Erp Modernization & Consolidation

ERP MODERNIZATION & CONSOLIDATION

CASE STUDY CUSTOMER CONTEXT SUMMARY

A global industrial manufacturing company was • Templatized implementation & rollout approach for rapid implementation running a legacy ERP for critical operations in supply across 54 entities in 26 months. chain, financial controlling & management incurring increasing maintenance costs & bandaging huge • ‘Process Templates’ for standardizations & synergies across processes. customization components to cover the process gaps • Optimal resources alignment in onshore-offshore mix with technical & making the adoption of a modern ERP challenges. business functions stream.

PROJECT BACKGROUND SOLUTION BENEFITS • Project planned for 54 distinct entities across • Single Source of Truth across demand planning & forecasting, supply chain 22 countries. operations & financial controlling & management. • Plans executed for complex organizational • Consolidation of multiple manufacturing modes of process, discrete, structure of customer teams across entity configure to order, made to order, engineer to order. locations & shared-services based on operational • Seamless integration of B2B order management system with SAP Hybris. streams of ‘factory’, ‘distribution’, ‘sales’ & ‘finance’. PARTNER WITH AN INDUSTRY EXPERT • Integrated execution of sunsetting 5 ERP systems HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers & multiple satellite applications on a single ERP TOOLS / TECHNOLOGIES connected products and solutions for automakers, platform delivering post-modern application consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including features in UI, workflows, alerts & notifications, connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions, and services supporting ‘social for business’. the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, harman/kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians PROJECT OBJECTIVE and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on • Adopt a new ERP system incorporating all the the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power customization functionalities accumulated over billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, the years as a part of the standard solution. integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. • Sunset 6 different ERP application & merge on a single ERP platform incorporating varied HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March application functionalities & customizations 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of stacks. PARTNERSHIPS Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.