SAP system for sparkling wine producer Schloss Wachenheim AG expanded

Trust in BASF IT Services' expertise: The IT service provider has completed another project for its long-term client Schloss Wachenheim AG. At the beginning of July the world’s leading producer of sparkling wines put a new SAP application for finance and accounting into operation.

In 2005 BASF IT Services already installed a homogenous IT landscape for Schloss Wachenheim by introducing SAP solutions for materials management, distribution, warehouse management and production. Now the IT specialists have implemented the SAP applications for finance and accounting and integrated these applications with existing logistic processes.

In an additional sub-project BASF IT Services embedded a wine accounting program in the system. This solution documents all information connected with the wine business, from purchasing all the way to bottling. The wine producer was responsible for replacing the old wine accounting system. BASF IT Services created the interfaces between this application and the SAP system in order to ensure that the data can be transferred and further processed.
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"We appreciate BASF IT Services as a competent partner with many years of experience in the process industry. They have always provided us with first-rate consulting on the integration of Enterprise Resource Planning solutions," says Hans Jürgen Klein, Commercial Manager at Schloss Wachenheim. "The SAP expansion enables us to utilize the complete potential of all the system's business application possibilities. At the same time it forms the basis for an extensive roll-out of the SAP system at other European corporate locations," he adds.

“Our goal is to create added value for our customers in everything that we do. More than ever, the integration of business processes is a decisive factor for success. Previously the logistical and the financial bookkeeping system had been separated at Schloss Wachenheim and only communicated with each other through interfaces. Now all applications that are crucial for the company operations are combined under one roof. This makes it possible to develop our customer’s business processes even more efficiently and, for example, evaluate company data much more easily and quickly,” Thomas Lorentz, Department Manager Financial Solutions at BASF IT Services, summarizes.

BASF IT Services: Using IT to boost process efficiency
BASF IT Services, a BASF Group company, is among the leading IT service providers for the process industry in Europe. The company employs some 2,400 employees and recorded an annual turnover of €405 million in 2007. The company’s key strengths are Business Solutions, Managed Services and Business Process Outsourcing. This expertise is based on years of experience in providing solutions to the world’s leading chemical company, BASF. Today, BASF IT Services operates one of the world’s largest networks and approx. 3,600 servers for some 60,000 users in more than 280 locations. The globally active company is committed to standardising and developing customer-orientated, solutions. BASF IT Services is certified under the international quality management standard ISO 9001:2000 and the international standard for information security ISO 27001:2005. More information about BASF IT Services at www.basf-it-services.com.

About Sektkellerei Schloss Wachenheim AG:
With brands like Faber, Feist, Belmont, Schloss Wachenheim, Nymphenburg, Prosecco Azzurro, Light live, Charles Volner , Opéra, Muskador, Cin&Cin, and Dorato, Sektkellerei Schloss Wachenheim AG is the world's leading producer of sparkling wines. Total sales of the Wachenheim Group amount to 255 million 0.75 liter bottles per year. Around 175 million of these bottles are sparkling wines; the remainder is comprised of wines, vermouth, spirits, non-alcoholic wines and sparkling wines, children party beverages and other beverages. The company, which is listed at stock markets in Germany and Poland, exports its produce to more than 30 countries in Europe, North and South America, Australasia, and Africa. Its worldwide market share is approximately ten per cent. Internet: www.schloss-wachenheim.com

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