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Chemical Industry2026-06-26T14:24:41+02:00

SAP consulting For the chemical industry

Manage processes, recipes, and costs
reliably with SAP.

SAP consulting For the chemical industry

Manage processes, recipes, and costs
reliably with SAP.

BA Business Advice as an industry expert

We provide consulting services to chemical companies, drawing on our deep understanding of processes, regulatory requirements, and economic contexts. We combine technical expertise from production, the lab, and the supply chain with in-depth SAP expertise. Our focus is on gaining a holistic understanding of value creation and seamlessly integrating it into the SAP standard. This results in solutions that deliver results in day-to-day operations and ensure long-term stability.

Understanding
the processes​

We are familiar with bulk processes, variant and recipe management, as well as substitution and scale-up—from the lab to production. Using SAP-based quality management and clear control logic, we transform complex workflows into clean, traceable SAP processes.

Proven practical knowledge

We take an agile “fit-to-standard” approach in the chemical industry. We integrate existing lab and MES systems using SAP BTP and proven roadmaps. This allows us to reduce complexity, accelerate projects, and deliver fast, reliable results.

End-to-end value creation

We design end-to-end processes: from raw material procurement through production and quality control to distribution. We accurately map traceability, hazardous substance management, and best-before dates within the SAP standard to ensure true transparency throughout the entire value chain.

From formulation to value creation

We advise companies in the chemical industry on SAP-based process control.

We support chemical companies with SAP-based process control. Our approach is structured, practical, and comprehensive. From formulation and batch weighing through scale-up and production control to cost management and regulatory classification, we think through processes from start to finish.

Successful SAP Projects for the Chemical Industry – Our References

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We speak Chemistry!

We understand not only the systems, but also your processes, challenges, and regulatory requirements—from the lab all the way through to production.

  • We have expertise in production, the lab, and scale-up

  • We understand quality control and regulatory requirements

  • We think end-to-end—not in modules

  • We accurately translate business processes into standard SAP

  • We focus on “fit-to-standard” and clear scope definition

We combine industry expertise with SAP knowledge

MVP approaches, SAP Activate, agile sprints, BTP integration of lab and MES systems.
We bring real chemical-industry experience into every project.

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Clean Chemical Processes in SAP

We don’t start with SAP BPs, but with your process. We speak your company’s language and translate your value chain step by step into scalable and clean SAP standard processes.

Best Practices in chemistry

We rely on proven processes from real-world projects and a clear fit-to-standard concept. Using a Clean Core approach, we ensure rapid implementation, streamlined hazardous substance and batch management, and robust COA mapping within the SAP standard.

Comprehensive integration

We connect long-term value chains and efficiently integrate SAP S/4HANA, MES, and laboratory systems. Through BTP Services, we expand our solutions where it makes sense to do so, ensuring that costs, quality, and compliance work in tandem.

Understanding processes

We bring all relevant stakeholders together in structured process workshops and develop viable change and enablement strategies for the production plant and laboratory. Clear governance and IT accountability ensure sustainable further development.

Digital solutions like SAP PLM steer the innovation and development process across the entire product lifecycle. With SAP RD, recipes are developed, variants managed and trial results documented. SAP EHS ensures that safety, environmental and compliance requirements are met. Together with marketing, production and quality management, this creates innovative, safe and market-ready products.

Matching SAP products:
SAP Recipe Development (RD), SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), SAP Environment, Health & Safety (EHS)

Chemical companies must meet both legal requirements and rising expectations from customers, partners and authorities. With SAP Product Compliance, product-specific regulatory requirements, substance information and legal specifications can be managed and monitored efficiently. SAP Sustainability additionally supports companies in steering sustainability targets transparently, analyzing environmental metrics and producing ESG reports in a structured way.

Matching SAP products:
SAP Product Compliance, SAP Sustainability

Procurement forms the central interface between market and production. Here raw materials, packaging and services are sourced strategically to ensure reliable supply to production. With SAP MM, operational purchasing processes such as demand planning, order processing, goods receipt and invoice verification are managed efficiently and mapped transparently. Via the SAP Business Network, companies can also collaborate digitally with their suppliers. This builds sustainable and stable supply chains.

Matching SAP products:
SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Business Network

In production, recipes are turned into market-ready products. With SAP PP-PI, production processes in the process industry can be planned and controlled in a structured way, while SAP PP/DS enables advanced and finely tuned production planning. For operational execution on the shopfloor, SAP DM supports digital production execution and creates transparency over ongoing manufacturing processes. In parallel, SAP QM ensures systematic quality checks along the entire value chain, from raw materials through intermediates to the finished product. SAP BM additionally ensures seamless batch management and traceability. This guarantees that every product meets the high quality and safety requirements of the chemical industry.

Matching SAP products:
SAP Production Planning for Process Industries (PP-PI), SAP Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS), SAP Digital Manufacturing (DM), SAP Quality Management (QM), SAP Batch Management (BM)

In warehousing and shipping, the goal is to ensure that raw materials, intermediates and finished goods are stored, managed and delivered on time efficiently. With SAP MM or SRM, classic warehouse processes such as goods receipt, putaway, transfer and inventory management can be controlled efficiently. For more complex warehouse structures, SAP EWM offers advanced functions for warehouse organization, picking and process automation. SAP TM additionally supports the planning and control of transports and the optimization of shipping processes. This creates end-to-end transparency along the entire logistics and supply chain.

Matching SAP products:
SAP Materials Management (MM), SAP Stock Room Management (SRM), SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), SAP Transportation Management (TM)

Corporate steering provides transparency, orientation and a clear strategic direction for the company. With SAP FI, all finance-relevant business transactions are mapped transparently and form the basis for accounting, reporting and statutory closings. SAP CO supports internal steering through cost accounting, profitability analyses and cost-effectiveness assessments. SAP Analytics additionally enables modern analysis, planning and reporting functions. This creates a data-based foundation for sustainable, future-oriented corporate steering.

Matching SAP products:
SAP Financial Accounting (FI), SAP Controlling (CO), SAP Analytics (SAC)

“In chemistry, every value chain is unique and powerful in execution. Standard processes do not rule out this uniqueness, they give it a stable form. With SAP Cloud as a reliable backbone, we develop your workflows step by step into an integrated system landscape that connects instead of separating. No island solutions, no rush, but a deliberately chosen MVP and a modular approach that orients itself organically to your processes and grows together with you and your requirements.”

Erik Janssen, SAP Consultant Manufacturing – BA Business Advice

Eric Janssen SAP Consultant - BA Business Advice

Initial consultation

Contact us for a no-obligation initial consultation. We take the time to look at your individual challenges and goals.

Potential analysis

We analyze your processes together. Building on that, concrete potential for efficiency gains is identified and qualified.

Securing the future

Together we move into a secure future with smart process and SAP consulting, securing lasting competitive advantages for you!

Success Story

Successful implementation of a standardization project: aquatherm optimizes production processes with BA Business Advice GmbH and SAP Digital Manufacturing

Success Story aquatherm - BA Business Advice
With the introduction of SAP DM, we reached an important milestone at aquatherm. Thanks to SAP DM, we now receive precise production data in real time, which enables smooth operations.
Jens Junghanns, CIO, aquatherm GmbH, BA Business Advice

BA Business Advice –
360° Full Service SAP Consulting

BA Business Advice, 360° Full Service SAP Consulting

Because we don’t just roll out software. We design future-proof processes that make companies more agile, more efficient and more successful:

  • 20 years of SAP experience
  • Experienced project leads who steer migrations with foresight
  • Pragmatic, low-risk project approaches instead of big-corporation blah-blah
  • End-to-end consulting: technology + processes + organization + aftercare
  • Neutral & honest: we don’t just sell licenses, we advise individually
BA Business Advice - SAP Gold Partner

FAQ

Through a continuous SAP process chain made up of master data, MES data, warehouse movements, quality characteristics and product compliance. This makes every batch fully traceable, including hazardous material data, inspection status and COA.

SAP delivers full transparency with real-time costing, scenario analyses and planned-cost models. We connect this data with production, procurement and logistics information so you can clearly identify margin levers (for example raw materials, energy, transport).

SAP S/4HANA (public or private cloud) combined with SAP Digital Manufacturing (MES), Product Compliance, Cloud/Extended Warehouse Management, Supply Chain Planning and BTP integrations. This lets you manage recipes, campaigns, by-products, quality and logistics in a fully integrated way.

We recommend an MVP scenario such as “production of the bulk and handover to shipping.” This quickly creates a working end-to-end prototype that delivers real value. SAP Activate, fit-to-standard and clear quality gates ensure structure and pace.

Your end-to-end processes remain the starting point. We align workflows with SAP best practices, but deliberately preserve your company’s unique selling points and supplement, where needed, with developments or BA good practices. The result is a future-proof process that benefits from SAP standards while mapping your individual strengths in a clean-core-compliant system.

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