Team working with SAP master data management system Glasswing

ATEA

Automation and Savings with GLASSWING

A group of people representing Glasswing's team creating solutions for and with SAP master data that redefine efficiency and productivity

About Atea

Atea is the leading supplier of IT infrastructure in the Nordic and Baltic regions, serving businesses and public-sector organizations across seven countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. With nearly 8,000 employees located in 88 cities, Atea has a powerful local presence in each market it serves

Business need

Maintain info from 68 suppliers (46 at Atea and 22 at Imento). Therefore, it is important that the data is correct at the first scanning
Avoid manual handling of errors and missing data
More consistent data across different systems
Faster updates
Higher degree of automation (creation of materials and price changes over 99%)
Improved usability

Solution

External Data is loaded into GLASSWING with the help of SAP PI, which removes mistakes and missing data when receiving the file from suppliers
By letting GLASSWING use external data and leverage existing business processes and associated rules, GLASSWING is able to help automate the master data maintenance process
GLASSWING provides a new simpler user interface by reducing the number of fields to be maintained

Outcome

Creation and modification of materials, both automatic and manual are done via GLASSWING
Automatic email to vendors for errors recognized automatically
Automation rate of 99.04% on product creation and price changes
Less error handling, quick updates and improved usability

Industry: IT
Category: Master Data Management

Up to 99% automation rate on product creation and price changes

Atea

Norway

Why did this project come to be?

Atea had a business requirement to implement a new master data system for handling product, price and inventory master data. The system should ensure a uniform handling of product and price information data for update and distribution in Atea systems.

What changed for the better?

Atea receives between 1-2 million records from all vendors and manage price changes to over 1.4 million products in one day (2.1 million at full load on EET) with help of GLASSWING
All creation and modification of materials, both automatic and manual, are done via GLASSWING
Automatic email to vendors for errors recognized automatically
GLASSWING provides central control with decentralized maintenance
Strong governance setup due to clear definition of responsibilities and field ownership. A structured workflow where tasks are only send to relevant employees.

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