Customer Use Cases

SAP Warehouse Management on S/4HANA

Transforming multi-plant supply chain operations for global scale

Sector: Robotics and Industrial Automation | Focus: Multi-plant supply chain standardisation

The Customer: A subsidiary of a $12BN global industrial manufacturer specialising in robotics and automation systems. Operations spanning seven plants requiring coordinated supply chain management to support the global supply of industrial robots and robotic automation systems.

The Challenge

Supply chain led businesses that operate at scale need solutions that are efficient, agile and capable of handling complexity. This organisation faced several critical challenges:

  • Quality Control and Compliance: End-to-end traceability was needed for all components used in robot assembly
  • Business Continuity: A big bang implementation across seven plants had to be executed without posing risk to continuity
  • Data Consistency: Integration with multiple legacy business systems was required to ensure data consistency and real-time processing

What they needed was a validated multi-plant supply chain solution that could support their global operations while maintaining standardisation across all sites.

The Solution

SAP Warehouse Management on S/4HANA Public Cloud was selected to deliver:

    • A robust global ERP template accommodating all regional business variations while ensuring multi-plant standardisation
    • A unified, simplified IT landscape proven to reduce complexity
    • Automatic updates and solution innovation to streamline and scale multi-site operations

The Outcome

    • Cloud extensibility and configuration delivered business-specific needs including custom Item Categories and Condition Types
    • Complete track and trace achieved using serial number management
    • Successful go-live across all seven plants within 18 months

With a standardised platform now supporting all seven plants, teams across the globe can collaborate more effectively and spend less time navigating system inconsistencies. The technology works harder so they don’t have to.

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