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Modernizing SAP® EH&S to Get Global Results
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries
- Chemicals
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Process Control & Optimization
- Regulatory Compliance Monitoring
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Linde AG, a world-leading gases and engineering company, was facing the problem of an outdated environmental compliance system running on an old SAP release. The system complied only with the current SAP standard by about 50 percent, requiring tremendous manual effort for Linde to fulfil crucial legal requirements. The system was error-prone and no longer met business needs without significant manual effort. As a result, operation and maintenance were costly and inefficient. Linde AG needed a more efficient and standardized SAP EH&S platform. After more than a year of considering all the options, Linde selected IDS Scheer Consulting and 3E Company to take on the task.
About The Customer
The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 50,000 employees working in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2010 financial year, it achieved sales of €12.868 billion. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment—in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
The Solution
Linde AG planned to replace the existing SAP module EH&S with a current software version operating closer to the standard. IDS Scheer Consulting together with 3E Company, a well-known global provider of chemical, regulatory and compliance information services, managed the implementation. As a result, the SAP EH&S platform that works on a European level can be re-used to serve global needs as well. During implementation, the project team had three major tasks: Bring EH&S back to standard by implementing SAP EH&S on a new standalone central instance on ECC 6.00 EhP5, build up a solid module for global usage by integrating the 3E Company content for legal and specification-related information, and get all processes aligned in one SAP EH&S module by integrating Linde AG individual solutions in SAP EH&S.
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