valantic implements business processes along the entire value chain
Intelligent end-to-end processes along the value chain and a powerful digital core for the entire business are fundamental to successful businesses. As a SAP-PartnerEdge-Gold-Partner and SAP Cloud Focus Partner, valantic has extensive skills in optimizing all forms of business processes.
Our SAP consultants and developers support several hundred prominent customers in every area – from strategy development and implementation to SAP system operating and license sales. And this, for over 30 years.
Our SAP Services customers include numerous DAX-40 companies as well as leading medium-sized enterprises in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, including: Bardusch, BASF, Bizerba, Ehrmann, Fuchs Petrolub, Hero, Hochland, Lindt, Melitta, Playmobil, Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale (RWZ), Rehau, Schleich, Siemens Mobility, Springer Nature, thyssenkrupp Materials Processing Europe, Toyota and the Theo Müller Group.
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A long-term SAP strategy and an IT infrastructure that adapts flexibly to new market requirements positions companies optimally to secure their long-term viability. As a digitization partner, valantic develops a SAP strategy tailored to the company’s unique business goals which it then implements together with the customer. In doing so, we prepare an overall concept consisting of management and process consulting, suitable project management methodologies for the SAP implementation, and a reliable change management.
Our consulting services focus on our clients’ customers and integrated end-to-end processes along the value chain. With our holistic approach, we help companies to position themselves as intelligent enterprises for the future by using innovative technologies.
Intelligent, fast, high-performance – SAP S/4HANA is the technological basis for companies’ end-to-end digitalization. This ERP suite revolutionizes all business processes – from system management to finance to sales – and it enables data access and analysis in real time. This way, companies are fit for the future, ready to fulfill the requirements of a dynamic, digitally networked business world – both on-premise and in the cloud. The RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP packages are available for the transformation to the cloud. We can assist you with all phases of your SAP S/4HANA project.
Learn more about future-oriented end-to-end processes with SAP S/4HANA
The technological foundation of the intelligent enterprise is the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP, formerly: SAP Cloud Platform). As a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), it simplifies application development, integration, and expansion, as well as value creation from data. SAP BTP is open and business-oriented, accelerating innovation and helping companies perform critical digital transformation tasks in a unified environment.
Processes are the pulse of every company, and they are changing constantly. New business processes must be developed, existing ones evaluated, adapted, and transformed. SAP Signavio provides comprehensive support for this. The Business Process Management (BPM) suite makes it possible to analyze, optimize and continuously monitor processes. valantic supports you with outstanding expertise in your BPM projects, both in SAP S/4HANA transformations and in continuous process optimization.
End-To-End Processes Along the Value Chain
Flexibility, speed, transparency, efficiency and process control – the demands on production and the supply chain are continually growing, but companies with end-to-end processes are well positioned to face this challenge.
Three important processes in SAP are:
Ensuring goods reach customers on time requires a transparent network of end-to-end processes for procurement, order handling, production, logistics and inventory management. valantic offers companies integrated solutions and services to digitize their processes end-to-end, from the initial development of a strategy to implementing state-of-the-art solutions for supply chain management and logistics.
Our SAP services and products for the digital supply chain:
SAP Integrated Business Planning
SAP IBP meets all the requirements for integrated Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP). The software combines myriad functionalities for an integrated planning process in a single application, accesses a uniform and consistent data model, is cloud-based and real-time capable. More information on SAP IBP
Our offering for integrated planning with SAP IBP for medium-sized enterprises covers the requirements of midmarket companies. More information on the SAP IBP offering for medium-sized enterprises
SAP Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (SAP PP/DS)
Optimal resource utilization, short throughput times, high on-time delivery: SAP PP/DS enables comprehensive production planning and detailed scheduling, even with specific restrictions and in exceptional situations. The solution is integrated into SAP S/4HANA and can be connected seamlessly to other SAP modules. Learn more about SAP PP/DS!
SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)
As part of the Supply Chain Execution Platform (SAP SCE), the SAP EWM warehouse management system helps companies optimize their warehouse structures and processes. It allows overall management of the supply chain in combination with other modules such as SAP Transportation Management and SAP Logistics Business Network. More information on SAP EWM
With add-ons for SAP EWM, valantic offers tried and tested enhancements that close functional gaps in the standard and boost efficiency. More information on the add-ons for SAP EWM
SAP Warehouse Insights (WI)
The cloud-based planning tool SAP Warehouse Insights (SAP WI) analyzes, visualizes and optimizes warehouse operations in real time. Algorithms generate the warehouse layout, calculate relevant KPIs, simulate optimization scenarios and monitor the processes. This allows anomalies to be notified immediately, allowing users to take swift countermeasures and thereby reduce warehouse costs and improve efficiency. More information on SAP WI
SAP Transportation Management (TM)
The demands placed on transportation logistics are clear: flexibility and speed, punctuality, efficiency, transparency and process control. SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) supports all transportation processes – from planning and consolidation to optimization and execution. The intelligent solution seamlessly covers the requirements of logistics service providers, shippers, forwarders and the loading industry. More information on SAP TM
SAP Logistics Business Network (LBN)
Companies can connect with their business partners via the SAP Logistics Business Network (SAP LBN). The platform facilitates the tendering of quotations, checking of invoices, and cooperations on predefined milestones and freight tenders. This, in turn, simplifies the exchanging of logistics data along the value chain, and cuts time and costs. More information on SAP LBN
SAP Material Flow System (MFS)
SAP Material Flow System is a fully integrated component of SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) that automates warehouse management and material flow processes. The solution lets companies connect warehouse and conveyance equipment – such as storage and retrieval devices, shuttles, lifts and automated guided vehicles – as well as automated warehouses to SAP and to control them efficiently in real time. More information on SAP MFS
SAP Global Trade Services (GTS)
SAP GTS fulfills all requirements for import and export management, preference management and any type of customs procedure – perfectly integrated into SAP and non-SAP environments. With this solution, we can help you control your international supply chains and ensure trade conformity. Learn more about SAP GTS
Sustainability is a duty for companies today – but it is also a huge strategic advantage. With the SAP Sustainability Portfolio including solutions such as SAP Sustainability Control Tower and SAP Sustainability Footprint Management, companies have powerful tools at their fingertips to meet all the increased requirements and increase their competitiveness.
Product sheet SAP SFM
With the customer journey involving ever more touchpoints, it is becoming increasingly important to develop new strategies for creating the perfect customer experience. valantic optimizes the customer journey across all channels and touchpoints, creating a uniform experience from first contact to post-purchase.
In doing so, the SAP Customer Experience platform (formerly SAP C/4HANA) provides the right content at the right time on the right channel based on the customer’s needs. It networks and controls all customer-related activities, allows customers to be addressed individually and enables end-to-end processes.
The platform includes the following SAP products:
SAP Marketing Cloud
SAP Marketing Cloud consolidates marketing activities, systems, and data for a 360° view of the customer. This creates consistently positive experiences across the entire customer journey: from information gathering and customer events and interactions in different source systems to the implementation of omnichannel marketing campaigns.
SAP Commerce Cloud
Whether B2B, B2B2C or B2C – it is always people who ultimately make the purchases, making it vital to understand and satisfy their needs. The e-commerce platform SAP Commerce Cloud simplifies purchasing and sales processes and saves time and costs on both sides – for example, through efficient product content management, omnichannel strategies and direct integration into SAP ERP.
SAP Customer Data Cloud
With SAP Customer Data Cloud (SAP CDC), businesses can offer their customers the best possible customer experience while complying with all regulatory and legal data protection requirements. SAP CDC allows companies to centrally manage all their customers’ preferences, consents, and accesses, across their entire SAP system landscape.
SAP Sales Cloud
SAP Sales Cloud optimizes sales processes by combining classic CRM, real-time analytics and intelligent sales functions. This places the customer at the center of all processes, and sales staff always have a quick and easy overview of the pipeline, be it online, offline, on the road, when working from home, or at the office.
SAP Service Cloud
When it comes to customer service, speed and reliability are of the essence. SAP Service Cloud supports uniform, customized experiences across all channels. The solution offers self-service features as well as functions for call centers and the field sales force. It can be integrated effortlessly into existing SAP ecosystems and facilitates seamless processes.
SAP CPQ
SAP CPQ (formerly CallidusCloud) helps the sales department create practicable and realistic quotations. With the help of “Guided Selling”, employees can faster identify and configure suitable products for customers, and optimally price these. In this way, commercially feasible offers can be prepared at short notice, even for complex requests for tender.
Data as the Starting Point for Added Value
Digitization generates enormous amounts of unintelligible data. SAP Analytics solutions and valantic’s expertise help companies structure and analyze this data tsunami.
In doing so, we consider the entire data lifecycle, from creation to deletion, to establish a sound data basis for making corporate decisions. In analytics projects, valantic emphasizes the interaction of all stakeholders as a central success factor, thereby ensuring, for example, that data management and the analytics methodology are optimally tuned to the company’s needs.
Our expertise spans SAP’s entire analytics and data warehouse portfolio, including SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BPC, SAP BW on HANA, SAP Lumira, and SAP Data Services. We also specialize in native data warehouses with SAP HANA, SAP Data Warehouse Cloud/SAP Datasphere as well as SAP Data Intelligence.
valantic shapes transformations in finance and IT, helping companies of all sizes and industries to master the challenges in accounting, controlling, planning, consolidation, treasury and closing.
SAP S/4HANA plays a decisive role here, since sound corporate decisions are based on facts and figures and data. Flexible reporting and an efficient interface between finance and IT are decisive competitive advantages. valantic optimizes finance value flows, giving CFOs the best possible view of their financial and controlling data.
The valantic team combines financial, accounting and regulatory expertise with IT and process understanding as well as methodological know-how. Our specialists develop custom-made SAP finance strategies, optimize finance processes and implement the IT/finance transformation in SAP S/4HANA. In doing so, we accompany each project phase and ensure effective project management at all times.
More information on valantic’s SAP Finance service portfolio
SAP Consolidation in Real-Time
SAP enables consolidation in the operational ERP system. With SAP S/4HANA for Group Reporting, consolidated financial statements can be prepared in real time and without having to transfer data to external tools. This reduces the effort needed for consolidation and ensures the use of high-quality, up-to-date data.
More information on consolidation with SAP S/4HANA for Group Reporting
HR 4.0: Transformation to the HR Department of the Future
Manifold changes are presenting HR with new challenges: Digital transformation, artificial intelligence and people analytics, shortages of skilled workers, and demographic change are all shaping the future of the working world. Today’s challenge in everyday HR work is to perfectly align and optimally dovetail state-of-the-art HR management and administrative tasks, data, HR systems and day-to-day business processes.
valantic accompanies its customers’ HR transformations from strategy consulting, and implementing concrete SAP solutions such as SAP SuccessFactors or the HCM-INSIDE product suite, to supporting and developing custom-made add-ons.
The HCM-INSIDE product suite consisting of HCM FRAME, HCM TIME, HCM PAYSLIP, HCM PUBLISHER and HCM SCHICHTPLANER helps users digitally transform and realign their HR business processes. In addition, the cloud-based valantic workdocs HR personnel record offers further efficiency and flexibility advantages.
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Digitally Managing Authorizations, Master Data, Documents, Contracts and Personnel Records
SAP Services: Products and add-ons
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SAP authorizations must be assigned to employees so that companies can fulfill their compliance guidelines. Efficient SAP authorization management and a tailor-made SAP authorization concept are central components for protecting systems and data. Implementing compliance requirements is a complex undertaking, however, since legal guidelines are revised, employees change, and systems are overhauled from time to time. With our SAP solutions for GRC and security, companies benefit from legal compliance at all times, increased transparency, and reductions of up to 40 percent in their administrative costs.
valantic consults on and develops SAP authorization concepts jointly with its customers
More information on valantic’s SAP add-on for SAP authorization management
Correct and consistent master data are the cornerstone of business decisions, making their quality-oriented management all the more important. valantic relies on automated and workflow-controlled master data management to simplify data maintenance and reduce sources of error, resulting in significant improvements in the quality of master data.
Our fully integrated SAP add-on MDC Master Data Cockpit expedites master data maintenance by up to 40 percent. With the MDC Process Cockpit, processes associated with updating master data in SAP can be structured with flexible workflows, resulting in enhanced transparency and significantly shorter throughput times.
More information on valantic’s SAP add-on for master data management
Contract Management Under Control
Efficient contract management is vital for a company’s success. It minimizes risks such as missed deadlines and budget overruns and increases efficiency, planning and management capabilities.
Digital Personnel Record
The digital personnel record improves efficiency in HR departments. It provides HR employees with the relevant up-to-date documents – such as applicant documents, employment contracts, references, performance appraisals and promotions – at the touch of a button, and guaranteed in compliance with GDPR regulations.
SAP Document Management
A SAP document management system (DMS) manages every type of document across its entire lifecycle – from creation and storage to usage and its structured destruction. The audit-proof DMS solution cuSmarText can be called from any function in the SAP system.
Companies frequently operate complex hybrid IT environments for their business processes; such environments require a lot of maintenance. In addition, software innovation cycles are getting shorter all the time. Given the shortage of skilled workers, this means that IT departments are quickly being pushed to their limits. Furthermore, companies need to focus on how fit their systems are for the future – for example, the transformation to SAP S/4HANA – which is playing a more strategic role in the course of digitalization. valantic’s SAP Application Management Services (AMS) provide more freedom for strategic thinking. Our experts can operate your SAP systems efficiently, professionally, quickly, tailored to your individual requirements, and absolutely reliably – even around the clock if required. This conserves internal resources and makes maintenance and support costs predictable.
SAP Application Management Services (AMS)
valantic’s SAP Application Management Services (AMS) ensure efficient SAP operation and let companies focus on strategic tasks.
Every company is unique. It has individual business challenges and moves in its specific environment. That’s why valantic’s extensive industry expertise is so important. We combine specialized knowledge, project experience, and sound expertise of SAP technology to help our customers transform their businesses.
The valantic team designs solutions with added value along the entire value chain. Our focus is on the following industries: retail; food & beverage/consumer goods; discrete manufacturing; steel, machinery & plant engineering; chemical & pharmaceuticals, healthcare as well as process industry, automotive, services, and finance.
Hardly any industry moves as fast as retail. Retail companies and partners that are part of the supply chain have their own requirements for their processes, for example, action processing and direct customer delivery. With expertise and custom-tailored solutions approved by SAP, we help our customers in all retail sectors successfully implement their business strategies.
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Excellence
Excellence is for us when our customers say “Wow!” We listen, observe and have the quick-mindedness, curiosity and passion to understand things from the ground up.
Personal contact person
For every customer, valantic always appoints a contact person with full responsibility, regardless of our agile teams’ areas of expertise. This competent person is authorized to decide on all relevant aspects of the project, ensuring short decision-making channels.
Stability and size paired with flexibility and speed
valantic offers the flexibility, quality and management attention usually only associated with much smaller providers. At the same time, however, we also offer the size, service range and financial security that customers need for large projects.
Expertise
valantic brings together outstanding IT specialists, managers and entrepreneurs who cooperate with our customers in an atmosphere of respect, responsibility and mutual trust.
Fairness
Does fairness hinder the achievement of business goals? We believe quite the opposite: At valantic, we’re committed to a culture of fairness towards our colleagues, customers and investors, as well as our environment.