BMAX Solution Implementation for the Automation of Master Data Processes

Name: leverX Company
Brand: LeverX
Rating: 5.0 (10 reviews)

The solution allowed the client to save about 15 minutes per Material.

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The solution allowed the client to save about 15 minutes per Material.

Customer

Entegris is a global leader in advanced materials science. Their SAP PLM journey began back in 2015 and continued with enhancements to their platform via LeverX BOM/Material Master Extension and Allocation Tool Solution (BMAX) described below.

Challenge

Improving the time to value was a key business driver in the decision to implement the BMAX tool solution. Entegris desired a cost-effective, adaptable tool that works within the SAP PLM suite vs. a stand-alone solution.

Solution

With a core emphasis on increasing the speed of new product launches while reducing the process of Material creation and extension from days to minutes, Entegris turned to the BMAX tool solution from LeverX.

Solution Description

BMAX is a tool that, with the help of a rules engine, automates the creation and extension of Material Master and BOMs in operations. When you define rules per governance, BMAX executes them with a single click.

The solution allowed the client to save about 15 minutes per Material.

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Key Benefits of BMAX Implementation for the Client

Key benefits Entegris has achieved from BMAX:

Allowed them to immediately roll out data field changes across the organization with rule changes.

Automated the Master Master creation AND extension process which was formerly time-consuming and open to error.

Reduced the time it takes to create material.

Built data governance controls into the Material Master creation process.

SAP PLM helps to make pharmaceutical production more effective and with lower risk.

It is possible with mobile maintenance scenarios and two SAP solutions, SAP Work Manager (SAP WM) и SAP Asset Manager (SAP AM). They provide access to information on asset statuses and allow you to maintain them comprehensively.

SAP WM is a mobile application with wider functionality that offers both on-premise and cloud hosting capabilities.

SAP AM is a more modern cloud-based solution that can be integrated with innovative SAP Cloud Platform IoT.

Both solutions help to improve enterprise asset productivity with constant monitoring, analytics, and timely diagnostics.

Technologies Used

BMAX

Document Management

Document Release
Material Master Release and Extension
Sales Order Release
Manufacturing Instruction Release

Request Management

Procurement Request
Tooling Change Request
Shop Floor Issue Request
Customer Issue Request
Plant Maintenance Work Request
Request for Quote

BMAX allows engineers to get a Material Number in SAP in a matter of seconds. The PLM journey brings agility to the production process, dramatically decreasing lost time and data entry errors BMAX allows Entegris to automate data creation in a decentralized fashion, supporting accurate data entry by the right people at the right time. Centralized data entry departments are a thing of the past; Entegris can now work in a parallel process. After a successful implementation in 2018, Entegris rolled out BMAX Worldwide to more than 15 plants, affecting over a hundred users.

The implementation of BMAX was just the first step in an overarching strategy to optimize our client’s product creation/change process. In the next phase, Entegris plans to roll out the LeverX Integrated Process Solution (IPS), with BMAX integrated inside as a ‘subroutine’ or task that will be driven by a LeverX IPS, work-flow ticket.