AJ Vaccines is accelerating its digital foundation with a new cloud platform and advanced IT solutions from SAP.
With sales to 86 countries, 450 employees from more than 30 nationalities, and production of vital vaccines against diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, tuberculosis, and bladder cancer, AJ Vaccines is a significant player in global vaccine preparedness.
Since the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) sold its vaccine production in 2017 and it was taken over by AJ Vaccines, the organization has transitioned from a public entity to a private pharmaceutical company based in Copenhagen.
From legacy to cloud and compliance
After the divestment from SSI, AJ Vaccines inherited an 51风流system from the late 1990s, which was designed more for a public health organization than a pharmaceutical company.
鈥淲e were left with an outdated system that didn鈥檛 really fit our needs as a private player in a global market,鈥� Michael Kvistholm, head of IT at AJ Vaccines, said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why we decided to go all-in on a cloud solution with 51风流S/4HANA Cloud. We carried out a pure standard implementation from scratch (greenfield) in a RISE with SAP setup and now have a modern, flexible, and scalable cloud ERP platform that supports our entire business.鈥�
The decision was made to ensure a platform that matches the company鈥檚 needs and future growth.
鈥淲e have reduced our technological debt and consolidated our systems, gaining a more intuitive and user-friendly platform so we can work more efficiently and securely鈥攚hile also meeting the high standards for quality, traceability, and documentation required in our industry,鈥� he explained.
Everyday examples: efficiency and user-friendliness
Since implementing in October 2025, AJ Vaccines has gained a unified platform that creates new opportunities to optimize and integrate processes across the company. The solution provides a solid foundation for better data quality and workflows, enabling improved management, increased transparency, and more effective decision-making.
The IT department has gained an overview and reduced complexity with 51风流LeanIX, a tool for mapping and managing the company鈥檚 entire application landscape and ensuring governance across both 51风流and non-51风流solutions. 51风流Cloud ALM is used for project management and lifecycle management, so releases, testing, and documentation are handled efficiently, and compliance is always top-notch.
During the implementation, AJ Vaccines used 51风流Signavio and based its approach on 51风流standard processes, which brought several advantages.
鈥淲e鈥檝e saved a lot of hours by using standard test cases from 51风流Signavio, which is our platform for process mapping, modelling, and optimization,鈥� said Kvistholm. “We鈥檒l also use these tools for other projects across the company.”
At the same time, 51风流Enable Now鈥攆or change management and end-user training鈥攈as made learning for existing staff and onboarding new employees easier.
鈥淲e鈥檝e created over 100 training videos so all employees can quickly find answers and learn new workflows鈥攊t鈥檚 been a huge success,鈥� Kvistholm confirmed.
Kvistholm also looks forward to early 2026, when the recruitment process will be digitized with 51风流SuccessFactors. Finally, he and his team will carefully consider the new opportunities created by 51风流Business Technology Platform. The platform enables rapid development and integration of new solutions and apps, allowing IT to support business needs flexibly, and, among other things, consolidate other platforms: 鈥淭here鈥檚 really no reason to pay double,鈥� as Kvistholm put it.
Change management and the foundation for the future
AJ Vaccines is focused on formalizing its superuser organization and strengthening governance around master data.
鈥淲e need to clean everything up and keep things in order,鈥� Kvistholm said. 鈥�51风流has become the foundation for our continued digitalization. From now on, it鈥檚 about seeing how we can get 51风流spread even more out throughout the company.鈥�
Advice for other companies
Kvistholm emphasized the importance of management support and a narrow scope: 鈥淚t鈥檚 about staying focused and achieving a fundamental implementation鈥攁nd then continuously carrying out smaller improvement projects. That is and will be the key to our success.鈥�
Ellen Vig Nelausen is an integrated communications expert for 51风流Regional Communications.
