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	Ferrovial lays the tracks for rapid international expansion with SAP and IBM IBM

Ferrovial lays the tracks for rapid international expansion with SAP and IBM

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation Remote Collaboration
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Ferrovial, a leading infrastructure operator based in Madrid, Spain, was keen to expand its construction business internationally. However, the company's existing systems were inflexible, non-scalable, and highly customized, making it difficult to adapt to the diverse requirements of operating in multiple countries. The company lacked online integration, centralization, a shared and corporate-wide view of business information, and the capability to adjust to challenging requirements coming from multiple locations. Employees performed manual calculations that were slow and error-prone, and did not offer an accurate view of the business. This decentralized way of working and the use of obsolete technology prevented Ferrovial from growing faster and joining forces with suppliers and subsidiaries when embarking on international construction projects. Read More
About Customer	Ferrovial is a leading infrastructure operator headquartered in Madrid, Spain. The company manages four key business lines: offering urban and environmental services, operating motorways, constructing civil engineering and industrial structures, and building airports. In total, the company employs approximately 69,000 people and operates in more than 25 countries. Ferrovial is keen to grow its construction business internationally to boost revenues, pursue new commercial opportunities and sharpen its competitive advantage. However, the company found that expanding into new geographies presented a fresh set of challenges. To grow its business internationally, Ferrovial must be able to adjust rapidly to the different requirements – whether they be legal, fiscal or environmental – as well as consider the cultural and linguistic diversity of each country in which it operates. Read More
Solution	Ferrovial teamed up with IBM Global Business Services to implement inSite, a bespoke, highly innovative business process management solution based on SAP applications. The new solution is based almost entirely on SAP ERP software – with modules for sales and distribution, material management, financial accounting and controlling, project system, human resources, and SAP NetWeaver technology. It allows approximately 1,300 users at Ferrovial – including high-profile executives – to manage a complex and diversified landscape of operations, from finance and human resources to procurement, budgeting and planning. The IBM project teams also used SAP Web Dynpro technology to develop the front end of the inSite solution, which needed to be flexible and user-friendly in order for site managers to be able to easily leverage the system. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Remote Collaboration

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Ferrovial, a leading infrastructure operator based in Madrid, Spain, was keen to expand its construction business internationally. However, the company's existing systems were inflexible, non-scalable, and highly customized, making it difficult to adapt to the diverse requirements of operating in multiple countries. The company lacked online integration, centralization, a shared and corporate-wide view of business information, and the capability to adjust to challenging requirements coming from multiple locations. Employees performed manual calculations that were slow and error-prone, and did not offer an accurate view of the business. This decentralized way of working and the use of obsolete technology prevented Ferrovial from growing faster and joining forces with suppliers and subsidiaries when embarking on international construction projects.

About Customer

Ferrovial is a leading infrastructure operator headquartered in Madrid, Spain. The company manages four key business lines: offering urban and environmental services, operating motorways, constructing civil engineering and industrial structures, and building airports. In total, the company employs approximately 69,000 people and operates in more than 25 countries. Ferrovial is keen to grow its construction business internationally to boost revenues, pursue new commercial opportunities and sharpen its competitive advantage. However, the company found that expanding into new geographies presented a fresh set of challenges. To grow its business internationally, Ferrovial must be able to adjust rapidly to the different requirements – whether they be legal, fiscal or environmental – as well as consider the cultural and linguistic diversity of each country in which it operates.

Solution

Ferrovial teamed up with IBM Global Business Services to implement inSite, a bespoke, highly innovative business process management solution based on SAP applications. The new solution is based almost entirely on SAP ERP software – with modules for sales and distribution, material management, financial accounting and controlling, project system, human resources, and SAP NetWeaver technology. It allows approximately 1,300 users at Ferrovial – including high-profile executives – to manage a complex and diversified landscape of operations, from finance and human resources to procurement, budgeting and planning. The IBM project teams also used SAP Web Dynpro technology to develop the front end of the inSite solution, which needed to be flexible and user-friendly in order for site managers to be able to easily leverage the system.

Impact #1	With the inSite solution in place, Ferrovial is now fully ready to become a global player in the construction sector.
Impact #2	IBM and SAP provided Ferrovial with an agile, modular and scalable technological platform which offers great usability, online integration, scalability and cost-efficiency.
Impact #3	By providing a standardized foundation for business process management, the inSite solution makes it easy for Ferrovial to develop and implement new applications to be used across multiple geographies, and adjust them in a highly agile manner to suit each legal, financial, cultural and linguistic context.

Impact #1

With the inSite solution in place, Ferrovial is now fully ready to become a global player in the construction sector.

Impact #2

IBM and SAP provided Ferrovial with an agile, modular and scalable technological platform which offers great usability, online integration, scalability and cost-efficiency.

Impact #3

By providing a standardized foundation for business process management, the inSite solution makes it easy for Ferrovial to develop and implement new applications to be used across multiple geographies, and adjust them in a highly agile manner to suit each legal, financial, cultural and linguistic context.

Benefit #1	Reduces time-to-market for international applications from four weeks to two days – a 93 percent acceleration.

Benefit #1

Reduces time-to-market for international applications from four weeks to two days – a 93 percent acceleration.

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Ferrovial lays the tracks for rapid international expansion with SAP and IBM

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