Aero & Defense Manufacturing: SAP S/4HANA Implementation, Global Rollouts and AMS

Challenge

One of the world’s largest manufacturers of honeycomb, high performance floor panels, cargo compartment liners and original equipment for passenger and freighter aircraft. Also manufactures reinforced plastics including interior sandwich panels for creating structures such as aircraft galleys and bulkheads, honeycomb core and related products. The company has manufacturing facilities in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

• Replace legacy ERP system with a common solution and architecture to support business growth, and future rollouts
• Poor business process controls across the organization
• Multiple reporting tools and manual processes
• Business model that requires significant transformation
• ITAR/EAR export control considerations

Solution

• Implement SAP Best Practices for Discrete Manufacturing: S/4HANA
• Replace SalesForce with SAP Sales Cloud for increased functionality and better integration with S/4HANA
• Provide a foundation, and solution to build from for future rollouts, supporting corporate growth
• Business processes include Sales Order Management, Procurement, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Manufacturing, S&OP – Demand & Supply Planning, Quality Management

Outcome

Implementation of core ERP system with S/4HANA + Rollouts

 

• Robust, reliable technology for 24/7 requirements
• Common platform with SAP Best Practices that provides a framework for future growth
• Standardization of core business processes
• One version of the truth
• Organizational transformation