Case Study: BRK Ambiental achieves standardized ERP, reduced TCO, and improved procurement visibility with SAP Ariba

BRK Transforming Brazilian Lives with High-Quality Water and Sanitation Services

BRK Ambiental, one of Brazil’s largest private sanitation companies serving more than 16 million people, faced fragmented in‑house ERP systems, heavy manual processes, weak IT governance, and high data‑center costs that hindered its growth, compliance, and HR modernization efforts.

BRK implemented an intelligent ERP infrastructure built on SAP S/4HANA Cloud (with SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud) plus SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba and SAP Concur, going live in 12 months. The unified system created a single source of truth, lowered TCO, sped monthly close (3 days faster), cut database size by 55%, and improved procurement and compliance (10% less spot purchasing, 10% productivity gain on services, 8% lower compliance consulting costs, and 20% less manual SOX intervention), while meeting 85% of business requirements with built‑in processes.

BRK Ambiental

Augusto Cruz

Chief Information Officer