Joining the growing SAP cloud customer base in Taiwan, local enterprises Zhiqiang International Co., Ltd., TaiZhou Zheng Xin Rubber Co., Ltd., and Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp. have chosen SAP solutions and technologies in a bid to create a strong digital foundation for their business operations.
This month, SAP released its Q1 2022 financial results highlighting the steady acceleration of its business driven by its cloud offerings, particularly SAP S/4HANA Cloud, which was expedited by RISE with SAP following its release in January 2021. Since its introduction, the Business Transformation as a Service product has transformed organisations from a wide range of industries around the world, ranging from sports to automatic vehicles and energy power corporations, among many others. As part of its ability to harness the power of cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), the comprehensive solution also includes analytics, business process intelligence (BPI), and SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) capabilities, which allow customers to become sustainable, intelligent enterprises.
In Taiwan, global tire supplier TaiZhou Zheng Xin Rubber Co., Ltd. and leading football shoe manufacturer Zhiqiang International Co., Ltd. announced that they tapped SAP to further accelerate their business process transformation. Deploying RISE with SAP, both of their projects will be centered on SAP S/4HANA Cloud, the German enterprise software giant’s next-generation ERP. (InsideSAP Asia often references articles from websites in other languages to bring you as much information as possible.)
China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and other countries are among TaiZhou Zheng Xin Rubber’s operating sites. Putting a strong emphasis on the requirements of business transformation while optimising the global layout, the company selected RISE with SAP to streamline the overall production process, and increase the productivity of their manufacturing operations. Global bases have been linked together to gain immediate insight into worldwide market trends and industrial business opportunities, among other things.
Increasing the SAP Cloud Customer Base in Taiwan
Leading surface mount technology (SMT) supplier Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology Corp. completely upgraded its digital core, integrated SAP S/4HANA, and cloud-based technologies such as SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation (SAP iRPA). When it comes to the manufacturing process, Big Data has been utilised to connect global operational bases and comprehend market dynamics and business prospects in real time.
Meanwhile, Zhiqiang International Chairman Chen Weijia said that their company adopted a lean production process thinking to effectively control costs and improve gross profit margins. Chen further explained:
“In order to continuously improve core competition and to strengthen the management efficiency of overseas factories such as Vietnam and Cambodia, and break the information silos, we work with SAP to upgrade the digital core, fully import SAP S/4HANA cloud ERP, and accurately aggregate production, sales, finance and other data from various ends.”
According to Zhiqiang International, the SAP transformation project has so far achieved the following results:
- Effectively calculate operating costs
- Reduce production processes
- Eliminate unnecessary waste
- Improve decision-making to implement production stability, speed and flexibility
Chen Zhiwei, SAP Global Vice President and General Manager of Taiwan, noted that Zhiqiang International can depend on its well-built cloud digital core to implement zero-day and zero-distance insights and grasp market business opportunities in real time. He added:
“Taiwan has many global hidden champions who are quietly cultivating niche markets, just as Zhiqiang International specialises in football shoe manufacturing and occupies a leading position in the world.”
