Safe and Calculated Growth with SAP Business One

CLIENT

Kao

INDUSTRY

Import/Commercial Representation

LOCATION

Sao Paulo, Brasil

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Overview

Founded in Japan in 1887, Kao Corporation is a global leader dedicated to enriching lives through innovative products. Kao operates across multiple sectors, including hygiene, beauty, life care and chemicals. They partnered with Be One Solutions to implement SAP Business One, enhancing coordination between Japan and Brazil and supporting the company’s continued global growth.

Challenges & Opportunities

As Kao expanded its business globally, the company faced increasing challenges in planning, coordinating operations, and maintaining operational control between its locations in Japan and Brazil. Managing processes across both regions required greater visibility, consistency and integration. To overcome these, Kao required a unified ERP system that could streamline operations, strengthen cross-border coordinationand enable real-time oversight of its global activities.

Why Us

Having implemented SAP in Japan, Kao chose SAP Business One to ensure global compatibility and streamlined management. Be One Solutions provided extensive and continuous support services, aligning the system with Kao’s IT operations in Japan while adapting it to local business needs in Brazil. The implementation proceeded smoothly and was continually adapted to meet the company’s evolving needs throughout each project phase.

Our Solution

We implemented SAP Business One as Kao’s core ERP system to unify operations between Japan and Brazil and enable safe, measurable growth. Designed for compatibility with Kao’s existing SAP environment in Japan, the solution ensured consistency while adapting to local business needs in Brazil. With Be One Solutions’ extensive support and expertise, the implementation aligned processes, improved planning and coordinationand established reliable performance measurement across regions giving Kao the control and confidence to anticipate and manage results effectively.

Benefits

With SAP Business One implemented, Kao achieved stronger operational control and improved process management across its global operations. The system enabled the implementation of standardized and measurable business processes, ensuring greater accuracy, transparency and security in results.

90%

PROCESS EFFICIENCY

Automation reduced manual data entry errors by 90%

40%

COMPLIANCE

Streamlined workflows cut audit preparation time by 40%

5

GLOBAL EXPANSION

Standardized rollouts enabled entry into 5 new markets without disruption.

What’s Next

Building on the success of its SAP Business One implementation, Kao plans to further enhance integration and data transparency across its international operations. Continuing its collaboration with Be One Solutions, Kao will leverage end-to-end ERP consulting services and global support 24/7 to strengthen process control, scalability and operational security.