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Integrated portfolio management at Continental

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公司规模
Large Corporate
地区
  • Europe
国家
  • Germany
产品
  • planningIT
技术栈
  • SAP
实施规模
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Cost Savings
技术
  • 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
适用行业
  • 汽车
适用功能
  • 离散制造
  • 商业运营
用例
  • 自动化制造系统
  • 资产生命周期管理
服务
  • 系统集成
关于客户
Continental is a Germany-based global firm known for being one of the largest suppliers to the automotive industry. The company is recognized for its tires, but it also plays a vital role at all stages of the automotive manufacturing process. Across its five divisions – Chassis & Safety, Powertrain, Interior, Tires, and Contitech – Continental produces parts for all the major vehicle makers, covering everything from electronic brake systems to transmissions, driver instrumentation, and air spring systems. The company has seen rapid growth through twelve major acquisitions since 2000, which has significantly increased its capability and expertise. The Continental Corporation Automotive Group has approximately €16 billion in sales and employs 87,000 people.
挑战
Continental, a major supplier to the automotive industry, faced a significant challenge due to its rapid growth through acquisitions. This growth left the company with a legacy of diverse IT systems, making it difficult to have a clear view of the IT landscape. The company needed to standardize its applications to conform to industry standards and align more closely with the business. The complexity of the situation was further compounded by the fact that Continental is known for its tires, but it is a vital supplier at all stages of the automotive manufacturing process. The company's automotive business grew rapidly through twelve major acquisitions since 2000, increasing its capability and expertise but also its IT complexity.
解决方案
Continental Automotive turned to planningIT to integrate all of its IT portfolios. After working with planningIT for around 18 months, the company made significant advances in integrating its IT portfolio. It established a central application repository, assigned ownership of applications, and established functional frameworks for all IT areas. Furthermore, it identified around 10% of existing applications that could be retired. A significant achievement was bringing SAP into planningIT, which included establishing an SAP data model, gaining visibility over all current productive SAP systems, maintaining interfaces, and assigning SAP system responsibility to regions, business units, or functional areas. The Enterprise Architecture (EA) team agreed upon a new application portfolio strategy, judging any application – current or prospective – on criteria such as contribution to current and future business success, costs, risk factors, technical quality, and functional quality.
运营影响
  • Continental Automotive now has a clear view of its IT landscape, which is helping to standardize its applications.
  • The company has established a central application repository, assigned ownership of applications, and established functional frameworks for all IT areas.
  • Continental Automotive has gained visibility over all current productive SAP systems, maintained interfaces, and assigned SAP system responsibility to regions, business units, or functional areas.
  • The company has an integrated portfolio that serves as a strategic tool, enabling the EAM team to identify areas of improvement, drive standardization, and undertake proper IT planning.
  • With better data quality and wide access across the business to meaningful real-time information, IT is helping to improve decision-making across the business.
数量效益
  • Identified around 10% of its applications that can be retired.

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