Case Study: Sony Group achieves global treasury transformation and automated FX and cash management with SAP Commerce Cloud

Sony Group’s Global Treasury Transformation

Sony engaged SAP Commerce Cloud to modernize its global treasury as part of the METRO project, replacing legacy systems across its three regional treasury centers. Facing slow, fragmented FX and cash-management processes that spanned decades, Sony sought to standardize, simplify and automate treasury operations using SAP technologies such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Cloud Trading Platform Integration and the SAP Treasury suite.

SAP Commerce Cloud implemented a new SAP‑based treasury platform that automated FX hedging, streamlined bank execution and centralized cash management. The solution cut FX confirmation matching from days to about 20 minutes, enabled FX deal execution in minutes, improved global cash visibility (supporting remote access during the pandemic), reduced external funding needs and introduced zero‑balance sweeping for subsidiaries — outcomes that contributed to Sony winning a corporate FX management award. SAP Commerce Cloud’s deployment went live worldwide in 2021 (excluding the financial services segment).

Sony

Takehiro Yagi

Sony