Seamless, standardized, automated business processes are key to MAN's competitiveness and ability to innovate. The company uses SAP R/3 at all its manufacturing plants, with financial control, financial accounting and HR modules supporting ongoing operations. Currently, MAN is introducing additional SAP functionality for materials management and sales.
MAN often has several concurrent implementation and upgrade initiatives. At the moment, these include SAP Business Intelligence, SAP Exchange Infrastructure and SAP Web Application Server projects.
The Project
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge has been managing all SAP change requests from developers and users with REALTECH's solution since early 2002. TransportManager automatically distributes changes for the development, test and production environments for five SAP systems and 65 SAP clients. TransportManager will also be rolled out to a further three SAP systems in the near future. The SAP administrators only have to intervene during special or problematic transports.
About MAN
MAN – three letters synonymous with highquality commercial vehicles the world over. The company, which has over 34,000 employees and 14 production facilities in five countries, has a global sales and service network, as well as a variety of leading international partners. In 2003, Munichbased MAN posted revenues of 6.7 billion euros. Its core products include trucks (weighing between six and 60 tons), heavyduty industrial vehicles (weighing up to 300 tons), as well as buses and coaches, and diesel and natural-gas-powered engines. MAN is also active in telematics and fleet management.