Solutions from SAP and our partners can help you align manufacturing operations and resources between the core enterprise and plants. These solutions can help you reduce total and unit manufacturing costs, consistently meet customer requirements, and ensure compliance with quality and safety standards.

Automotive

SIEMENS VDO
Siemens VDO Automotive preserved existing best practices and provided an integrated view of business processes when it had to transform a recently acquired plant from an internal operation to an external automotive supplier.

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Chemicals

Dow Corning
This chemicals giant enabled consistent global analytics and kept its competitive edge.

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Rohm and Haas
This global manufacturer of specialty materials prepared for compliance with the sweeping new chemical regulations and established a single platform for managing regional volume-based restrictions by implementing substance volume tracking functionality within the SAP Environment, Health & Safety application.

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Consumer Products

Arla Foods
As one of the largest dairy cooperatives in the industry, Arla Foods had set out on an ambitious journey to integrate operations and harmonize processes worldwide using SAP and partner solutions for open-standards enterprise integration, achieving savings by reducing work hours and plant stoppages along the way.

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The Solae Company
To increase its manufacturing yields, this St. Louis-based manufacturer of soy-based foodstuffs needed real-time access to manufacturing process parameters along with cost data. It linked the two with SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence and saved millions of dollars annually.

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High Tech

Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik
This advanced global manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses the SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization component to manage all detailed planning and fine-tuned control processes at production locations, including order entry, shop floor control, and planning.

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Cisco-SA
This leading provider of end-to-end video broadcast networks is supporting its rapid growth – transforming its worldwide business processes by integrating its disparate business systems with the SAP ERP application.

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IM&C

Greenheck Fan Corporation
Greenheck Fan Corporation managed complex product configuration so thoroughly that it transformed its business, increased order velocity more than 400%, improved customer satisfaction while attracting new customers, and enhanced its ability to grow in a down market.

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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen
This major German manufacturer of printing presses integrated business data and production data by implementing the SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence application. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen can now deliver to operators on the production floor the up-to-the-minute status on production line activities.

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Sauer-Danfoss
This leading manufacturer of hydraulic control systems for heavy machinery succeeded in improving on-time deliveries and increasing customer satisfaction with a two-phase software implementation.

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Trumpf
This German manufacturer of industrial tools and metal-working machinery increased production output without expanding production facilities. Implementing SAP software helped Trumpf successfully put lean manufacturing principles into practice.

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Life Sciences

Boehringer Ingelheim
This global pharmaceutical company fully automated its paper-based, batch record-keeping processes across 15 production facilities worldwide. The implementation has resulted in significantly greater accuracy, reliability, and efficiency.

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Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries & Medical Appliance (SPIMACO)
SPIMACO increased productivity, simplified compliance with industry regulations, improved service, and automated business processes.

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Mill Products

JSL Limited
JSL Limited achieved manufacturing excellence and built a technology foundation to support future growth with SAP ERP and SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence, enabling the company to integrate information silos and gain real-time visibility into its manufacturing operations.

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Sauder Woodworking
This furniture manufacturer used the SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence application to integrate data from multiple sources, build team-leader and operator dashboards, and streamline production flow and efficiency on the shop floor.

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ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel
ThyssenKrupp Electrical Steel improved its production planning at two sites with SAP Supply Chain Management. The SAP software helped the company determine delivery deadlines, respond quickly to order changes, anticipate and prevent production problems, and ensure the best possible use of its production capacity.

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