Unified Global Operations: How a Luxury Brand Consolidated Multiple Brands into One System

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This luxury house of iconic accessories and lifestyle brands consisting of 3 major brands which they sell through:

Retail outlets
Flagship stores
Concession shops
Department stores
eCommerce websites

With a presence in 55 countries across five continents, including Europe, Asia, and North America, the company’s growth strategy is driven by acquisitions. A core, centralized platform was essential to support this expansion.

The company aimed to unify its global operations on a single SAP platform to enable a customer-first, intelligent enterprise. The goal was to standardize processes across manufacturing, supply chain logistics, and finance using SAP S/4HANA for Fashion and Vertical Business.

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Objectives

Integrate the entire user experience by using a robust consumer database and analytical tools

Build a strong data infrastructure for faster integration of acquisitions and quicker access to shared information

Gain an omnichannel, customer-centric model to increase profitability, market products, and grow sales

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Challenges:

Lack of scalability: Current systems couldn’t scale in high-growth categories like footwear and outerwear
Cost and time consumption: High costs and long timelines of mergers and acquisitions, including high-cost control models due to inconsistent configuration globally
Lack of standardization: Customized solution had limited ability to simplify and reengineer processes
Inconsistent processes: Employees in different locations were doing the same tasks differently with different tools

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SAP S/4HANA Business Case

Powering Global Growth

SAP S/4HANA provided a future-proof platform accommodating the company’s planned growth. With SAP S/4HANA, the company can streamline data, improve customer centricity, and speed up innovation.

Data Transformation

SAP S/4HANA helped transform the company’s data and improve analytics and collaboration.

Omnichannel Experiences

SAP S/4HANA provided a real-time platform to deliver experiences designed to keep current customers, get new customers, and recover past customers

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SAP S/4HANA Fashion Project Strategy

Rizing worked with this brand to design, build, and implement SAP S/4HANA for Fashion and Vertical Business across all locations in a multiphase approach. Key pillars of the project included: