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Continuously Increasing Service Quality with ARIS Process Performance Manager
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Process Control & Optimization
- Predictive Quality Analytics
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
CWS-boco, a specialist in lavatory hygiene, floor mats and textile services, has a clear focus—to always remain the leader in quality and innovation. The corresponding demands on enterprise IT are high. Accurate analysis of processing times are needed for a targeted and rapid increase in the company’s service quality. Estimated times are not enough. In Germany alone, more than 200,000 companies of all sizes and from all industries rely on CWS-boco’s services. A nationwide service network with more than 60 locations, 21 washing and processing plants and more than 600 service vehicles ensures that customer needs are always met throughout the entire service cycle. CWS-boco handles everything from order taking, delivery and all cleaning and repair steps to pick up and exchange of equipment, clothing and consumables.
About The Customer
CWS-boco Germany GmbH is a subsidiary of CWS-boco International GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Duisburg Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH. In fiscal year 2011, CWS-boco International generated total revenue of €748 million. CWS-boco Germany employs about 3,800 staff members from 43 countries. The company is headquartered in Dreieich, Hessen. CWS-boco is a specialist in lavatory hygiene, floor mats and textile services. The company has a clear corporate strategy: “We want to help our customers with their needs. Our rental service allows our clients to outsource all their processes related to work clothes, lavatory hygiene and mats. This eliminates inventory costs, keeps premises smaller, lowers incidental costs, and means that parts subject to wear and tear do not need to be replaced. All this reduces costs and minimizes sources of error.”
The Solution
CWS-boco relies on SAP and—for modeling and documentation of the business processes—ARIS. This combination has proven itself over time and enabled the company to meet high-quality standards and make continuous process improvements. Implementation of ARIS PPM at CWS-boco took only three months. The solution allows CWS-boco to measure and analyze completed processes within its SAP environments, identify optimization potential and transfer the information to its ARIS-based business process modeling system. ARIS PPM controls several thousand process instances. The regional service managers receive weekly reports, which include graphics on the measurement results for each location and product group. The reports are forwarded to them via a mail server. Furthermore, the data needed for particularly important processes can be accessed at the touch of a button from a predefined list of favorites.
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