Together we will master secure increase lead win
What food and beverage manufacturers have in common: raw material pressure, compliance load, and a trade that accepts no excuses. What sets them apart: the processes, the risks, the regulatory requirements. adesso business consulting is the partner who understands both. We do not bring one solution for every industry, but deep industry knowledge for each individual segment.
From Data to Context
We design intelligent SAP value creation architectures for the food and beverage industry, from resilient core processes and unified data through AI-driven automation to the autonomous enterprise. Tailored to your business, your products, plants, processes, people, and priorities.
Our goal: an SAP architecture in which processes are integrated, data is contextualized, and decisions are intelligently supported, with clear responsibilities.
This path, from a clear target picture to an automated decision, is what our Food & Beverage North Star Architecture describes.
Clarity in the target picture. Context for better decisions. Speed in implementation.
The four layers of our Food & Beverage North Star Architecture, from click to answer
This is how work changes in four steps, from a single question to an automatically prepared answer. Four layers, one path, from a single application to the autonomous enterprise. Not an AI vision, but the architecture behind it.
Experience across every Food & Beverage segment
This impact does not show up in just one plant, it shows up across every Food & Beverage segment we are at home in.
Our experience spans various Food & Beverage segments, from beverages and baked goods to dairies, convenience, confectionery, and meat companies.
Our Food & Beverage North Star Architecture, from data foundation to business context
Data was the competitive advantage of the last decade. Context is the competitive advantage of the next. Whoever links it correctly holds that advantage in the next one.
For Food & Beverage companies, that means not just knowing that a deviation has occurred, but understanding which product, which batch, which recipe, which plant, which supplier, which quality status, and which process step is affected, and what action follows from it.
Our North Star Architecture describes the architectural framework for an increasingly autonomous enterprise. It connects the digital core with production, data, integration, Business AI, and governance.
SAP Cloud ERP as the digital core
SAP Cloud ERP forms the basis for integrated business processes in finance, procurement, planning, production, quality, warehousing, and sales.
Industry-specific requirements such as recipes, batches, shelf life, variants, weight deviations, and traceability are reflected in processes, master data, and roles. The ERP core remains stable and upgradeable.
How this framework is put into practice in SAP is shown by the following building blocks.
Autonomy is not a feature
An autonomous enterprise is not created by a single AI application. It emerges when processes are integrated, data is contextualized, decisions are prepared, and suitable tasks are automated in a controlled way.
For Food & Beverage companies, that means: technology only works once it is adopted by people, plants, and IT.
Close to standard at the core. Context-capable in the processes. More autonomous where it is sensible and responsible.
Compliance for Food & Beverage
New deadlines and complex intercompany processes, your SAP landscape has to master both. Straight talk from our projects, no marketing buzzwords.
PPWR is already mandatory
Since 12 August 2026, the EU Packaging Regulation applies in full force. Many companies are still struggling with supplier data.Mastering PPWR without an additional license
Traceability directly in the SAP S/4HANA standardTraceability, recycled content, and empty-space limits can be mapped in the SAP S/4HANA standard, entirely without SAP Responsible Design and Production. We close your data gaps with real EWM movement data instead of theoretical bills of material. This way you pass the market surveillance authorities’ audit without buying an additional license.
Who owns the goods in transit?
Between sale and goods receipt, ownership transfer remains unclear for many corporate groups.Advanced Intercompany creates clarity
Valuated in-transit stock for sales and stock transferAdvanced Intercompany maps sales and stock transfer through valuated in-transit stock, available from SAP S/4HANA 2022. Every batch carries a real-time owner and a value, IFRS 15 event-based revenue recognition secures the margin per entity. The result is a faster close without manual reconciliation.
EUDR reaches you from December
From 30 December 2026, large and medium-sized companies need full origin evidence.EUDR directly in the SAP standard
Geolocation and batch traceability without a breakWe integrate geolocation, due diligence statements, and seamless batch traceability directly into your SAP landscape. An automated attribute back-fill keeps the chain closed even under agile manufacturing. This way the TRACES evidence stands, without your material flows stalling.
Experience from one industry. Value for all.
Our strength lies not only in the industry knowledge for one sector, but in the experience gained across all of them at once. Best practices from batch tracking, scaling concepts that have, for example, proven themselves when rolling out a unified batch concept across several plants, and compliance experience from heavily regulated fields: what has proven itself in one industry speeds up projects in the next.
This knowledge is available to you, no matter which industry you operate in.
What you can expect from us
Four things our clients value about us, and that you will look for in vain with interchangeable consultancies. Not promises, but a way of working.
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Industry knowledge that counts
Our consultants have seen Food & Beverage companies from the inside, from the biscuit factory, to the spray dryer, to the brewery. Not theoretical knowledge, but practical experience from real SAP projects in your industry.
SAP expertise at enterprise level
From rollouts to custom development: we fully master the SAP ecosystem for Food & Beverage, from planning to go-live and beyond.
Implementation with structure and speed
Reusable process, integration, and industry patterns help you reach solid results faster. At the same time, we tailor the architecture specifically to your products, plants, processes, and priorities, without unnecessary customization and without unnecessarily destabilizing the ERP core. Less friction, more results, in every segment.
A long-term partnership
We support you from the initial analysis through target picture, business case, and roadmap to implementation, rollout, hypercare, and operations. We are also at your side for further developments, new regulatory requirements, and the gradual introduction of Business AI.
Let's talk about your goals
No matter which segment of the food and beverage industry you operate in: every conversation starts with your specific situation. We talk about your products, plants, processes, systems, and priorities, and about which SAP architecture can make the biggest contribution to your business.
Philipp Hildebrandt
Senior Business Development Manager & Enterprise Architect