Sortimo strengthens market position with improved material plant process

Improved transparency, more data control, a comprehensible throughput time and clear responsibilities in the material plant process – these were the requirements of Sortimo International GmbH for a more efficient material master data management.

The requirements for the new solution included:

• Optimized master data management to shorten the lead time
• Reduction of manual processes and possibility of transferring material already created to other plants
• simplified and transparent material creation and maintenance
• Automated substitute control for consistent master data creation, even for employees responsible in their absence
• fast and complete control of the care progress
• Automatic plausibility check of data for sustainable data quality

After the introduction of the Master Data Cockpit, Sortimo no longer requires manual master data duplication across several plants: an automated creation of the missing views with flexible field contents and conditions can now be controlled by the user directly and in real time in the productive system.

Within the departments, only the required fields of the material system are displayed, so that each employee can enter and edit his or her nursing area at a glance. In addition to the evaluations in the SAP standard system, MDC-specific transactions can now also be used, for example, control of workflow progress, possible missed deadlines for each material, or status changes for a process step. A clear deputy regulation in the MDC system ensures a continuous workflow. You can use the MDC overview function to display all fields relevant for the material master and the entire maintained environment of the material.

Responsibility no longer lies entirely with product management. Rather, as desired by Sortimo, the responsible sales channel now acts as the responsible applicant in the material process.

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Sortimo International GmbH is a leading manufacturer of vehicle equipment and mobile transport solutions. In addition to shelving systems for all light commercial vehicles, Sortimo BOXXen- und Koffersysteme produces systems for trade, commerce and industry. The company has its headquarters and only production site in Zusmarshausen, Bavaria, and employs around 1,000 people worldwide. With nine branches and 26 Sortimo stations in Germany and a presence in over 35 countries, Sortimo is internationally oriented.