{"id":2467,"date":"2026-02-06T10:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secat.de\/metal-solution-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:00:47","slug":"metal-solution-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/secat.de\/en\/metal-solution-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Metal Solution<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The metal industry operates in an environment that goes far beyond standard ERP processes. Materials are rarely simple catalog items\u2014they are defined by complex properties such as chemical compositions, mechanical strengths, or tight tolerance specifications. In addition, there are individual customer requirements for packaging, labeling, or testing that must be precisely accounted for in every order. <\/p>\n

Different business models face various challenges in this regard:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manufacturing plants<\/strong> must manage complex metallurgical production processes from raw steel to the finished product\u2014from melting and rolling processes to specialized heat treatments. Service centers<\/strong> focus on the efficient procurement, warehousing, and further processing of commercial materials with flexible processing capacities such as cutting, bending, or surface treatment.<\/p>\n

Processes in SAP S\/4HANA\u00ae<\/strong> already provide a powerful foundation for this. However, experience shows that additional support is particularly helpful in the metal industry. <\/p>\n

We have gathered experience through many industry-specific customer projects and subsequently developed a “Best Practice” Metal Solution<\/strong>. This solution is tailored to the requirements of the metal industry and covers the needs of both service centers and manufacturing plants. <\/p>\n

The QPPD Framework<\/strong> integrates seamlessly into existing SAP systems. It specifically extends the standard<\/strong> with additional data and functionalities and increases the degree of process automation<\/strong>. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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With QPPD, master data can be managed centrally and in a structured manner. Individual data structures can be mapped flexibly and linked directly with one another\u2014e.g., material standards with matching tolerance standards. This creates a consistent database (“Single Source of Truth”) that can be used across all areas of the company. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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With QPPD<\/strong>, master data can be managed. The QPPD Object Designer<\/strong> can be used to map the creation of individual data structures, resulting in a solution precisely tailored to the respective company. Direct linking of the corresponding objects is also possible. For example, material standards can contain a link to a separate tolerance standard object. <\/p>

Status and versioning concepts ensure clean and traceable data management. Since all master data can be linked together, a Single Source of Truth<\/strong> is created, providing consistent product data for all business areas. <\/p>

In combination with the BRF+ Framework<\/strong>, business-relevant rules can be defined directly by the functional department\u2014without going through IT. For example, data can be checked for plausibility, default values can be set automatically, or complex calculations such as chemical analysis formulas can be performed. This significantly increases the quality and reliability of data management. <\/p>

The integration<\/strong> into sales, production, purchasing, and quality management allows for a structured mapping of even complex product information. This makes product complexity transparent and controllable within the processes. <\/p>

Our Metal Solution provides a predefined data model<\/strong> based on our many years of experience in the metal industry. It is designed to comprehensively map the typical structures and characteristics of metal products. This allows industry-specific requirements to be taken into account directly. <\/p>

Included, for example, are:<\/p>