valantic Expands its Expertise in SAP IBP and S/4HANA
Munich / Barcelona, October 05, 2023: The digital consulting, solutions and software company valantic is expanding its expertise in the high-volume SAP market. By joining forces with the Spanish SAP consulting and implementation specialist Saptools, valantic is reaching for the pole position in the European consulting market for SAP Digital Supply Chain (IBP, DMC, PPDS, MII) and S/4HANA. Saptools has an extensive customer portfolio comprised of blue-chip customers mainly from the food and beverage industry, the oil & gas sector, the chemical and pharmaceutical industry and the rest of the consumer goods segment. Saptools has more than 100 employees, maintains offices in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and is currently opening a new one in Paris while maintaining a growing presence in the Middle East market.
The digital consulting, solutions and software company valantic is taking another strategic step on its international growth path by adding the Spanish SAP specialist Saptools as a new family member. Together, Saptools and valantic form one of the top European end-2-end consulting and implementation companies in the SAP Digital Supply Chain space.
Apart from the SAP ERP based portfolio, Saptools has achieved a leading market position in Spain and Southern Europe with a strong focus on Advanced Planning with SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) in combination with PP/DS (Production Planning & Detailed Scheduling), Manufacturing Execution improvements with SAP DMC (Digital Manufacturing Cloud) or MII (Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence).
The successful implementation of machine learning within planning and manufacturing processes is another service capability which has enabled Saptools to differentiate itself in recent years. Also, the migration of many enterprise customers from their legacy ERP systems to S/4HANA and the SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a strong business line.
Prominent customer base including Danone, Repsol, Coca-Cola, Beam Suntory, Ebro Foods and a large base of Spanish national champions
Saptools has special expertise in its key sectors of food & beverage and consumer goods, oils & gas, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Its customer base includes prominent international organizations such as Danone, Repsol, Coca-Cola, Beam Suntory, Ebro Foods and a large list of national and international sector leading companies. Together with Danone, for example, Saptools was recognized with the SAP Innovation Award for its implementation of SAP IBP and the use of embedded machine learning forecasting functionalities. Several Pharma companies have successfully migrated to SAP S/4HANA with Saptools.
Saptools was founded in 2003 by Jose Verdú and is led by a Management Board comprised of himself with other three partners: Jorge Lozano, Jaime Bombí and Roberto Mella. Saptools is SAP Partner as well as SAP Expert Partner for Supply Chain Management and Integrated Business Planning. Around 25 years of experience, over 150 successfully implemented SCM Advanced Planning projects, and international assignments accounting for 40 percent of its project portfolio are proof of the company’s extensive expertise in that demanding sector.
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Karsten Ötschmann, Chief Sales Officer and Partner at valantic, says: “With the Saptools colleagues, we’re gaining a new member for the valantic family whose expertise and culture excellently match our own and who have shaped the Spanish SAP consulting market since day one. Saptools’ proven expertise in international business transformation projects based on the SAP IBP and S/4HANA technology platforms is a valuable addition to the SAP division of valantic. Unlike most other providers in the market, we can now offer our customers a truly seamless SAP service portfolio with more than 1,000 highly qualified consultants and developers, and take the lead in supporting their SAP based transformation. We are also establishing the best possible foundation for addressing the growing pool of excellently trained Spanish IT professionals with a strong, value-oriented employer brand.”
José Verdu, founder and CEO of Saptools, adds: “In recent years, we have expanded our dominance in SAP Digital Supply Chain in our markets. We have achieved high recognition among customers and competitors, and we are increasingly successful on the international stage. We have a reputation for doing things well, but we felt that we needed more power to seize the moment and take our company to the next level: in terms of capacity and brand visibility, while giving opportunities to progress to our professionals (existing and yet to come). We believe that with valantic, we have found a kindred spirit in our fields and the lever that will move us to become the European leader together. By joining forces, we will be strong enough to go further and faster, with the same reliability and way of doing things we have today.”
