Tasks
To automate cross-company processes at Bayer within the scope of the Famous (Facilities & Asset Management Optimized & Unified Solutions) Project using a corporate-wide solution that depicts the new organizational structure of the Bayer Group’s maintenance and facility-management operation.
Preparation
The group prepared to transition from a mainframe computer system and self-developed applications within each division to an integration-capable system configuration for the entire Bayer Group by establishing a project group that designed and tested SAP solutions and conducted training courses. The SAP system for Bayer Crop Sciences was introduced in 2001, i.e. before reorganization of the Bayer Group. In October 2002, after reorganization of the Bayer Group was complete, the group launched its cross-company process program at Bayer Crop Sciences and began implementing it at other companies within the group.
Contractor
SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG, a subsidiary of the world’s third-largest software supplier, develops customized business solutions for its customers. The SAP Group, which was founded in 1972, now has some 30,000 employees. Worldwide more than 8,200 of its employees work on software development. With subsidiaries in over 50 countries, the SAP Group generated 7.5 billion euros in sales in 2004.
Contact: Bettina Weber, Marketing Manager Product Lifecycle Management
SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG, Neurottstrasse 15a, 69190 Walldorf
Tel.: (+49 6227) 7-43873
Fax: (+49 6227) 7-836805
E-mail: b.weber@sap.com
Internet
www.sap.com/germany
