Syniti, Infinite Potential Unlocked
Graybar
Project Description
- Customer
- Graybar
- Category
- Data Quality, Information Governance
Helping Graybar Pursue An Ambitious Business Transformation
Graybar Electric Company, Inc., a Fortune 500 company, is a specialist in supply chain management services and the leading North American distributor of high-quality components, equipment and materials for the electrical and telecommunications industries. Carrying an inventory of more than 150,000 items from over 4,600 manufacturers, Graybar serves as the vital link to hundreds of thousands of customers. To quickly meet customer and supplier demands, Graybar began implementing the entire mySAP™ Business Suite family of business solutions in 2003, replacing outdated legacy systems that were incompatible with the future direction of the company.Key Challenges
- Build web-enabled applications that capitalize on existing mySAP ERP and SAP® NetWeaver assets
- Automate and ensure auditability of supplier change request process
- Enable employees to manage price change requests and quickly receive approvals
- Enforce data governance and ensure only clean data enters the ERP system
Success!
Highlights
- We enabled web-application development in two-month period without specialized in-house skills
- Local data stewards took a greater role in managing global change requests
- SAP NetWeaver components reduced costs associated with web-application development and simplified and sped up development process
Benefits
- SAP NetWeaver and our components enabled cost-effective, automated supplier change request process
- Enterprise portal enabled simple, centralized access to pertinent information for employees
- Employee self-services saved processing costs and time
- Our solution enforced data governance and ensured only clean data entered the ERP system