1. Travel & Transportation
Business challenge
To make smarter decisions about which commercial opportunities to pursue, Scharff needed faster, more detailed insight into profitability than existing manual processes could provide.
Transformation
Working with IBM, Scharff moved from slow manual work to slick, digitized processes based on SAP® ERP applications, gaining rapid access to profitability figures and becoming smarter and more agile.
“By shifting from slow manual working to slick digitized processes, we’re transforming the way we operate and becoming smarter, leaner and more agile.”
—Wilmer Pineda, Deputy General Manager, Scharff
Wilmer Pineda, Deputy General Manager, Scharff
Business benefits:
20 days
saved on calculating financial results
Hours
not weeks needed for bank reconciliations and accounts receivables calculations
Enables
Scharff to cherry-pick fresh commercial opportunities
Grupo Scharff
Pinpointing dazzling commercial opportunities with IBM and SAP
Solution components
IBM® Global Business Services®
SAP ERP applications including modules for finance and materials management
Client Name
Grupo Scharff
Company Background
One of Peru’s leading logistics specialists, Grupo Scharff offers end-to-end supply chain management. Headquartered in Callao near Lima, the company also operates in Bolivia and Ecuador. In total, Scharff Peru employs 569 people and generates annual revenues of approximately USD4.39 million. In addition, the company represents FedEx in Peru and Bolivia.
Business challenge
To make smarter decisions about which commercial opportunities to pursue, Scharff needed faster, more detailed insight into profitability than existing manual processes could provide.
The benefit
Near-instant data access enables Scharff to identify the hottest commercial opportunities; integrated SAP solutions replace spreadsheet work, saving 20 days on compilation of financial results.
Pull Quote
“By shifting from slow manual working to slick digitized processes, we’re transforming the way we operate and becoming smarter, leaner and more agile.”
—Wilmer Pineda, Deputy General Manager, Scharff
Solution components
IBM® Global Business Services®
SAP ERP applications including modules for finance and materials management
Case study Link
One of Peru’s leading logistics specialists, Grupo Scharff offers end-to-end supply chain management. Headquartered in Callao near Lima, the company also operates in Bolivia and Ecuador. In total, Scharff Peru employs people and generates annual revenues of approximately USD4.39 million. In addition, the company represents FedEx in Peru and Bolivia.
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