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Using Winshuttle for Clean and Efficient Business Processes for SAP Material Master Data Arwen Pritchett | Arizona Chemical
Winshuttle User Group | San Diego 2013
Our Company
Established in 1930, Arizona Chemical is the world’s leading biorefiner of pine chemicals. We have 10 plants in the USA and Europe, and 60 offices selling on 6 continents.
We refine and upgrade Crude Tall Oil (CTO) and Crude Sulphate Turpentine (CST), which are co-products of the wood pulping process to produce paper.
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Our Products
We provide natural pine-based materials in many diverse markets including adhesives, roads & construction, tires & rubber, lubricants, fuel additives, and mining, that are environmentally friendly and sustainable alternatives to non-renewable chemicals.
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Our Problem
SAP Material Master Creation:
No clear business process – no ownership
No workflow – inefficient gathering of data & approvals
No Visibility – no way to identify bottlenecks
Data entered by Central Data Maintainer who does not own the data or have clear understanding of its function for the end user.
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Solution: Part I
Transaction
Record a real transaction as you create a material.
Creates a customizable spreadsheet with all needed fields in SAP speak.
Unloadable to SAP or to Designer.
Great for mass uploads!
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Solution: Part II
Designer working with Infopath and Sharepoint
Workflow is designed with simple flowchart, linked to your Transaction recording.
Launch Infopath from Designer to import all fields – makes form creation a drag-and-drop process.
Simple upload from Designer to Sharepoint website making the workflow web-based.
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Designer Workflow
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Drag and Drop SAP Fields into Infopath Forms
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Customize Each Assignment
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Customize Notices
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Automatic Past-due Notices
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Easy interface in Sharepoint
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Easy to Check Request Status
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Easy Delegation
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Results
Business Process exist with a workflow.
Clear visibility of request status and completion times.
Automated reminders of pending tasks.
Data filled in by data owners, and only reviewed for quality by the Central Data Maintainer.
Auditable approval trail.
Estimated time saved per request: __________
Estimated time save in a year: ______________