Customer success story
Saudi Cable – SAP ECC 6.0, APO & DIMP

- Industry
- fiber optic cables
- Location
- Saudi Arabia
- Type
- Software Upgrade
Technologies Involved
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SAP APO
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SAP DIMP
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ISO documentation
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SAP ECC
Implementation Project Saudi Arabia
Proposal Ready Project Summary
- Saudi Cable was the oldest manufacturing concern in Jeddah, KSA leader in producing various type of Low and High Voltage & fiber optic cables
- Saudi Cable already running SAP 4.1 and SAP Industry Specific Cable manufacturing solution – IS-Cable
- Management decided to upgrade SAP newer version of SAP ECC 6.0
- Implementation of latest German Advirus cable designing software and Its integration with SAP
Project objectives and scope
- Implementation of latest SAP ECC 6.0 version along with SAP APO and SAP DIMP.
- 3 company code including one Engineering, operations and construction EC&O business implementation where SAP Project system is extensively used
- Integration of German Advirus Cable designing software integration with SAP ECC 6.0
Business Issue
- Different Processes defined in ISO documentation; Process flows documentation by management consultant & SAP implementation documentation
- SAP obsoletes IS-Cable solution by introducing new Discrete industry Mill product (DIMP) solution with SAP APO
- User resistance of SAP APO & DIMP solution against the IS-Cable Solution
- Saudi cable management is hesitant to adopt sophisticated solution of SAP APO
- Re-writing thousand of existing customized reports due to change in SAP solution
- Parallel implementation of Advirus cable designing software
Value Delivered/Estimated Benefits
- SAP arranged site visit to Aberdare cables Turkey for awareness of Saudi Cable team to understand the SAP APO & DIMP solution, their implementation challenges and advantages and success story as a part of Change management activity
- Adoption of Standard SAP with Integrated Standard reports. Required a smaller number of customized reports
- Adoption of SAP Best Practices
- Seamless integration between Advirus and SAP ECC 6.0 Solution, reducing planning cycle time