Felix Schoeller, a German manufacturer of specialty papers, demonstrates how decades of industrial experience can be effectively combined with digital innovation: The long-established company relies on a business-IT alignment strategy with the low-code platform Simplifier, creating a new development logic along the SAP process chain. With Simplifier, Felix Schoeller not only closes the gap between business and IT, but also quickly and easily develops customized applications with direct SAP integration. Thanks to standardized interfaces, seamless SAP integration (including Fiori design approaches) and a stable framework with governance control, several productive applications could be implemented within eight weeks .
For example, the “Gasometer App”, which calculates the gas requirement for the power plant based on production planning data from SAP, has saved around €20,000 per month. The platform broke even in just 12 months. SAP-side process relief through tailor-made side-by-side extensions and the citizen development approach with cross-functional teams are now part of Felix Schoeller’s everyday digital life – with Simplifier as the integration hub between SAP, operational efficiency and strategic business value.
