Case Study: Pacific Coast Building Products achieves SAP test automation efficiency with Prolifics

Pacific Coast Builds Sap Test Automation Strategy

Pacific Coast Building Products, a family-owned building materials company with more than 75 locations across the Western U.S. and Canada, relied heavily on a complex, highly customized SAP environment to run critical manufacturing, distribution, HR, finance, and business intelligence processes. As SAP enhancement packs and upgrades became harder to apply across many integrated systems, the company needed a more formal testing approach to improve productivity, expand test coverage, and catch issues before production. Prolifics was brought in to help with SAP test automation using its Effecta accelerator and HP QuickTest Professional.

Prolifics implemented automated test scripts with built-in data validation through Effecta’s Validation Engine, allowing Pacific Coast Building Products to automatically extract data, run tests, and verify results with minimal manual effort. The solution eliminated weeks of manual testing work, reduced testing team size requirements by nearly 70%, and helped the company keep pace with SAP updates while improving manageability, maintainability, and risk control. Prolifics also provided on-demand testing support, giving Pacific Coast a flexible, cost-effective way to maintain quality without expanding internal staff.

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