DSM Twilmij: Standardizing the IT environment with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Explore DSM Twilmij’s journey with SAP
DSM Twilmij B.V., part of dsm-firmenich, produces and supplies premixes for animal feed to compound feed companies. The complex production and delivery of its products required DSM Twilmij to standardize its IT environment to meet dsm-firmenich standards and integrate with its existing SAP software infrastructure.
| Industry | Region | Company Size | Partner |
| Chemicals and consumer products | Stroe, the Netherlands | ~30,000 employees (dsm-firmenich) | Scheer Nederland BV |
Manager Control Animal Nutrition and Health, dsm-firmenich
Meeting company-wide standards with a robust IT solution
The production and delivery of animal feed premixes is a complex puzzle involving 20 to 60 different raw materials. The exact composition not only changes per season, but it’s also tailored to the customer. DSM Twilmij also strives to deliver within a maximum of five days. This allows compound feed companies to keep their stocks and, therefore, their required operational costs and storage capacity low. In this way, DSM Twilmij is an important strategic partner for the compound feed industry.
Making this complex production and delivery process manageable requires a robust IT environment – one that streamlines end-to-end processes and simplifies complicated costing. In addition, the new environment had to be able to integrate with the SAP Central Finance Master Data Replication application by insightsoftware for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, which DSM Twilmij implemented in parallel with this IT standardization initiative.
Manager Control Animal Nutrition and Health, dsm-firmenich
Building a central brain for operational excellence
DSM Twilmij opted for standardization in the cloud, with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition as the brains of the new IT environment. Production orders from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition are sent to the manufacturing execution systems (MESs), which control physical production. SAP Integration Suite functions as the comprehensive integration platform and provides real-time communication between these environments.
During the implementation by SAP partner Scheer Nederland BV, the parties aimed for a robust and standardized IT environment and accurate coordination with best practices within the sector. Scheer Nederland also paid attention to the unique needs of DSM Twilmij. In some cases, specific requirements couldn’t be fully met within the standard SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition software environment. Alongside partner Scheer Nederland, the company leveraged SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and the SAP Event Mesh capability to develop an event-based, side-by-side extension. This allowed DSM Twilmij to keep the core of the system “clean” while meeting the need for real-time data and processes.
Managing Partner, Scheer Nederland BV
Improving efficiency with real-time production and delivery data
DSM Twilmij needs to produce and supply seasonal and highly customer-specific premixes for animal feed on a large scale and within strict deadlines. The successful deployment of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition helped meet these requirements. For example, the new real-time link between systems allows MESs to send information about the production process back to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, such as the ingredients used. As a result, DSM Twilmij has the required insight into costs and current stock statuses based on actual production activities. With SAP Event Mesh, the company can also quickly respond to changes and identify further efficiency improvements.
The switch from a customized system to a standardized SAP software environment had a major impact on its IT infrastructure. Through user acceptance testing and workshops, Scheer Nederland prepared employees for new working methods ahead of time, which made for a smoother transition.
Managing Partner, Scheer Nederland BV
Future-proof solution for announced carve-out
With the announced carve-out and separation of dsm-firmenich’s Animal Nutrition & Health business, which DSM Twilmij belongs to, the solution architecture also provides a future-proof setup of operations. Given the simplified two-tier ERP landscape leveraging SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, independent operations from the corporate headquarters running the core business also help ensure a smooth transition to a separate business from an IT perspective.
Scheer Nederland BV
SAP partner Scheer Nederland BV specializes in implementations of SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP BTP. Since 2017, the company has leveraged SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition to help administrative, production, and service-oriented companies. Scheer Nederland believes that minimal maintenance and maximum user experience is the best scenario for enabling innovation.