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itesys
itesys, a prominent reseller, system integrator, and consulting company, that plays a vital role in numerous system integration and digital transformation initiatives. itesys collaboration with software players such as SAP empowers organizations to embrace disruptive technologies and accelerate their journey to the cloud, thus reshaping their business models.
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| itesys | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA | ERP Financial | ERP |
| itesys | SAP | SAP HANA | Database Management | IaaS |
| itesys | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA - Financial Accounting (FI) | ERP Financial | ERP |
| itesys | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA - Controlling (CO) | ERP Financial | ERP |
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Canton of St. Gallen | Government | 19207 | $6.2B | Switzerland | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA | ERP Financial | 2019 |
In 2019 Canton of St. Gallen migrated to SAP S/4 HANA to renew its core ERP Financial landscape, upgrading from SAP ERP ECC 6.0 to address the end of mainstream maintenance. The rollout targeted the Finance Department where the Office for Financial Services and the Human Resources Office each operate one instance, with systems development, testing and production hosted externally.
The project adopted a brownfield upgrade approach that preserved existing IT structures while moving the AFDL instance to SAP S/4 HANA and converting the HR database to HANA where no S/4 HR solution existed. Key functional workstreams included porting standard FI CO modules to S/4 HANA, introducing the central business partner model and the universal journal, converting a heavily customized SD module to SAP standard, and adapting special modules and an in house portal for S/4 HANA operation.
Delivery was structured into four separate DLB lots to concentrate competence areas, with DLB 1 focused on the Oracle to HANA database migration, DLB 2 on FI CO porting and master data rework, DLB 3 on SD module conversion, and DLB 4 on bespoke module and portal adaptations. itesys acted as the SAP Basis integrator and technical coordinator, establishing an early sandbox for application partners and creating an upgrade gate that migrated a copy of production to an intermediate EhP8 version to bridge source and target system differences.
Operational governance emphasized close coordination between infrastructure and application specialists, time boxed planned downtime that included user training, and retention of the original productive Oracle system to keep the St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences client on its existing landscape. Project leadership reported intensive cross team collaboration and a positive conclusion following the migration, with the Canton of St. Gallen SAP S/4 HANA deployment maintained under external hosting and positioned to run ERP Financial business functions across the cantonal administration and participating educational institutions.
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Canton of St. Gallen | Government | 19207 | $6.2B | Switzerland | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA - Controlling (CO) | ERP Financial | 2019 |
In 2019, the Canton of St. Gallen upgraded to SAP S/4 HANA - Controlling (CO) as part of a brownfield SAP S/4HANA program focused on financial processes. The project was led by the Office for Financial Services within the Finance Department and included the Human Resources Office, with development, testing and production instances hosted externally, under the ERP Financial category.
The implementation centered on porting standard FI/CO capabilities into SAP S/4 HANA, introducing the central business partner model and the universal journal, and delivering SAP S/4 HANA - Controlling (CO) configuration aligned to cantonal accounting requirements. The SD module was converted from a heavily customized R3 implementation to SAP standard, and several special modules and in-house portal developments were adapted to operate under S/4HANA, while a targeted database switch to HANA was executed for the Human Resources Office where no S/4 HR solution existed.
Architecturally the program followed a brownfield upgrade path, preserving existing IT structures while renewing the technological foundation. A sandbox environment was provisioned early to enable application partner testing, and a gate strategy was used in which a copy of productive data was migrated first to an upgradeable intermediate release, EhP8, to bridge the gap between source and target versions. The production landscape remained externally hosted and the original productive system and Oracle database were left available for the St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences client that did not take the S/4 cutover.
Workstreams were tendered and delivered in four lots with discrete technical responsibilities, DLB 1 for Oracle to HANA database conversion, DLB 2 for FI/CO porting and business partner and universal journal rollout, DLB 3 for SD conversion to SAP standard, and DLB 4 for adapting special modules and in-house developments. itesys acted as the SAP Basis partner and technical integrator, coordinating subprojects, operating the sandbox and gate environments, and providing technical project management across the competence partners.
Governance emphasized cross-team coordination and training, with planned downtime used to train finance and administrative staff on S/4 innovations. The upgrade approach preserved the existing operational model while renewing core transactional and controlling infrastructure, and project stakeholders reported a positive conclusion to the migration and readiness of users to resume operations on SAP S/4 HANA - Controlling (CO).
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Canton of St. Gallen | Government | 19207 | $6.2B | Switzerland | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA - Financial Accounting (FI) | ERP Financial | 2019 |
In 2019, Canton of St. Gallen implemented SAP S/4 HANA - Financial Accounting (FI) as its ERP Financial solution, executing a brownfield upgrade from SAP ECC 6.0 to renew the technological foundation while retaining existing IT structures. The primary SAP users were the Office for Financial Services within the Finance Department and the Human Resources Office, with system landscapes for development, testing and production hosted externally, and the AFDL instance covering the cantonal administration plus the University of St. Gallen and the St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences, the latter retaining the original productive Oracle database unchanged.
The SAP S/4 HANA - Financial Accounting (FI) implementation focused on porting standard FI/CO functional modules from R3 to S/4HANA, introducing the central business partner model and the universal journal, and migrating existing financial processes to S/4. Parallel workstreams addressed SD, where customized processes were converted to the SAP standard, and a dedicated stream adapted various special modules and in-house developments including the institutional portal, while the Human Resources Office underwent a database migration to HANA because a corresponding S/4 HR solution was not in scope.
The project was delivered using a multi-vendor, multi-lot lifecycle structure with separate tenders and competence partners, organized into four DLB lots: DLB 1 handled the Oracle to HANA database upgrade, DLB 2 managed FI/CO porting and business partner/universal journal introduction, DLB 3 converted the customized SD module, and DLB 4 adapted special modules and custom developments for operation under S/4HANA. itesys acted as the coordinating system integrator, establishing an early sandbox for application partner testing and creating a gate strategy that migrated a copy of production to an upgradeable intermediate version EhP8 to bridge source and target system gaps.
Governance emphasized tight technical coordination and staged cutovers, with itesys providing professional technical project management across sub-projects and using planned downtime for user training so staff could resume operations with updated process knowledge. The original productive system with Oracle database remained available for the St. Gallen University of Applied Sciences, enabling a phased coexistence of environments while the Office for Financial Services and Human Resources ran the SAP S/4 HANA - Financial Accounting (FI) environment under the canton’s external hosting arrangement.
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Government | 19207 | $6.2B | Switzerland | SAP | SAP HANA | Database Management | 2019 |
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