Leading Refinery Company — SAP CTRM Test Automation

Leading Refinery Company — SAP CTRM Test Automation

Industry

Refining, Commodity Trading, SAP CTRM, QA Automation, Regression Testing

Client Profile

A leading refinery organization managing complex commodity trading, procurement, sales, pricing, inventory, finance, and settlement processes through SAP CTRM and integrated enterprise systems.

The client needed a scalable testing model to improve regression speed, reduce manual testing dependency, and strengthen release confidence across business-critical trading and refinery operations.

Business Challenge

The client’s SAP CTRM landscape supported critical refinery trading and commercial processes. Frequent enhancements, production fixes, pricing updates, and release changes created a growing need for faster and more reliable regression testing.

Key challenges included:

• High manual testing effort for SAP CTRM regression cycles

• Heavy dependency on business SMEs for repeated validation

• Limited reusable automation assets for trading processes

• Need to validate deal-to-settlement business flows

• Risk of production defects during SAP CTRM changes

• Long regression execution timelines

• Limited visibility into test coverage and release readiness

• Need to standardize test automation across core business scenarios

ElevonGlobalTech Solution

ElevonGlobalTech designed a domain-led SAP CTRM test automation framework focused on repeatable regression testing, business process validation, and release confidence.

Our solution included:

• SAP CTRM regression automation strategy

• Identification of automation-ready business scenarios

• Test case optimization and reusable test design

• Automation framework creation for core SAP CTRM flows

• End-to-end validation from trade capture to accounting

• Regression pack design for ongoing releases

• Defect tracking and test execution governance

• Release readiness reporting and QA metrics

• Business process alignment with IT, QA, and SMEs

Key Business Processes Covered

• Commodity trade capture validation

• Purchase and sale transaction testing

• Pricing and formula validation

• Contract and deal lifecycle testing

• Inventory impact validation

• Settlement and invoicing checks

• Accounting and financial posting validation

• Master data validation

• Interface and downstream system checks

• Regression testing for SAP CTRM releases

Test Automation Focus

ElevonGlobalTech focused on creating reusable and scalable automation assets for SAP CTRM business flows.

Automation areas included:

• SAP login and role-based access validation

• Deal creation and deal search validation

• Contract data validation

• Pricing condition checks

• Quantity and volume validation

• Settlement document validation

• Invoice and accounting document checks

• Exception and negative scenario validation

• Regression smoke testing

• Release readiness automation

Business Impact

• Reduced manual regression effort

• Improved test execution speed

• Increased reusable automation coverage

• Reduced SME dependency for repeated testing

• Improved release confidence for SAP CTRM changes

• Better traceability between business scenarios, test cases, and defects

• Stronger governance for automation execution and defect triage

• Improved quality control for refinery trading operations

Outcome Summary

ElevonGlobalTech helped the client establish a structured SAP CTRM test automation framework for refinery trading operations. The engagement improved regression speed, strengthened quality governance, reduced manual dependency, and created reusable automation assets for future releases.