Operational Excellence
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Custom-designed SAP warehouse system at a large Danish energy company
In 2009, a large Danish energy company decided to build a new 1,500 m2 warehouse for spare parts and consumables as part of a large strategy process. A system for storage location management was to be implemented that could support bar code technology and a more efficient picking process. To support the system for the new warehouse, it was decided to use the SAP warehouse management module.
Custom-designed SAP warehouse system at a large Danish energy company
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Strategic Sourcing with SAP SRM
The company, which is the world’s leading provider of large-bore diesel engines for marine and power plant applications, was experiencing challenges in their sourcing process. In order to improve the situation significantly, a large programme was initiated. This included a new information system with global and standardised processes.
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Employee involvement increased the gains from SAP APO
The company experienced problems with the forecast accuracy of their recently installed APS solution (Advanced Planning System). The upgrade alone was quite a handful and the employees were really demotivated. Increased employee involvement and a re-conceptualisation of the system improved the quality of suggestions, it decreased the workload as well as the time pressure and the transportation capacity is now utilised better.
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Superior Scandinavian warehousing strategy
The case company is Denmark’s most significant all-round steel and technical products wholesaler. According to the company’s CEO, logistical efficiency was required for 3 main reasons: The location of the Zealand steel warehouse in Copenhagen city centre was no longer logistically viable, the customers were requiring smaller but more frequent consignments and introducing a technology to improve employee health & safety was a top priority.
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VMI planning with SAP APO
The case company is a leading supplier of food cultures, probiotics, enzymes, and natural colours. As part of offering a higher degree of service to their customers and in striving for a more effective supply chain, the case company in 2006 decided to start offering Vendor Managed Inventory as a service to key customers.
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A fast implementation of Lean using BlitzKaizen
Over a period of time the company experienced a negative financial development. One of the reasons to this was too high wage costs in the packaging process, and therefore they decided to initiate a turnaround project with the purpose to achieve a significant improvement by making this process better. Also the company wanted to identify the potential related to the introduction of new working methods based on the Lean principles.
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An improved planning function focusing on the shortest lead time possible
The case company, which among other things produces ventilation systems, found the production in Denmark wage consuming compared to their factory in Prague. This combined with a lack of focus on flow and a constant pressure from the sales organisation resulted in dissatisfactory earnings and delayed customer orders. An analysis showed a significant potential for cost reductions by reorganising the production process.
An improved planning function focusing on the shortest lead time possible
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Implementation of a Lean culture
A couple of years ago the case company, who produces ingredients for the food industry e.g. enzymes, cultures and colouring agents, was purchased by an international private equity fund. The message from the management was loud and clear: Introduce Lean.
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Implementation of Lean Warehousing at leading wholesaler
After a period of massive growth in the level of activity, the company experienced a slowdown in the market, and focus was put on efficient cost mgmt. optimisation and trimming of processes at the central warehouse. An extensive optimisation project of operations was initiated with the purpose of generating significant operating savings without compromising on reliability of delivery, sturdiness, work environment and safety.
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Implementation of SAP APO demand planner
Siminn (Iceland Telecom) has approx. 1300 employees and is Iceland’s leading company within telecommunications, mobile and Internet solutions. The challenge was to implement APO Demand Planner and to integrate and optimise the use of this new module in the company’s entire existing planning and purchase process in SAP R/3. This whole change process was to be implemented in just 25 man-days.
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Improving global supply chain with SAP APO
With 9,700 employees in some 47 countries, the case company is one of the world’s leading suppliers of food ingredients. A major acquisition allowed the company to expand but as with most acquisitions, it also introduced the challenge of how to address different business processes, especially in the area of supply chain planning. The company quickly determined that SAP APO would address the requirements of both companies.
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Supplier collaboration
The case company, which manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products and services, is currently working on a programme with the objective to introduce a new supply chain and production solution for its products worldwide. The company needed a common real-time supplier collaboration process used across purchasing categories. -
Among the best with SAP Global ATP
The case company wants to be among the very best. Therefore, the company has chosen to do something about the problems that many companies know all too well: failure to observe the promised date of delivery to the customers, unfavourable times of delivery for highly prioritised customers, urgent orders, large amount of capital employed, exceeding of the expiry date of goods in stock. The solution to the problems is Global ATP in SAP.
