The Coca-Cola Company Builds Business and Information Technology With SAP R/3 To Optimize Supply Chain.NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1999-- -- The Global Soft-Drink Industry Leader Implements One of the Largest Global Rollouts Of the SAP(tm) R/3(R) Solution On Time and Under Budget -- SAP America, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SAP), today announced that The Coca-Cola Company, the global soft-drink industry leader, has completed the first phase of one of the largest global rollouts of the SAP(tm) R/3(R) solution. This initial rollout included corporate financials, manufacturing, procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. , project management and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. applications at the company's Atlanta headquarters and in five European countries. With SAP R/3 as its business and information technology infrastructure, The Coca-Cola Company is making significant improvements to its business systems capabilities around the world. SAP R/3: Enabling Better, Faster Decision-Making and Reducing Cost of Operations The SAP R/3 solution is the foundation for providing The Coca-Cola Company with a common system across the enterprise. This will allow employees to leverage the same data, react faster to change and make more-informed business decisions. Coke's business benefits, as the rollout expands, will include consistent management reporting across operational units; improvements in closing the books on a global basis, and local closings; the ability to execute purchasing on a global basis and streamline costs across the entire enterprise; better vendor management; clearer views on global financial data; and, over time, a better negotiating position through improved analysis of purchasing and vendor operations. "An important benefit of a common system will be a common frame of reference for our customers, suppliers and employees," explained Jack Bergstrand of The Coca-Cola Company. "This will significantly leverage our learning curve and training investment. At corporate headquarters in Atlanta, the productive SAP applications include Financials, Controlling, Profit Center Accounting, Planning and Budgeting, Project Systems for capital assets capital assets n. equipment, property, and funds owned by a business. (See: capital, capital account) , Procurement -- including the Internet purchasing component, SAP Employee Self Service and Travel and Expense Management. The European administrative locations that went live are productive with the same applications as Atlanta, plus marketing expense control within Project Systems and workflow imaging in conjunction with Procurement and Travel and Expense Management. In manufacturing, the implementation includes Materials Management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, , Inventory Management, Production Planning Production planning The function of a manufacturing enterprise responsible for the efficient planning, scheduling, and coordination of all production activities. , Production Planning for Process Industries, Sales and Distribution, Plant Maintenance and Quality Management as well as Financials, Controlling, Project Systems and Asset Management. Teaching the World Five separate but integrated project teams in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Belgium and Ireland created a single system to bring the company into production on its SAP solution. A true TeamSAP(tm) effort, Coca-Cola project members worked with SAP developers and an SAP implementation team as well as Ernst & Young consultants to achieve success. The team used the AcceleratedSAP(tm) methodology as a road map to streamline the implementation process. The Coca-Cola system, which runs 24 hours a day, six days a week, primarily on IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) RS/6000 servers, currently supports more than 1,000 concurrent users In computer science, the number of concurrent users for a resource in a location, with the location being a computing network or a single computer, refers to the total number of people using the resource at the same time. , with more than 5,000 total users in this initial phase. "The Coca-Cola Company is a company with a strong vision for its entire enterprise, including its extended supply chain and its customers," said Kevin McKay, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SAP Americas. "Coke is a leading example of how to implement a global business system. We are pleased the Coke implementation has moved forward so well and look forward to the company's continued success." About SAP SAP (NYSE:SAP), the world's largest enterprise software company, provides companies of all sizes with business solutions that deliver A Better Return on Information(SM). SAP products This presents a list of products of the enterprise software company SAP AG. Enterprise Applications
The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. and NYSE under the symbol "SAP." The SAP World Wide Web site can be found at http://www.sap.com. SAP, R/3, TeamSAP, AcceleratedSAP, A Better Return on Information and all SAP product and service names referenced herein are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of SAP AG (company) SAP AG - (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung - German for "Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing") A company from Germany that sells the leading suite of client-server business software. The US branch is called SAP America. . Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. (c)Copyright 1999, SAP AG. |
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