Coca-Cola Refreshments (CCR)

Modernizing Production Systems for Smart Manufacturing Readiness

🏭Client Overview

Coca-Cola Refreshments operates one of the largest mission-critical SAP ECC environments, supporting logistics, HR, and warehouse operations across a vast network of bottling and distribution facilities.

🎯Challenge

CCR’s infrastructure was based on legacy IBM systems, limiting scalability and performance. The goal was to enable real-time production insights, scalable analytics, predictive maintenance, and integrated digital operations.

•Bottlenecks in SAP ECC and SCM performance
•Limited analytical speed due to legacy BI and reporting engines
•Outdated hardware (IBM P5) and lack of modular analytics

🔍Our Approach

Conducted a comprehensive architecture and operational assessment, including SAP ECC and SCM evaluation, performance audits, and interviews to define use-case gaps, creating a transformation roadmap.

🔧Implementation Phases

1SAP System & Hardware Modernization

•Migrated from IBM P5 to P7 series to increase system throughput
•Optimized SAP ECC and SCM performance for critical interfaces (WebMethods, Voice Pick POD, SRM, HR)

2Analytics Acceleration via BWA

•Deployed SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator (BWA) 7.20 with the Calculation Engine
•Enabled real-time analytics with support for complex KPIs, exception aggregation, and modeling
•Reduced lag time in decision-making across HR and plant operations

3Smart Manufacturing Foundations

•Enabled real-time operational visibility by connecting POD systems and ECC
•Laid the foundation for predictive modeling and OEE analysis
•Enhanced system resilience to support 24/7 production cycles

🧠Technologies Used

SAP ECC 6.0, SCM 7.0SAP BWA 7.20SAP Solution ManagerIBM Power Series InfrastructureWebMethods Integration Suite

📈Business Outcomes

60%+ faster reporting speeds across production, logistics, and HR

Reliable system performance during peak operational hours

Enhanced ability to support future AI and ML-based process analytics

Created a digital baseline for further cloud or S/4HANA migration

🌐Smart Manufacturing Alignment

Shifted from legacy ERP to a digitally intelligent enterprise core, enabling predictive maintenance, demand-driven production, and sensor-driven quality insights.