WEIR

Master data management with GLASSWING.

About WEIR

The Weir Group PLC is a UK-based engineering company that provides equipment and services for mining and minerals processing industries. Founded in 1871, it focuses on improving productivity and sustainability in resource extraction.

Business need

Data maintenance of materials, purchasing info records, source lists. More objects to be covered in MDS future phases.
Structured data maintenance via logical profiles around material types and organizational units, deriving logical values.
GPDM is initializing the maintenance/creation of all engineering materials.
SAP workflow functionality included in order to control processes for maintaining master data => governance structures established and controlled.

Solution

GLASSWING – Master Data Management solution.

Outcome

Master data maintenance can be governed and managed by the Global organization.
Data field owners will “only” have to provide data input to fields where values cannot be automatically derived from business rules.
Processes and rules that fill fields are automatically executed when master data should be created and changed. Thereby manual entries are significantly reduced.

Industry: mining industry with engineered processing solutions
Products: Wide range of products primarily for the mining and minerals processing industries such as Slurry Pumps and Ground Edging tools.
Employees: 12000

Key benefits: Fit for purpose, Cost effective, and Master data maintenance can be governed and managed by the Global organization

Linatex Rubber

Weir Group

2020

Go-Live date

2000+

SAP Users

150+

GLASSWING users

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