Situation
Baker Hughes’ Brazilian footprint comprised 14 operations and more than 2,000 customized SAP transaction codes layered on top of multiple third-party integrations. Years of point-fixes had drifted the landscape away from the standard Brazil localization package, and the cost of keeping that custom layer running was climbing every quarter.
Challenge
The outdated localization package no longer kept pace with Brazilian tax and fiscal reporting rules. Compliance gaps were widening, audit exposure was real, and the team was carrying a continuous risk of government fines. Manual workarounds were the only safety net — a fragile one.
Solution
Origen redeployed SAP natively on the current Brazil localization package: migrating tax determination from TAXBRJ to TAXBRA, activating the new General Ledger, and rolling out a redesigned bank interface. The work consolidated the 14 operations onto a single, standards-based ERP and retired the bespoke transaction-code layer.
Benefits
Baker Hughes regained a fully compliant, standards-based SAP environment. Manual workarounds disappeared, fiscal reporting was standardized across all Brazilian operations, and the consolidated ERP gave finance and operations a single source of truth — at a materially lower compliance run-cost.