Software Solutions within SAP R/3 for Environmental Management and Sustainability Reporting

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1 Software Solutions within SAP R/3 for Environmental Management and Sustainability Reporting Results from a case study with Continental Automotive Systems in the research project INTUS Severin Beucker Thomas Loew Dr. Gunnar Jürgens UER/742 - Folie 1

2 Content Research project INTUS and the case study at Continental Initial Situation at Continental Objectives and Solution Results Challenges and Conclusions SEB/742 - Folie 2

3 The research project INTUS: partners and objective Title: INTUS = Operationalisation of Environmental Accounting Instruments through the use of Environmental Management Information Systems Objectives: Improvement of existing environmental accounting instruments Better understanding on how to select the right EMA instrument Efficient application of the instruments by the support of Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS) SEB/742 - Folie 3

4 Case Study: Continental Temic Nürnberg Company profile: Continental Temic is part of Continental Automotive Systems (CAS) and has production sites in 13 countries (more than 3000 employees in Germany). Main office is situated in Nürnberg. Products are electronic components for automotive safety systems (brakes, airbags, etc.) Targets of the case study: The company faces an increased demand for information on the use of environmentally relevant materials Input-Output-Balances, Environmental Management use of defined materials such as lead in solder and VOC in adhesives SEB/742 - Folie 4

5 Initial Situation: Different and Inconsistent Data Business Applications: Integrated software for business processes, ERP-system (SAP R/3) Environmental Management: Input Output Balance work intense (manual queries to evaluate material consumption) Separate software for management of waste and hazardous substances Register for hazardous substances in spread sheets, quantitative information in SAP R/3 Resulting Problems: Input-Output-Balance to much effort and imprecise no use of existing data on material consumption from ERP-system (SAP R/3) PPS Production Planning- System ERP System partial Integration common data Corporate Accounting Input-Output Balancing in spread sheets with data from ERP Waste Management Waste/residue database Hazardous Substances Management hazardous substances database SEB/742 - Folie 5

6 Objective and Solution: Efficient Use of Existing ERP-data Objective Making data from ERP-System easily available for environmental management Focus: consumption of environmentally relevant materials Option: automatic input output balance X2 Y1 Y2 Y3 U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 A U10-15 Solution Material typ Ökokontenrah menschlüssel Klassische Uw.eigenschaften laut Gefahrstoffgesetzgebung Aggregat -zustand TEMIC- bzw. CASspezifische Umwelteigensc haften Classification of materials in SAP R/3 according to a developed scheme of an Eco-Key Storage and administration of Eco Key data in SAP MM and SAP EH&S Standardized and self defined queries with ABAP List Viewer Long term: complete integration of data on hazardous substances SEB/742 - Folie 6

7 Storage, Administration and Analysis of Data from Eco Key ABAP List Viewer X2 Material typ Y1 Y2 Y3 Ökokontenrah menschlüssel SAP MM - material number - attributes of Eco Key (material typ, material group) - quantitative data SAP EH&S U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 A Ux-y Spezielle Umwelteigenschaften Aggregat -zustand Klassische Uw.eigenschaften laut Gefahrstoffges etzgebung - attributes of Eco Key (environmental properties) SEB/742 - Folie 7

8 Results standard queries hazardous substances inventory Input side of I/o balance (optional) Other standard queries Self defined queries Use of substances containing lead Use of substances containing VOC SEB/742 - Folie 8

9 Challenges and Conclusions Case study: Technical solution rather easy to develop Highest efforts for checking and completing master data Implementation of SAP/EH+S was scheduled but not yet decided in the Temic group Other projects to maintain compliance had a higher priority (especially IMDS in the automotive sector) Project INTUS/ general: ERP systems contain valuable useful information and data for environmental management purposes Today the cost benefit ratio of such projects is still difficult to determine, development of software solutions in the environmental field is still often driven by regulations In the future integrated solutions for environmental management in ERP systems will be provided Specific EMIS are useful for advanced analysis purposes, in certain Industries sectorspecific applications seem to be possible SEB/742 - Folie 9

10 Thank you for Your Attention! Severin Beucker Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (IAO) Nobelstraße Stuttgart, Germany Tel: ++49/711/ Fax: ++49/ 711/ e.mail: Thomas Loew (IÖW) ggmbh Potsdamer Straße Berlin, Germany Tel: ++49/ 30/ Fax: ++49/ 30/ e.mail: Dr. Gunnar Jürgens Continental Teves AG & Co. ohg Guerickestraße Frankfurt, Germany Tel: ++49/ 69/ Fax: ++49/ 69/ e.mail: [email protected] SEB/742 - Folie 10