Case study
From Quote to Shipment: A Precision Metal Exporter on SAP Public Cloud
A make-to-order manufacturer went live on SAP Public Cloud with best practices, job-level costing and export processes, plus BTP extensions where needed.
Overview: a GROW with SAP case study in make-to-order manufacturing
This GROW with SAP case study follows a precision metal components manufacturer and exporter. The company makes custom parts and assemblies to customer drawings, for customers in India and overseas, so every order is different and margins depend on getting each job right.
TechCarvings implemented SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition through GROW with SAP, using SAP best practices for a fast go-live and SAP BTP for requirements beyond the standard.
Operational challenges
Every order was custom, and the tools made each one harder to manage.
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Quotes built offline. Estimates and quotations lived in spreadsheets, disconnected from actual costs.
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No cost per job. It was hard to tell which orders made money.
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Planning by experience. Machine and material planning depended on a few people.
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Export paperwork. Export orders needed documents prepared manually.
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Room to grow. The existing system could not keep up with more customers and orders.
The transformation: what the company wanted
The owners wanted a system that would last.
The solution: SAP Public Cloud through GROW with SAP
In this GROW with SAP case study, TechCarvings implemented SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition using best-practice processes for a make-to-order business, with extensions on SAP BTP.
Quote to order
Quotations and sales orders managed in SAP, linked to the jobs that fulfil them.
Make-to-order production
Production planned and executed per order, with materials and capacity in view.
Costing per job
Actual material, labour and overhead costs collected for each job and compared with the quote.
Quality
Inspections recorded against production, supporting customer quality requirements.
Domestic and export sales
Export orders, documentation and billing handled in the same flow as domestic orders.
BTP extensions
Requirements outside the standard built on SAP BTP, keeping the core clean.
Technology used for this GROW with SAP case study project
Learn more on SAP.com: GROW with SAP, SAP Business Technology Platform.
How we delivered
GROW with SAP combines ready-to-run best practices with a guided approach. TechCarvings ran fit-to-standard workshops in the live system, kept extensions to a short, justified list and focused on getting the business live quickly.
Master data for customers, materials and routings was cleaned and loaded, users were trained by role, and the team supported the business closely through hypercare.
Business impact
The results of this GROW with SAP case study are simple: the company now manages every job, from quote to cost review, in one cloud system.
Best-practice processes shortened the path to go-live.
Actual cost compared with the quote for every order.
Export orders and documents handled alongside domestic sales.
New customers and capacity added without changing systems.
What’s next
With SAP Public Cloud in place, the company is ready to add more automation and AI as SAP releases them. This GROW with SAP case study shows how a growing manufacturer can move straight to cloud ERP.
Ready to grow on SAP Public Cloud?
TechCarvings, an SAP Gold Partner, implements GROW with SAP for growing manufacturers.