EdERSA: Providing stability, security, and compliance while optimizing operations with ERP in the cloud
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EdERSA: Providing stability, security,
and compliance while optimizing
operations with ERP in the cloud
As one of the main electricity distributors in the province of Río Negro in northern
Patagonia, Argentina, Empresa de Energía Río Negro S.A. (EdERSA) is dedicated to
providing predictable, safe, socially responsible, and sustainable services. The company
supplies more than 800,000 inhabitants in a concession area of 203,000 square kilometers.
EdERSA aims to increase competitive advantage while valuing the excellence and
continuous improvement of its people, but outdated business practices were holding the
company back. To accompany its growth plan, improve compliance, and reduce
cybersecurity risks, EdERSA decided to adopt a digital transformation road map.
Bringing simplification and innovation to support northern
Patagonia’s development
EdERSA: Providing stability, security,
and compliance while optimizing
operations with ERP in the cloud
As one of the main electricity distributors in the province of Río Negro in northern
Patagonia, Argentina, Empresa de Energía Río Negro S.A. (EdERSA) is dedicated to
providing predictable, safe, socially responsible, and sustainable services. The company
supplies more than 800,000 inhabitants in a concession area of 203,000 square kilometers.
EdERSA aims to increase competitive advantage while valuing the excellence and
continuous improvement of its people, but outdated business practices were holding the
company back. To accompany its growth plan, improve compliance, and reduce
cybersecurity risks, EdERSA decided to adopt a digital transformation road map.
Bringing simplification and innovation to support northern
Patagonia’s development
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“We seek to access new features that improve the
productivity and efficiency of the company in general.
Adopting RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a great
achievement based on teamwork by EdERSA and
experts from Process Technologies and SAP.”
Jorge Liendro, Chief Information Officer, Empresa de Energía Río Negro S.A.
Empresa de Energía
Río Negro S.A.
Rio Negro, Argentina
www.edersa.com.ar
Industry
Utilities
Employees
458
Revenue
US$73.3 million
Products and services
Electric distribution
services
Featured solutions and Services
RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud,
private edition; SAP S/4HANA
Cloud, private edition; SAP Activate;
and SAP Readiness Check
>25%
Reduction in time spent
on financial-closing
activities
5%
Reduction in time to
deploy new applications
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Outdated ERP system for managing processes, including finance, payroll, and asset, inventory,
warehouse, and spend management, with a major effort required to develop and deploy applications
• Lack of strong controls, making compliance difficult; need for enhanced information security
• Manual activities around purchase orders and payment processes
Why SAP and Process Technologies
• Private edition of RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud to enable business process analytics and intelligence
• SAP Business Technology Platform, allowing process integration and extension across lines of business
• Private edition of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, with advanced capabilities that reduce complexity, facilitate
compliance and data traceability, and improve visibility and reporting
• SAP Activate methodology and SAP Readiness Check tool to assist with the migration from SAP ERP
Central Component to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, with Process Technologies running the project remotely
After: Value-driven results
• Updated the IT landscape, moving from an on-premise infrastructure to outcome-driven cloud services,
reducing IT costs, enabling a HR service management approach, and driving digital transformation
• Optimized business processes with a single source of truth, and increased information availability to
speed up management decision-making
• Improved application development, with reduced time and effort to deploy new applications
Simplifying processes and improving the quality and traceability of
information with RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition
90782enUS (23/11) © 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use
Featured Partner
“We seek to access new features that improve the
productivity and efficiency of the company in general.
Adopting RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a great
achievement based on teamwork by EdERSA and
experts from Process Technologies and SAP.”
Jorge Liendro, Chief Information Officer, Empresa de Energía Río Negro S.A.
Empresa de Energía
Río Negro S.A.
Rio Negro, Argentina
www.edersa.com.ar
Industry
Utilities
Employees
458
Revenue
US$73.3 million
Products and services
Electric distribution
services
Featured solutions and Services
RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud,
private edition; SAP S/4HANA
Cloud, private edition; SAP Activate;
and SAP Readiness Check
>25%
Reduction in time spent
on financial-closing
activities
5%
Reduction in time to
deploy new applications
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Outdated ERP system for managing processes, including finance, payroll, and asset, inventory,
warehouse, and spend management, with a major effort required to develop and deploy applications
• Lack of strong controls, making compliance difficult; need for enhanced information security
• Manual activities around purchase orders and payment processes
Why SAP and Process Technologies
• Private edition of RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud to enable business process analytics and intelligence
• SAP Business Technology Platform, allowing process integration and extension across lines of business
• Private edition of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, with advanced capabilities that reduce complexity, facilitate
compliance and data traceability, and improve visibility and reporting
• SAP Activate methodology and SAP Readiness Check tool to assist with the migration from SAP ERP
Central Component to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, with Process Technologies running the project remotely
After: Value-driven results
• Updated the IT landscape, moving from an on-premise infrastructure to outcome-driven cloud services,
reducing IT costs, enabling a HR service management approach, and driving digital transformation
• Optimized business processes with a single source of truth, and increased information availability to
speed up management decision-making
• Improved application development, with reduced time and effort to deploy new applications
Simplifying processes and improving the quality and traceability of
information with RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition
90782enUS (23/11) © 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use
Featured Partner
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“Going forward with our digital transformation plan, we
hope to adopt several SAP solutions. For example, the
SAP Fiori user experience will provide a more powerful
analytical view of our operations with faster processes
and unified data to help us make better business
decisions.”
Jorge Liendro, Chief Information Officer, Empresa de Energía Río Negro S.A.
7
Months to deploy
RISE with SAP S/4HANA
Cloud
3%
Reduction in IT
infrastructure costs
based on IT budget
spend
Empresa de Energía Río Negro S.A. (EdERSA) aims to constantly update its SAP
technology landscape with the latest innovations. To support this, the company
embarked on an IT transformation with the private edition of RISE with SAP S/4HANA
Cloud at its core. Process Technologies ran the project remotely, using the SAP Activate
methodology to migrate from SAP ERP Central Component to the private edition of
SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The areas covered included finance, controlling, treasury
management, materials management, funds management, and HR. The SAP Readiness
Check tool was important in accelerating the project, while SAP Business Technology
Platform was used to integrate and extend the processes across lines of business.
EdERSA plans to advance with SAP Ariba and SAP Concur solutions to simplify
procurement and expense management, respectively. It’s also considering
SAP SuccessFactors solutions to improve its human experience management and
SAP Signavio solutions to keep processes live with continuous innovation.
Transforming IT with simplification, automation,
and innovation across business areas
“Going forward with our digital transformation plan, we
hope to adopt several SAP solutions. For example, the
SAP Fiori user experience will provide a more powerful
analytical view of our operations with faster processes
and unified data to help us make better business
decisions.”
Jorge Liendro, Chief Information Officer, Empresa de Energía Río Negro S.A.
7
Months to deploy
RISE with SAP S/4HANA
Cloud
3%
Reduction in IT
infrastructure costs
based on IT budget
spend
Empresa de Energía Río Negro S.A. (EdERSA) aims to constantly update its SAP
technology landscape with the latest innovations. To support this, the company
embarked on an IT transformation with the private edition of RISE with SAP S/4HANA
Cloud at its core. Process Technologies ran the project remotely, using the SAP Activate
methodology to migrate from SAP ERP Central Component to the private edition of
SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The areas covered included finance, controlling, treasury
management, materials management, funds management, and HR. The SAP Readiness
Check tool was important in accelerating the project, while SAP Business Technology
Platform was used to integrate and extend the processes across lines of business.
EdERSA plans to advance with SAP Ariba and SAP Concur solutions to simplify
procurement and expense management, respectively. It’s also considering
SAP SuccessFactors solutions to improve its human experience management and
SAP Signavio solutions to keep processes live with continuous innovation.
Transforming IT with simplification, automation,
and innovation across business areas