CITIC Dicastal
Deep commitment to Morocco: building a digital bridge to achieve integrated business-finance-tax management at the production base with real-time data exchange with group headquarters
- Chinese name
- 中信戴卡
- Location
- Shandong, China / Morocco
- Industry
- Automotive Parts
- Products & Services
- Aluminum wheels, aluminum castings, etc.
- Website
- www.dicastal.com
- Partner
- MTC
- Solution
- SAP S/4HANA
Project Summary
Rapidly established a digital management platform for the Morocco base, building a standardized, science-based integrated business-finance-tax management platform.
Met Moroccan local accounting standards requirements, achieving global financial and tax management with local compliance.
Company Profile
CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd., part of CITIC Group, manufactures aluminum wheels and chassis components. The company supplies major automakers and operates factories across China, North America, Europe and Africa. Its Morocco production base in the Kenitra Atlantic Free Trade Zone includes two aluminum-wheel factories and one aluminum-casting factory. Under the "One Dicastal One Team" approach, the Morocco base became a pilot for the group rollout. SAP S/4HANA was deployed locally to connect production, finance and tax processes and exchange data with group headquarters in China.
Business and Management Requirements
Management Requirements Before Implementation
- The two wheel factories and the casting factory at the production base lacked a unified, standardized management platform.
- Data across procurement, production, sales, finance, and cost management was disconnected, creating significant information silos.
- To meet group IPO listing requirements, data inconsistencies and system fragmentation needed to be resolved quickly.
- As a Belt and Road smart manufacturing benchmark factory pilot, the project demanded high standards under tight timelines, requiring rapid go-live and replication to other regions.
Implementation Goals
- Since the Morocco base is located in Africa, SAP S/4HANA was needed to meet local fiscal and tax management requirements.
- The pilot project had extremely high demands for the service provider, requiring a professional consulting team and experienced management personnel.
- MTC's full SAP overseas service capabilities ensured smooth local project delivery in Morocco.
- MTC provided documented training and knowledge transfer for the Morocco-base project team.
Systems and Applications in Scope
Implementation partner: MTC
Client Feedback
MTC team's professionalism and dedication ensured the successful go-live of the SAP S/4HANA project at CITIC Dicastal's Morocco production base. Project goals were achieved rapidly with high quality and high standards. Through system adoption, the overseas factory's operational health was enhanced, establishing a benchmark factory for CITIC Dicastal's overseas wheel division.
Implementation Outcomes
- Standardized procurement, production, quality, sales, finance and cost-accounting processes across the Morocco base.
- Completed SAP and MES system integration.
- Unified material coding with a strict one-item-one-code rule, introducing batch attributes and shift concepts. DMS and SAP product master data are kept consistent, ensuring data accuracy and improving work efficiency.
- Connected operational and financial data with group headquarters systems, enabling real-time information alignment between the overseas subsidiary and the group, and providing data assurance for CITIC Dicastal's future overseas business development and decision-making.
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