Global manufacturing and consumer goods company migrates to SAP S/4HANA with TTAX Suite and TTAX RT advisory services

With a consolidated presence and decades of experience in the Brazilian market, the company is a benchmark in the large-scale manufacturing of industrial products and highly durable consumer goods. Characterized by a complex manufacturing process that demands strict quality control and a constant flow of plastic, metallic, and textile raw materials, the efficiency of its supply chain is the driving force behind its market leadership.

To maintain the high performance of its manufacturing plants and the capillary distribution of its products to major retail chains nationwide, the company relies on the SAP ecosystem to manage its operations, treating tax governance as an absolute strategic priority.

The Challenge

The company already shared a solid partnership with TTAX within its SAP ECC environment, leveraging our tax intelligence and continuous support to keep its operations in full regulatory compliance. However, driven by the need to modernize its processes and drive digital transformation across the entire corporation, the company launched its ERP migration project to the new SAP S/4HANA platform.

During the planning of this strategic transition, leadership identified three major challenges that needed to be mitigated simultaneously:

Seamless Transition: Guarantee that the tax intelligence and business rules built into the previous environment were carried over to the new S/4HANA architecture with zero risk of disruption to shipping and logistics.
Efficient Inbound Logistics: Eliminate manual bottlenecks and delays in the physical and fiscal inbound processing of goods at factory gates.
Proactive Tax Reform Readiness: Leverage the ERP migration window to consultatively and structurally diagnose, map, and prepare the new system for the Dual VAT (IVA Dual – IBS and CBS) regulations.

Mutual trust and a track record of high-level deliveries made TTAX the natural choice to lead this evolution.

The Solution

TTAX designed an integrated approach, combining the technical support the client already relied on with new automation tools and a specialized consulting arm built for the new national landscape.

1. Continuity with AMS Support and TaxOrion Fiscal Solution Since the company was already using TTAX solutions, the migration process of the TaxOrion Fiscal Solution to SAP S/4HANA was fast, agile, and secure. Developed in native language (ABAP/Fiori), TaxOrion adapted perfectly to the ERP’s new interface and architecture. Continuous maintenance was guaranteed by the Fiscal AMS Support, shielding the system against any downtime during and after the go-live window.

2. Inbound Automation with Easy4 (DF-e Inbound) To revolutionize the supply chain and accelerate production line replenishment, the Easy4 for SAP Inbound module was implemented. Easy4 automated the robotic capture of all NF-e, CT-e, and NFS-e issued against the company’s subsidiaries. It now performs automated recipient acknowledgment (manifestação do destinatário) and intelligent document pre-booking directly within S/4HANA, cross-checking fiscal data with purchase orders in real time.

3. Strategic Advisory for the Tax Reform To future-proof the business, the company contracted TTAX’s specialized Tax Reform Advisory services. TTAX experts conducted a deep-dive assessment of the company’s purchasing, sales, and transfer processes, mapping out the necessary roadmap to adapt the new SAP S/4HANA environment to IBS, CBS, and Split Payment requirements. This consultative approach ensured the client fully understood the financial and systemic impacts of the new legislation well ahead of its mandatory enforcement.

The Result

The technological transition coordinated by TTAX elevated the manufacturer’s governance to a new tier of efficiency:

Zero-Risk Migration: The evolution of TaxOrion and AMS support to S/4HANA was executed flawlessly, keeping billing operations and retail product shipments running at maximum capacity during the Go-Live window.
Intelligent Inbound Tax Processing: With Easy4, supplier invoice auditing became 100% digital, drastically reducing truck unloading wait times at the factory yard and eliminating manual bookkeeping errors.
Security and Regulatory Predictability: Thanks to TTAX’s specialized advisory services, the company remains completely unaffected by market uncertainty regarding the Tax Reform. Its IT and Tax departments now possess a clear, custom-tailored technical compliance roadmap built directly within SAP.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Reduction: By consolidating support, automation tools (Inbound and Outbound), and strategic planning under a single SAP-expert partner, the IT department relieved its internal teams and optimized capital allocation.