What TJC Group does

TJC Group is a France-headquartered SAP data management specialist founded in 1997, providing consulting services, certified software, and a cloud application to enterprises operating large SAP ERP estates. The company targets the operational and regulatory problems caused by exponential SAP data growth (stated at 15-20% annually) — database bloat, degraded system performance, costly S/4HANA migrations, and country-specific tax/audit compliance — and serves customers across 40+ countries including Fortune 500 and major multinationals in manufacturing, energy, retail, telecommunications, consumer products, and higher education.

The technology stack is anchored by a suite of SAP-certified proprietary tools built on the SAP Archive Development Kit (ADK), SAP Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). Flagship products include the Archiving Sessions Cockpit (ASC), which automates end-to-end archiving and ILM with stated archiving rates exceeding 95%; the Audit Extraction Cockpit (AEC) for high-volume extraction without system disruption; the DART Sessions Cockpit (DSC) and Report Automation Cockpit (RAC) for German/US tax declarations and compliance reporting; and ELSA, a BTP-certified cloud application that archives and restitutes data from decommissioned SAP and non-SAP systems. Country-specific compliance modules cover FEC (France), SAF-T (Nordic), DaRT (Germany/US), and global e-invoicing mandates.

TJC generates revenue through a mix of subscription-based SAP-certified software licensing (ASC, AEC, DSC, RAC, ELSA), professional services (data archiving, decommissioning, S/4HANA migration consulting, infrastructure audits), and recurring cloud subscriptions for ELSA. Pricing is project-based and quote-driven with no public disclosure; sales run through direct enterprise field engagement supported by wholly-owned regional subsidiaries in France (Marseille HQ plus Neuilly-sur-Seine), Germany, UK, US (New York), and India (Pune engineering/R&D and Haldwani), plus participation in SAP user-group events (SAPinsider, UKISUG, DSAG, USF). The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or external investors; founder Thierry Julien remains CEO.

Name

TJC Group

Legal name

TJC GROUP

Website

https://tjc-group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TJC Group is a France-based SAP data management specialist providing SAP-certified archiving software, consulting, and the ELSA cloud platform to large enterprises across 40+ countries in manufacturing, energy, retail, telecom, and consumer products.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

SAP Data Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

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Switching, Tagging & Safety Procedures (Work Clearance) Software (EUADAEAK)

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T&E and Corporate Card Administration Support (BPAAAJAL), Travel & Expense (T&E) Management Platforms (THALANAB), Expense Management & T&E Audit (Employee Expenses, Corporate Cards) (BPAAAGAE), Travel Program Analytics, Reporting & Benchmarking (THALAMAF)

Keywords

• SAP data archiving
• SAP data management
• S/4HANA migration
• Legacy system decommissioning
• Regulatory compliance reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Marseille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SAP Data Archiving Solutions: Revenue from licensing SAP-certified archiving software tools (ASC, AEC, DSC, RAC) that automate data management processes within SAP environments. Software is sold as certified solutions with implementation support.
2. Consulting Services: Expert data management consulting services combining industry sector and commercial expertise to ensure compliance with legal and tax obligations across jurisdictions. Includes SAP Infrastructure Audit, Project Management, and Business Process Outsourcing.
3. ELSA Cloud Application: Cloud-based access to decommissioned legacy system data, providing ongoing access to historical information post-system retirement.
4. S/4HANA Migration Data Management: Consulting and software services supporting SAP S/4HANA migration projects, including data archiving and optimization to reduce migration costs and complexity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

TJC Group develops and sells SAP-certified software tools (ASC, AEC, FEC, SAF-T, RAC, DSC, ELSA) that automate SAP data archiving, audit and tax data extraction, and access to decommissioned system data. The company also delivers expert consulting and managed services for SAP S/4HANA migration, legacy system decommissioning, ILM/GDPR compliance, and country-specific regulatory reporting (FEC, SAF-T, DaRT, e-invoicing).

Product overview

TJC Group is a portfolio of SAP-certified data management solutions organized around two main categories: software tools and solution services. The software suite includes the Archiving Sessions Cockpit (ASC) as the flagship automation platform for SAP data archiving and ILM, complemented by specialized extraction and reporting tools (AEC, FEC, SAF-T, RAC, DSC) and the cloud-based Enterprise Legacy System Application (ELSA) for accessing decommissioned system data. The solution services cover the full data lifecycle including SAP Data Archiving, Legacy System Decommissioning, S/4HANA Migration support, Tax & Audit Readiness, B2G Compliance, e-invoicing, and GDPR/ILM compliance. These products work together to help organizations manage, archive, extract, and comply with data across SAP systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ELSA: Enterprise Legacy System Application - archives, centralizes and restitutes historical data from decommissioned systems
• ASC
• AEC
• FEC
• DSC
• RAC
• SAF-T

Products and services

• Archiving Sessions Cockpit (ASC) SAP-certified software that automates the entire data archiving and ILM process in SAP, from creating archive files to deletion, including management of data destruction workflows. Reduces database volume and achieves archiving rates exceeding 95% across multiple SAP systems from a single control point.
• Audit Extraction Cockpit (AEC) Tool for retrieving large volumes of data from SAP online and archived database tables without impacting system performance, used for audit and data extraction scenarios.
• File of Accounting Entries (FEC) Software to generate, verify, and optimize the French File of Accounting Entries (FEC) from online or archived sources for tax audit preparation.
• SAP Document and Reporting Compliance (SAP DRC) Tool for meeting SAP document and reporting compliance requirements, supporting country-specific statutory reporting mandates.
• Standard Audit File for Tax (SAF-T) Solution to extract data from SAP across multiple heterogeneous sources to comply with country-specific SAF-T regulations, used in Nordic and other mandated jurisdictions.
• Report Automation Cockpit (RAC) SAP-certified tool for centralizing and automating accounting and regulatory compliance reporting, enabling authorized users to generate large-volume reports quickly with full audit trails.
• DART Sessions Cockpit (DSC) Software to automate and schedule DaRT (Data Retention Tool) compliance reporting for German and US tax declarations, integrating directly with SAP for centralized data extraction and report creation.
• Enterprise Legacy System Application (ELSA) Cloud application certified as built on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) that archives, centralizes, and delivers historical data from decommissioned systems to end users in compliance with tax, audit, and data privacy regulations.
• SAP Archiving Calculator Online simulation tool to estimate SAP data archiving needs, projected savings, and target database sizes during evaluation and planning.
• Decommissioning of Legacy Systems Service to simplify system infrastructure and cut costs of managing legacy SAP and non-SAP systems through structured decommissioning of retired applications.
• Data Management for S/4HANA Migration Expert consulting service to plan and implement S/4HANA migration while minimizing data-related costs and avoiding business disruption.
• Tax and Audit Readiness Service offering to comply with local tax and audit requirements, minimizing risk and safeguarding company reputation, delivered through TJC's certified data extraction software and consulting.
• Global e-Invoicing and e-Reporting Solution for managing global electronic invoicing and e-reporting compliance across different countries.
• SAP ILM / GDPR Compliance Solution built on SAP's recommended ILM module to implement GDPR-compliant automated archiving for personal data lifecycle management and compliance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduce database volumes by 15-20% annually through automated archiving
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers43 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SAPcoreTechnology or IntegrationTJC Group is a certified SAP partner with multiple SAP-certified software solutions. The company's products are validated and certified by SAP for integration with SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). ELSA has been recertified as built on SAP BTP.
• Avilastar LimitedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTJC Group partnered with Avilastar Limited to bring carbon intelligence capabilities to SAP landscapes, helping organizations measure and manage environmental impact of their SAP data management operations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte: Big Four consultancy with a large global SAP practice covering ERP transformations, finance, tax, and compliance. Deloitte's tax compliance and ERP teams frequently intersect with TJC's tax audit data extraction (FEC, SAF-T, DaRT) offerings.
• IBM Consulting: Global consulting organization with a sizable SAP practice, particularly in regulated industries. Competes with TJC through enterprise SAP transformation programs where data archiving, ILM, and legacy decommissioning are scoped as workstreams.
• NTT Data Business Solutions: Large global SAP systems integrator with strong data management and SAP S/4HANA migration practices. Serves many of the same enterprise SAP customers as TJC and can bundle archiving and decommissioning work into broader transformation engagements.
• Accenture: World's largest SAP systems integrator with global delivery capability across S/4HANA migrations. Often competes with TJC for the same enterprise SAP data management workstreams and can absorb niche requirements into master service agreements.
• Capgemini: Global consulting and SAP SI leader with deep S/4HANA, data, and finance transformation practices. Competes indirectly with TJC through large enterprise SAP mandates where data archiving is one workstream within multi-year transformation programs.
• Opentext: Large enterprise information management vendor with content services, archiving, and SAP content management capabilities. Overlaps with TJC's SAP Content Management and document/records archiving offerings at the broader enterprise content layer.
• Precisely: Enterprise data integrity, integration, and archiving software vendor with SAP connectivity. Competes adjacent to TJC in the SAP data management stack, particularly on data quality, replication, and archive-related use cases.

Direct peers

• Datavard (now part of SNP): Heidelberg-based specialist in SAP data lifecycle management, archiving, and decommissioning, acquired by SNP in 2023. Datavard's product suite directly overlaps TJC's ASC, ELSA, and AEC offerings, targeting the same SAP customer base for data volume management and legacy system retirement.
• SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner: German-based SAP transformation specialist offering data migration, archiving, and system decommissioning services. Following its acquisition of Datavard in 2023, SNP is one of the most directly comparable competitors in SAP data lifecycle management, addressing the same SAP customers on ECC-to-S/4HANA migrations and legacy data archiving.

Emerging players

• Ceyoniq: German-based enterprise content management and SAP-integrated archiving vendor focused on document management, compliance, and ILM. Targets the same SAP-centric compliance and archiving niches as TJC, particularly in the DACH market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tjc-group

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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