and valve manufacturers,
KSB is one of the world’s leading pump
generating sales of 2.2 billion euros.
employing more than 15,000 people and
being utilized wherever liquids are involved.
We operate globally and our products are
cooling and heating circuits, as
In drinking water systems, wastewater systems,
well as in other industrial applications.
specializing in project management for
We are a multi-national company
As such, we need to
the special-purpose machinery construction sector.
documentation relating not just to the
supply our customers with comprehensive
as well, including motors,
pumps, but to all the outsourced components
mechanical seals, couplings, and a whole range of others.
suppliers on time is critical for us,
Getting this documentation from our
internal review processes on schedule,
since it allows us to adhere to our own
along with the customer approval processes.
production releases to our suppliers
In turn, that allows us to issue the
forward-looking, and user-friendly
We were looking for a modern,
review and approval processes on a single platform.
solution that would enable us to manage all our
since SAP is our primary
The connection to SAP was extremely important to us,
system and all the documents are automatically linked to it.
We put Fabasoft through a seriously rigorous screening process.
and used a number of exclusion
We started with a longlist of 31 vendors
of candidates. Fabasoft Approve
criteria to gradually whittle down the number
Fabasoft was the only provider that
emerged as the ideal solution for us.
implementation in line with Scrum, and
delivered genuinely agile project
the only one we trusted to handle the global rollout.
amount of manual work in connection
Thanks to Fabasoft Approve, we reduced the
with our technical documents dramatically.
suppliers now work on a single platform,
Today, all of our KSB employees and our
substantially simpler and faster.
making the cross-company workflow
I can see all of the to-dos
I find Fabasoft Approve genuinely easy to use.
neatly structured and organized in my personal worklist.
Our suppliers appreciate how easy it is to log in using their web
browser, too, since no additional software is needed.
which is a huge time saver for me personally.
Automated reminders are sent to vendors when tasks are due,
entirely different level of transparency.
Thanks to Fabasoft Approve, we've reached an
of the order, the project, and
Everyone involved has a complete overview
dates that are needed to handle the job.
all of its documentation, deadlines, and
in the future with Fabasoft Approve.
And we anticipate even further savings
material planning and inspection test
In fact, we're currently digitalizing our
our processes in those areas, too.
planning so that we can speed up and streamline
capacity we can now leverage elsewhere.
Fabasoft Approve saves us 4,500 person-hours per year -