Schenker started with the rollout of the FSCM Collections and Dispute Management modules, as an additional functionality to the existing ERP implementations. René Coppens has the role of central project manager for the rollout in the regions.
After nearly a year of preparations, Schenker in Argentina went live with SAP on 1st January 2011. Together with the enhanced functionality that was realised for local tax support in the operational system in a parallel project, the business processes are now supported much more efficiently and fully meet local legislation.
The SAP users of Schenker Argentina in Buenos Aires.
Due to the increased business requirements in the LATAM region it was decided to roll out SAP from 2009 onwards. With its complex system landscape, Brasil was selected as the first country in the LATAM region where SAP will be implemented. Together with the implementation of SAP, a number of other accounting and operational processes will be improved in order to meet the long term future challenges.
Schenker has initiated the global upgrade of their SAP R/3 systems at the end of 2007 and from there onwards a large project team at the Schenker head office in Essen has worked on all necessary preparations during the main part of 2008. The country organisation in The Netherlands was selected as the pilot and René Coppens acted as project manager. The upgrade was successfully completed as scheduled in November 2008 and all gained experiences will be used for the upcoming global upgrade projects. At the same time, governance procedures are introduced for the future maintenance of the ERP environment.
Following the completion of the SAP implementations in Australia and New Zealand, the next challenge is to integrate all BAX operations into Schenker. René Coppens is project manager for the integration of all accounting operations in Australia and New Zealand with the intention to complete the legal merger as per 1st August 2007.
Following the acquisition of BAX Global by Schenker, a kick-off meeting was held at Schenker’s regional head office in Singapore to initiate the activities related to the integration of BAX processes into Schenker’s systems. René Coppens participated as a moderator for integration for financial processes and its implications to operations.
Schenker Malaysia has started with SAP after half a year of intensive preparations. The local project team involved 5 staff members where each one had his/her individual responsibility within the finance and administration department, with René Coppens as project manager supported by Foo Joo Liang from the regional office in Singapore. The other 15 accounting colleagues were dedicated to gain sufficient experience in the final project phase, which was one of the reasons for a smooth production start up.
Schenker Malaysia with the traditional SAP certificate in Kuala Lumpur.
A standard interface has been released for SAP users of CoProcess SA in Switzerland, that makes in-house developments redundant and allows them to easily set up the interface with help of a few simple customising steps.
Schenker Thailand has started with SAP after half a year of intensive preparations. The local project team involved 6 staff members where each one had his/her individual responsibility within the finance and administration department, with René Coppens as project manager supported by Foo Joo Liang from the regional office in Singapore. The other 20 accounting colleagues were dedicated to gain sufficient experience in the final project phase, which was one of the reasons for a smooth production start up.
The Schenker colleagues proudly show their SAP certificate after a successful start
In October 2004, Schenker Singapore Pte Ltd went live with SAP R/3 successfully, after 6 months of preparations. René Coppens had the role of project manager, together with his local counter part Ms. Lau Kim Hoon for all local coordination. The successful start was celebrated with all project team members and accounting staff with a party at the beach front of Singapore.
