Completion of first global ERP 6.0 upgrade in the Netherlands

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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.

Project sign-off for Railion Nederland NV

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Gerben Dokter, manager control, announced that the SAP R/3 project has been successfully completed now that the final interface to the HR system has also been completed. René Coppens had been asked to manage the project phases 1 and 2 (preparation and blueprint) and then handed over the deliverables to another team for the remainder of the project.

A toast on the successful implementation start of SAP. Left to right: Thessa Schneijdenberg, Jan-Hendrik van den Berg, Frans Lagas and Gerben Dokter. (Source: Rondom Railion May 2004)