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VEKA AG

“Preserve what is good! Change what is necessary! Be ready for what’s coming!” The project slogan for the SAP S/4HANA transformation at VEKA AG was the program.

VEKA AG

VEKA AG

The company

Since the company was founded in 1969, VEKA has developed from a small regional business into the world market leader for PVC-U profile systems for windows and doors. Today, the international group of companies has 49 locations including 23 production plants on 4 continents. In 2023, 6,700 employees worldwide generated an annual turnover of 1.5 billion euros. The success of the company, which is still family-run, is based on uncompromising quality standards that encompass products as well as all areas of the company and services. This results in technically sophisticated window and door solutions that turn homes, public buildings and commercial properties into extraordinary places.

The SAP S/4HANA transformation was a success! Thanks to UNIORG’s professional support, the project was implemented within the set schedule with the planned resources and budget.

Jens Schulte,

IT Project Manager

About the project

“Preserve what is good! Change what is necessary! Be ready for what’s coming!” The project slogan for the SAP S/4HANA transformation at VEKA AG was the program. The company has been using SAP ERP for over 30 years. Over time, this has been rolled out in almost all companies worldwide and is now the central system for integrative business processes. The aim of the transformation of the group-wide SAP ERP system, with just one client, was to maintain the status quo, i.e. all applications and interfaces used were to be retained and processes were to remain untouched. The defined reduction of the project scope with a brownfield approach to a purely technical transformation (SAP ECC to S/4HANA) made the project more scalable and thus kept the business impact low.

The current S/4 HANA system now gives VEKA AG the necessary planning security to use new and innovative technologies in the future. Strengthening the user experience is an important building block for achieving the company’s long-term goals. In future, users will be provided with needs-based information and applications in the form of FIORI applications.

All VEKA AG companies were fully operational from the first day after go-live and were able to pursue their day-to-day business without any restrictions.

Solutions & Services
Company size
6700 Mitarbeitende

Project challenge

  • Maintaining the status quo for all applications and interfaces used as well as existing processes
  • Testing and conversion of in-house developments to SAP S/4HANA suitability
  • Ensuring that all companies involved pull together
  • Provision of a fully functional system for go-live

Highlights of the project

  • BIG BANG (35 company codes in 13 countries)
  • Continuous communication with stakeholders and management
  • Multiple iterations (SAP S/4 conversions) to internalize the technical changeover and
    conversion and quality improvement
  • Consideration of 80 connected software applications / add-ons
  • 3 months Hypercare

Benefits of the project

  • Reduction of complexity and project duration by focusing on the
    technical transformation
  • basis for access to and use of new and innovative technologies in the second step
  • Planning security until 2040

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