optimise my cash flow and liquidity management?
- How do I ensure a compliant and future-proof financial accounting system?
SAP S/4HANA Finance offers a comprehensive response to the current trends in the finance sector. By incorporating AI, predictive analytics, automation, and real-time reporting, you can make your finance processes more efficient, transparent, and sustainable.
With ever-increasing regulatory requirements — especially in the areas of e-invoicing and tax reporting — our Competence Center for Legal Requirements provides targeted support to help you stay compliant and future-ready.
Our team of experts analyses regulatory changes and helps you implement legal requirements efficiently.
We focus on the following key areas in Finance:
- Implementation and optimisation of SAP S/4HANA Finance
- Digitalisation and automation of finance processes
- Application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the financial sector
- Real-time reporting and predictive accounting
- Harmonisation of financial data
- Parallel accounting (IFRS, local GAAP) and segment reporting
- Optimisation and acceleration of month-end closing processes
- Company code mergers and carve-outs
- Implementation of new finance functionalities
- Mapping of legal and regulatory requirements
- Data migration
Controlling
Controlling will continue to play a central role in corporate management by bringing together data from various lines of business. Accurate and reliable data is essential for making well-informed business decisions.
SAP S/4HANA Controlling (CO) addresses current trends by integrating modern technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation, and real-time analytics. The goal is to empower companies with efficient, strategic, and data-driven management of their business processes.
We support you in addressing key challenges such as:
- How can I manage and analyse my cost structures more efficiently?
- How do I optimise my planning process?
- How can I achieve transparent and accurate profitability analyses?
- How can I automate and optimise my controlling processes?
- How do I ensure a reliable data foundation for my reporting?
With our 3-Point Consulting Approach, we support you from concept development to implementation in your SAP system. Thanks to our process-oriented methodology and focus on cross-departmental alignment, we ensure seamless integration across all business areas.
Our goal: Tailored, practical solutions that make your controlling more efficient and transparent.
Our key focus areas in Controlling:
- Implementation and optimisation of SAP S/4HANA Controlling
- Digitalisation and automation of controlling processes
- Application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the controlling environment
- Overhead cost and product cost controlling
- Controlling for manufacturing scenarios and customer orders
- Project controlling
- Optimisation and acceleration of month-end closing
- Harmonisation of controlling data
- Planning and reporting
- Data migration
Sales with SAP S/4HANA
In today’s fast-paced business environment, optimised sales processes are key to sustainable growth and long-term success. Globalisation and digitalisation are driving demand for increasingly customised products and shorter delivery times, making supply chain management more complex—and more critical.
Customers now expect not only fast and seamless delivery but also value-added pre-sales and after-sales processes.
With SAP, we help you optimise your entire sales process—from the pre-sales phase through order management, delivery, invoicing, and after-sales service. Automated processes accelerate operations and significantly improve overall efficiency.
SAP S/4HANA Sales extends traditional sales functions through innovative technologies and tight integration into your business processes.
We support you in addressing key challenges such as:
- How can I make my sales processes more efficient and customer-centric?
- How do I optimise my quotation and order management?
- How can I improve the transparency and control of my sales KPIs?
- How do I increase automation and digitalisation in my sales organisation?
Our key focus areas in Sales:
- Quotation management
- Customer order management and billing
- Pricing and discount management
- Tight integration with service and logistics
- Intercompany processes
- Planning and reporting
- Integration with external systems (e.g. CRM systems)
- Data migration
Sourcing and Procurement with S/4HANA
The role of procurement within companies has fundamentally changed. No longer a purely operational function, procurement now plays a strategic key role in the organisation.
Global supply chains, increasing market and regulatory demands, and ongoing digitalisation call for innovative solutions to make sourcing and procurement processes more efficient, transparent, and value-driven.
SAP S/4HANA Sourcing & Procurement builds on proven core functions and integrates modern, intelligent features.
We support you in answering key questions such as:
- How can I sustainably optimise my purchasing and sourcing processes?
- How do I ensure transparent, scalable, and compliant procurement?
- How can I increase flexibility and control across my entire value chain?
- How do I minimise risks and secure my supply chains in the long term?
We focus on the following key areas in Sourcing & Procurement:
- Supplier management
- Operational purchasing
- Strategic sourcing
- Procurement and contract management
- Invoice verification
- Centralised procurement
- Planning and reporting
- AI in procurement
- Data migration
With our specially developed SAP add-on Buyer’s Cockpit, you are ideally equipped for price negotiations. This innovative solution provides data-driven decision support and ensures maximum cost efficiency.
Supply Chain with SAP S/4HANA
In an increasingly connected and dynamic business environment, an efficient and agile supply chain is a critical factor for success.
With SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain, companies gain a powerful solution to optimise their logistics and supply chain processes. Powered by advanced technologies, you can make your entire value chain more transparent, efficient, and resilient.
We support you in tackling critical challenges such as:
- How can I make my supply chain processes more transparent and efficient?
- How do I reduce inventory costs and improve stock management?
- How can I optimise production and demand planning?
- How do I minimise risks and strengthen the resilience of my supply chain?
Our focus areas in Supply Chain Management:
- Demand and production planning
- Optimised inventory management
- Warehouse management
- Transportation management
- AI in the supply chain
- Reporting
Project System
Effective project management is a critical success factor for companies operating in an increasingly complex business environment. With its Project System (PS), SAP S/4HANA provides a powerful solution for comprehensive project planning, execution, and monitoring.
Whether investment projects, customer projects, or development initiatives – SAP S/4HANA PS enables you to maintain full visibility of resources, costs, and timelines at all times.
SAP PS combines key controlling requirements in project environments – such as project cost planning or the use of non-valuated stock – with complex logistical processes typical of Engineer-to-Order (Make-to-Order in lot size 1) scenarios.
PIKON supports you with SAP S/4HANA Project System (PS) in addressing key questions such as:
- How can I plan and manage my projects more efficiently?
- How do I improve transparency around my project costs and resources?
- How can I ensure seamless integration of my projects with other business areas?
- How do I optimise real-time controlling and reporting?
Our focus areas in project-based business:
- Mapping of project structures for transparent and plannable project execution
- Scheduling and milestone planning
- Resource management to ensure optimal utilisation of resources and personnel
- Cost and budget management for accurate budgeting and monitoring of costs and revenues
- Accounting valuation of projects in accordance with IFRS and local GAAP
- Seamless integration with other modules to enable end-to-end process control
- Target group-specific reporting
- Data migration
Production/ Manufacturing
Industrial production is undergoing a fundamental transformation: automation, smart manufacturing, and connected processes are essential to meet the demands of modern industry.
SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing provides a powerful platform to optimise your production processes – enabling maximum efficiency, quality, and agility.
SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing extends traditional production processes with innovative technologies and deep integration into enterprise management.
We support you in addressing key questions such as:
- How can I make my production processes more efficient and flexible?
- How do I reduce downtime and increase equipment efficiency?
- How can I optimise material availability and production planning?
- How can I improve quality control and traceability?
Our focus areas in manufacturing:
- Master data management
- Production planning
- Manufacturing control
- Quality management and traceability
- Integration with the supply chain and other business areas
- Reporting
- Data migration
- Migration
Service
Traditionally, service was seen as a reactive function that only intervenes when an issue arises. Today, companies are increasingly adopting predictive maintenance and proactive service offerings. Through IoT (Internet of Things) and AI-driven analytics, companies can detect and resolve issues before they occur. This improves customer satisfaction and reduces unplanned downtime.
With technological advancements, digital solutions have become a standard requirement in the service industry. Companies are increasingly relying on AI-powered chatbots, self-service portals, and mobile service apps to handle customer inquiries more efficiently. Automated ticketing systems and CRM integrations enable faster and better handling of service cases.
Service is no longer an isolated department but is becoming more integrated into the entire value chain. Companies are linking their service processes with sales, logistics, and production planning to offer a comprehensive customer service experience.
SAP S/4HANA Service extends traditional service solutions with innovative technologies and deep integration into your business processes. We help you address critical challenges such as:
- How can I make my service processes more efficient and customer-friendly?
- How do I optimise the scheduling and availability of service technicians?
- How can I improve service quality and response times?
- How do I seamlessly integrate my service operations into other business processes?
Our focus areas in service:
- Service processing
- Repair handling
- Complaint management
- Spare parts management
- Service contracts
- Effort-based billing
- Intercompany billing
- Predictive maintenance
- Reporting
Our references
In 29 years, we have successfully accompanied numerous customers on their path to digitisation.
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We chose the empty shell approach for our S/4HANA migration. Despite careful planning, the project brought with it some unexpected challenges – particularly in the area of data migration. Thanks to their professional and technical expertise and their strong hands-on mentality, PIKON’s consultants mastered the challenges with aplomb. They are actively involved, solution-oriented and go the extra mile when it counts. Their commitment was particularly evident during the go-live: despite final adjustments under high pressure, the changeover went smoothly – without any days of downtime. A complete success!
Markus Trapp
Head of IT
Markus Trapp
Head of IT
We have been successfully working with PIKON in S/4HANA projects worldwide for years. I particularly appreciate the consultants’ high level of IT and process expertise, which goes far beyond the scope of the respective SAP module. With PIKON, we have a committed, reliable and pragmatic partner with whom we are always happy to work.
Heiko Eberle
CIO and Managing Director, Busch Group IT Solutions GmbH, Busch Group
Heiko Eberle
CIO and Managing Director, Busch Group IT Solutions GmbH, Busch Group
With its courteous service and on-time deliveries, PIKON is one of our most important business partners. The reliable cooperation consistently makes a valuable contribution to our success.
Franz Josef Niedermeier
Managing Director, Erhard GmbH
Franz Josef Niedermeier
Managing Director, Erhard GmbH
The transition to SAP S/4HANA demanded a lot from the entire organisation at EBZ. Therefore, we were glad to have found a partner in PIKON who not only assisted us during the Go-Live (Big Bang with foreign subsidiaries in the USA and China) but also ensured a smooth transition afterward, working together with our internal SAP team and not leaving our employees on their own. The PIKON consultants provided us with strong support during our Greenfield implementation.
Yvonne Vetter
Head of SAP department at EBZ
Yvonne Vetter
Head of SAP department at EBZ
We all know that projects are only successful when a group becomes a team. It sounds so simple, yet it is so complex. How often do we start big projects and invest no special attention in the project team? Unless it doesn’t work, but then it is already too late. Working with the dynamic Organisational Development team at PIKON has shown me great new perspectives. Every hour of collaboration yields new synergies. The Organisational Development team brings successful structures, impulses, project methodologies, communication and, above all, sustainable team development to our project (Global S/4HANA Program).
Tobias Haungs
Vice President IT, KAMAX
Tobias Haungs
Vice President IT, KAMAX
In PIKON, we had a consulting partner with experience in the industry which was up to the complex challenge of this project. The project succeeded on a conceptual and technical level thanks to the business background of the IT consultants. And thanks to the necessary sensitivity to the corporate culture, the new processes are still put into practice today.
Christian Hengl
Leiter Prozessgestaltung SCM-PLM, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen
Christian Hengl
Leiter Prozessgestaltung SCM-PLM, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen
S/4HANA workshop offers
Are you just starting out with S/4HANA? We will give you an initial overview.
You will learn about the innovations in S/4HANA in logistics, accounting and the user interface. In addition, migration scenarios and appropriate project approaches.
Time required: 0,5 days
You have the task to develop the S/4HANA strategy in your company? We teach you the cornerstones of the S/4HANA implementation.
Effects on business processes, organizations, master data and employees are topics of the workshop as well as migration scenarios and target architectures.
Time required: 1 day
You have already gained an initial overview, but have further questions on various points? You can put together your own workshop from a modular system of possible in-depth topics. As the workshop is put together individually for you, the required time is not fixed.
Time required: 0,5 – 2 days depending on individual arrangement.
The S/4HANA implementation “on the greenfield” is already set for your company?
In the workshop, we develop together with you the appropriate roadmap with time and budget planning and address topics such as data transfer, preliminary work, etc.
Time required: 1 – 2 days, depending on individual arrangement.
You have decided on Conversion as the scenario for your migration? Learn in the workshop how to best approach your SAP S/4HANA conversion project and develop your digital roadmap.
Time required: 0,5 – 2 days depending on individual arrangement.
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