Deloitte Collaborations Recognised with Two SAP Innovation Awards in Business Innovator and Adoption Champion Categories

Awarded in the Business Innovator category, Deloitte’s work with Carl Zeiss AG solved for the challenge of modernizing amid a competitive and rapidly changing manufacturing environment. Carl Zeiss AG (ZEISS) is a large research-oriented enterprise that distributes optical products globally, serving four segments, including: Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, and Consumer Markets. As a result of ZEISS’s highly regulated manufacturing environment, the company relied on paper-based documentation types causing cost and effort strain, verification hurdles and poor environmental impact.

The Deloitte team was tasked with managing the transformation of the completely paper-based documentation process to a fully automated system, while also improving visibility into every stage of manufacturing.  This innovative program worked to utilize Industry 4.0 practices that integrate Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) in the cloud and smart manufacturing technologies. With a multi-plant pilot program, ZEISS rolled out the SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud (DMC) across production lines, starting with its Meditec division. The new digital automation solution delivers a high level of production efficiency and regulatory compliance, automating data collection from machines and operators, measuring environmental controls with precision, producing digital documentation to eliminate paper consumption, and providing an accessible single source of data.