Bosch Packaging Technology: SAP Landscape Transformation Helps Harmonize Financials and Controlling
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
SAP Customer Success Story | Industrial Machinery and Components | Bosch Packaging Technology
© 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.
Picture Credit | Bosch Packaging Technology, Germany. Used with permission.
Bosch Packaging Technology:
SAP® Landscape Transformation
Helps Harmonize Financials and
Controlling
Partner
SAP Customer Success Story | Industrial Machinery and Components | Bosch Packaging Technology
Executive overview Company
Bosch Packaging Technology
Company
Industry
Industrial machinery and components – machinery and
Vision
equipment
Why SAP
Products and Services
Development and production of packaging solutions for
pharmaceuticals, food, and confectionery industries
Solution
Web Site
Benefits www.boschpackaging.com
SAP® Solutions
Future plans Services from the System Landscape Optimization group,
SAP® Landscape Transformation software
Partner
BearingPoint GmbH (www.bearingpoint.com)
As a part of its strategic decision to clearly structure and harmonize the company’s
system landscape, Bosch Packaging Technology decided to fully align and standardize
the company’s financial and controlling processes. The project included the conversion
of charts of accounts, profit centers, and functional areas, as well as the renaming of
user IDs. The System Landscape Optimization group from SAP performed the entire
conversion, using SAP® Landscape Transformation software.
2/9 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.
SAP Customer Success Story | Industrial Machinery and Components | Bosch Packaging Technology
Executive overview
Bosch Packaging Technology – “packaged
Company
as promised”
Vision
Bosch Packaging Technology (Bosch Packaging) – The Bosch Packaging slogan – “packaged as prom-
headquartered in Waiblingen, Germany – is one of ised” – is part of the long tradition that represents
Why SAP
the leading suppliers in the field of process and packag- Bosch Packaging’s core competencies: technologi-
ing technology. Established in 1974, Bosch Packaging cal leadership, modernism, quality, reliability, and
Solution is a division of Robert Bosch GmbH and employs customer orientation.
5,000 associates.
Benefits The company plans, designs, manufactures, and installs
packaging lines for manufacturers of pharmaceutical,
Future plans confectionery, food, and other products. It also provides
a broad palette of services and solutions – offering
filling, process, and packaging technology for the phar-
maceutical and confectionery industry segments. In
addition, it provides packaging solutions for piece and
bulk goods in the food industry segments, as well as
solutions for health and personal care products. Bosch
30
Packaging operates a global service and sales net-
work with 30 branches in more than 15 countries world-
wide. Around the globe, Bosch Packaging maintains
production facilities in Europe, the United States, South Branches in over 15
America, and the Asia-Pacific region. countries worldwide
3/9 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.SAP Customer Success Story | Industrial Machinery and Components | Bosch Packaging Technology
Executive overview
Business operations based on a
Company
standardized system landscape
Vision
Bosch Packaging has a strategic plan to maintain the Another objective of Bosch Packaging was to support
power of its innovation and achieve profitable growth. business development in preparing the company for
Why SAP
The plan – “Vision 2020” – is based on a fundamental future transformation efforts and, at the same time, to
orientation to clearly structure and fully harmonize the stay fully in line with the regulations of the International
Solution company’s system landscape and processes, as well Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). For this purpose,
as its customer- and partner-related data. the subsidiary companies needed to switch from local
charts of accounts to the single corporate chart of
Benefits Part of Bosch Packaging’s far-reaching plan included accounts at Bosch. In addition, Bosch Packaging opted
the Bosch chart of accounts (BCA) conversion. The for the introduction of parallel accounting on the basis
Future plans major focus of the conversion project was the full align- of IFRS, which required the implementation of IFRS
ment and standardization of the company’s financial requirements across the whole Bosch Packaging busi-
system. Frank Streichert, Vice President Information ness. Using SAP Landscape Transformation software
Coordination and Organization, highlights the overall as a basis, the combined team of experts from Bosch
importance: “The BCA conversion project was not Packaging, BearingPoint, and the System Landscape
only extremely complex but also strategically of high Optimization group from SAP was able to tackle all the
value, meeting internal and external accounting above-mentioned objectives within a single harmoni-
standardization requirements.” zation project.
4/9 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.SAP Customer Success Story | Industrial Machinery and Components | Bosch Packaging Technology
Executive overview
Engaging experts from the System
Company
Landscape Optimization group
Vision
Throughout an extensive project-scoping phase, Bosch Bosch Packaging was confident that the high-quality
Packaging carefully evaluated different options for SAP Landscape Transformation software platform and
Why SAP
meeting the intended objectives. It could then select the SAP expert services would once again support the
the best vendor to help realize the demanding transfor- company’s major key decision drivers – data consis-
Solution mation scenario. The company chose SAP as a trusted tency and security – while helping to ensure an efficient
advisor, based on past experience. SAP experts had and reliable execution.
already contributed to a successful project whose
Benefits goal was to introduce IFRS while focusing on creating SAP Landscape Transformation software is designed
a single common Bosch chart of accounts for some to help accelerate business and IT transformation and
Future plans business units in the Bosch group of companies. better plan, analyze, sequence, and realize customer-
specific business scenarios. This design made the soft-
ware ideal for handling Bosch’s large data volume and
minimizing system downtime.
“Based on the positive experience of using the technologies and services
of the System Landscape Optimization group in previous projects at Bosch,
such as for customizing, harmonization, and IFRS implementation, SAP
was short-listed for the BCA project.”
Albrecht Werner, Senior IT Consultant for Accounting, Bosch Corporate Sector Information Systems and Services (CI)
5/9 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.SAP Customer Success Story | Industrial Machinery and Components | Bosch Packaging Technology
Executive overview
Mastering complex harmonization
Company
requirements
Vision
The team successfully conducted the conceptual design Throughout quality testing, the creation of mapping
and planning phase for the entire harmonization proj- tables became the essential building block for the
Why SAP
ect and paved the way for the overall transformation upcoming conversion of the productive system. Bosch
efforts. The project scope consisted of harmonizing Packaging’s preferred partner, BearingPoint GmbH,
Solution and renaming the operational chart of accounts and worked hand in hand on-site in Waiblingen with the
restructuring all general ledger accounts and cost ele- dedicated local project team at Bosch Packaging. A
ments. Furthermore, it was decided to rename and specialist from the System Landscape Optimization
Benefits merge profit centers and functional areas, as well as group provided remote support. Since team mem-
to realize the renaming of about 400 Bosch Packaging bers were all located in different countries and time
Future plans user IDs, based on Bosch’s global user ID guidelines. zones, most project-related tasks were handled as
part of a virtual operation. Regular in-depth commu-
Over the following eight months of the realization phase, nication sessions helped to foster a strong team spirit
the team conducted three test cycles. The team dedi- and extensive cooperation.
cated each test iteration to specific performance-related
issues and incorporated technical testing, integration Holger Unzeitig, Project Manager at Bosch Packaging,
testing, and user acceptance testing. praises the project: ”The expert team, operating in an
international project environment, mastered this com-
plex harmonization initiative with great competence,
despite a challenging timeline.”
Continue to next page
6/9 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.SAP Customer Success Story | Industrial Machinery and Components | Bosch Packaging Technology
Executive overview
Consistent and secure data handling
Company
Vision The BCA conversion project covered 13 sites and several runtime measurement and performance
involved 4 SAP system “clients” that were distributed improvements, the team cut the initial 80-hour window
throughout 2 time zones in Germany, Switzerland, and to less than 20 hours. As a result, users could log on
Why SAP
the United States. The conversion of the productive the system almost 12 hours earlier than anticipated.
system included the reading of about 2.5 billion data
Solution records and the conversion of about 1.2 billion data “Based on a very detailed cutover plan and an effi-
records in the 1.7 terabyte database. One project high- cient handover between all parties involved, it was
light was the renaming and merging of more than possible to release the SAP system for business use
Benefits 12,500 data items during the chart of accounts con- earlier than planned and the contingency plan was
version. In addition, a major project objective was to never required,” says Holger Unzeitig. “Moreover, the
Future plans execute all conversions in relevant clients – within a project phases and going live were accompanied by
single downtime. our financial auditor, who confirmed that the trans-
formation fully met the requirements.” The company’s
The tight timeline for the going-live weekend put board members were happy that the first month-end
pressure on each member of the team. However, closing of all affected Bosch Packaging sites met the
the scheduled weekend, together with a contiguous auditors’ quality standards. “This proves that an excel-
public holiday, offered an extended window of three lent job was performed by all project members,” says
days for system clients located in Europe. By making Sven Beck, Head of Finance at Bosch Packaging.
“One of the essential challenges was to keep the downtime during
cutover to a minimum. By taking appropriate measures, it was
possible to reduce the technical conversion time by more than 75%.”
Frank Streichert, Vice President Information Coordination and Organization, Bosch Packaging
7/9 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.SAP Customer Success Story | Industrial Machinery and Components | Bosch Packaging Technology
Executive overview
Unified and efficient corporate
Company
management
Vision
After the system went live smoothly over the scheduled from the introduction of an efficient and centralized
weekend, Bosch Packaging employees were immedi- organizational setup.
Why SAP
ately able to pursue business activities and continue
their daily work. Frank Streichert says: “The BCA proj- Key users in the financials and controlling areas
Solution ect was implemented very successfully in terms of immediately saw two main benefits. The users now
budget and time. The standardization achievements have the advantage of centralized download function-
can be seen as the basis for the consolidation of indi- ality for currency rates. Also, the unification of profit
Benefits vidual divisions.” centers, cost centers, cost elements, and functional
areas now offers the users simplified global reporting
Future plans As a result of this successful conversion project, processes.
Bosch Packaging now profits from several advantages.
The company has streamlined its internal processes This demanding project was accomplished within
and can offer more transparent financial and control- budget and on time, and it met all of Bosch Packaging’s
ling operations. In addition, corporate managers profit requirements.
“Thanks to the successful implementation of the Bosch group–
specific elements within our business division, we have taken a
great step toward reaching the target of standardized structures
and processes within financials at Bosch Packaging.”
Sven Beck, Head of Finance, Bosch Packaging
8/9 © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved.Bosch Packaging Technology
Executive overview
Taking steps to support
Company
Vision
Bosch’s vision
Why SAP
Bosch’s vision for the future is to establish a Bosch
Packaging–wide template and to eventually migrate
Solution all individual SAP and non-SAP software systems into
the single newly established SAP software system.
Benefits Currently, a dedicated template-development team is
planning and structuring the scheduled business pro-
Future plans cess optimization. According to the blueprint, the first
Bosch Packaging sites will be migrated into the new
SAP template by 2015. In addition, more data harmo-
Picture Credit | Bosch Packaging Technology, Germany. Used with permission.
nization and standardization projects will be conducted
over the next few years to integrate newly acquired
companies into the existing Bosch Packaging system
environment. “Bosch Packaging is confident that the
System Landscape Optimization group, as a preferred
partner, will once again help our company to tackle
future transformation projects,” says Holger Unzeitig.
CMP27683 (13/10) © 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. 9/9© 2013 SAP AG or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP Group products and
services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty.
express permission of SAP AG. The information contained herein may be changed without prior notice.
SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are
Some software products marketed by SAP AG and its distributors contain proprietary software trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and other countries.
components of other software vendors. National product specifications may vary.
Please see http://www.sap.com/corporate-en/legal/copyright/index.epx#trademark for additional
These materials are provided by SAP AG and its affiliated companies (“SAP Group”) for informational trademark information and notices.
purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP Group shall not be liable forYou can also read
