On January 8, 2026, DAL AG and Altivate achieved a major milestone: the successful go-live of an SAP S/4HANA rollout. This rollout marked a key step in DAL AG’s growth journey, enabling standardized processes, stronger governance, and real-time visibility across finance, procurement, sales, and project execution.
DAL AG, part of DAL Group, operates across multiple business areas including agriculture, trading, and industrial services. As part of its expansion strategy, DAL AG required a rapid rollout within its existing SAP landscape, while maintaining operational consistency and financial transparency across the organization.
To support this expansion, DAL AG partnered with Altivate DMCC to deliver a controlled SAP S/4HANA rollout aligned with SAP best practices, leveraging the existing system template and a structured delivery approach based on SAP Activate.
About DAL AG
DAL AG is a company within DAL Group, supporting diversified operations that combine high-volume trading activities with operational execution and project-based requirements. With expansion underway, DAL AG required an ERP setup that could scale smoothly across entities while keeping financial reporting, controls, and master data governance aligned.
The Challenges
- Integrate a new legal entity into an existing SAP landscape without disrupting ongoing operations
- Standardize financial and operational processes across entities to ensure consistency and compliance
- Enable end-to-end visibility across procurement, sales, and project execution in one ERP environment
- Align reporting structures and master data governance across organizations
- Support complex business scenarios where sales operations and project-based execution run in parallel
- Deliver within accelerated timelines while minimizing deployment risk
DAL AG required a scalable solution capable of supporting expansion while maintaining operational efficiency and governance.
Why Altivate?
- Deep SAP delivery expertise across rollouts, finance standardization, and cross-functional process integration
- A structured, governance-first delivery approach using SAP Activate methodology
- Hands-on enablement and controlled change management to support adoption and stability after go-live
The Implementation Journey
- Discovery and Planning: Assessing the existing template and business requirements, confirming scope, and defining the rollout plan.
- Solution Design: Aligning the new entity design with corporate standards, reporting needs, and authorization concepts.
- Build and Integration: Configuration, integration validation, testing cycles, and data readiness activities.
- User Acceptance Testing: Business validation of end-to-end scenarios across finance, procurement, sales, and projects.
- Go-Live and Hypercare: Go-live on January 8, 2026, followed by stabilization support to ensure continuity and adoption.
Solution
Altivate delivered a structured SAP S/4HANA rollout using SAP Activate, leveraging the existing system template to ensure consistency, speed, and controlled change management. The rollout enabled standardized and integrated processes for the new entity, with harmonized reporting and controlled authorizations.
Key solution components included:
- Company code rollout with full financial integration
- Procurement and inventory management processes
- Order-to-cash enablement across the sales cycle
- Project execution, budgeting, and cost control capabilities
- Reporting harmonization across entities
- Security roles, authorizations, and user enablement
Project Scope and Modules Implemented
Finance (FI) and Controlling (CO)
- General Ledger configuration aligned with corporate standards
- Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable integration
- Cost center and profit center accounting
- Compliance-ready financial reporting
Materials Management (MM)
- Procure-to-pay process enablement
- Vendor master harmonization
- Inventory processes and goods movements
- Purchase order and receipt flows
Sales and Distribution (SD)
- Customer master and pricing configuration
- Order-to-cash process automation
- Delivery and billing integration
- Revenue tracking and sales reporting
Project System (PS)
- Project structures and WBS setup
- Budget planning and cost monitoring
- Integration with procurement for project execution
- Revenue and profitability visibility for project-based operations
Outcomes and Business Wins
- Faster legal entity onboarding: The new company code was onboarded into the enterprise landscape efficiently, supporting expansion without disruption.
- Standardized processes across entities: Aligned finance and operational workflows to corporate standards, strengthening governance and compliance.
- Real-time visibility: Improved insights into sales performance, project profitability, and financial position through SAP reporting.
- Reduced manual effort: Automation and integrated workflows lowered manual touchpoints and improved operational efficiency.
- Scalable foundation: A future-ready ERP setup that supports additional rollouts and growth initiatives.
Beyond Go-Live
With SAP S/4HANA successfully live as of January 8, 2026, DAL AG now has a standardized digital core that strengthens financial transparency, improves execution control, and supports informed decision-making. The rollout also establishes a scalable model that can be replicated for future expansions within the broader enterprise landscape.
Lessons Learned
- Leverage a proven template to accelerate rollout speed while maintaining corporate standards
- Align master data, reporting, and authorizations early to reduce downstream rework and adoption friction
- Run end-to-end scenario testing across finance, procurement, sales, and projects to ensure business readiness
This success story highlights how a structured SAP S/4HANA rollout, guided by strong governance and delivery expertise, can support growth while improving control and visibility across the business.
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