Case Study: Sony Pictures achieves faster finance transformation and improved operational efficiency with SAP S/4HANA

Sony Pictures - Customer Case Study

Sony Pictures, through Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited (Sony Pictures Networks India), faced heavy manual effort in billing, vendor invoice processing, collections, forecasting, and finance close, with many processes still handled in Excel and non-standard procurement workflows. The company turned to **SAP**, using **SAP S/4HANA** along with tools such as SAP Ariba, SAP Invoice Management by OpenText, and SAP Analytics Cloud to support its finance transformation.

**SAP** implemented 107 interfaces across nearly 40 applications, automated procurement, collections, billing, reporting, and close processes, and introduced integrated planning and analytics. The results included a **60% reduction in customer billing cycle time**, **50% lower supplier invoice processing time**, **40% improvement in procure-to-pay efficiency**, **50% faster collections**, and a reduction in month-end close from **3 workdays to 1**.

Sony Pictures

Nitin Nadkarni

Chief Financial Officer