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WESPA Metallsägenfabrik Simonds Industries GmbH

Successful implementation of SAP Business One in just 3 months

WESPA Metallsägenfabrik Simonds Industries GmbH

WESPA Metallsägenfabrik Simonds Industries GmbH

The company

Since its foundation in Spangenberg in 1950 and the manufacture of the first band saw tools for metal cutting, WESPA GmbH has become an important technology partner for every sawing requirement. Employees with many years of experience have continuously improved the quality and performance of the products through innovation and precision.
The continuous development of the product and service range optimises metal cutting from the very first cut. This enables significant savings and thus offers WESPA GmbH’s partners important competitive advantages.
WESPA responds flexibly to customer requirements from a wide range of industries and delivers individually tailored solutions.
Thanks to carefully designed cutting geometries and surface treatments, the tools are designed for a wide range of materials.
Renowned national and international partners from industries such as automotive, aerospace and mechanical engineering rely on WESPA sawing tools.
With a global distribution network and specialist trade partners in over 100 countries, as well as its own companies in North America and Asia, WESPA guarantees fast availability and comprehensive service.

In addition to improvements in production and materials management, we have been able to achieve many optimisations in the area of business planning and control – particularly in financial accounting, thanks to faster analytics and thus significantly faster decision-making.

Holger Schoepe,

Director Sales | Marketing

About the project

In order to accurately map and support future growth, WESPA GmbH’s global business processes had to be harmonised in a single system for the USA and Germany, with corresponding transparency in the processes of the individual national subsidiaries. The introduction of SAP Business One was intended to map the ever-increasing complexity of products and the growing number of product variants for 35,000 items with high product depth and make them analysable with central data storage. The different accounting challenges and complex tax legislations of both countries were taken into account.

Project challenge

  • Need for end-to-end transparency in global operations
  • Complex international compliance requirements
  • Tight timeframe for full ERP implementation
  • Lack of a unified system for business planning and analysis

Highlights of the project

  • 2–3 hours of time saved daily in logistics
  • Management of more than 35,000 items in one system

Benefits of the project

  • Significant improvements in production scheduling
  • More accurate customer order planning and reduced inventory levels
  • On-time customer deliveries to over 60 countries
  • Faster financial reporting enables faster decision-making
  • Improved global compliance across time zones and legal systems

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Björn Sievers

Sales SAP Business One

+49 231 9497-114