Customer success story

Saudi Cable – SAP ECC 6.0, APO & DIMP

Implementation Project Saudi Arabia

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

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

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

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