Comprehensive S/4 testing services for a US-based regional grocer
Customer Profile
The client is a leading regional supermarket chain in the US that runs over 200 supermarket stores and also owns and operates a milk processing plant, shopping centers, and gas stations across the country.
Business Challenge
The customer was migrating from an ECC 6.0 Finance solution along with its legacy retail systems to the SAP S/4 suite. They wanted to streamline their business operations across the board to drive efficiency and bring additional capabilities to their operations to accelerate innovation, generate value, and optimize the customer experience.
The key challenge when Applexus took over was that the client lacked documentation on existing business processes and business process criticality. Furthermore, there were no test management systems already in place.
Embracing Quality Engineering in SAP S/4 Transformation
Partnering with Applexus
As the customer's partner on its digital journey, Applexus worked with the business users to document the business process in order to prepare for UAT acceptance. The new solution structure was documented and it categorized the business processes by criticality and prioritized them based on business risk. This increased the visibility of the business process across the organization and enabled better decision making.
Applexus also developed test assets which included 670 test cases, 100 automated tests and 98 end-to-end scenarios and test user stories. For the customer, Applexus’ solution also helped to plan, streamline and manage the overall testing including status reporting to the project stakeholders.
Benefits Delivered
- High quality product delivered with zero defects detected during the first 45 days in production
- The project was delivered within budget and the stipulated time
- 100 automated tests were developed to support future change regression tests
- Over 700 manual test cases delivered
- Established a test management tool to streamline the overall testing
Client
Leading US supermarket chain
Solution
SAP S/4HANA Finance migration
At a glance
The client, undergoing a migration from ECC 6.0 and legacy retail systems to SAP S/4HANA, faced key challenges including a lack of business process documentation, unclear process criticality, and the absence of a structured test management framework. Applexus addressed these gaps by implementing a comprehensive quality engineering approach—documenting processes, prioritizing them based on business risk, and establishing a robust testing strategy. Resulting in a seamless go-live with zero defects, improved UAT efficiency, and a scalable foundation for ongoing regression testing.
