Solon AG für Solartechnik

Industry:

HighTech

The company:

"The Pioneers of Power" is the slogan of SOLON AG für Solartechnik, which has its HQ in Berlin. Founded in 1997, the company went public in 1998, making it the first listed solar power company in Germany. SOLON is a pioneer and innovator in the field of solar technology. Since its establishment the company has grown rapidly and today it is one of Europe's major producers of solar modules, with subsidiaries and production facilities in Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and the USA, which are administered by a holding company. The group employs a workforce of over 650 and in 2006 generated an overall turnover of more than 346 million euros, an increase of over 70 per cent on the year before.

Project tasks and aims:

1. Because of its rapid expansion SOLON required efficient IT support which would enable a transparent overview of all business processes and finance flows throughout the group
2. Implementation of an optimum industry-specific solution for mapping all core processes on the basis of a uniform group structure and consolidated master data
3. Switch to an integrated, future-capable ERP system for locations in Germany, Europe and the USA
4. Creation of a uniform ERP platform for all business divisions and processes: from order processing via production to invoicing
5. Company-wide optimisation by ensuring inventory display at the click of a mouse, automation of previous manual, paper-based processes and highly efficient group reporting

Highlights:

1. All companies within SOLON AG interconnected across locations on the basis of a uniform data platform
2. Integration of all business processes and incidents on a uniform IT platform
3. Creation of a group-wide standard for consolidation in financial accounting, together with the mapping of financial accounting in line with international (IFRS) and local law (local GAAP)
4. Integration of a shop floor system for the planning and management of all production facilities
5. Going live within only seven months
6. Consecutive roll-out at the two production facilities in Berlin and Greifswald within only two weeks

Concrete customer benefits:

1. A transparent overview of all business processes on the basis of group-wide data and information flows
2. Needs-based and economical management of purchasing, production and storage processes
3. Process automation in intercompany operations
4. More efficient company administration on the basis of group consolidation
5. Clearly calculable and transparent IT operating costs, thanks to operation of software at the computer centre of ai informatics in Pforzheim with user-based charging model
6. Future-capable ERP platform supports international growth strategy

Customer quotation:

"What was previously hard to imagine has now become reality at our company: because of our rate of expansion we needed seamless and efficient IT support which would enable a transparent group-wide overview of all business processes and finance flows. This was put in place in a very short period of time, enabling us to concentrate fully on our core operations.“

Dieter Neberg, Solon

Solutions:

1. SPEED ME industry solution on an SAP basis
2. Application Management Services
3. Outsourcing
4. Print Management

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