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ThoughtFocus Helps Specialty Vehicle Manufacturer Streamlined Operations and Increase EBITDA by 27% Implements First Greenfield Implementation of SAP S/4HANA® in North America The REV Group is the largest manufacturer of specialty vehicles in North America, and generates over $2B in annual revenue. Formed in 2010 by the merger of four separate companies, REV operates 16 manufacturing plants across the US producing over 27 leading brands of RVs, ambulances, buses and fire trucks. The Challenge: This large “make to order” manufacturer, offers numerous custom solutions that required myriad parts. With an outdated operations solution and no existing Bill of Materials (BOM) to efficiently plan for parts, many of which were exclusive to each manufacturing …show more content…

To help them implement the solution, REV Group selected ThoughtFocus since its expert team had the industry experience, proprietary business process methodologies, and accelerators that could deliver a fast, effective solution at a reasonable cost. The REV Group put a lot of trust in ThoughtFocus since this was the first greenfield implementation of SAP S/4HANA in North America. Data transformation was a key focus area and a fundamental cornerstone for success. One of the challenges the company faced, was streamlining inventory for thousands of parts without an existing Bill of Materials (BOM). The company needed to quickly and accurately build a list of parts to ensure optimal inventory, as it was impacting both finances and production. ThoughtFocus created a solution that enabled workers to scan a part before putting it on a bus, which automatically created a part number and entered the information into the BOM. After producing a few vehicles using this process, the company now has a complete BOM that was developed cost-effectively and without disrupting …show more content…

For more information on how ThoughtFocus can help your organization optimize business processes and implement SAP S/4HANA, please visit www.thoughtfocus.com or call xxx-xxx-xxxx. [Sidebar – note – if we can’t get someone to agree to this quote, we can change it to a summary statement] “ThoughtFocus helped us unify and re-define our business processes, then implemented SAP S/4HANA® to digitize and streamline our formerly manual “made-to-order” processes across thirteen business units. As a result, we have reduced cycle times, decreased operational expenses and increased EBITDA by 27%. This implementation transformed the efficiency of our operations.” – XXXX at REV

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