ZPMC
A multinational port-equipment manufacturer unifies its North America operations on SAP Business One on HANA, automating consolidation and cutting monthly close nearly 50%
- Headquarters
- Multinational; North America operations
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Products & Services
- Port machinery and heavy equipment
- Website
- http://cn.zpmc.com/
- Partner
- MTC USA
- Solution
- SAP Business One on HANA
Who They Are
ZPMC is a globally renowned port machinery and heavy equipment manufacturer with a history dating back more than a century. Operating multiple production bases and serving customers worldwide, ZPMC is one of the leading names in the design, manufacture, installation, and maintenance of port cranes and heavy equipment. In North America, ZPMC runs multiple operations — an East Coast office, a West Coast office (ZPMC USA), and a Houston-based North America Procurement & Logistics Center — primarily responsible for the sales, installation, and maintenance of port cranes across the region. Centered on large-scale projects, the company works closely with local terminals and labor unions. To enable flexible and efficient management of its North America operations, ZPMC selected SAP ERP to automate and refine every aspect of project management — from services and procurement to budgets, approvals, and finance — streamlining project workflows and significantly reducing labor costs.
Products Deployed
Implementation partner: MTC USA
What the Client Says
MTC and SAP helped us build a management platform for our North American operations. Through automated, integrated system management, we have streamlined project management processes and saved significant labor and time.
What This Upgrade Delivered
- Unified multi-branch financial controls across North American subsidiaries with SAP, satisfying both group compliance requirements and local regulations and tax laws.
- Automated consolidated financial reporting, saving significant labor and time while displaying multi-branch data in a single report for clear at-a-glance visibility.
- Enabled project-centric, multi-level granular management covering services, procurement, approvals, budgets, and finance, with automated labor-hour calculations for outsourced personnel.
- Deployed a mobile approval function on SAP supporting multi-level and multi-person approvals with real-time content visibility, streamlining project workflows and significantly improving efficiency.
- Reduced the entire monthly financial closing cycle by nearly 50%, with accurate and timely operational analytics to support business decision-making.
- Cut procurement approval times through multi-level, multi-person approval workflows, streamlining project management end to end.
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