Introducing Manufacturing in SAP SCM Design to Operate Approach​
Connecting Operating in SAP Supply Chain Management to End-to-End Business Processes
Exploring the Key Products of Manufacturing in SAP Supply Chain Management Suite
Exploring Autonomous Enterprise

Illustrating Value Creation with Manufacturing in SAP Supply Chain Management through Customer Examples

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to identify the impact Manufacturing in SAP Supply Chain Management in Design to Operate Approach on business challenges using real-world customer use cases to demonstrate its value​

Value Creation

Summary: Customer use cases provide practical evidence of how SAP Digital Manufacturing creates value across real production environments. Adoption at scale, use in regulated industries, and continuous feedback from active customers show that the solution supports both operational execution and ongoing platform improvement.

Business Scenario: Manufacturers want proof that a digital manufacturing solution can perform in demanding, real-world conditions:

  • Large customers are running high event volumes in active production environments
  • Regulated industries require compliance, validation, auditability, and controlled updates
  • Multi-plant manufacturers need consistent execution and visibility across operations
  • Different industries expect value in different forms, including efficiency, productivity, and control
  • Customers need confidence that the platform will continue to improve as requirements grow more complex
Experience how customers use SAP DM today showing customer success examples from Raumedic, Siemens Energy, King's Hawaiian, and Jowat, with story links, video link, QR codes, and references to SAP Digital Manufacturing customer reviews and supply chain evolution resources

Solution: SAP Digital Manufacturing demonstrates value through active customer use, industry breadth, and continuous platform evolution.

Adoption and scale as proof of value:

  • Customers are using the solution at high transaction and event volumes in live production settings
  • Large-scale usage shows that the platform is not just implemented, but actively supporting manufacturing execution
  • This production-scale activity also drives ongoing improvements in performance, reliability, and scalability

Regulated industry support:

  • Customers in life sciences and medical technology use the solution to support compliance, validation, quality management, and auditability
  • SAP Digital Manufacturing helps manage controlled updates and standardized compliance processes in environments with strict regulatory expectations
  • This allows organizations to improve flexibility without losing control in validated manufacturing settings

Value across industry scenarios:

  • Manufacturers use the solution to improve end-to-end process efficiency
  • It supports real-time operational visibility and more consistent execution across plants
  • Customer examples also show productivity gains in digital factory environments across different sectors

Continuous improvement through customer feedback:

  • Real-world usage creates a feedback loop that strengthens functionality, performance, scalability, and reliability
  • Event-driven architecture and high-volume transactional support continue to improve based on actual customer demand
  • This feedback-driven evolution is a critical value mechanism because it makes the platform stronger as adoption grows
Image titled: SAP Digital Manufacturing 12-month progress summary, showing adoption and innovation milestones over the last year. The slide highlights growth to 3 live plants, 9× increase in SFC processing, and 20 million SFCs recorded at a top customer. Capability advances are grouped across Artificial Intelligence, Insights & Performance Management, Execution, Dispatch & Scheduling, Production Engineering, and Edge & Automation, including AI-assisted production engineering, shop floor supervisor agent, Joule, OEE and reporting, POD 2.0 beta, electronic batch record beta, workforce management, routing enhancements, and cloud-edge data synchronization.

Business Benefits Summary:

  • Proven scalability through active use in demanding production environments
  • Greater confidence in compliance and controlled updates for regulated industries
  • Broader business value across efficiency, visibility, and productivity scenarios
  • Stronger long-term platform performance through continuous customer-driven improvement