Case Studies
The numbers are real. The names are not.
Each of these is a genuine engagement, anonymised to respect our clients' confidentiality. The outcomes, the figures and the lessons are exactly as they happened.
Strategic Phase 0 that turned a complex crossroads into a clear path
The challenge
The organisation was navigating several strategic priorities at once: a long-term SAP S/4HANA transformation roadmap, the planned sale of part of its non-regulated business, and pressure to reduce long-term operating expenditure without disrupting continuity. Each decision needed an independent, evidence-based view that balanced commercial, operational and transformation objectives.
Our approach
We assembled a multidisciplinary advisory team for a comprehensive Phase 0 assessment. Working closely with senior stakeholders, we evaluated the current landscape, the future operating requirements and the commercial objectives — identifying practical pathways for long-term value, from data-lifecycle strategy to the SAP landscape itself.
Outcomes
- A clear, evidence-based roadmap for SAP S/4HANA transformation
- Significant long-term operating-cost reduction identified through strategic data archiving and environment management
- A business separation and carve-out strategy that supported the planned divestment
- Board-ready business cases that strengthened executive decision-making
A Bluefield roadmap built on clarity, trust and honesty
The challenge
Real pressure to modernise the ERP landscape toward S/4HANA — but with minimal budget, little appetite for disruption, urgent infrastructure and contract renewals, a sensitive organisational landscape, and deep concern about change fatigue. A conventional transformation would have carried serious delivery and organisational risk.
The Phase 0 approach
We began by understanding the organisation before defining the solution — interviewing the full leadership team and engaging more than 400 users, alongside analysis of systems, data, processes and sentiment. The conversations were honest: the organisation wasn't ready for high disruption, a Greenfield rebuild would strain it, and a lift-and-shift wouldn't deliver the value required.
"Bring what's working. Change what's needed."
Outcomes
- A pragmatic Bluefield pathway to S/4HANA that reduced unnecessary disruption
- Valuable operational capabilities retained; future transformation simplified
- Alignment across leadership and stakeholder groups around a shared vision
- A sustainable roadmap built on trust, honest assessment and shared accountability
The lesson: successful transformation is rarely about the technology alone. It's about understanding the organisation deeply enough to choose the pathway that fits its people, constraints and future.
Finding hidden value through data, asset intelligence and unconventional thinking
The challenge
The brief was to find significant hidden financial value to support a major strategic purpose. Traditional methods had been exhausted — multiple experts had reviewed the situation and concluded little opportunity remained. Complex asset structures, large data volumes and historical inconsistencies made the value hard to see.
The breakthrough
Rather than accept the obvious conclusion, a small team explored a different hypothesis: what if the value was hidden in the organisation's asset landscape? Combining SAP HANA capability, advanced data analysis, asset-intelligence expertise and deep operational knowledge, they re-evaluated the estate from a fresh perspective — through weeks of analysis, validation and refinement.
Outcomes
- A$1 billion in hidden asset value identified, previously invisible to traditional assessment
- A$250 million released from projects that had been written off
- Stronger cross-team collaboration and trust that outlasted the engagement
- Proof that transformation value often already exists inside the data an organisation holds
The lesson: when conventional approaches stop delivering answers, the breakthrough comes from challenging assumptions, combining diverse expertise, and being willing to look differently.
Your situation is different — that's the point
Let's find the clarity in yours.
Every one of these began with a conversation and the questions that matter. Yours can too.