Case Study: BRK Ambiental achieves unified ERP transparency, lower TCO, and faster month-end closes with SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA Cloud)

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

BRK Ambiental, one of Brazil’s largest private water and sanitation companies serving more than 16 million people, needed to standardize business processes and support rapid growth amid a changing regulatory environment. The company struggled with disparate in‑house ERP systems, poor integration and IT governance, high volumes of manual work, and a high total cost of ownership from running its own data center—hindering compliance, procurement efficiency, and modern HR management.

BRK implemented an intelligent ERP infrastructure centered on SAP S/4HANA Cloud (with SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba and SAP Concur), going live in 12 months. The move created a single source of truth, reduced TCO and database size by 55%, cut monthly close time by three days, and met 85% of business requirements out of the box. Procurement and compliance improved (10% reduction in spot purchasing, 10% productivity gain on services, 8% lower consulting costs, and 20% less manual SOX intervention), giving the company better visibility, scalability and operational agility.

BRK Ambiental

Augusto Cruz

Chief Information Officer