sapphire now: improve your supply chain with cloud-based electronic data interchange

Improve Your Supply Chain with Cloud-Based Electronic Data Interchange

Nils Stock, Freudenberg Sealing Systems and Frank Ruland, SAP AGSAPPHIRE NOW Madrid, 2012

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Projekt „SAIL“„Synchronized Applications - Integrated Landscape“

How to Improve Your Supply Chain with Cloud-Based Electronic Data Interchange

Nils StockHead of Technology Consulting Corporate Processes & Information Management

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies


Freudenberg GroupCorporate ProfileBusiness AreaSeals and Vibration Control Technology

Business AreaNonwovens

Business Area Household Products

Business AreaSpecialties and Others

Business Areas

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Europe

NOK-Freudenberg China

Seals and VibrationControl TechnologyUSA

VibracousticEurope

BurgmannIndustries

Dichtomatik

Business Areas

Nonwovens

Freudenberg FiltrationTechnology

Freudenberg PolitexNonwovens

Business Areas

Household Products

Business Areas

Chemical Specialities

NOK Mechatronics

IT-Services

New Technologies

Business Areas

Services


10% 9%

Automotive

General Industry

FST Business Development 2011By industry and business areas

Key Figures 2011

Sales: 1,667.5 Million EUR

Employees: 12,634

Production sites: 45


Project was started in 2007 to implement harmonized and standardized core business processes in one integrated application system

Expected benefits:

SAIL Project A Strategic Direction to more Effectively Manage our Business in the Future!

Improve overall customer satisfaction to meet future business requirements

Reach faster lead times trough automating standard business transactions

Enable product traceability through unique master data

Reduce working capital (e.g. inventories)

Save time through avoided manual interfaces for consolidation

Speed up communication

Integrate acquisitions and partner productions more easily

Reduce long-term migration and Software maintenance efforts

Raise transparency within FDS group


ERP Systems EDI D2P (Austria) TXP

45

DFP (France) OWN

365

D3T (Spain) OWN

37

DIP (Italy)

TXP + AI 135

DSP (DE, Nordic) TXP 1065

Non SAP(UK)

OWN 30(CZ)

OWN 3(Integral)

OWN 54(Lederer) OWN

25

Corteco Group (GER, IT, FR) TXP + PI

Initial System Landscape before SAIL project


Italy

Austria

Spain

TXP

Suppliers, Others

Customer 3

Customer 2

Customer 1

Suppliers, Others

Germany

France

Czech Republic

UK

Initial Situation prior to SAIL project

Integral

Lederer

TXP

OWN

OWN

OWN

OWN

OWN

AI

TXP

OWN

Customer N

• • •


EDI Platform ConsolidationQuick and reliable communication essential for customer satisfaction

Definition of the

relevant standard

ERP processes

Create Functional Mapping for each

ERP process

Create ERP

Profiles based on

each Functional Mapping

Start inbound

tests based on existing

EDI messages

Validate

inbound tests

Start outbound

tests based on created inbound

deliveries

Validate

outbound

tests

Pilot Implementation

Two basic conditions

Clear and planable Cost structure

Specific mapping knowledge to stay within our organization


Suppliers, Others

Customer 3

Customer 2

Customer 1

Suppliers, Others

Consolidated Landcape after SAIL Implementation

Customer N

• • •

Germany

Italy

Spain

Austria

Czech

France

Lederer

UK

Integral

HH + SWS

RHM + BER

OBW

SAP EDIPlatform

Customer Processes (11)

Inbound Outbound

ORDERS DELINS ORDRSP DESADV

SEQJIT EDLNOT SHPMNT INOVIC

ORDCHG REMADV

SBWAP

Supplier Processes (7)

Inbound Outbound

ORDRSP DESADV ORDERS DELINS

INOVIC GSVERF EDLNOT


Mapping in detail – SAP System SAIL

business partner

DGP

ERP-Profile

IDO

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Field 1

Field 2

Field …

Plant

Field …

Field 3

Me

tafo

rma

t

Field A

Field C

Field …

Field B

Plant

Field Z37

DELINSinbound

BP-Profile

Partner AEDI Message

Indiviual Mapping

IDOC_INPUT_DELINS

Mapping toolis used to make a individual mapping in SAP

Unload.Point

EDI Guide

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INVOIC SAP II XML

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Oct-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Jan-12 Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-120

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

9,925 9,519 10,499

32,409 33,77837,819

72,157

88,183

108,342 105,999

94,354 95,055

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nsa

ctio

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Transaction Message Volumeabout 5000 transactions / working day and 60% of the annual Sales


Managing an EDI platform not core business of FST

Clear and planable Cost structure

One Technical connection, SAP took care of the rest

Specific mapping knowledge still within our organization

Easy On-boarding of additional customers

Transparency and reliablity we were looking for

Main decision points


Take your time on the process defintion

Involve your business partners early

Pay attention to your Master Data

Put a strong focus on upfront testing

Ensure enough ressource for the Go Live

But also mind the pitfalls It is not as easy as it sounds


Thank you for your attention.

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