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Success Story

BMW Group, ATLAS Wholesale

Success Story
Passion for Excellence.
Commitment
to Delivery.
BMW Group,
ATLAS
Wholesale

Summary
ATLAS stands for Advanced ParTs Logistics in AfterSales. The scope of ATLAS Wholesale Europe Extended template was the
global rollout of an SAP-based solution for the spare parts business with the following tasks:
Enhancement of the existing SAP Templates

Execution of global planning

SAP rollout in 8 key European markets in more than 20 locations

ATLAS
ATLAS aims to redesign and improve the logistical supply chain
processes and systems of the spare parts business from the
supplier all the way to the dealer. Implementation with the standard software SAP is happening on two levels. One team is concerned with the introduction of SAP into the central logistics departments (in Munich and Dingolfing) and another team is taking
care of the implementation in wholesale markets around Europe.

Initial Situation
Lodestone
took overtook
the over
running
the wholesale
project in
Infosys Lodestone
the ofrunning
of the wholesale
2008.
hadproject
alreadyhad
been
implemented
in two pilots,
projectThe
in project
2008. The
already
been implemented
in
in
Italy
andin
inItaly
the US.
two
pilots,
and in the US.

The Business Objectives


Implement worldwide transparent, consistent, and integrat

ed parts processes (vertical integration)


Supply chain planning throughout all distribution levels

Improve parts availability throughout the network with high

transparency about stock and orders


Reduce operating cost and improve inventory management

Increase overall parts business productivity

Standardize IT systems and software in line with the global

IT roadmap
Implement solid and scalable IT solutions according to the
BMW Group IT strategy (SAP in the finance and logistics areas)
Reduce IT infrastructure, operating, and maintenance costs

Replace the current heterogeneous system (different plat


form, databases, and operating systems)

The Solution
Based on the
Lodestone
developed
the existing
existing template,
template, Infosys
Lodestone
developed
an apan
approach
a common
design
and realization
phase.
The
proach
with awith
common
design
and realization
phase.
The team
team
travelled
all markets
andan
didupfront
an upfront
analysis.
travelled
to all to
markets
and did
gap gap
analysis.
The
The
design-to-budget
approach
to evaluate
all
design-to-budget
approach
was was
thenthen
usedused
to evaluate
all colcollected
requirements
according
to different
criteria
such
as
lected requirements
according
to different
criteria
such
as lelegal
requirements,strong
strongbusiness
businesscase.
case.
gal requirements,
All legal and necessary requirements with a strong business
case were then developed in a common release and fitted into
the existing template. The team thus managed to keep a short
cyclical rollout sequence. In between the rollouts there were
only minor new developments and therefore very small intermediate releases.

With this industrialized rollout approach, we managed to roll


out 8 markets with a total of 6 warehouses and 12 Dealer Metropolitan Distribution Centers (DMDCs) between October 2009
and March 2011.
The solution can be expanded to further countries, and allows
for integration with ATLAS Central (the solution for the central
distribution in Dingolfing) and enhancement of the functionality in the ATLAS template (i.e., Pick by Voice).
Key success
success factors
factorsfor
forthe
theproject
project
included
mutual
cooperaincluded
mutual
cooperation.
tion.
well-attuned
team rolled
rolled out
warehouses
and
The The
well-attuned
team
outseveral
several
warehouses
markets
in a short
to Due
a pre-set
requireand markets
in a time.
short Due
time.
to a budget,
pre-set the
budget,
the
ments
were limited
to a realizable
amount
(design-to-cost).
requirements
were limited
to a realizable
amount
(design-toLastly,
the mix
of mix
experts
and generalists
from BMW
Lodecost). Lastly,
the
of experts
and generalists
fromand
BMW
and
stone
the flexibilty
put together
the different
rollout
Infosysgave
Lodestone
gave thetoflexibilty
to put together
the different
teams
needs.
rollout based
teams on
based
on needs.
Supply chain planning, supply chain execution, warehouse
management, finance, development and communication/training areas all work together in the ATLAS template.

The Benefits
With the unique outbound solution, deliveries and HUs are

Printed in July 2012

Printed in March 2013

only assigned
assigned to
to aa shipment
shipment at
at the
the very
very last
last step.
step. This
This keeps
keeps
only
high flexibility
flexibility in
in the
the warehouse
warehouse regarding
regarding shipping
shipping and
and
aa high
the possibility for extended monitoring
the possibility for extended monitoring
Multi-country
Multi-country delivery
deliveryenables
enables
shipment
one
shipment
from from
one ware
warehouse
to
more
than
one
country,
complete
with
house to more than one country, complete with invoicing
invoicing and automated inter-company invoices
and automated inter-company invoices

pricing strategy
strategy gave
gave the
the national
national sales
sales companies
companies

The
The new
new pricing

more transparency and freedom in price setting


to dealers
dealers

DMDCs
DMDCs make
make fast-moving
fast-moving items
items more
more available
available to
in
urban
areas
by
delivering
up
to
four
times
a
day.
These
in urban areas by delivering up to four times a day. These
small warehouses were also equipped with a stripped-down
SAP solution to fit their needs

Infosys Lodestone
Contribution
Lodestone
Contribution
Infosys Lodestone
execution,
and through
support
Lodestone
providedprovided
planning,planning,
execution,
and support
throughleads,
project
leads,
to 60 experts
andmembers.
team members.
project
with
up with
to 60up
experts
and team
LodeInfosysdesigned,
Lodestone
designed, implemented
out the
stone
implemented
and rolled outand
the rolled
enhancement
enhancement
of antemplate
existing SAP
APO) and
of
an existing SAP
(SAPtemplate
R/3, APO)(SAP
and R/3,
a release
upa release
upgrade
to ECC
6.0 with
unicode conversion.
grade
to ECC
6.0 with
unicode
conversion.
The firm further provided subject matter expertise in special
tasks such as master data strategy, reporting strategy, and
supplied training to end-users.

Infosys Lodestone
Why Lodestone
Infosys Lodestone
a global management
consultancy,
Lodestone
is a globalismanagement
consultancy, committed
to
committedand
to designing
delivering
that enable
designing
delivering and
solutions
that solutions
enable companies
to
companies
to thrive
in todays
complex
business environment.
thrive
in todays
complex
business
environment.
automotive
area,
the the
knowledge
The long-term
long-termexperience
experienceininthe
the
automotive
area,
knowlabout about
the challenges
of a large-scale
global logistics
edge
the challenges
of a large-scale
global program
logistics
combinedcombined
with in-depth
technicaltechnical
and functional
SAP
program
with hands-on
in-depth hands-on
and funcimplementation
knowledgeknowledge
formed theformed
basis for
selection
tional
SAP implementation
thethe
basis
for the
of Infosys of
Lodestone
asas
the
implementation
partner.
selection
Lodestone
the
implementation
partner.

Headquarters:
Headquarters:
LodestoneAG
Management Consultants AG
Lodestone Management Consultants
Obstgartenstrasse
27, Kloten,
PO+41
Box44
201,
Zurich, Switzerland, +41 44 434 11 00
Obstgartenstrasse 27, Kloten, P.O. Box 201, CH-8058
Zurich,
4348058
11 00
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