adesso: Growing safely in the public cloud
The adesso Group has established itself as one of the leading IT service providers in German-speaking countries. In 2022 alone, the company grew by an impressive 39 percent and now employs more than 8,500 employees. However, the establishment of more than 60 international locations and more than 50 subsidiaries led to a fragmentation of its own IT landscape. Cloud solutions should unify processes – a mission-critical task especially for complex finance and accounting. Lae alla documentPUBLIC
The adesso Group has established itself as a leading provider of IT services in
German-speaking regions. The company grew by 39% in 2022 alone and now
employs over 8,500 people.
However, the establishment of more than 60 international locations and over
50 subsidiaries led to a fragmented IT landscape within the company. Cloud
solutions became essential for standardizing processes, especially in the
complex finance and accounting system.
adesso: Growing Safely in the
Public Cloud
The adesso Group has established itself as a leading provider of IT services in
German-speaking regions. The company grew by 39% in 2022 alone and now
employs over 8,500 people.
However, the establishment of more than 60 international locations and over
50 subsidiaries led to a fragmented IT landscape within the company. Cloud
solutions became essential for standardizing processes, especially in the
complex finance and accounting system.
adesso: Growing Safely in the
Public Cloud
Before: Challenges and Opportunities
• The adesso Group wanted to streamline IT integration between its headquarters and subsidiaries.
• Incoming invoices and transactions with group subsidiaries needed to be processed faster.
• Routine tasks such as tracking working hours were to be automated.
• Media inconsistencies had to be eliminated to simplify monthly and annual financial reporting.
Why SAP
• The internal SAP consulting team at adesso carried out the implementation, backed by SAP.
• As an SAP Gold Partner, adesso has an in-depth understanding of SAP® solutions and provides
customer support.
• In the provider assessment, SAP emerged as the top choice in the overall ranking.
After: Value-Driven Results
• Project time, activity tracking, invoicing, and reporting are now considerably simpler.
• Approximately 50,000 incoming invoices are processed automatically.
• Monthly and annual financial reports are generated much faster.
• Consolidated insights and analysis, such as workload, hours billed, or the profitability of new portfolio
items in subsidiaries, are available in real time.
• Current and prospective acquisitions can be integrated more efficiently into the Group’s IT.
• The finance team now has more time for value-creating activities.
• adesso developed the time tracking app adtime based on the SAP Business Technology Platform.
• The error rate in booking outgoing invoices dropped from 5% to nearly 0%.
Streamline Operations and Enhance Transparency With SAP
S/4HANA® Cloud, Public Edition
“I now check the booked hours every day because they
are a reliable indicator for the month-end closing.
Also, the utilization and other KPIs are transparent. This
helps in managing the large adesso Group.”
Andreas Prenneis, Board Member, adesso SE
adesso SE
Dortmund,
Germany
www.adesso.de
Industry
Professional
Services
Employees
> 8,500
Revenue
€900.25 million
Products and Services
IT consulting and services
Featured Solutions
SAP S/4HANA® Cloud,
public edition
63%
decrease in processing time
for incoming invoice down
payments
50%
decrease in the time required
to book customer invoices
Executive overview Objectives Solution Results Future plans
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• The adesso Group wanted to streamline IT integration between its headquarters and subsidiaries.
• Incoming invoices and transactions with group subsidiaries needed to be processed faster.
• Routine tasks such as tracking working hours were to be automated.
• Media inconsistencies had to be eliminated to simplify monthly and annual financial reporting.
Why SAP
• The internal SAP consulting team at adesso carried out the implementation, backed by SAP.
• As an SAP Gold Partner, adesso has an in-depth understanding of SAP® solutions and provides
customer support.
• In the provider assessment, SAP emerged as the top choice in the overall ranking.
After: Value-Driven Results
• Project time, activity tracking, invoicing, and reporting are now considerably simpler.
• Approximately 50,000 incoming invoices are processed automatically.
• Monthly and annual financial reports are generated much faster.
• Consolidated insights and analysis, such as workload, hours billed, or the profitability of new portfolio
items in subsidiaries, are available in real time.
• Current and prospective acquisitions can be integrated more efficiently into the Group’s IT.
• The finance team now has more time for value-creating activities.
• adesso developed the time tracking app adtime based on the SAP Business Technology Platform.
• The error rate in booking outgoing invoices dropped from 5% to nearly 0%.
Streamline Operations and Enhance Transparency With SAP
S/4HANA® Cloud, Public Edition
“I now check the booked hours every day because they
are a reliable indicator for the month-end closing.
Also, the utilization and other KPIs are transparent. This
helps in managing the large adesso Group.”
Andreas Prenneis, Board Member, adesso SE
adesso SE
Dortmund,
Germany
www.adesso.de
Industry
Professional
Services
Employees
> 8,500
Revenue
€900.25 million
Products and Services
IT consulting and services
Featured Solutions
SAP S/4HANA® Cloud,
public edition
63%
decrease in processing time
for incoming invoice down
payments
50%
decrease in the time required
to book customer invoices
Executive overview Objectives Solution Results Future plans
PUBLIC | 88907enUS (23/09) © 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.
sap.com/terms-of-use