SAP Customization Project for a Large Food Retailer

The LeverX Group Team has improved the customer’s current SAP systems. The modification and development done by our experts allowed the client to increase profits from product sales and marketing processes efficiency.

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Customer

One of the leading food retailers. The company also operates its own logistics services, direct import, and a number of digital services for partners.

CHALLENGE

The client needed the SAP systems customizations to increase the marketing processes efficiency, enhance the transparency of the information on stock balance and damaged goods, and establish personnel evaluation and training processes.

SOLUTION

Our team delivered several customized features for the client’s SAP solutions to address the project challenge.

Implementation of an automated system that would allow coordinating budget expenditures.

Development of a new document form in the SAP FI module to reconcile expenses from the budget;
Setting up roles for individuals involved in the process of budget expenditures approval (Initiator, Coordinator, Administrator, Accounting, etc.);
Elaboration of the route for RFA documents approval (requests for approval of expenses);
Implementation of transactions, including creation, editing, reconciliation, and bulk RFA upload;
Setting up a chain of approval for documents on budget expenditures;
Integration of the SAP Workflow with the SAP FI and data warehouse.

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.

PROJECT SCOPE

Among SAP Systems and development directions we worked with are:

SAP for Retail

SAP for Retail — transportation business processes implementation based on SAP for the Retail solutions

SAP BusinessObjects

SAP BusinessObjects — reports and dashboards development and support

SAP Fiori

Fiori applications development covering customer-specific requirements (marketing processes)

SAP HCM

SAP HCM — implementation of personnel evaluation processes and trainings

Python

Development of the customer’s specific solution for merchandising processes based on non-SAP technologies (Python)

The LeverX Group experts have developed customized reports for the customer’s already implemented SAP Business Warehouse solution (SAP BW). Under this project, our team has implemented:

Batch accounting of fruits and vegetables;
Batches tracking feature, from their loading in warehouses to the departure to distribution centers and stores;
Calculation of the stock balance volumes;
Display of stock balance reasons.

The full cycle of report development included:

Extractors development
Data models development
Reporting forms development

SAP SYSTEMS

SAP for Retail

SAP BusinessObjects

SAP Fiori

SAP HCM

SAP Business Warehouse

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 modification and development done by our experts increased the efficiency of the customer's current marketing and HR processes. Due to the new SAP BW reports, our client has access to all required data on stock balance and damaged goods stored in one place. Business users analyze stock balance reasons and damaged goods volumes, and then, they use these data to optimize distribution processes.

This strategy helps our customer to increase profits from product sales.