Case Study: Discovery Communications achieves 8x faster system refreshes and $70K/year cost savings with SAP SuccessFactors

Streamlining System Management with SAP® Landscape Management

Discovery Communications, a global media company, faced growing complexity in its SAP environment—system refreshes required 250+ manual steps, took three to four days, and often needed off‑hours staffing, causing errors and added costs. To address this, Discovery turned to SAP SuccessFactors and deployed SAP Landscape Management to streamline and automate SAP system administration.

Using SAP Landscape Management (implemented with partner CoreALM in two weeks), SAP SuccessFactors enabled centralized, one‑click management and scheduled maintenance, eliminating manual errors and off‑hours work. The result: system refreshes fell from four days to six hours (8x faster), 75 working hours saved per month, US$70,000 annual offshore resourcing savings, and removal of overtime—freeing IT to focus on strategic projects.

Discovery Communications

George Adjei

SAP Basis Manager