Mechanical and plant engineering

SAP solutions for mechanical and plant engineering.

Variant-rich products, customer-specific orders and long project lead times: mechanical and plant engineering places the highest demands on SAP processes. BDF EXPERTS maps engineer-to-order, configure-to-order and complex product structures holistically in SAP.

Focus of this industry: Focus on Digital Supply Chain · Corporate Finance & Treasury as a complement

▌ INDUSTRY CHALLENGES

What challenges mechanical and plant engineering in SAP.

We see four central challenges that arise in almost every one of our customers’ projects.

▌ OUR ANSWER

Our answer: two pillars for complex manufacturing.

In mechanical and plant engineering, the end-to-end mapping of product and process data is clearly the priority. We therefore focus our work on the Digital Supply Chain. In addition, we bring in Corporate Finance and Treasury expertise, which is decisive for managing long project lead times.

▌ DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN, FOCUS OF THIS INDUSTRY

With SAP Product and Process Governance (SAP PPG), BDF EXPERTS offers an SAP-integrated solution tailored precisely to the requirements of make-to-order production. SAP PPG connects product data, documents and processes in a central model and automates even complex product structures.

The Cost Calculation Cockpit (CCC) extends standard SAP costing with a flexible view of customer-specific products. The result is processes that connect engineering, manufacturing and sales consistently.

• SAP PPG: Product and process governance for complex manufacturing
• Cost Calculation Cockpit: SAP-integrated costing of customer-specific products
• Digital Supply Chain consulting: Holistic end-to-end processes

▌ CORPORATE FINANCE & TREASURY, COMPLEMENTARY FOR PROJECT BUSINESS

Over long project lead times, mechanical and plant engineering companies need a robust view of liquidity, cash commitment and margin development. With our Liquidity Planning Cockpit (LPC) and Cash Position Cockpit (CPC), we create transparency, across orders, companies and time.

• Liquidity Planning Cockpit: Liquidity planning for project business
• Cash Position Cockpit: Cash management across orders and companies

▌ CASE STUDY / SUCCESS STORY

From practice: Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA.

In the talk “Automated creation of assembly bills of materials for variant-rich products”, Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Schmidt, Managing Director of BDF EXPERTS, showed how Drägerwerk optimised its engineering processes through an intelligent rule-based approach to assembly bills of materials. The result: a significant reduction in manual intervention and greater data consistency across the entire product lifecycle.

“Complex products need clear rules and end-to-end processes.”

: Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Schmidt, Managing Director of BDF EXPERTS

▌ RELEVANT SAP MODULES

These are the SAP modules we work with in your industry.

SAP PPG · SAP S/4HANA · SAP PLM · SAP MM · SAP PP · SAP CO · SAP TRM

▌ CONTACT CTA

Your industry, your requirements, our team.

We are happy to answer your questions about engineer-to-order, variant configuration and SAP PPG, in partnership, with precision and with an eye on your day-to-day practice.