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CASE STUDY

Syniti, a global leader in enterprise data management, has highlighted its partnership with Bridgestone EMEA, the regional strategic business unit of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader in premium tyres and sustainable mobility solutions. planned 2024 go-live, Bridgestone turned to Syniti to support a successful launch. The project was not without its challenges; the compressed timeline meant multiple data loads had to be fitted into a shortened time frame.

The partnership aimed to deliver one of the largest transformation projects in Bridgestone’ s history – its migration to SAP S / 4HANA Cloud. The company’ s goal was to remove siloes across the organisation by consolidating business processes across its SAP ERP Central Component( SAP ECC) system into one SAP S / 4HANA Cloud instance allowing the company to improve operational efficiency, data accuracy and set the stage for future growth, automation and innovation in the tyre and mobility sectors.
The project, spanning 26 European countries, was launched as previous attempts with a Big Bang go-live faced challenges. With just nine months until their
Outdated systems brought data quality and integration issues, resulting in Bridgestone’ s business experiencing continuous modifications during the migration process – requiring flexibility and precision from the Syniti project team. Despite these challenges, Bridgestone achieved a 100 % master data load, significantly enhancing its data accuracy and achieved a 0.001 % variance in inventory reconciliation – a critical component of their financial audits.
Syniti’ s data first approach delivered significant results, including a 90 % improvement in migrated master data accuracy. This accurate and reliable data became the cornerstone of Bridgestone’ s new business

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