Industry: Oil, chemical and discrete manufacturing
Role: Lead Consultant (in-house) / Sub-project management SAP MM & Mobile Asset Management
Focus: SAP CCC, process consulting, global rollouts & add-on development

Sulzer Chemtech Ltd., part of the globally active Sulzer Group, is a leading supplier of separation, mixing, and application technologies for the chemical, oil, and energy industries. The company develops and supplies customised solutions for plant and process technologies – from crude oil processing and polymer production to environmental technology.

With production, engineering, and service locations on every continent, Sulzer Chemtech pursues a clear digitalisation and standardisation strategy: the goal was to harmonise global SAP systems, standardise processes, and create a central system architecture to support international production and service locations.

The project encompassed global SAP implementation and rollouts (CH, PL, SG, CN, IN, US, MX) as well as the introduction of mobile solutions in the areas of asset and production management. A particular focus was placed on the development of add-ons for production logistics, maintenance and scheduling that map the requirements of the process industry that go beyond the standard.

⚙️ Scope of services & tasks

As SAP MM sub-project manager and lead consultant at the SAP Competence Centre (CCC), I was responsible for the functional design, process consulting and technical implementation of several SAP modules and add-ons.

Core tasks:

• SAP CCC (Competence Centre Coordination): Management of the MM sub-project and support with the integration of the SD, PP, WM and PS modules
• Project management for mobile asset management: introduction of Mobisys (SAP Mobile AddOn) for mobile data collection and maintenance control
• Business Blueprint (BBP): Creation, standardisation and global implementation of templates for SAP MM (including PP and SD)
• Full lifecycle implementation in Switzerland and Poland, rollout coordination in Singapore, China, India, the United States and Mexico
• Process analysis & GAP analysis in production and logistics control
• Customising and developing add-ons to map company-specific processes
• Specification and integration of SAP interfaces (IDoc, ALE, RFC)
• Reengineering existing logistics processes with regard to material availability and production planning
• Introduction of SEMTALK & VISIO for visual process documentation in BBP

Developed add-ons and tools:

• MRP Planning Cockpit: central planning tool for requirements and inventory planning (MM, PP, PS)
• Crating Cockpit: Comprehensive control of packaging and shipping logistics for PP, SD and MM
• Scanner Cockpit: mobile data capture for production, warehousing and time recording (SAP HR integration)
• Mobisys AddOn: Introduction of a mobile industry framework for SAP-based maintenance and production processes
• Residual material management: Add-on for managing and reusing production residues
• Coil & Mother Coil Management: industry-specific solution for managing metal coils (including traceability and consumption planning)
• Batches without batch changes (LOT): Add-on for simplifying series production with continuous batch management
• Mini warehouse management: lightweight warehouse management system for decentralised warehouse control
• Material certificates: automated creation and management of quality and test certificates

🌐 Strategic impact

The collaboration with Sulzer Chemtech AG marked a decisive step towards global SAP standardisation and digital process integration. By developing modular add-ons and mobile extensions, the company was able to build a scalable, future-proof system architecture that supports both discrete manufacturing and the process industry.

The solutions introduced (MRP Cockpit, Crating, Scanner, Mobisys) are still considered best practices within the Sulzer Group and form the basis for continuous development towards SAP ECC and integrated smart factory scenarios.