CLAAS KGaA mbH—Harvesting the Future
Engineering change management with 4PEP
Energy means power, motion, growth. According to this impulse CLAAS develops intelligent solutions in agricultural technology and makes harvesting easier for 100 years. Decades of research and experience are the solid basis for a product range with which CLAAS tackles the ever increasing requirements of a growing global population and dwindling resources and therefore optimises the harvest. CLAAS guarantees the transparency of global processes and product quality assurance using change and approval processes from ILC’s 4PEP Engineering Change Management.
Customer Quote
“CLAAS stands for experience and progress in agricultural engineering. 4PEP Change Management from ILC supports our developments optimally. It allows us to assure the long-established quality of our products worldwide!”
Lutz Völkerath, Process Project Manager, CLAAS KGaA mbH
Company
- name: CLAAS KGaA mbH
- locations: Harsewinkel (22 more sites worldwide)
- industrial sector: agricultural engineering
- products: harvesters, tractors, presses, agricultural information technology
- revenue: 4.042 bn EUR (2020)
- employees: 11,400 (global)
- www.claas.co.uk
Initial situation and challenge
- differing change and approval processes at the company locations
- no standard tool for all processes and locations
- different degrees of maturity and management processes
- SAP standard does not cover the requirements
- support of integrated change process between SAP and Enovia V6 needed
Solution
- structured presentation, administration and management of multifaceted data in “cockpits”
- comfortable jumping to other relevant SAP transactions
- reading/loading of information from other relevant SAP tables
- flexible workflow with process navigation
Customer benefits
- transparency: global available information, global used process
- quality: less system breaks
- security: no paper process, earlier available and more detailed information
- optimal integration of all actors involved
