In all industries and regions of the world, customers are achieving value by enabling end-to-end supply network traceability. Read the following industry-specific stories to see how companies like you are that are leveraging SAP software and services to meet these business goals.

Consumer Products

Nestlé
Get a taste of how this Swiss food and beverage colossus achieved full traceability for foodstuff products by engaging SAP Services to perform custom development to match GS1 global trade item numbers with its internal identification codes. The development is now a standard function in the SAP ERP application.

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Life Sciences

Boehringer Ingelheim
Discover how this global pharmaceutical company fully automated its batch record-keeping processes across 15 production facilities worldwide.

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JENA Hospital
Discover how EuropJena Hospital is offering the most modern healthcare possible – thanks to an auto-ID tracking solution from SAP and Intel.

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Purdue Pharma
Read about how Purdue Pharma implemented SAP RFID technology and other SAP software to meet Wal-Mart's logistics requirements.

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Mill Products

Hansgrohe
Follow the story of this sanitary equipment manufacturer as it set out to increase the value of its manufacturing and logistics operations, and execute an innovation-oriented strategy. The firm deployed SAP solutions and expertise to implement an automatic real-time entry of production data and material flows.

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Public Sector

Poste Italiana
Read how Italy's core postal provider prepared for market liberalization in 2009 by gaining visibility into sorting center issues and dynamically balancing resources to match mail flows through an improved forecasting and tracking process.

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U.S. Navy
Learn how the U.S. Navy uses radio-frequency identification technology to manage the logistics process of tracking material from shipper to consignee.

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