Case Study: Shapoorji Pallonji Group achieves faster financial closes and scalable digital transformation with SAP SuccessFactors

Shapoorji Pallonji Digitally Transforms to Drive Sustainable Growth and Engineer a Better Planet

Shapoorji Pallonji Group, a 150‑year‑old diversified engineering and construction conglomerate with about 70,000 employees, faced rapid growth, fragmented legacy ERP systems, slow reporting, manual HR processes, and time‑consuming financial closes as it expanded into new markets. To standardize HR across regions and enable scalable, integrated operations, the company engaged SAP SuccessFactors (as part of a broader SAP technology program) to digitalize hire‑to‑retire processes and support its wider transformation goals.

Using SAP SuccessFactors alongside SAP’s Business Technology Platform (S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, BW/4HANA, Cloud Platform, Fiori, Identity Authentication and enterprise support), the vendor delivered a single digital platform that automated processes, improved analytics, and harmonized HR. SAP SuccessFactors helped drive measurable gains: monthly financial close time dropped from 25 to 7 days, application development productivity rose ~15%, annual access‑management effort fell ~20%, a vendor portal was delivered in four months with an anticipated ≥50% procurement cycle reduction, and the company gained a single source of truth for faster, data‑driven decisions.

Shapoorji Pallonji Group

Manoj Bhoota

Vice President IT