Improving Cross-Facility Collaboration with SAP PLM, Boosting Efficiency by 25–35%

The LeverX team helped the customer streamline document management and product lifecycle management. We also helped them create a single source of information, which makes it easier to collaborate with other facilities.

Client and Challenge

A construction machinery corporation that produces and sells construction machines needed to eliminate data silos and create a single, centralized source of product information. Product distribution and related documentation were stored across multiple geographic locations, which made it difficult for teams at one site to access data owned by another. As a result, collaboration between facilities was slower and less efficient.

Solution

LeverX implemented SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) to centralize product information and improve document management across the enterprise. To extend PLM capabilities and support engineering collaboration, LeverX added CAD integration and SAP Engineering Control Center (SAP ECTR), enabling more consistent handling of engineering data and processes in an SAP environment.

As a next step, LeverX will implement SAP Visual Enterprise Generator and Integrated Process Solution (IPS) to expand secure data sharing and ensure that the right stakeholders receive the right information at the right stage of the business process.

Technology Stack

• Core PLM platform: SAP PLM
  SAP PLM provided the foundation for centralized product information management and enterprise-wide document management.
• CAD data integration: CAD integration
  CAD integration enabled structured management of engineering design data within the SAP-based PLM environment.
• Engineering collaboration and control: SAP ECTR
  SAP ECTR was added to support cross-team collaboration and improve the way engineering data is managed and accessed.
• Planned 3D data sharing enablement (next phase): SAP Visual Enterprise Generator
  Visual Enterprise Generator will be implemented to help securely share CAD data across locations and with external stakeholders when needed.
• Planned workflow enablement (next phase): Integrated Process Solution (IPS)
  IPS will be implemented to support process-controlled information flow, guiding data and approvals from new component creation through installation on the production line.

Results

LeverX helped the customer establish a centralized data environment and improve cross-facility collaboration. As a result, the company increased operational efficiency by 25–35% and now works from a single source of information that makes it easier for teams across locations to access and share product data.