SAP Value Stories

Why SAP?

• SAP solutions, particularly the Manufacturing Execution System, offered the scalability and innovation required to support SMA's expansion. • SMA could enhance productivity and reduce logistics costs through improved people management and optimized inventory management. • Integration of SAP Digital Manufacturing with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition enabled real-time visibility of production processes via dashboards, allowing stakeholders to monitor and manage operations effectively. • SAP Analytics Cloud equipped SMA with advanced features like scenario simulations, automated planning, and specialized analytics, offering reliable insights for improved decision-making.

SMA Solar Technology High Tech | Germany

SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud, Industry Cloud

Accelerating the transition to clean energy with SAP

For over 40 years, SMA Solar Technology AG has spearheaded the move to decentralized and renewable energies around the world. To power the next phase of solar innovations, SMA became the first company to adopt SAP Digital Manufacturing to support electronics manufacturing, unlocking greater efficiency and transparency.

~15% Increase in supply chain workforce productivity

~10% Improvement in overall supply chain planning costs

~10% Lower inventory carrying costs and stock turnover rate

Challenges • Lack Of Standardization and automation • Lack of system support and features for sustainability • Lack of visibility of business process, 360* view of customers

Head of IT Order to Cash, SMA Solar Technology AG Alistair Elliott “Moving to the cloud adds to our ambition to meet all the requirements of state-of-the- art solar systems.”

Outcomes

• Improved decision making • Optimized operations; inventory and supply chain management • Reduced costs

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