Achieving technological excellence with msg
Medium-size companies in the discrete manufacturing sector are gaining recognition for their innovative products, which have bolstered their strong market presence. However, they are also facing challenges such as economic downturns, a lack of skilled labor, rising energy costs, and excessive red tape. Additionally, industry-specific issues like short product life cycles and a wide array of variants contribute to increasingly complex processes.
To tackle these obstacles, manufacturing companies require a smart and tailored digitalization strategy. With the RISE with SAP cloud migration package, msg provides the quickest path to fully integrated processes and ongoing access to new solutions, ensuring a future-ready factory.
As specialists in both technology and manufacturing, we understand your needs.
We provide you with independent consultancy.
Why RISE with SAP?
Through RISE with SAP by msg, manufacturing companies can merge the unique features of an on-premise system with the benefits of a cloud solution.
Your benefits:
- Accelerated migration (core processes can be migrated easily)
- Industry-specific functions
- Lower operating costs
- Individual adjustments
- Security in the AWS Private Cloud
- Analytics for improved corporate management
- Predictable IT/ITCO costs
"Every manufacturer has a deep passion for their products and we recognize the genuine emotions tied to that commitment. This understanding transforms each manufacturing company migration into more than just a technical process for us. We leverage our expertise to seamlessly integrate business and IT. Our primary objective is to enhance value, ensuring the long-term success of our customers."
Dr. Alexander Iglesias
Head of Manufacturing
msg S/4 DMI: The cloud-based all-in-one solution for discrete manufacturing
What is msg S/4 DMI?
msg S/4 DMI is msg’s all-in-one solution built on the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition tailored for discrete manufacturing.
It leverages S/4HANA Best Practices and is enhanced by msg.Variant. With msg S/4 DMI, we provide an industry-specific and integrated solution that covers:
- Materials management, production planning and production control
- Sales, logistics, product lifecycle management and quality management
- Accounting and controlling
- End-to-end manufacturing processes like Make to Stock (MTS), Make to Order (MTO), Engineer to Order (ETO) and Configure to Order (CTO)
What you can look forward to:
With the msg S/4 DMI solution, you receive a preconfigured and cloud-based ERP system with SAP best practice for the discrete manufacturing industry. The standardised system architecture in the cloud enables you to achieve lower total cost of ownership and a customisable system that you can adapt to your needs.
- Preconfigured, modular and scalable solution for discrete manufacturing
- Tailored precisely to the process requirements of the industry
- Specially developed software add-ons for variant manufacturers
- Flexible monitoring and analysis functions including dashboards and graphics
- User-friendly and intuitive user interface
- Introduction at a fixed price
End-to-end processes such as MTS, MTO, ETO and ATO, based on SAP best practices, are included in the scope. There is also msg.Variant for variant configuration.
SAP S/4HANA best practices of the industry package already include a large number of pre-configured scenarios for Materials Management, Production Planning and Control, for Sales and Distribution, Logistics, Product Lifecycle and Quality Management, Accounting and Controlling, along with the necessary reports and all forms. They also map the individual production types, i.e., make-to-order, contract and repetitive manufacturing and the associated end-to-end processes.
- The msg.Variant add-ons are based on more than 20 years of industry experience. These have been developed in accordance with the SAP standard and are therefore optimally designed to run on SAP S/4HANA.
- msg.Variant comprises more than 60 solutions that significantly expand SAP best practices.
- With msg.Variant, we help the product modeler to streamline variant configuration process. The msg.Variant tools allow the product modeler to work quickly and straightforwardly with the configuration models.
- Easy maintenance of master data
- Improved availability check of products
- Improved handling of configured products in purchasing and in collaboration with suppliers
- Efficient production planning for manufacturing
- Optimal commercial transparency of product variants
- Project management
- Phase planning and quality gates
- Tracking project progress
- Process management
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- Documentation based on SAP best practices
- Linking tasks and requirements
- Test management
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- Test preparation and administration of test plans
- Tracking test execution, including test errors
- Support for manual and automated tests
The package can be complemented with a preliminary analysis by msg.FIT for existing SAP systems and those to be replaced by S/4HANA (optional)
msg.FIT is a unique automated overall analysis that fully examines the usage of systems by users, permissions, license allocation and development. One result can be the generation of process models in SAP Solution Manager, which form the basis for the migration to SAP S/4HANA. This provides the basis for deciding on a brownfield, bluefield or greenfield approach
As part of the RISE with SAP strategy, the development of the SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition combines the advantages of a cloud solution with the flexibility of an on-premise system. This gives you access to the latest innovations and the cost-effectiveness of the cloud with a comprehensive range of functions. The standardised system architecture in the cloud enables you to achieve lower total cost of ownership and a customisable system that you can adapt to your needs.
- RISE with SAP is the right solution for you if you are already using an SAP solution and want to take your ERP system to a higher level with SAP S/4HANA. It also allows you to customise your system.
- We support your business transformation with RISE with SAP
- Analytical support for the transformation of your processes and redesign
- Preliminary analysis for existing SAP systems and those to be replaced by S/4HANA
Our additional SAP industry solutions and products
msg.Variant Modeling: Master data maintenance revamped
msg.Variant Modeling allows you to efficiently and transparently manage product variants and their dependencies within the system. This accelerates the product development process and market introduction while enhancing collaboration with customers and suppliers.
msg.Variant CoFE: Configure and visualize
Showcase your products with 3D visualizations and live rendering. msg.CoFE (Configuration Frontend) provides your sales department with a simplified product configuration experience through its user-friendly and contemporary interface. Including real-time price determination.
Advanced Supply Chain Add-On Packages
With SAP and msg add-on packages for Advanced Supply Chain Management you can integrate planning, transparency, and efficiency into a cohesive workflow. This leads to more accurate decision-making, enhanced production processes, and improved delivery reliability.
RISE with SAP: Key questions and their answers
RISE with SAP is a comprehensive service that provides preconfigured tools and solutions, enabling swift access to SAP's premier ERP SAP S/4HANA Cloud, along with various other offerings.
The extensive flexibility and customization options enable organizations to not only implement standard solutions but also retain their unique data and processes. With RISE with SAP, organizations can enjoy the benefits of a private cloud while still leveraging the reliable processes from their existing systems.
Through the AWS Cloud, msg provides access to a premier cloud that has earned the trust of millions of customers for more than 17 years. Additionally, the comprehensive range of features encompasses cutting-edge applications in AI, IoT, and analytics.
Organizations run their infrastructure and applications within the private cloud on their own network, hosted by AWS as the cloud service provider. In contrast, in the public cloud, multiple customers share the same network infrastructure and hardware resources.
AWS offers the highest security and the greatest range of solutions and services. For 12 years in a row, Gartner has acknowledged it as the leading cloud provider in the market.
Businesses maintain complete authority over their data management and security, all while enjoying the latest updates and cutting-edge technologies offered by the AWS Cloud.
Transitioning to SAP S/4HANA Cloud involves integrating external suppliers and partner organizations, alongside enhancing the quality of master data.
To facilitate this, we create a migration roadmap early on to optimize current processes and outline a step-by-step implementation plan.
An additional key factor is the training of your staff and the implementation of change management measures. We assist you in fostering and enhancing the internal acceptance of the new system.
Our msg.FIT service offers an in-depth analysis of your SAP systems, covering the complete system architecture and all active components.
msg.FIT not only lays the groundwork for an SAP S/4HANA migration but also reveals opportunities for optimization in system organization, usage, customization, authorizations, licensing, and development.
In numerous customer projects, msg.FIT has successfully accelerated SAP S/4HANA projects by as much as 10 weeks.
SAP S/4HANA projects: Accelerate your success with msg.FIT
Did you know? Nearly 60% of SAP S/4HANA transformation projects go over budget or miss deadlines due to a common underestimation of the required effort and complexity. To prevent these issues, conducting a thorough preliminary analysis and preparation is essential. With msg.FIT, you can save financial resources and potentially speed up your SAP S/4HANA projects by as much as 10 weeks.
The journey to the cloud has never been more straightforward – with RISE with SAP from msg.
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