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Hyundai Motor Company: Sap® Custom Development Greatly Improves Manufacturing Efficiency
Hyundai Motor Company: Sap® Custom Development Greatly Improves Manufacturing Efficiency
The standard SAP ERP software could not efficiently process our huge amount of data. SAP Custom Development and SAP MaxAttention provided us with a powerful, tailor-made ERP solution that met our highest expectations.
Lee, Tae Gon, erP team manager, Hyundai motor Company ltd.
Company name: Hyundai motor Company ltd. location: Seoul, South Korea Industry: Automotive Products and services: Passenger cars and commercial vehicles revenue: uS$25.6 billion employees: 47,000 Web site: worldwide.hyundai.com Implementation partner: SAP Custom Development organization Challenges and Opportunities Handle tremendous company and data growth from an It perspective Improve manufacturing and business efficiency minimize time spent to detect and correct data inconsistencies Increase competitiveness through integrated and real-time data reduce It maintenance and administrative costs
Implementation Highlights Completed implementation within 9 months as planned and within budget Why SAP Profound knowledge of the automotive industry, especially concerning its It and business needs large number of car manufacturers as customer references Stable and diversified functionality of SAP erP expertise in developing custom solutions for SAP erP Benefits efficient strategy management through real-time data Improved data precision (99% error-free operation) Stable processing of enormous amount of data Substantial time savings thanks to higher performance, exceeding customer expectations by a factor of 4 reduction of errors in the manufacturing process
Objectives Integrate comprehensive, stable enterprise resource planning (erP) software enable erP software to adjust to changing Third-Party Integration manufacturing strategy Database: oracle Speed processing of huge data sets Hardware: IBm SAP Solutions and Services operating system: IBm AIX SAP erP application SAP Custom Development services SAP maxAttention support
Hyundai motor Company ltd., based in Seoul, South Korea, is the worlds fifth largest automobile company, producing passenger cars and commercial vehicles. In order to meet the fierce competition in the global market, the Korean corporation came up with a flexible manufacturing strategy. It then sought an It solution that could support this strategy and chose the SAP erP application to process its huge amount of data in real time. the SAP Custom Development organization helped the Korean company to make the standard enterprise resource planning (erP) solution more flexible, tailoring the software for the companys individual It and business needs.
Hyundai motor Company became affiliated with KIA motors in the late 90s, which brought its sales to 2.8 million vehicles, a yearly increase of 6.9%. It now has a tight sales network comprising 6,000 dealerships, 20 overseas factories, and sales centers in 180 countries. enable it to compete in the global market more aggressively and flexibly. yet there was a drawback: Hyundais legacy It infrastructure and its use of microsoft excel worksheets were inadequate for realizing its ambitious plans. lee, tae Gon, erP team manager at Hyundai, recalls the situation: the inefficiency of the old system became serious with the tremendous growth of the company. there were numerous interfaces. often, we found data inconsistencies between these interfaces. We had to spend a significant amount of time to detect and correct this data. It was impossible to speed up our business processes with this It system. An accurate, real-time data management solution was a necessary condition for Hyundai to maintain its global competitiveness as a car manufacturer. Hyundai decided to implement an erP software solution.
SAP ERP is so powerful. We didnt expect the time savings to be that high.
Paeng, Jeong Gook Global CIo and President Hyundai motor Company ltd.
support of the SAP Custom Development organization, charging the team with no less daunting a task than to ratchet up the already sophisticated erP software to handle the full deluge of data the global automotive manufacturer would be feeding it.
evaluation of the SAP services as well: they were rated with the highest grade possible by the Korean company.
innovation. Choi, Sang Chul, senior vice president of Hyundai elaborates, We spent the budget and time effort as planned. the efficiency is a lot higher than expected. We now enjoy precise, real-time data and high efficiency. the stock management, which used to be very complicated, runs automatically now. used for the production of vehicles, the stock management is now
We spent the budget and time effort as planned. The efficiency is a lot higher than expected. We now enjoy precise, real-time data and high efficiency. The stock management, which used to be very complicated, runs automatically now.
Choi, Sang Chul, Senior vice President, Hyundai motor Company ltd.
processing power of the application. SAP erP is so powerful. We didnt expect the time savings to be that high, observes Paeng, Jeong Gook, global CIo and president of Hyundai. thanks to the parallel processing of the customized erP solution, Hyundai was able to process the amount of production orders received in 1 hour within 20 minutes rather than the 14 hours it used to take. this represents a significant cost and time savings for the Korean car manufacturer. the erP solution developed by SAP Custom Development based on SAP erP works nearly error-free, with data processing that is very stable. It has enabled Hyundai to use real-time data to support its continuous business
processed by the SAP erP software that was enhanced by SAP Custom Development.
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