Unification of a Telecom Enterprise

Our team assisted the client with the migration from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA to unify global users under one common system.

leverx group

Our team assisted the client with the migration from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA to unify global users under one common system.

Client

One of the world’s largest network providers in the telecom industry.

CHALLENGE

The client has acquired a North American network provider, nearly doubling the size of the company. This created the need for the two entities to integrate into one unified ERP system. The client was already an SAP ECC customer but running an older version that was difficult to customize, as well as costly to upgrade.

SOLUTION

The client decided to remain with SAP but to upgrade to S/4HANA.

The main challenge that our client needed to address was getting all of their global users unified under one common ERP system. Much of the engineering data was on CAD desktop (2004), which was GUI driven and not very engineering friendly. Our client began to face challenges with engineering change processes since this could not be handled in one place. Our client needed to automate more of these processes and get away from the manual ways of sharing via email and spreadsheets.

Solution Description

The old technology created a lot of limitations with managing the UI. Custom development became hard to maintain, and there was a lack of flexibility inside the PLM space. It made the most sense for our client to remain on SAP, so an upgrade to S/4HANA was the best choice. S/4HANA is now the unified platform for our clients, as well as the storage location for the acquired company’s legacy data.

To create a better user experience, LeverX Group recommended that they upgrade CAD Desktop users to SAP Engineering Control Center – ECTR. Implementing and customizing processes in ECTR is something that LeverX Group has handled for many years, allowing for product and CAD data to be accessed and managed inside the company’s SAP platform. In this case, the customer faced challenges with engineering change workflows; agent determination, changing documents, BOMS, materials, and routings. To allow for quick and easy changes to their workflows, our client utilized IPS (Integrated Process Solution) to manage these processes. IPS allows the average SAP business user to create and or change workflows on their own without the need for custom development. Many companies are challenged with custom development projects that can add months to a timeline and create new bottlenecks down the road if something is not set up correctly in the new system.

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.

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.

Services and Technologies

SAP integration

SAP S/4HANA migration

SAP S/4HANA

More about SAP S/4HANA

SAP ECTR

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

LeverX Group was able to unify these two organizations within SAP S/4HANA, as well as improve their engineering change processes within SAP. By using LeverX Group’s IPS, our client was able to manage their workflows and change them on the fly from anywhere in the world, deploying them in real-time throughout the entire new enterprise, which saved them valuable time and money. The move to S/4HANA was a ten-month process, which is the average timeline for a project of such size and complexity. Remarkably, LeverX Group was able to customize the SAP landscape, as well as create custom engineering change workflows in only two months.