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PIKON analysed, harmonised, and optimised the processes in project business at Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen under the internal project name “M5”, and implemented them in SAP in an initial roll-out at the MR subsidiary HIGHVOLT. In accordance with the PIKON 3-Point-Consulting-Approach, PIKON played a part not only in the implementation, but also in the definition of best practice processes and project communication.
The company operates in energy technology and consists of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH (MR) as well as 45 subsidiaries and 4 holding companies around the world. In the previous financial year, 3,500 employees achieved a turnover of 740 million Euros. The company’s core business is the regulation of power transformers.
HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik Dresden GmbH is the global market leader for high voltage testing and measurement systems with an export share of around 90%. Systems for the testing of devices used to transfer electrical energy such as transformers, cables, and switchgears are developed and manufactured at the company’s headquarters in Dresden. HIGHVOLT also furnishes research and educational institutions with its systems.
“In PIKON, we had a consulting partner with experience in the industry which was up to the complex challenge of this project. The project succeeded on a conceptual and technical level thanks to the business background of the IT consultants. And thanks to the necessary sensitivity to the corporate culture, the new processes are still put into practice today.”
Christian Hengl
Head of Process Design SCM-PLM, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen
In recent years, Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen has also been consistently investing in the solutions and project business alongside its core business. HIGHVOLT in Dresden, among others, was thus acquired – a company which designs and implements challenging customer projects in the field of high voltage testing and measurement technology. This resulted in multiple divisions within the group which operate in the Engineer-to-Order (ETO) business rather than the traditional Configure-to-Order business.
However, MR’s SAP system was not designed for the associated business processes, meaning that the project business divisions were working either with workarounds in SAP or outside SAP entirely.
Compounding this problem was the fact that the ETO processes in the individual divisions differed significantly for historical reasons, despite having the same business management task. HIGHVOLT had the classic plant manufacturer’s problem that every system is unique and the maintenance of master data and projects therefore required a great deal of effort.
The management of the MR Group therefore initiated the M5 project with the following goals:
HIGHVOLT was implemented in SAP as the first roll-out project. Here, PIKON provided support in the following points in particular:
In a half-day workshop, we will discuss your specific starting situation and derive an initial target vision and possible procedure model for planned optimisations of methods, processes and systems for your business. This allows you to rub shoulders with our consultants and receive a presentation of how we can support you professionally and expediently in your project.
Thanks to the M5 project, MR has standardised best practices for project business which have been successfully introduced at the largest ETO site. The PIKON industry know-how in machine and plant engineering sped up both the definition of the target processes and implementation in SAP. Our 3-Point-Consulting-Approach supported the project in all relevant dimensions:
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