Case Study: IMPERIAL Logistics International achieves faster, transparent finance and centralized business insight with SAP HANA

Evolving Finance into a Nerve Center for Business Insight with SAP S/4HANA

IMPERIAL Logistics International B.V. & Co. KG, part of South Africa–based IMPERIAL Holdings, is a travel and transportation provider with about 8,300 employees and €1.6 billion in revenue. After multiple acquisitions the company faced a fragmented finance landscape that reduced transparency, slowed reporting and hindered governance — limiting finance’s ability to support growth and answer management requests quickly.

Working with arvato Systems, IMPERIAL implemented a greenfield SAP S/4HANA core and centralized German finance operations in a single accounting service center, launching SAP Fiori for role-specific access. The six-month rollout delivered immediate KPI visibility, 30% faster reporting, higher data quality and process efficiency, and positioned finance as a timely nerve center for business insight as the company scales the solution across more units.

Imperial Logistics International

Reimund Kuche

Head of Corporate Accounting