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Mid-size US Manufacturer

Deployed Finance and Procurement agents on their SAP S/4HANA system. Configured automated 3-way matching for 95% of standard invoices, automated month-end journal entries, and replaced consultant retainer with AI-driven self-service configuration.

Texas, USAManufacturingFinance Agent, Procurement AgentROI in 6 weeks
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Client

Mid-size US Manufacturer

Industry

Manufacturing

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ERP

SAP S/4HANA

Time to positive ROI

6 weeks

Finance AgentProcurement Agent

2.5 days

Financial close time

was 12 days

AI-automated (95%)

Invoice processing

was Manual (8 staff)

$38K savings/month

Monthly savings

was $42K in manual labor

The Challenge

Where they were stuck

A 280-person manufacturing company was spending 12 days on monthly financial close, processing 3,000 invoices manually per month with a team of 8, and paying $15,000/month in SAP consultant fees for ongoing support and minor changes.

Our Approach

How we designed the solution

Audited existing SAP S/4HANA configuration, vendor master data, and month-end checklist.
Mapped the full P2P and R2R process flow to identify automation and exception patterns.
Shadowed the AP and GL team for one close cycle to capture real-world edge cases.
Co-designed agent guardrails and approval thresholds with the Controller.

Implementation Timeline

From kickoff to go-live in 6 weeks

1
Week 1–2

Discovery, data readiness assessment, and deployment of Finance Agent into a sandbox tenant alongside production SAP.

2
Week 3–4

Procurement Agent rollout, automated 3-way matching rules, and exception routing wired to existing approvers.

3
Week 5

Journal automation, intercompany reconciliation templates, and month-end dashboard handoff.

4
Week 6

Go-live on the live close cycle with on-call support; consultant retainer officially ended.

Measurable Outcomes

What changed for the business

Finance close compressed from 12 days to 2.5 days within the first full cycle after go-live.
95% of standard invoices processed without human touch; exceptions routed with full audit trail.
Eliminated the $15K/month SAP consultant retainer by shifting configuration to AI-driven self-service.
Reallocated 5 AP headcount to analytics and supplier management instead of data entry.

We couldn't believe how quickly the agents were up and running. Within 6 weeks, our finance team went from fighting fires to strategic work. The close cycle improvement alone justified the entire year's cost.

MU
CFO, Manufacturing Company
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