BMAX & IPS Integration for JBS

Our team successfully integrated IPS & BMAX to transform master data creation for a food processing company.

leverx group

Our team successfully integrated IPS & BMAX to transform master data creation for a food processing company.

Customer

JBS is a food processing company. One of the world’s leading protein processors with more than 200,000+ team members worldwide, more than 300 production units, and export customers in more than 150 countries. JBS is the largest global producer of beef, chicken, and leather products.

CHALLENGE

The process used for requesting new materials in SAP was disconnected from SAP, putting an unnecessary burden on Master Data Management in vetting requests.

SOLUTION

The LeverX team addressed the business problem by designing a solution using the LeverX Integrated Process Solution (IPS), and BOMS and Material Master Allocation Extension (BMAX) solutions together to automate their process workflows.

Business users lost time due to rework. Fields were filled out incorrectly, data was missing and data fields had invalid formats.
Data were collected and stored in SharePoint and then manually entered into SAP. The risk for human error was high. The SharePoint site was on a platform that couldn’t be upgraded due to age. Some requests would get lost in space and not make it into Material Master. Some global business units would email their data. Requests came in from all over the globe in different SharePoint sites and formats.
The legacy process was overly time-consuming. New materials were needed as soon as possible to allow orders to be placed.

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.

THE NEW IPS/BMAX TICKET-WORKFLOW BENEFITS FOR THE BUSINESS USERS

Flexibility and Transparency

Flexibility for business users to add an additional approver (s) after the ticket is in process. Ad-Hoc
Greater transparency to the people that process the ticket and the Material

Single Source

A single source of truth, with all data and processes in SAP

Engagement

Higher engagement of business groups for reviews and approvals through real-time notifications/processing

Data Governance

The Material Master data team can now focus on master data governance, which will improve data integrity

Material Request

Simple and efficient Material request ticket process

Easy Maintain

The Business has been provided with simple tools that allow them to easily maintain and add/modify workflows. New business units, rules, and workflows can be added, without the need for consulting services.

Increased Demand

Business users can scale the solution to meet increased demand at will. The volume of Materials this division created was approximately 62,000 annually and this number is expected to increase as the business grows.

Implement and Timing

The tools implemented will grow as they grow.
Drastically improved timing. The complete process can be completed in less than 30 minutes from start to finish (now 30 minutes vs 2 days).

Modify

The business can now modify and add BMAX rules to deploy the solution to the additional business units without the need for consulting services.

Efficient

Much more efficient and saved 90% of the time in the process.

Our team designed a solution using the LeverX Integrated Process Solution (IPS), and BOMS and Material Master Allocation Extension (BMAX) solutions together to automate their process workflows.

BMAX executes the Material Master creation and extension process. Utilize defined rules per the Master data governance guidelines. Material Master rules groups allow for the proper flow and creates/extends the build of the material master.

BMAX Rules: 125 BMAX rules were created
BMAX Groups: 3 rules groups were defined to enable the rules to populate the Material Master
BMAX Populated: The IPS process and BMAX rules populated/extended the data for 18 Material Master views

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

The business will continue to roll out the process globally to the other thirteen divisions on their timetable. The legacy workflow application will be sunset once the global roll-out is complete. This will allow the current legacy Content Management system (CMS), manual entry process to become obsolete. This will be an organization-wide solution by the end of 2022 and will be transitioned to S/4HANA in Q1 2023.

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