Sappi: Efficiently Managing Variable Production Costs with SAP® Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence Company Sappi Headquarters Johannesburg, South Africa Industry Mill products Products and Services Paper products, pulp, specialized cellulose, and forest and timber products Employees 12,800 Web Site www.sappi.com Partner EOH Mthombo (Pty) Ltd. www.eoh.co.za Large-scale mill and forest product producer, Sappi needed a new IT system that would provide greater visibility into consumption and cost against budget. Working with EOH, it quickly deployed the SAP® Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) application across all its mills in South Africa. Now it can better manage costs and improve profitability. Real-time Visibility into consumption and costs Fast Reaction to nonconformance Better Budgeting and recipe management Objectives Replace legacy system reporting with a standard SAP® solution for manufacturing at all mill production plants Provide a platform for continuous behavioral improvement Improve cost visibility to measure consumption and cost across plants Why SAP and EOH Ability of SAP MII, based on the SAP ERP application, to manage consumption and costs against budget Real-time transparency into consumption cost, helping prevent nonconformance Fast implementation and quick wins by leveraging a generic toolset Platform for recipe and bills of material refinement Benefits Better decision making based on real-time cost insight Improvement in profitability analysis and budgeting Standardized solution that enables enterprise-wide reporting Fast and simple rollout across mills in South Africa “In a competitive market with ever increasing input costs, it is crucial that we actively manage our production costs. With SAP MII, we have achieved real-time insight into our consumption and costs against budget – enabling us to effectively manage and control our variable costs and improve profitability.” Joanne Boyd, Project Lead, Sappi 43858 (16/10) This content is approved by the customer and may not be altered under any circumstances.