Satisfied customers

Increased efficiency and time savings through digitized request processes for all technical procurement units

• Broad acceptance due to industry-wide approved application
• Rapid introduction of the cloud solution / worldwide usage
• Implementation period: 2 months / SAP ECC 6.0 / Go-live 2001

Costs and time savings in requests, reduction of cost risk through interconnected planning and accelerated business processes

• Acceleration of procurement plus significant cost savings
• Planners and purchasers work in one application without media discontinuity
• High user acceptance and user-friendly workflows
• Implementation period: 4 weeks / SAP ECC 6.0 / go-live 2000

Replacement of existing stand-alone IT solutions in favor of an SAP-integrated e-sourcing solution for construction services purchasing with connection to S/4HANA

• Support with the definition of requirements
• Current state analysis, clarification of goals, delineation of processes
• Procurement based on framework contracts in unplanned maintenance work
• Implementation period: 6 months / SAP S/4HANA / go-live 2018

Replacement of the previous AVA solution and establishment of new, end-to-end procurement processes with suppliers and service providers

• Uniform procedures for all offices carrying out construction work
• Automated mapping of offered item lists with a GAEB structure in the SAP system
• Automatic creation of the service entry sheets in SAP after release of the services entered via FUTURA
• Implementation period: 5 months / SAP ECC 6.0 / go-live 2012

Cloud-based service processing and full integration in SAP ECC with various modules

• Simple supplier connection through automated onboarding
• Automatic creation of service entry sheets in SAP / introduction of a credit memo procedure
• Correct commitment reduction for better release of funds
• Implementation period: 4 weeks / SAP ECC 6.0 / go-live 2009

Provision of end-to-end processes for SAP-integrated planning, procurement, requests and billing of construction works and other services

• Automatic mapping of LVs with GAEB structure in the SAP system
• Highest possible data quality of all documents in SAP
• Automatic creation of the service entry sheets in SAP after release of the services entered via FUTURA
• Implementation period: 6 months / SAP ECC 6.0 / go-live 2012

SAP-integrated procurement processes around planning, purchasing, invoicing based on the GAEB standard

• Automated onboarding of suppliers and automated price comparison lists
• Accelerated maintenance processing and independent online invoicing by suppliers with access to their framework contracts
• Audit-proof documentation in SAP
• Implementation period: 12 months / SAP S/4HANA / go-live 2009

Efficient and SAP-integrated handling of the sourcing process for materials and services

• Placing requests for quotation for spare parts by linking the drawing archive to FUTURA Smart
• Placing Requests for quotation for project services and framework agreements via FUTURA Engineering
• Automated palcement of purchase orders and/or contracts in S/4HANA
• Implementation period: 6 months for go-live 2005 with SAP ECC / since November 2023 switch to FUTURA Smart and FUTURA Engineering and S/4HANA

Integration of suppliers and service providers for online entries of measurements / procurement optimization in the purchase of civil engineering and pipe construction services

• Automatic transfer of data between FUTURA Engineering and SAP
• Easy online connection of suppliers / self-service for measurement creation
• Transfer of GAEB-based offers including all details to SAP
• Implementation period: 6 months / SAP S/4HANA / go-live 2018

Consulting on the establishment of IT-supported end-to-end procurement processes for construction services incl. SAP integration

• Current state analysis, clarification of goals, delineation of processes
• Support for requirements definition / vulnerability analysis
• Proof of concept / preliminary study on TARGET processes, definition and documentation of use cases
• Implementation period: 3 months / SAP S/4HANA / go-live 2019

Optimizing procurement of A-materials / civil engineering and installation services

• Bundled purchasing and mandate purchasing
• Transparent offer analysis / evaluation of offers at the push of a button
• Transfer of GAEB-based offers including all details to SAP
• Implementation period: 3 months / SAP ECC 6.0 / go-live 2009

Transparent mapping of purchasing activities in SAP relating to construction and services

• Pre-project with an actual state analysis, elaboration of the solution concept and comparison with the FUTURA best practice processes
• Mapping of operational service procurement and of service procurement based on framework contracts
• Time and hour recording including calculation via surcharges
• Implementation period: Pre-project 12 months / implementation 6 months / SAP ECC 6.0 / go-live 2024