Approximately three years ago, a small, hand-picked group of Yokogawa developers called the YGSP (Yokogawa Global System Project) team, began implementing a global system project for Yokogawa business application that would help us to realize our strategic business targets.
The objectives of the team and the project were:
1.) Standardization: Standardize business rules and processes for efficiency, utilizing ERP (enterprise resource planning)
2.) Globalization: From individual management of a division, hub and are to management of the entire group of companies
3.) Visualization: Building a systems to grasp what is happening now and in the future
To implement these objectives, YGSP chose SAP (Systems, Applications and Products) as its application and YCA as the application’s first testing ground.
“On April 6, 2009,” said David Johnson, President & CEO, “YCA’s SAP went live to deliver a single global system that will be duplicated in all Yokogawa locations around the world.
“This is a great opportunity for us. However, we must set realistic expectations from the start as to when the improvement in our systems will materialize. It will take approximately six–to-nine months before we begin to realize the benefits of becoming One Global Yokogawa but, once there, there is no end to what we can achieve.”
So what is SAP?
Developed in 1972 by five former IBM employees in Mannheim, Germany, SAP is the world's largest “inter-enterprise software company”* and the world's fourth-largest independent software supplier. SAP was originally introduced to manage corporate databases for a compressive range of applications. Its capabilities include managing financial, asset, cost accounting, production operations, materials, personnel, and archived documents. It is software that provided users with a soft, real-time business application that could be used with multiple currencies and languages.
AT YCA, SAP will be replacing Times, BOSS, Solomon, Overseas Passport, and other business related sub-systems. The system includes modules such as order entry, inventory control, accounting, project management and costing, workflow, manufacturing, HR, business intelligence and reporting.
Groups working within this project include: PMO (Project Management), Accounting, Procurement & Logistics, Project Sales, Project Engineering, Product Sales, Human Resources, Service, Master PSI, Cross Function, and Infrastructure.
Have questions?
If you have any questions of how to enter data in SAP, please contact the working group as you see on the table below. YGSP group is preparing a list of teams that will assist with any questions and concerns about entering data.
Training packages? You can review all training packages among all groups buy visiting our intranet. Click here to see all training packages. You can also view the organizational chart under the YGSP site at intranet.
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