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Material Masters and BOMs with ⁴PEP Material Master Management

KSB is one of the world’s leading providers of pumps and valves. KSB combines innovative technology and excellent service to achieve intelligent solutions. With this approach in mind, KSB employees are close to customers on all continents, providing them with pumps and valves for almost all applications involving the transportation of fluids. A comprehensive range of services rounds off this customer-focused portfolio. KSB fulfills global requirements regarding the management of material masters and BOMs using ⁴PEP Material Master Management from ILC.

Customer Quote

“Thanks to ⁴PEP Material Master Management, we can efficiently manage our international material master maintenance processes and ensure high-quality master data.”

Thomas Tetzlaff, Head of product data and standardization, KSB SE & Co. KGaA

Company

name: KSB SE & Co. KGaA
location: Frankenthal (HQ), additional production plants, sales and marketing companies in over 100 countries
industry: Machinery and Plant Engineering
products: pumps, valves, services
revenue: 2.143 bn EUR (2020)
employees: >15,000
www.ksb.com

Initial situation and challenge

master data management based on Lotus Notes
retirement of the Lotus Notes system was imminent
no integration in SAP and therefore no availability of additional SAP objects
a lot of work done by hand caused by the typing of the requirements into the Notes’ database and the subsequent copying into SAP

Solution

workflow-supported master data creation
maintenance using an interface similar to Excel
preset of many attributes through initially defined values
automated determination of departments and persons involved in the process

Customer benefits

increased master data quality through targeted integration of all involved departments
transparency in the creation of the material
quicker release of master data for subsequent processes
less maintenance required due to standardized default values