Läpple Automotive: Helping Customers on the Road to Success and Future Growth Through Innovation
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Läpple Automotive: Helping customers
on the road to success and future
growth through innovation
Läpple Automotive GmbH provides sheet-metal-part forming and car body assembly for
premium vehicles. By prioritizing customer proximity and market requirements, the company
offers tailored solutions and cutting-edge technology.
Support for the company’s third-party ERP was expiring, and the technical basis was changing.
The many new requirements in the automotive industry, such as OEM specifications, could be
met only by either upgrading its existing system or investing in a new solution. Knowing that its
current and future business models would need an optimized IT infrastructure and harmonized
processes, Läpple had to decide which ERP route to go.
Picture Credit | Customer Name, City, State/Country. Used with permission.
Picture Credit | Läpple Automotive GmbH,
Heilbronn, Germany . Used with permission.
Läpple Automotive: Helping customers
on the road to success and future
growth through innovation
Läpple Automotive GmbH provides sheet-metal-part forming and car body assembly for
premium vehicles. By prioritizing customer proximity and market requirements, the company
offers tailored solutions and cutting-edge technology.
Support for the company’s third-party ERP was expiring, and the technical basis was changing.
The many new requirements in the automotive industry, such as OEM specifications, could be
met only by either upgrading its existing system or investing in a new solution. Knowing that its
current and future business models would need an optimized IT infrastructure and harmonized
processes, Läpple had to decide which ERP route to go.
Picture Credit | Customer Name, City, State/Country. Used with permission.
Picture Credit | Läpple Automotive GmbH,
Heilbronn, Germany . Used with permission.
Navigating the business transformation journey with SAP solutions
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• New automotive industry requirements that meant developing the existing third-party ERP system or
introducing a new solution
• Current and future business models in need of an optimized IT infrastructure and harmonized processes
Why SAP
• Discovery workshop for SAP S/4HANA as part of a business transformation project, with a focus on
standard processes, systems, and applications
• Capabilities including overview of the key benefits, opportunities, and business improvements per line
of business; ERP replacement evaluation; concepts for organizational change management and
training; a transition strategy; and a project plan
• SAP Services and Support offering strategic, trusted advisory services to share industry knowledge,
best practices, and project experience
After: Value-driven results
• Delivered detailed transparency of the “as-is” situation, with a clear recommendation for a bespoke
“to-be” architecture for business transformation, including prerequisites
• Achieved a detailed training concept for project stream leads and key users
• Decided on SAP S/4HANA as a pillar for transformation and a part of an IT backbone for future needs
• Created plans for a groupwide project for SAP S/4HANA to focus on increased process harmonization,
standardization, automatization, and efficiency
“Our future business needs standardized processes to
achieve sustainable success with a secure IT infrastructure.”
Frank Scheppe, Senior Vice President Operations, Läpple Automotive GmbH
15 months
Estimated project duration
for a new implementation of
SAP S/4HANA
50 learners
Involved in the discovery workshop
Läpple Automotive GmbH
Heilbronn, Germany
www.laepple-automotive.de
Industry
Automotive
Products and services
Car body assembly
Employees
1,200
Revenue
€420 million
Featured solutions
Discovery workshop for SAP S/4HANA
and SAP Services and Support
90454enUS (24/01) © 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• New automotive industry requirements that meant developing the existing third-party ERP system or
introducing a new solution
• Current and future business models in need of an optimized IT infrastructure and harmonized processes
Why SAP
• Discovery workshop for SAP S/4HANA as part of a business transformation project, with a focus on
standard processes, systems, and applications
• Capabilities including overview of the key benefits, opportunities, and business improvements per line
of business; ERP replacement evaluation; concepts for organizational change management and
training; a transition strategy; and a project plan
• SAP Services and Support offering strategic, trusted advisory services to share industry knowledge,
best practices, and project experience
After: Value-driven results
• Delivered detailed transparency of the “as-is” situation, with a clear recommendation for a bespoke
“to-be” architecture for business transformation, including prerequisites
• Achieved a detailed training concept for project stream leads and key users
• Decided on SAP S/4HANA as a pillar for transformation and a part of an IT backbone for future needs
• Created plans for a groupwide project for SAP S/4HANA to focus on increased process harmonization,
standardization, automatization, and efficiency
“Our future business needs standardized processes to
achieve sustainable success with a secure IT infrastructure.”
Frank Scheppe, Senior Vice President Operations, Läpple Automotive GmbH
15 months
Estimated project duration
for a new implementation of
SAP S/4HANA
50 learners
Involved in the discovery workshop
Läpple Automotive GmbH
Heilbronn, Germany
www.laepple-automotive.de
Industry
Automotive
Products and services
Car body assembly
Employees
1,200
Revenue
€420 million
Featured solutions
Discovery workshop for SAP S/4HANA
and SAP Services and Support
90454enUS (24/01) © 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use