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MJ Quinn: Increasing visibility and accelerating financial reporting with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

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Unifying and modernizing ERP on one global system

Telecommunications, energy, and infrastructure providers across the United Kingdom count on MJ Quinn Integrated Services Limited to deliver solutions that make life and business run better. So, when the company needed to upgrade its own ERP systems to keep up with growing business demands, it turned to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

IndustryRegionCompany SizePartner
Professional servicesPrescot, United Kingdom1,500 employeesexcelerated group
67%

reduction in monthly financial reporting efforts (from 15 to 5 days).

100%

stock traceability now that logistics are run on one system.

9 months

to go live with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

With SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, our stock management and finances are linked, giving us control and visibility. Everything we need is in one system, resulting in a far better user experience. It’s exactly what we needed to support future growth.
Stuart Ward
Chief Finance Officer, MJ Quinn Integrated Services Limited

Lacking insight and control over financials and logistics

MJ Quinn Integrated Services Limited prides itself on offering best-in-class solutions and services to some of the United Kingdom’s largest telecommunications, energy, and infrastructure companies. This includes a training academy that teaches and certifies more than 200 engineers per month, delivering more than 7,000 accreditations in a given year.

 

But disparate systems from various providers combined with manual, spreadsheet-based processes began posing operational difficulties. For example, different systems for stock management and accounting made it hard to maintain visibility and control over stock that was being transported by vehicles out in the field. And monthly financial reporting could take as long as 15 days.

 

To address these challenges and more, MJ Quinn knew it was time to modernize and unify its ERP.

In the past few years, we’ve had significant growth in the telecom and energy sectors—including expanded training operations and growing stock requirements. Our existing systems were disconnected, which made it hard to maintain the visibility and efficiency we needed to keep pace.
Stuart Ward
Chief Finance Officer, MJ Quinn Integrated Services Limited

Finding the right partner to support a fast rollout of cloud ERP

To modernize, unify, and integrate global operations, MJ Quinn chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. A key reason for the choice was the ease of integration with the SAP systems being run by parent company Grupo Visabeira.

 

In collaboration with SAP partner excelerated group, MJ Quinn leveraged an SAP-qualified partner-packaged solution for finance and logistics to accelerate implementation and quickly maximize benefits.

 

The initial deployment of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition took just nine months—allowing MJ Quinn to move to a managed service model. It’s also continuing the engagement with excelerated, which supports twice-yearly upgrades and ongoing deployment projects.

 

The next step in MJ Quinn’s cloud ERP journey is to deploy a manufacturing extension for a newly acquired business and to expand system reach from the United Kingdom to all of Ireland.

We chose SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition because we could have everything inside one system. This would allow us to attain the insight and control we needed across all areas of the business. The ability to integrate our stock platform with finance was a major selling point.
Stuart Ward
Chief Finance Officer, MJ Quinn Integrated Services Limited

Streamlining financials and logistics with automation and integration

MJ Quinn now manages all its financials, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, asset accounting, general ledger, taxes, and associated returns using SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

 

Much of the company’s monthly financial reporting cycle has been automated, cutting the process down from 15 days to just five days—a 67% reduction.

 

Now with logistics running on a single system, stock is 100% traceable—giving MJ Quinn greater visibility and control. This includes tracking stock out in the field, managing vans across the country, and being able to locate assets and equipment in real time. Plus, greater automation means a far better user experience for MJ Quinn employees.

 

MJ Quinn is also using SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition to manage other business processes, including procurement, inventory, and project costing.

Our deployment of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition has been a huge success. I’m really looking forward to working with SAP and excelerated as our business grows, including our future acquisitions in the energy and telecom sectors.
Stuart Ward
Chief Finance Officer, MJ Quinn Integrated Services Limited

Featured partner

With more than 100 consultants worldwide, excelerated group helps clients around the globe digitally transform their finance, procurement, and supply chain operations. Working in partnership with SAP, excelerated consultants have deep-rooted expertise in processes and solutions as well as strong industry experience that helps organizations maximize their technology investments.

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