TCS helps ABB’s Motors business unit migrate to the SAP ECC 6.0 platform TCS helped ABB’s Motors business unit in Finland migrate the company’s finance, human resources and operations functions onto a single SAP ERP system across the enterprise to support its continuous business improvement philosophy and drive for improved competitiveness. The Customer: ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies, providing a broad range of products and solutions for utility and industrial customers worldwide. Its Motors business unit in Finland manufactures a comprehensive range of reliable and high efficiency motors and generators for all applications. Business Scenario ABB’s Motors business unit in Finland decided to implement the SAP ECC 6.0 platform in order to achieve standardized and centralized processes within the company. It needed a partner who could implement the SAP ECC 6.0 platform for all enterprise-wide processes for the 600 users across all functions in the company. Additionally, the partner was to specifically include the master scheduling using the Theory of Constraints (TOC) principles on the shop floor planning. Why TCS Vast global experience in successful enterprise-wide SAP implementations Powerful alliance with SAP In-depth knowledge of ABB’s systems and processes from previous engagements TCS’ Solution TCS provided ABB with an integrated SAP ECC 6.0 platform across the enterprise to support its continuous business improvement philosophy and drive for improved competitiveness. TCS developed detailed design documents and mapped end-to-end processes to accommodate the TOC principles. The implementation improved ABB’s delivery performance and its ability to cope with the dependencies and variability across the supply chain. Key Benefits Improved delivery performance (the stage sales engineer can now confirm the ship date of goods, considering the current capacity constraint) Improved ability to cope with the dependencies and variability across the supply chain Increase in throughput and the ability to prioritize orders on the basis of contribution, by utilizing the bottleneck work center capacity in SAP Increased profits and reduced inventory by utilizing the Constant Work in Process (CONWIP) system