For more than 30 years, SAP has helped automotive organizations manage and integrate core business processes and collaborate with partners across the value network. More than 1,600 automotive companies worldwide rely on SAP solutions for supply chain planning, manufacturing, logistics, sales and marketing, and customer service.

Read the following success stories to learn more about how organizations are benefiting from these solutions:

SAP for Automotive

• SI Corporation (PDF, 238 KB), United States – See how SAP Consulting helped this producer of polypropylene products dramatically improve its business processes by implementing the SAP NetWeaver platform and SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization, a component of SAP Supply Chain Management.
• S-Y Systems Technologies (PDF, 273 KB), United States – Read how S-Y Systems Technologies, a Michigan-based automotive supplier with annual revenues of US$400 million, used SAP software to gain tighter control over its business, improve processes, and manage a complex supply chain to stay in step with a key customer.
• Toyota Material Handling (PDF, 166 KB), United States – Read how TMHU, a manufacturer of lift trucks, successfully used the SAP for Automotive solution portfolio to shorten turnaround time from two days to two hours; reduce costs, including US$1 million in annual network costs; and strengthen customer-dealer relationships.
• Viper Motorcycle Co. (PDF, 137 KB), United States – Explore how this motorcycle manufacturing company has positioned itself for substantial growth using SAP Business One – by gaining quick and easy access to business details, generating powerful business reports, complying with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, and more.
• Autohaus BÜnde GmbH (PDF, 129 KB), Germany – Learn how this automotive sales and service dealer uses a SAP Business All-in-One solution to improve end-to-end processes – from the repair shop to accounting and controlling – by handling multiple brands, calculating contribution margins, and reducing dunning frequency.
• BMW Motoren GmbH (PDF, 235 KB), Austria – Read how this automotive manufacturer used the SAP ERP Operations solution to improve physical processes, raise warehouse quality standards, and enhance change management, production control, and warehouse management.
• Brose Group (PDF, 121 KB), Germany – Learn how the Brose Group, a global auto industry supplier, implemented the SAP for Automotive solution portfolio for just-in-sequence (JIS) production at sites around the world. Benefits include lower inventory levels, leaner processes, and customized configurations for customers.
• Core Products (PDF, 145 KB), France – Review how this French producer of automotive components implemented the SAP for Automotive solution portfolio, including SAP ERP, and enhanced overall customer relationship management, achieved IT autonomy, and gained the ability to respond to changing circumstances dynamically.
• DPCA (PDF, 111 KB), China – Explore how SAP Consulting helped the Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company (DPCA) implement SAP software for financials and logistics – to reduce operating costs, streamline system management, gain greater insight into critical business data, and integrate and standardize business processes.
• MANN+HUMMEL (PDF, 344 KB), Germany – Review how this German manufacturer of automotive components upgraded its global SAP environment with the SAP NetWeaver platform, SAP Customer Relationship Management, and SAP Supplier Relationship Management, including the SAP Enterprise Buyer component, within 48 hours.
• Modine Europe GMBH (PDF, 95 KB), Germany – Read how SAP Consulting helped this producer of fuel-cell components integrate suppliers over the Internet at no extra effort, transfer control of manufacturing operations to production-line employees, and reduce a costly safety buffer without jeopardizing delivery reliability.
• SupplyOn (PDF, 125 KB), Germany – Discover how SupplyOn created a user-friendly, flexible, and future-proof infrastructure for its procurement marketplace with SAP NetWeaver. The company expects an ROI of 89% within five years and a permanent reduction in total cost of ownership of at least 20% in the next 10 years.
• Volvo CE (PDF, 107 KB), Korea – See how Volvo Construction Equipment replaced legacy information systems by deploying SAP solutions – driving process innovation, improving supplier and vendor management, and creating an interface to its shop-floor control system.

SAP Business Suite

• Hella KG (PDF, 196 KB), Germany – Examine how this global leader in automotive supplies implemented solutions from SAP Business Suite and then took part in SAP's Adaptive Computing Infrastructure initiative to enhance its IT operations with more efficient server and storage resources to support its SAP business solutions.
• Hwashin Co. Ltd. (PDF, 158 KB), Korea – Explore how this automotive parts manufacturer improved inventory management, cut costs, and shortened its decision-making process using the SAP Business Suite family of business solutions – all in six months.
• Volkswagen AG (PDF, 109 KB), Germany – Find out how this auto manufacturer used SAP ERP Human Capital Management to optimize HR administration, time management, and payroll processes, and shift more HR decision-making to local units.

SAP Customer Relationship Management

• Arctic Cat Sales (PDF, 185 KB), United States – Find out how Arctic Cat improved its customer service with SAP Customer Relationship Management and a state-of-the-art call center. SAP Consulting provided a boost with an in-depth understanding and support of Arctic Cat's business and customers.
• ESA (PDF, 174 KB), Switzerland – Read how this auto parts supplier uses SAP Customer Relationship Management to sharpen its customer focus and competitive edge by providing its sales team with current, detailed customer information – ensuring a seamless information flow between in-house staff and mobile sales force.
• MANN+HUMMEL (PDF, 85 KB), Germany – See how this producer of automotive components used SAP Customer Relationship Management to improve business processes and customer care. The solution's functionality for contact, escalation processing, and campaign management helped the company improve relationships and retain customers.
• Tele Atlas (PDF, 178 KB), Netherlands – Explore how this provider of vehicle and commercial navigation systems implemented SAP Customer Relationship Management to improve dealer relations through a clearer overview of dealers' orders and purchases – resulting in an increase in inventory turnover and reduced costs.
• Volkswagen Group (PDF, 87 KB), Germany – Review how the Volkswagen Group implemented SAP Customer Relationship Management across the enterprise to interface with an array of databases – creating a uniform system to improve customer satisfaction by integrating processes for incoming inquiries and complaints management.

SAP Supply Chain Management

• Porsche AG (PDF, 143 KB), Germany – Explore how Porsche replaced its own parts transaction system with SAP Supply Chain Management – and streamlined parts logistic processes in real time, reduced related costs, ensured superior service to customers, and decreased stock while eliminating availability errors.
• Shanghai General Motors Company (PDF, 150 KB), China – Learn how Shanghai GM cut inventory costs and enhanced manufacturing flexibility with the SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization component of SAP Supply Chain Management – reducing lead time and improving planning, forecasting, and production scheduling.
• SupplyOn AG (PDF, 134 KB), Germany – Learn how SAP provides solution technology to SupplyOn, so this business service provider for automotive component suppliers can optimize and standardize business processes, sourcing services, collaborative engineering, and supply chain management – helping clients reduce costs and errors.
• ZF Trading (PDF, 149 KB), Germany – Learn how SAP Supply Chain Management helped ZF Trading, a supplier of spare auto parts, optimize planning, reduce stock levels, and control the flow of goods and deliveries to a logistical network of 26 subsidiaries in 21 countries.

SAP Product Lifecycle Management

• Continental Automotive Systems (PDF, 100 KB), Germany – Find out how this manufacturer of electronic brake systems implemented the SAP Product Lifecycle Management solution worldwide – integrating development into one system, increasing collaboration, and speeding time-to-market under tight marketplace conditions.
• Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. (PDF, 171 KB), Germany – Learn how SAP Environment, Health & Safety, an application in the SAP Product Lifecycle Management solution, helps this automotive supplier document hazardous materials more effectively – improving management of environmental protection and industrial safety processes.
• Porsche AG (PDF, 132 KB), Germany – Read how Porsche AG chose SAP Product Lifecycle Management to support the problem management process – and solved problems quickly and efficiently in the development phase with the solution's notification capabilities and workflow support, while enabling company-specific processes.

SAP Supply Relationship Management

• Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (PDF, 145 KB), Japan – Explore how Nissan used SAP Supplier Relationship Management to optimize a new strategic, global system for production-parts sourcing and purchasing – and reached its goal to quickly compile, compare, and share purchasing costs of its affiliates in different countries.

SAP NetWeaver

• BMW Group (PDF, 208 KB), Germany – Learn how the BMW Group ensured profitable growth by choosing the business planning, simulation, and data warehousing capabilities of the SAP NetWeaver platform – helping BMW integrate information, streamline planning and analysis, and manage its enterprise with greater flexibility.
• Comau (PDF, 145 KB), Italy – Explore how this global provider of automation systems implemented the SAP NetWeaver platform to streamline and secure its procurement process, increase procurement efficiency for direct materials and services, add new suppliers, and achieve a full ROI nine months sooner than expected.
• Continental Automotive Systems (PDF, 123 KB), Germany – Find out how Continental deployed the SAP NetWeaver platform to resolve quality issues more quickly, track customer satisfaction, generate high-level reports reflecting customer views, reduce risk of recurring errors, and improve the analysis of quality problems.
• Freudenberg Group (PDF, 99 KB), Germany – Examine how this group of automotive, retail, and construction businesses used the SAP NetWeaver platform to achieve greater cross-border collaboration, gain faster employee access to information, improve transparency of processes, and reduce overhead and consulting costs.
• Goodyear (PDF, 147 KB), Europe – Explore how Goodyear increased transparency in its processes, gained access to consistent, real-time information, enhanced service, and attained a sharper competitive edge – by implementing the SAP NetWeaver platform.
• Pöttinger (PDF, 173 KB), Austria – Learn how this leader in agricultural engineering technology improved its products, services, production, and operating costs, and enhanced its management reporting and planning to accommodate seasonal shifts in demand by implementing the SAP NetWeaver platform and the SAP ERP solution.

Business Transformation Studies

• Applied Biosystems (PDF, 738 KB), United States – Learn about the benefits this leading international provider of life sciences research solutions gained when it chose SAP global trade management software to achieve strict compliance with global trade regulations and reduce operating expenses of its trade compliance group. Log-in required.
• Arctic Cat (PDF, 183 KB), United States – Examine how a leading maker of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles improved service to its extensive worldwide network of dealers. The company implemented SAP CRM and SAP NetWeaver Portal and increased online orders and reduced both errors and service support costs. Log-in required.
• Littelfuse (PDF, 565 KB), United States – Discover how this producer of vital components for products that use electrical energy consolidated its software globally and produced a single source of data using SAP Business Suite applications. Log-in required.
• Modine (PDF, 556 KB), United States – Explore how this producer of highly engineered heating and cooling technology improved cash flow, reduced IT support costs, and improved the productivity of its finance department by replacing its legacy systems with SAP ERP Financials. Log-in required.
• Robert Bosch (PDF, 580 KB), United States – See how Bosch Automotive Technology Group uses the SAP Supply Network Collaboration application to give suppliers a less-expensive alternative to electronic data interchange (EDI). Bosch enjoys reduced inventory, lower freight costs, and increased productivity. Log-in required.
• The Holland Group (PDF, 126 KB), United States – Learn how this global manufacturer of sophisticated lift gates and suspension systems for trucks and trailers replaced its inflexible legacy systems with a single SAP ERP implementation – enabling the company to decrease cost, improve operations, and increase productivity. Log-in required.

Customer Case Studies

The SAP for Automotive solution portfolio can deliver meaningful business value, upgrade critical processes, and improve the bottom line for automotive companies. For an in-depth view of how some businesses are realizing benefits, please read the following case studies:

• Audi (PDF, 195 KB), Germany – Find out how SAP Customer Relationship Management helped Audi sustain its promise of top product quality, create a fresh approach for generating repurchases, integrate multiple customer contact channels, and optimize outbound marketing processes such as campaign management.
• SupplyOn (PDF, 137 KB), Germany – Examine how SupplyOn used the open and flexible SAP NetWeaver platform for the firm's marketplace infrastructure – enabling end-to-end processing of business transactions and reducing costs and workloads.
• Yangzhou YAPP Auto Plastic Parts Company (PDF, 658 KB), China – Learn how YAPP implemented the SAP ERP solution and SAP for Automotive to automate and standardize processes, enhance decision-making, foster 100% data accuracy, and lay the foundation for Web-based business strategies across the company's supply chain.

The SAP for Automotive solution portfolio has been proved at companies in various automotive business segments. Here are some of the organizations around the world that are using SAP for Automotive.

OEMs

• Freightliner Corp.
• China Motor Corp.
• DaimlerChrysler AG
• Deere & Company
• Eurostar Automobilwerk
• Global Electric Motor Car
• Iveco
• Karmann Ghia do Brasil Ltda.
• Linde Trucks
• Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
• Mercedes-Benz España
• Netherlands Car B.V.
• Peugeot
• PT United Tractors Pandu
• The Siam Kubota Industry Co. Ltd.
• Skoda Auto
• Westfalia Van Conversion GmbH

Sales and Service

• AMAG
• DaimlerChrysler
• Delta Motors
• Iveco

Suppliers

• Borg Warner
• Cooper Industries Inc.
• Deere Hitachi Construction
• Aral Lubricants GmbH & Co. KG
• Cosworth Technology Ltd.
• CTS Car Top Systems
• Delphi Europe
• Empl Fahrzeugwerk GmbH
• Erbslõh AG
• Erich Jaeger
• FAG Kugelfischer Georg Schäfer AG
• Grammar AG
• Grupo Antolin-Irausa, S.A.
• Happich Fahrzeug und Industrieteile GmbH
• KEFICO Corp.
• Kiekert
• Knorr Bremse Veiculos
• Kongsberg Automotive ASA
• Korea Automotive Motor Corp.
• Krupp Bilstein GmbH
• Lemförder International AG & Co. KG
• Littelfuse Inc.
• Mahle Co.
• Manufacturas Electrónicas Monterrey
• Opel Austria GmbH
• Piolax Corp.
• Plastal S.p.A.
• PT Star Motors
• REINZ-Dichtungs-GmbH & Co. KG
• Robert Bosch France S.A.
• Robert Bosch Ltda.
• Sachsenring
• Seeber AG
• Siemens VDO
• Stabilus Inc.
• Teksid Aluminum Foundry Inc.
• Tenneco-Walker Ltd.
• Varta
• Voss Automotive GmbH
• Wagon Automotive GmbH