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CITIC Dicastal中信戴卡

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

Real customer case (published with client authorization)
Location
Shandong, China / Morocco
Industry
Automotive Parts
Products & Services
Aluminum wheels, aluminum castings, etc.
Website
www.dicastal.com
Partner
MTC
Solution
SAP S/4HANA
① Background

Who They Are

CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd., part of the CITIC Group's advanced smart manufacturing division, is a global leader in aluminum wheels and aluminum chassis components. The company supplies the world's top 12 automakers and operates 25 factories across China, North America, Europe, and Africa. Its aluminum wheel sales have ranked among the world's top for 15 consecutive years, firmly holding the industry's leading position. The CITIC Dicastal Morocco production base is located in the Kenitra Atlantic Free Trade Zone, covering 380 mu (approximately 25 hectares), with two aluminum wheel factories and one aluminum casting factory—making it a leading Chinese direct investment project in Morocco by scale. Under the philosophy of "One Dicastal One Team," CITIC Dicastal has been building a unified management platform. As part of its digital transformation strategy, Dicastal follows a pilot-first, then scale approach. The Morocco base, serving as a capability export center for North Africa and Europe, became the pilot unit. To develop it into a capability export center for the North Africa and Europe region and a benchmark manufacturing factory for CITIC Group along the Belt and Road, the Morocco base deployed SAP S/4HANA locally to support integrated business-finance-tax management for local production while enabling real-time data exchange with group headquarters in China.

② Drivers

Why They Needed This Upgrade

Before: Challenges & Opportunities

  • 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.
  • 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 comprehensive SAP overseas service capabilities ensured smooth local project delivery in Morocco.
  • MTC's well-established knowledge transfer system enabled the cultivation of digital management talent at the Morocco base during the project. Post go-live project value and highlights:
  • 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.
  • Established an end-to-end automated and standardized control process spanning procurement, production, quality, sales, finance, and cost accounting—enhancing overall base-wide collaboration efficiency.
  • 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—providing data assurance for CITIC Dicastal's future overseas business development and decision-making.
③ Solution & Feedback

Products Deployed

SAP S4HANA

Implementation partner: MTC

What the Client Says

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.
CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.

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