Enterprise · Chemicals M&A

Multi-Country System Carve-Out for National Starch

Enterprise Solutions Lab led the SAP finance carve-out when National Starch — a global chemicals and food-ingredients manufacturer — divested its businesses to Henkel and AkzoNobel, delivering separated systems for three European operations.

Project Overview

When National Starch sold its manufacturing units to Henkel (Germany) and AkzoNobel (Sweden and Netherlands), each acquired business needed its own clean SAP finance system carved out of the shared landscape. ESL delivered the carved-out systems with restructured company codes and the configuration to satisfy both local and global reporting.

Three-Country Carve-Out

Delivered separated SAP finance systems for the businesses transferring to Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands.

Company-Code Restructuring

Restructured company codes and configuration to meet each new owner's local and global reporting needs.

Reporting Continuity

Built Financial Statement Versions for every newly created company code so reporting held through the transition.

How We Did It

Carve-Out Configuration

Configured the separated systems for local statutory and global reporting requirements across three countries.

Reporting Rebuild

Led a team building Report Painter, Report Writer, and SAP Query financial and managerial reports.

COPA Performance

Designed summarization levels for key characteristics to speed up commonly used profitability reports.

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