Elanco: Setting high standards for an industry, starting with e-invoicing
Learn how Elanco Animal Health brought its invoicing system into the digital age by deploying a global solution from SAP that maintains each country's e-invoicing and reporting requirements. Download the DocumentINTERNAL – SAP Only (delete if public)
Elanco: Setting high standards for an
industry, starting with e-invoicing
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated is creating a healthier world, starting with animals. The
American company is a global leader in developing products that prevent and treat
disease in pets and farm animals. Elanco’s commitment to helping people improve the
health of the animals in their care sets the company apart from the competition in more
than 90 countries of operation.
As a purpose-driven enterprise, Elanco is built on pillars of transparency and consistency
as well as high standards. However, the company’s invoicing processes struggled to meet
these standards, especially on a global scale. To support the company’s growing
worldwide presence, Elanco knew it was time to bring invoicing into the digital age. Featured partner
Elanco: Setting high standards for an
industry, starting with e-invoicing
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated is creating a healthier world, starting with animals. The
American company is a global leader in developing products that prevent and treat
disease in pets and farm animals. Elanco’s commitment to helping people improve the
health of the animals in their care sets the company apart from the competition in more
than 90 countries of operation.
As a purpose-driven enterprise, Elanco is built on pillars of transparency and consistency
as well as high standards. However, the company’s invoicing processes struggled to meet
these standards, especially on a global scale. To support the company’s growing
worldwide presence, Elanco knew it was time to bring invoicing into the digital age. Featured partner
INTERNAL – SAP Only (delete if public)
“As a global leader in our industry, being global is not
only essential, but also existential. Implementation and
support have become much easier with SAP localized
solutions compared to when we had individual solutions
by country.”
Pascal Houtin, Global Process Owner for SAP Tax and Intercompany,
Financial Center of Excellence, Elanco Animal Health Incorporated
Elanco Animal Health
Incorporated
Indianapolis, Indiana
www.elanco.com
Industry
Life sciences and
healthcare
Employees
>10,000
Revenue
US$4.4 billion
Products and services
Animal health products
such as pharmaceuticals
for pets and livestock
Featured solutions
SAP Document and
Reporting Compliance
and SAP BTP
1
Centralized and
standardized solution
for e-invoicing globally
6
Countries of operation
using the solution to
follow local mandates
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Follow local mandates for multiple countries of operation
• Deploy a globally applicable standardized solution that can maintain each country’s e-invoicing and
reporting requirements from a content and delivery perspective
Why SAP and Trident Systems LLC
• SAP Document and Reporting Compliance solution to provide e-invoicing and digital statutory
reporting that integrates with both global and local business processes and data in SAP S/4HANA and
can integrate with authorities through SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)
• Trident Systems as an SAP partner for the implementation that also provided consulting and subject-
matter expertise throughout the project
After: Value-driven results
• Reduced complexity in invoicing and created strong integrity within the sales and distribution and
materials management processes
• Standardized ongoing support and regression testing for future system upgrades
• Implemented standardized business processes, user experience, and localized content
• Enabled localization as a self-service that makes a global approach to business possible with a
scalable solution
Digitalizing and standardizing invoicing with SAP Document and
Reporting Compliance
Featured partner
94399enUS (24/11) © 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use
“As a global leader in our industry, being global is not
only essential, but also existential. Implementation and
support have become much easier with SAP localized
solutions compared to when we had individual solutions
by country.”
Pascal Houtin, Global Process Owner for SAP Tax and Intercompany,
Financial Center of Excellence, Elanco Animal Health Incorporated
Elanco Animal Health
Incorporated
Indianapolis, Indiana
www.elanco.com
Industry
Life sciences and
healthcare
Employees
>10,000
Revenue
US$4.4 billion
Products and services
Animal health products
such as pharmaceuticals
for pets and livestock
Featured solutions
SAP Document and
Reporting Compliance
and SAP BTP
1
Centralized and
standardized solution
for e-invoicing globally
6
Countries of operation
using the solution to
follow local mandates
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Follow local mandates for multiple countries of operation
• Deploy a globally applicable standardized solution that can maintain each country’s e-invoicing and
reporting requirements from a content and delivery perspective
Why SAP and Trident Systems LLC
• SAP Document and Reporting Compliance solution to provide e-invoicing and digital statutory
reporting that integrates with both global and local business processes and data in SAP S/4HANA and
can integrate with authorities through SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)
• Trident Systems as an SAP partner for the implementation that also provided consulting and subject-
matter expertise throughout the project
After: Value-driven results
• Reduced complexity in invoicing and created strong integrity within the sales and distribution and
materials management processes
• Standardized ongoing support and regression testing for future system upgrades
• Implemented standardized business processes, user experience, and localized content
• Enabled localization as a self-service that makes a global approach to business possible with a
scalable solution
Digitalizing and standardizing invoicing with SAP Document and
Reporting Compliance
Featured partner
94399enUS (24/11) © 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use