OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN
CONNECT YOUR OPERATIONS FROM PLANNING TO DELIVERY
Our experienced consultants will help you develop the processes, information flows and SAP solutions behind efficient and reliable operations. Our deep expertise covers planning, sourcing, manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, sales and delivery, as well as quality, asset management and service. By connecting business process expertise with SAP, data and AI, we help you improve visibility, support better decisions and create more consistent ways of working across the entire supply chain.
DEVELOP OPERATIONS AS A CONNECTED WHOLE
Operations and supply chains consist of very closely connected processes. Changes in demand affect planning and production. Purchasing decisions influence material availability. Inventory and warehouse operations affect delivery performance. Maintenance, quality and master data have an impact throughout the value chain. When these areas are developed separately, information can become fragmented, manual work increases significantly and decisions are made without a complete view of operations.
We help you look beyond individual SAP modules and develop processes, systems and information flows as one connected whole. Our specialists combine business process expertise with knowledge of SAP, integrations, data, analytics and AI. Whether you are preparing for an SAP S/4HANA transformation, improving a specific operational process or developing an existing SAP environment, we help you identify the right priorities and turn them into sustainable solutions.
We connect processes, data and technology across planning, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics and delivery.
EXPERTISE ACROSS PLAN, SOURCE, MAKE AND DELIVERY
Our Operations and Supply Chain expertise covers the connected processes required to plan demand, source materials and services, manufacture products, manage inventory and fulfill customer needs.
Plan
Build a reliable connection between demand, materials, capacity and production.
We help develop planning processes that improve visibility into demand, material requirements and production needs. The objective is to create a more consistent foundation for operational decisions and execution.
Relevant areas can include:
- Demand management
- Material requirements planning
- Production planning
- Production scheduling
- Capacity considerations
- Availability checks
- Planning-related reporting and analytics
Source
Develop procurement and material flows that support reliable operations.
We help connect sourcing, purchasing, inventory and invoice verification processes. This creates better visibility from the original need through procurement, receipt and financial processing.
Relevant areas can include:
- Procure-to-pay
- Source-to-pay
- Purchasing
- Inventory management
- Subcontracting
- Invoice verification
- Supplier-related information flows
- Procurement reporting and analytics
Make
Connect production planning, execution, quality and materials.
We help develop manufacturing processes across both operational execution and the information required to manage production. Our expertise includes discrete and process manufacturing environments.
Relevant areas can include:
- Discrete manufacturing
- Process manufacturing
- Production orders and execution
- Bills of materials
- Routings
- Material availability
- Quality management
- Batch and serial number management
- Make-to-order processes
- Production reporting
Deliver
Improve the flow from customer demand to fulfilment, logistics and invoicing.
We help connect sales, availability, warehousing, shipping and billing so that customer orders can move through the organization as a controlled process.
Relevant areas can include:
- Sales order management
- Availability checks
- Order fulfilment
- Inbound and outbound logistics
- Shipping and delivery
- Billing and returns
- Warehouse operations
- Picking, packing and kitting
- Order-to-cash processes
EXPERTISE FOR BUSINESS-CRITICAL OPERATIONS
Planning and manufacturing
Create a stronger connection between demand, materials and production
We help develop planning and manufacturing processes that support reliable execution and provide better visibility into operational needs.
Our expertise includes:
- Demand management and material requirements planning
- Production planning and scheduling
- Discrete and process manufacturing
- Production structures, bills of materials and routings
- Material availability
- Production execution
- Make-to-order processes
- Production-related reporting
Sourcing and procurement
Connect purchasing decisions with materials, operations and finance
We help develop procurement processes from sourcing and purchasing to inventory and invoice verification. Our goal is to create clearer information flows and more consistent ways of working throughout the procurement lifecycle.
Our expertise includes:
- Procure-to-pay
- Source-to-pay
- Purchasing
- Inventory management
- Subcontracting
- Invoice verification
- Procurement-related integrations
- Procurement reporting
Sales and order fulfilment
Create a more connected path from customer order to delivery
We help develop the processes that connect customer demand, product availability, logistics, delivery and invoicing.
Our expertise includes:
- Sales order management
- Product availability
- Advanced available-to-promise scenarios
- Order fulfilment
- Shipping and delivery
- Billing and returns
- Order-to-cash processes
- Connections between sales, logistics and finance
Warehousing and logistics
Improve visibility and control across material movements
We help develop warehouse and logistics processes that support reliable inbound, internal and outbound material flows.
Our expertise includes:
- SAP Warehouse Management
- SAP Extended Warehouse Management
- Embedded and decentralized warehouse environments
- Inbound and outbound processes
- Picking, packing and kitting
- Inventory visibility
- Batch and serial tracking
- Connections between warehousing, manufacturing and delivery
Quality management
Build quality into the operational process
Quality information should support sourcing, production, warehousing and delivery rather than remain isolated in a separate process. We help connect quality management with the broader operational environment.
Our expertise includes:
- Inspection planning
- Quality notifications
- Quality management in procurement and manufacturing
- Quality integration with warehouse and delivery processes
- Batch and certificate management
- Interfaces with external laboratories and quality systems
Product configuration
Manage complex products and customer-specific requirements
We help develop product structures and configuration processes for organizations with configurable or customer-specific products.
Our expertise includes:
- Variant configuration
- Advanced Variant Configuration in SAP S/4HANA
- Product structures
- Bills of materials
- Make-to-order enablement
- Connections between sales, engineering and manufacturing
Asset management and service
Connect maintenance information with everyday operations
Reliable operations depend on the availability, condition and maintenance of business-critical assets. We help develop processes that connect maintenance planning, execution, materials and service information.
Our expertise includes:
- Plant maintenance and enterprise asset management
- Maintenance planning and execution
- Maintenance orders
- Spare parts and materials
- Service contracts
- Service orders
- Service billing
- Connections between assets, maintenance and operational data
TURN OPERATIONAL DATA INTO BETTER DECISIONS
Operations generate large amounts of data across planning, purchasing, production, inventory, quality, maintenance, logistics and sales. The value of this data depends heavily on its quality, availability and connection to the underlying business process. We combine Operations and Supply Chain expertise with SAP, integrations, analytics and AI.
We help you to:
- Improve visibility across end-to-end processes
- Connect SAP data with other operational information
- Strengthen master data quality and governance
- Reduce fragmented reporting and manual information gathering
- Develop dashboards and analytics around operational needs
- Identify practical opportunities for automation
- Apply AI to selected process and information needs
- Make relevant information easier to access in daily work
Our approach begins with the business process and the decision or activity that needs to be improved. We then examine the data, architecture, integrations and the technology needed to support it. Read more about our data and AI expertise from the link below.
FROM PROCESS DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUOUS SERVICES
We support Operations and Supply Chain development throughout the lifecycle, from early assessments and process design to implementation, support and continuous improvement.
Advise
We help you understand the current situation, identify development priorities and create a clear direction.
Our advisory services can include:
- Current-state assessments
- Process and capability assessments
- SAP S/4HANA pre-studies
- Process development roadmaps
- Architecture assessments
- Business case and value definition
- Data and AI opportunity assessments
Design
We translate operational needs into connected processes, architectures and solution designs.
Our design services can include:
- End-to-end process design
- SAP solution architecture
- Integration and data architecture
- Clean Core planning
- Application and user experience design
- Reporting and analytics design
- Security and authorization design
Build
We implement and develop the agreed processes and solutions.
Our implementation services can include:
- SAP implementations
- SAP application development
- System integrations
- Applications and Clean Core extensions
- Reporting and analytics solutions
- Data and master data solutions
- AI-assisted applications and automation
- Testing and deployment support
Run and improve
We help maintain and continuously develop business-critical environments after implementation.
Our continuous services can include:
- Application management
- Support and monitoring
- Continuous development
- Process improvement
- Architecture and governance support
- Reporting and analytics maintenance
- Development of new automation and AI use cases
BUILD MORE TRANSPARENT AND MANAGEABLE OPERATIONS
Better operational visibility
We will help you create a more complete view of planning, materials, production, inventory, quality, maintenance and delivery.
More consistent processes
Our experienced consultants will help you connect activities and information flows across functions, systems and organizational boundaries.
Better-informed decisions
We will help you improve your access to reliable operational information through connected data, reporting and analytics.
Sustainable development
With our help you can build processes and solutions that remain maintainable in the long-term as business requirements and SAP environments evolve in the future.
OPERATIONS EXPERTISE IN PRACTICE
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DEVELOP MORE CONNECTED OPERATIONS
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