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Higher efficiency and transparency in logistics
Zollner complements SAP ERP standard with smart SPEEDI-solutions
Especially in logistics processing and communication with customers, suppliers and external service providers (EDL), the SAP standard cannot always fully cover the complex processes at Zollner. The company closes the gaps with various solutions from the platform SPEEDI, the SAP-based add-on from WSW Software.
Zollner Electronics AG
As a supplier of electronic and mechatronic products, Zollner Elektronik AG is one of the top 15 EMS providers in the world. Founded in 1965, the company is 100 percent family-owned, is growing continuously and today has 11,500 employees at 20 locations in 9 countries on 4 continents.
Broad product/service range requires efficient processes
The Zollner Group's service portfolio is fully geared towards the value chain and the requirements of its customers: from development and design at the beginning of the product life cycle to sample and series production and after-sales service.
The product spectrum is correspondingly comprehensive, ranging from individual electronic components, modules and devices to complex mechatronic systems.
Production ranges from small series with high variance to large series with low variance.
Customers come from a wide range of sectors - from the automotive industry to industrial electronics, rail technology, aerospace & defense, healthcare & life sciences, measurement technology, data technology, consumer goods production and telecommunications.
Zollner's wide range of services requires maximum business efficiency and transparency in all areas. Business processes are largely handled using SAP applications.
Where necessary, the SAP landscape is selectively supplemented with third-party software or in-house developments.
Particularly in logistics processing and communication with customers, suppliers and external service providers (EDL), the SAP standard cannot always fully cover the complex processes at Zollner.
The company closes the gaps with various solutions from the platform SPEEDI, the SAP-based add-on from WSW Software.
Solutions used
Consignment processing with SPEEDI ESA
Analyze development of retrieval behavior with SPEEDI Analysis of Release Performance
Detect deviations in delivery call-offs at an early stage with SPEEDI Tolerance Line Check
End-to-end IT-supported route process management with SPEEDI Third-party processing
Control and monitor shipping processes with the SPEEDI Shipping cockpit
Simply copy scheduling agreements with the SPEEDI Scheduling Agreements Copier
Transparency in consignment processing
The solution SPEEDI Zollner uses EDL intensively for the communication exchange in the consignment process with its suppliers (MM EDL) - around 200 suppliers are connected - and also customers (SD EDL).
SPEEDI complements the SAP standard by completely and transparently mapping all transaction types in accordance with VDA 4913: from goods receipt, stock, damage, loss and delivery notifications.
Recognize deviations in delivery call-offs at an early stage
If a Zollner customer calls off less or more than the agreed delivery quantity within the scope of delivery call-offs and this is not recognized at an early stage, this can cause additional costs and have a negative impact on the supply chain processes.
The solution used SPEEDI Tolerance line check provides a remedy here. It automatically compares the data of incoming delivery call-offs or JIT delivery schedules with those from previous call-offs as soon as they are entered into the SAP software.
The result is clearly visualized on a monitor; traffic light functions immediately signal to the responsible processor whether a call-off quantity falls below or exceeds the specified limits.
Analyze the development of retrieval behavior
With the solution SPEEDI analysis of call-off behavior, Zollner goes one step further and analyzes the development of its customers' call-off behavior (delivery, detailed and planned call-offs) across delivery schedules over longer periods of time.
And at a high level of detail: the analysis is carried out either in relation to customers or products as well as on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
The aggregated view shows whether the customer's call-off behavior has changed "gradually" over a longer period of time.
End-to-end IT-supported route process management
From incorporating the third-party delivery into the SD scheduling agreement to forwarding the call-offs to the third-party supplier and posting the goods issue ...
With the use of the solution SPEEDI Zollner eliminates the need for manual work steps.
As soon as the delivery or JIT delivery schedules have been incorporated into the SAP scheduling agreement, the SPEEDI sends an outgoing delivery call-off based on a third-party message and sends it immediately to the third-party supplier, even if Zollner changes the delivery schedule manually.
Shipping processes - all transactions on one interface
The shipping process up to complete dispatch is very cumbersome and time-consuming in the SAP standard, as several individual transactions have to be run through.
Zollner relies here on the SPEEDI Shipping cockpit. The solution bundles the individual process steps from picking and transport processing to invoicing in a single, easy-to-use interface. This saves users time and stress.
Simply copy scheduling agreements
The SAP standard does not provide a copy or move function for scheduling agreements. New scheduling agreements must be created manually, which is extremely time-consuming and error-prone.
Zollner comes up with the solution here SPEEDI Scheduling agreement copier that automatically copies all types of SAP scheduling agreements quickly and easily and also enables simple mass processing of scheduling agreements.
Bernhard Kausche:
"SPEEDI helps us to work more efficiently in many areas. Especially where the SAP standard reaches its limits and is not sufficient for our processes. SPEEDI has become an integral part of our ERP. The solutions are very well integrated. In addition, the WSW team always works in a target- and Zollner-oriented manner. The collaboration is very harmonious and a lot of fun."
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