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ZPMC North America振华重工北美

By leveraging SAP, ZPMC North America achieved unified management across multiple regional offices, streamlined project management processes, and saved significant labor and time

Real customer case (published with client authorization)
Headquarters
China / United States
Industry
Manufacturing
Products & Services
Port machinery and heavy equipment
Website
http://cn.zpmc.com/
Partner
MTC USA
Solution
SAP Business One on HANA
50%+Reduction in the entire monthly financial closing cycle
① Background

Who They Are

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) is a leading enterprise in the heavy equipment manufacturing sector. As a state-controlled company listed on both the A-share and B-share markets, its controlling shareholder is China Communications Construction Company, a Fortune Global 500 corporation. The company traces its origins to Gongmao Shipyard, established in 1885, and was officially renamed Zhenhua Heavy Industries in 2009 after more than a century of development. Headquartered in Shanghai with 10 production bases across Shanghai and Nantong covering 10,000 mu of land, 10 kilometers of total shoreline including 5 kilometers of deepwater frontage and 3.7 kilometers of heavy-duty wharves, ZPMC is a globally renowned port machinery and heavy equipment manufacturer. ZPMC operates multiple offices in the United States: an East Coast subsidiary, a West Coast subsidiary (ZPMC USA), and the Houston-based North America Procurement & Logistics Center, primarily responsible for sales, installation, and maintenance of port cranes across North America. Centered on large-scale projects, the company works closely with local terminals and labor unions. To enable flexible and efficient management of its North American operations, ZPMC USA selected SAP ERP to automate and refine every aspect of project management — from services and procurement to budgets, approvals, and finance — streamlining project workflows and significantly reducing labor costs.

③ Solution & Feedback

Products Deployed

SAP Business One on HANA

Implementation partner: MTC USA

What the Client Says

MTC and SAP helped us build a management platform for our North American operations. Through automated, integrated system management, we have streamlined project management processes and saved significant labor and time.
Li Ming, President, ZPMC North America
④ Results & Value

What This Upgrade Delivered

  • Unified multi-branch financial controls across North American subsidiaries with SAP, satisfying both group compliance requirements and local regulations and tax laws.
  • Automated consolidated financial reporting, saving significant labor and time while displaying multi-branch data in a single report for clear at-a-glance visibility.
  • Enabled project-centric, multi-level granular management covering services, procurement, approvals, budgets, and finance, with automated labor-hour calculations for outsourced personnel.
  • Deployed a WeChat Work mobile approval function on SAP supporting multi-level and multi-person approvals with real-time content visibility, streamlining project workflows and significantly improving efficiency.
  • Reduced the entire monthly financial closing cycle by nearly 50%, with accurate and timely operational analytics to support business decision-making.
  • Cut procurement approval times through multi-level, multi-person approval workflows, streamlining project management end to end.

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