Case Study: Ringier AG achieves digital transformation and real-time reporting with SAP HANA

From Traditional Print to the Digital World with SAP S/4HANA

Ringier, a 180‑year‑old media group operating across 16 countries with 6,500 employees, faced declining print revenues, lost advertisers and subscribers, and a fragmented, aging IT landscape that hampered efficiency and transparency. The company needed to simplify complex intercompany structures, meet Swiss GAAP FER requirements, and free up time and resources to pursue new digital business opportunities and improve customer retention.

Ringier implemented SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Warehouse to create a single source of truth, standardize processes across more than 90–100 companies, and provide real‑time insights. The transformation cut report times from 50 to 3 seconds, reduced system interfaces from 370 to 65, improved user satisfaction, sped integration of new companies, smoothed Big Data integration for product development, reduced paper use, and was delivered on time despite concurrent joint ventures.

Ringier AG

Thomas Baumann

Head of Business Applications