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Zhuzhou Huarui Precision Cutting Tools Industrial Manufacturing | China SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Cloud and SAP Business Technology Platform Accelerating Growth, Digitalization, and Globalization Established in 2007, Zhuzhou Huarui Precision Cutting Tools Co. Ltd. (Huarui) manufactures cemented carbide cutting tools under the brand names HUAREAL, HADSTO, and HARDSTONE. The company has become an industry leader in China with its self- developed core technologies in multiple fields. Thanks to its growth from hiring new talent and developing new technologies. Huareal now leads among its competition and has entered markets in Europe, Korea, Japan, and other countries. However, the company’s legacy IT systems were unable to keep pace with fast business expansion or meet the needs of regulatory requirements. Huarui knew it needed to deploy a modern, intelligent, and efficient ERP suite to reach its long-term goals. Specifically, it wanted to move to the cloud and reduce manual operations on the path to becoming an intelligent enterprise that uses the latest innovative technologies.

• Long-standing reputation for ERP management software with the SAP® ERP application and now SAP S/4HANA® Cloud, chosen by top-tier enterprises around the world • SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, to optimize business processes with expert support for a smooth go- live • Quick and efficient improvement of management capabilities using industry best practices • SAP Business Technology Platform to enable an integrated system for lines of business across the enterprise, making it easier to integrate SAP S/4HANA Cloud with modules for product lifecycle management and customer relationship management and minimizing the difficulty for system extensions

13.6% Decrease in inventory

11% Reduction in order processing period

21% Increase in on-time delivery rate

3-day Reduction in financial monthly settlement time

Challenges

• Lack of standardization & automation • Complex system landscape & integration. No Single source of truth • Lack of collaboration & capability to scale

Outcomes

• Improved sustainability and innovation • Optimized operations, inventory and supply chain management • Improved finance operations

“Using SAP S/4HANA Cloud, we built a management highway that connects all our processes. Now, we’re making better business decisions. It also helped us to establish an integrated database, so we can build an operating framework for an intelligent enterprise that supports globalization.”

President, Zhuzhou Huarui Precision Cutting Tools Co. Ltd -Xiao Xukai

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