Munchen, 80335,
Germany
KEK Anwendungssysteme
KEK Anwendungssysteme, a prominent reseller, system integrator, and consulting company, that plays a vital role in numerous system integration and digital transformation initiatives. KEK Anwendungssysteme collaboration with software players such as SAP, IBM and empowers organizations to embrace disruptive technologies and accelerate their journey to the cloud, thus reshaping their business models.
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Suedstaerke | Manufacturing | 260 | $25M | Germany | SAP | SAP Business One SCM | Supply Chain Management | 2016 |
In 2016 Suedstaerke engaged KEK Anwendungssysteme to draft specifications and begin implementing SAP Business One SCM, a Supply Chain Management application, with an explicit requirement that the solution run on the company s IBM Power i hardware platform which had been in use for over 25 years. Vendor longevity and the availability of SAP partners experienced in the food industry were principal selection criteria during the specification phase.
The implementation scope targeted core manufacturing and supply chain functions across both Schrobenhausen and S nching plants. SAP Business One SCM was configured to support Sales SD, Materials Management with Purchasing MM, Production PP-PI, Warehouse WM, Quality Management QM, Financial Accounting FI and Controlling CO, and included industry-specific capabilities such as silo mapping and batch tracking to align with potato starch production workflows.
Operationally the project emphasized minimized internal interfaces for core processes and explicit integration points to external systems, including EDI links to roughly 3,000 customers and connections to service providers for invoicing and shipping. Data migration to SAP Business One SCM was largely automated, but required substantial master data enrichment to populate additional fields introduced by the standard application, and missing master data was sourced and entered prior to go-live.
Governance and rollout followed a concentrated cutover strategy, supported by rigorous testing and an extended user training window that shifted the live start date to ensure operator readiness. The project team deliberately deferred the Maintenance and Repair PM module and Human Resources HR module to reduce change load on staff, and limited customizations to essential changes only, with KEK implementing those requests to avoid downstream release complications.
On July 1, 2017 the configured SAP modules were put into operation simultaneously in both plants, and the program was executed within the planned budget with high levels of employee engagement. Subsequent steps planned included rolling out maintenance functionality in 2018 and consolidating external EDI interfaces while retaining a small number of proprietary solutions for specialized member administration and potato billing.
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Suedstaerke | Manufacturing | 260 | $25M | Germany | IBM | IBM i | Operating System (OS) | 2005 |
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Suedstaerke | Manufacturing | 260 | $25M | Germany | SAP | SAP Business One | ERP Financial | 2016 |
In 2016 Suedstaerke selected SAP Business One as its SAP-based industry solution in the ERP Financial category, specifying that the software must run on its long-established IBM Power i hardware platform. KEK Anwendungssysteme began drafting specifications in January 2016 and led the implementation effort.
The SAP Business One rollout configured core modules including Sales SD, Materials Management with Purchasing MM, Production PP-PI, Warehouse WM, Quality Management QM, Financial Accounting FI and Controlling CO, while Maintenance PM and Human Resources HR were intentionally deferred to reduce cutover scope. Configuration emphasized food-industry capabilities such as silo mapping and batch tracking, and custom development was retained for highly specific functions like member administration and potato billing.
The program executed a coordinated cutover on July 1, 2017 across both Schrobenhausen and Sünching plants, centralizing materials management, sales, purchasing, shipping, production planning and quality on the IBM i platform. Data migration from the AS/400-based custom landscape was largely automated, with focused effort to augment and validate master data required by SAP Business One. External integrations were rationalized and preserved, notably EDI links to roughly 3,000 customers and service provider connections for invoicing and shipping.
Governance was led by project manager Christian Maier with executive sponsorship from Managing Director Josef Königbauer and implementation leadership by KEK Anwendungssysteme, who recommended a single-phase cutover and extended training that delayed go-live by three months. Change controls limited customizations to essential requests to reduce future upgrade risk, and comprehensive testing plus master data completion were prioritized to avoid operational gaps at go-live. Maintenance rollout was planned for 2018 and HR for a later phase to manage internal resource constraints.
Post-implementation the SAP Business One environment consolidated core business functions and reduced the number of internal interfaces, bringing materials, production, warehouse, quality and finance into a unified SAP-based instance. Management reported adherence to schedule and budget, and that strong employee engagement and rigorous testing mitigated the operational risk inherent in the single-cutover approach.
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Manufacturing | 260 | $25M | Germany | IBM | IBM Power Systems | Application Hosting and Computing Services | 2016 |
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Manufacturing | 260 | $25M | Germany | SAP | SAP Business One Purchasing | Procurement | 2016 |
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Manufacturing | 260 | $25M | Germany | SAP | SAP Business One HCM | Core HR | 2016 |
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