Global Medical Device Company Gains Flexibility & Agility in SAP for Process Integration & Workflow via LeverX

The global medical device company moved from a legacy PLM solution into SAP PLM. The LeverX Integrated Process Solution (IPS) helped them easily migrate & rebuild their processes & deploy these inside SAP with the help of IPS model the workflow.

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Customer

Global medical device company and leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics.

CHALLENGE

The global medical device company moved from a legacy PLM solution into SAP PLM. The project goal was to save time and money, while simplifying managing product development changes and workflow in SAP PLM.

SOLUTION

The LeverX Integrated Process Solution (IPS) helped them easily migrate & rebuild their processes & deploy these inside SAP with the help of IPS model the workflow.

Saving Time & Money while being very user-friendly was a key business driver in the decision to implement IPS. IPS is a user-friendly workflow add-on to SAP that allows business users to build, modify, and deploy a wide variety of workflows in SAP with many benefits. IPS has brought flexibility and agility into SAP for process integration and workflow.

Before implementing IPS, you would have to be a skilled programmer to create workflow, which is not easy to change once set up. IPS has allowed them to make quick automated changes (within an hour) for things such as approvals, delivery, etc. instead of changing these things manually which can take weeks.

Solution’s Description

Leverx Group works with companies and organizations to address the complex challenges of today's business world. Each of our partners is an experienced, innovative, and proven leader in their respective fields.

Automotive

SAP PLM is a solid basis for the automotive industry. This solution helps digitize and automate manufacturing processes and work more efficiently with suppliers and partners.

Aerospace & Defense

The solution allows aerospace and defense companies to reduce the time to market for innovations without compromising safety while simulating innovation scenarios along a complex value chain.

Food & Beverage

SAP PLM provides the food & beverage industry with all the required technologies that help to develop sustainable, traceable, high-quality products within a shorter time.

Consumer Goods

With SAP PLM, this industry can exceed the diverse expectations of consumers and enable sustainably and profitably growth for the business.

Pharma

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

Key Features

Automotive

SAP PLM is a solid basis for the automotive industry. This solution helps digitize and automate manufacturing processes and work more efficiently with suppliers and partners.

Aerospace & Defense

The solution allows aerospace and defense companies to reduce the time to market for innovations without compromising safety while simulating innovation scenarios along a complex value chain.

Food & Beverage

SAP PLM provides the food & beverage industry with all the required technologies that help to develop sustainable, traceable, high-quality products within a shorter time.

Consumer Goods

With SAP PLM, this industry can exceed the diverse expectations of consumers and enable sustainably and profitably growth for the business.

Pharma

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

Here are the key benefits this medical device company has achieved from IPS from a user-perspective:

Allows for drag & drop without having to manually configure things
Can easily create, change and modify workflow
Allows for automation through system tasks
Allows them to document the entire project & easily go back if needed
Can generate reports on the exact time something happened
Allows them to quickly search & find what they need in the system

Technology Stack We Used

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

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

IPS has reduced the time of managing product development changes and workflow in the same system from weeks to hours. In SAP, the PLM processes are now controlled and integrated with the downstream processes, which is extremely important for manufacturing since this medical device company has various manufacturing sites across the world. They are no longer limited to scattered systems with uncontrolled data & are now running fully integrated within SAP, with PLM part of the ERP process.

Implementing IPS was just a first step in automating & managing product development changes and workflow in one system. Our client plans on further integrating regulatory and quality processes with IPS in the next phase, deep in SAP.