Stryker adding HANA muscle to its ERP

BANGALORE, INDIA: Stryker, a medical technology company, has picked Accenture to support the standardization of its business processes across the company.

As an announcement explains, Accenture will deploy the SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA) solution as the digital foundation for Stryker’s global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The scope of the project will provide systems implementation, business process advisory, project management and change management services. The program is intended to standardize and automate business processes in finance, sales, logistics, supply chain and procurement for Stryker, with a global deployment of SAP S/4HANA, SAP World Template and leveraging Assemble-to-Order methodology.

“We selected Accenture for its medical technology experience combined with an extensive knowledge of ERP systems,” said Bijoy Sagar, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Stryker. “The company’s solution will help us drive efficiencies and allow us to remain focused on meeting our customers’ changing needs.”

Accenture will deliver the work onsite at Stryker, as well as from the Accenture Innovation Center for SAP in Kronberg, Germany, and the Accenture Delivery Center in Pune, India.

“Stryker operates in an extremely competitive sector and recognizes the importance of having an agile and responsive global ERP system,” said Tom Schwenger, senior managing director North America, Accenture Life Sciences. “The work that Accenture will be delivering to Stryker will enable it to focus on its core business activities as well as reduce operational costs and improve business performance.”

Note that SAP and Accenture announced in January of 2016 that they are joining forces in the industry development and go-to-market of SAP S/4HANA, to accelerate development of SAP S/4HANA as well as industry and line-of-business solutions, with a view to simplifying and fast-tracking customers’ journeys to digital businesses.