Schaeffler Group: Aiding Agility, Efficiency, and Collaboration with Unified Container Management
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Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Schaeffler Group) has been an innovator in the
fields of motion and mobility for more than 75 years. Driven by the motto “We pioneer
motion,” it supplies high-precision components and systems for power-train and chassis
applications to automotive customers and rolling- and plain-bearing solutions to industrial
companies.
Shipping these diverse offerings to customers across the globe requires smooth container
management both internally and across suppliers and customers, but a fragmented
application landscape impeded efficiency and transparency. Schaeffler Group needed to
consolidate numerous systems into one to help streamline operations and react nimbly to
new challenges and opportunities.
Schaeffler Group: Aiding Agility,
Efficiency, and Collaboration with
Unified Container Management
Picture Credit | Customer Name, City, State/Country. Used with permission.
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Schaeffler Group) has been an innovator in the
fields of motion and mobility for more than 75 years. Driven by the motto “We pioneer
motion,” it supplies high-precision components and systems for power-train and chassis
applications to automotive customers and rolling- and plain-bearing solutions to industrial
companies.
Shipping these diverse offerings to customers across the globe requires smooth container
management both internally and across suppliers and customers, but a fragmented
application landscape impeded efficiency and transparency. Schaeffler Group needed to
consolidate numerous systems into one to help streamline operations and react nimbly to
new challenges and opportunities.
Schaeffler Group: Aiding Agility,
Efficiency, and Collaboration with
Unified Container Management
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Featured Solution
SAP Returnable Packaging Management
Revenue
€15.8 billion
Employees
84,000
Products and Services
Motor vehicle parts
Industry
Automotive
Schaeffler Technologies
AG & Co. KG
Herzogenaurach, Germany
www.schaeffler.com
Manual effort with automatic
account reconciliation
Reduced
Efficiency in maintenance
and support using a single,
consolidated solution
Higher
“With SAP Returnable Packaging Management,
we can react quickly to new trends, support an
end-to-end collaborative solution for suppliers
and customers, and save time and costs through
automation. Efficient container management also
helps us avoid delivery failures due to shortages.”
Sven Proschek, Product Owner SAP S/4HANA Solutions,
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Before: Challenges and Opportunities
• Distributed application landscape used for container management, making it difficult to react and adapt
quickly to packaging trends and new business requirements
• Lack of transparency across container management, with manual tasks for reconciling customers’
returnable-packaging accounts for goods deliveries outsourced to a shared-service center and
suppliers using the same containers operating on a separate third-party system
• High maintenance effort needed for the system landscape
Why SAP
• SAP Returnable Packaging Management, an industry cloud solution supporting near-seamless,
end-to-end integration of the container management cycle – from supplier and customer deliveries to
intracompany movements and the journey back to the company – within one solution
• Ability to streamline operations and enhance tracking and management of packaging material
After: Value-Driven Results
• A more efficient and robust supply chain, reduced delivery failures, and smoother global operations
aided by enhanced transparency of packaging material inventory
• Reduced workload, thanks to better collaboration with suppliers and customers as well as self-services
that empower them to conveniently reorder packaging materials and check inventory
Enabling Efficient Reuse of Transport Materials with
SAP Returnable Packaging Management
sap.com/terms-of-use
Featured Solution
SAP Returnable Packaging Management
Revenue
€15.8 billion
Employees
84,000
Products and Services
Motor vehicle parts
Industry
Automotive
Schaeffler Technologies
AG & Co. KG
Herzogenaurach, Germany
www.schaeffler.com
Manual effort with automatic
account reconciliation
Reduced
Efficiency in maintenance
and support using a single,
consolidated solution
Higher
“With SAP Returnable Packaging Management,
we can react quickly to new trends, support an
end-to-end collaborative solution for suppliers
and customers, and save time and costs through
automation. Efficient container management also
helps us avoid delivery failures due to shortages.”
Sven Proschek, Product Owner SAP S/4HANA Solutions,
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
Before: Challenges and Opportunities
• Distributed application landscape used for container management, making it difficult to react and adapt
quickly to packaging trends and new business requirements
• Lack of transparency across container management, with manual tasks for reconciling customers’
returnable-packaging accounts for goods deliveries outsourced to a shared-service center and
suppliers using the same containers operating on a separate third-party system
• High maintenance effort needed for the system landscape
Why SAP
• SAP Returnable Packaging Management, an industry cloud solution supporting near-seamless,
end-to-end integration of the container management cycle – from supplier and customer deliveries to
intracompany movements and the journey back to the company – within one solution
• Ability to streamline operations and enhance tracking and management of packaging material
After: Value-Driven Results
• A more efficient and robust supply chain, reduced delivery failures, and smoother global operations
aided by enhanced transparency of packaging material inventory
• Reduced workload, thanks to better collaboration with suppliers and customers as well as self-services
that empower them to conveniently reorder packaging materials and check inventory
Enabling Efficient Reuse of Transport Materials with
SAP Returnable Packaging Management