In a global economy where both demand and supply are increasingly distributed across geographies and time boundaries, delivering the right product to the right customer at the right time requires manufacturers to compress lead times through optimized push/pull strategies; coordinate production across a network of plants, suppliers, outsourcers, and contractors; and drive responsive local manufacturing execution processes to produce highly variable product mixes in synchronization with network demand. Read the following stories to see how companies like you that are leveraging SAP software and services to meet these business goals.

Automotive

Grammer AG
Learn how this leading automotive supplier integrated and optimized its production planning processes with SAP software to ensure on-time delivery of its products.

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Consumer Products

Johnsonville Sausage
Read how SAP helped this leading Midwestern food company increase network visibility through improved demand, supply and production planning processes.

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