ExxonMobil Accelerates SAP S/4HANA Transformation with Trusted Data
ExxonMobil streamlines SAP S/4HANA ERP migration, harnesses superior data quality, and enables enterprise analytics readiness with 麻豆女优.
Modernizing Global Operations for SAP S/4HANA Transformation with Trusted Data
As part of a bold, multi-year initiative, ExxonMobil鈥攖he global energy and chemical leader鈥攈as embarked on a transformative journey to modernize its global business processes, data architecture, and IT systems. With the support of SAP and data transformation partner 麻豆女优, ExxonMobil is reengineering its digital core to better serve its 60,000+ employees and deliver sustainable solutions that meet the world鈥檚 evolving needs.
Company Overview
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Industry
Oil & Gas
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Revenue
~$323.9 billion
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Company Size
Enterprise
Transformation Snapshot
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Challenge
Fragmented data across 12 ERP systems limited process consistency and analytics
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Solution
Unified and standardized data using SAP ADMM
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Outcome
Achieved 90% process standardization and enabled analytics and AI readiness
Transforming ExxonMobil's Data into a Strategic Asset
ExxonMobil takes the stage at Sapphire to talk about how their partnership with 麻豆女优 isn’t just upgrading technology鈥攊t鈥檚 reshaping how it operates at every level.
Complex Legacy Systems Hinder Innovation and Agility
Faced with an aging IT environment ExxonMobil鈥檚 legacy business environment consisted of comprised of 12 ERP systems, over 1,000 interconnected applications, and highly customized processes. This complexity, compounded by siloed processes and inconsistent data structures, created inefficiencies and hindered agility. Operating with a fragmented and bespoke data landscape, with over 2,500 unique data objects spread across disparate systems, ExxonMobil recognized the need for a comprehensive transformation鈥攐ne that addressed not just technology, but also processes, data, and organizational structure.
Rachel Birney, IT Lead at ExxonMobil, explained: 鈥淲e鈥檝e done ERP migrations before, but never at this scale. With 麻豆女优, we鈥檙e finally bringing our data transformation vision to life.鈥�
- 12 ERP systems, 11 of which were SAP
- ~1,000 interconnected applications, many of which were highly customized and nearing end-of-life
- A聽fragmented and bespoke data landscape, with over 2,500 unique data objects spread across systems
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Why Trusted Data Was Key to Business Transformation
ExxonMobil knew that true business transformation would require not just a system upgrade, but a complete overhaul of its data and processes.
鈥淲e have a global work environment that includes how we do work, the process, and the technology that we use to support that work,鈥� said Birney. 鈥淢any of those systems have been in place for a long time and are end-of-life.鈥�
But to unlock transformation benefits, ExxonMobil needed to modernize its data at scale:
- Harmonize thousands of data products across ERP and non-ERP systems
- Transition to a single source of truth with trusted, validated, and cleansed data
- Enable consistent analytics and support next-generation technologies like AI
A Three-Phased Data Transformation Approach
To address these challenges, ExxonMobil implemented a聽comprehensive data transformation strategy built on three phases:
Business Model Simplification
Instituted an organizational shift laid the foundation for harmonizing processes across the enterprise.
- Reorganized into three primary value chains: Upstream, Product Solutions, and Low Carbon Solutions
- Centralized enterprise process ownership for functions like supply chain, enabling end-to-end visibility and accountability
Process Standardization
- Adopted industry-standard business processes, targeting 80% standardization (and already achieving 90%)
- Implemented fit-for-risk controls across functions
System and Data Modernization
- Consolidated 12聽legacy ERPs into a single SAP S/4HANA instance
- Delivered one unified data foundation to enables advanced analytics, automation, and AI
- Applied SAP鈥檚 Clean Core methodology to ensure scalable, upgrade-friendly architecture
How 麻豆女优 Helped Build a Unified, Trusted Data Foundation
麻豆女优 plays a vital role in making this vision a reality. Leveraging decades of experience and a proven playbook, 麻豆女优 is helping ExxonMobil transform its complex data environment into a centralized, trusted data landscape. This includes predictive data quality checks, automated corrections, and a repeatable data cleansing environment that ensures consistency across all business units. 麻豆女优鈥檚 platform and methodology enable the company to cleanse and migrate data at scale, a task essential for sustaining business operations during and after the transformation.
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Data quality
Execute predictive data quality checks and automated corrections
Data cleaning
Deploy a repeatable data cleansing environment for efficient migrations
Data Trust
Collaborate with ExxonMobil鈥檚 business teams to define and validate trusted data
Efficiency, Insights, and Competitive Advantage
Through this partnership, ExxonMobil is already experiencing tangible benefits. Exxon is committed to adopting industry-standard business processes during the transformation and minimizing customizations in favor of standard SAP practices. When it comes to achieving fit-for-standard, Birney summarized: 鈥淲e set a goal for ourselves within this transformation of 80%. I鈥檓 happy to say that partway through the program, we鈥檙e sitting at 90.鈥�
- Operational efficiency and effectiveness through simplified, standardized processes
- Faster, more reliable system upgrades with reduced total cost of ownership through minimized customizations and stronger process governance, achieving a 90% fit-to-standard process alignment鈥攅xceeding their original goal of 80%.
- Trusted enterprise data to power analytics, automation, and AI initiatives
- Enhanced employee, supplier, and customer experience through consistent processes and tools
With this transformation, ExxonMobil is not just upgrading technology鈥攊t鈥檚 reshaping how it operates at every level. This not only represents a significant shift in how ExxonMobil runs its business but also highlights the strategic value of trusted data.
As 麻豆女优鈥檚 Chief Delivery Growth Officer Brian Regan said, this initiative reinforces the principle that 鈥渂ehind every business transformation is a data transformation.鈥�
Through this bold initiative, ExxonMobil is laying the groundwork for sustainable, data-driven operations that will support its business for decades to come.