Drive superior performance with SAP ERP product development and manufacturing processes

Ensure immediate access to up-to-date data by integrating lifecycle data management functions with change and configuration management processes.

• Centralize document, change, and configuration management processes
• Allow discrete industries to better manage bills of materials and routings
• Enable process industries to optimize recipe management
• Access up-to-date data for production planning and execution activities
• Integrate with CAD systems and geographic information systems (GIS)

Increase efficiencies, lower working capital, and reduce inventory by creating production plans based on accurate data and material requirements.

• Utilize a wide variety of basic strategies for production planning and execution
• Plan, schedule, and sequence production on the factory floor
• Deliver the right orders to the right place, at the right time
• Improve on-time delivery rates and customer satisfaction

Optimize production control and costing processes by capturing actual production information from the shop floor.

• Improve visibility and transparency across all shop-floor processes
• Deploy workers and other resources on the shop floor when and where they're needed
• Document, monitor, and dispatch inventory throughout the production lifecycle
• Reduce manufacturing costs and cycle times
• Improve forecast accuracy and on-time delivery