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2^nd SAP R/3 workshop for the Degussa group

on Thursday, March 8, 2001,
in the Frankfurt Marriott Hotel, Hamburger Allee 2 -10, 60486 Frankfurt

Experience report on the SAP R/3 project completed at Sivento,
a strategic business area of Degussa-Hüls AG

Agenda

10.00 a.m.    Opening of the meeting
                 Ø    Welcome of the participants an speakers

   Axel Röthemeier, Leiter Vertrieb

10.15 a.m.    Production planning
       Ø    Sales panning;
       Ø       Planning of all products in an overall view by the add-on Production Planning;
       Ø       Integrated production planning by breakdown of dependent requirements;
       Ø    Sepcial functions:
         §      Determination of the raw-material requirements;
         §      Listing of the expected amounts of materials available and waste;
         §    Preparation of the production plan for the works or each individual factory;
         §     Preparation of special balance sheets.

                              Dr. Michael Horn, Production Manager of the Ester Plant, Degussa AG, Rheinfelden works

11.00 a.m.    Produktion
       Ø   90 % time savings by add-ons as compared with the introduction of the standard R/3;
       Ø   Control of the personalized menus and screens by the add-on Production results in
                            a reduced operating time;
       Ø   Specifc avoidance of faulty operations;
       Ø   Production in interaction with other modules;
       Ø   Managing of the production through process orders.

                       Dr. Michael Horn, Production Manager of the Ester Plant, Degussa AG, Rheinfelden works

11.45 a.m.   Month-end closing
       Ø  Translation of the preliminary plan for SAP standard into an actual analysis (monthly report);
       Ø  Cross-factory closing of the orders of the entire monthly production;
         §    Overview of the open monthly orders;
         §      Tank level management and proof of the production differences;
         §      Booking the differences according to the costing sheet,
                                  breakdown into:
                                                                      -     Stocktaking (booking of losses)
                                                                      -      Cost centre expenditure (non-production-specific);
                                                                      -       Consuming process orders;
                                                                      -       Producing process orders (optional with retrograde booking of the bill of
                                       materials and adjustment to the proof of the production difference for
                                       semi-finished goods
         §      Accounting to the accounting department.

                      Steffen Roschek, Senior-Consultant

0.30 p.m.    Joint lunch - time for getting to know each other

1.30 p.m.    Actual manufacturing cost accounting
            Ø   Final costing of semi-finished and finished products on the basis of the production indices
                           of the month to bei closed using the add-on Actual Manufacturing Cost Accounting

                    Steffen Roschek, Senior-Consultant

2.00 p.m.   Present projects and developments
      Ø      Project "Segmentation of "ASTA Medica AG";
         Ø   Overwiew of web developments:
        §       B2B orders through XML by the example of AVENTIS AG;
        §       B2R customer information system through browsers;

Dr. Jochen Winkler, Manager

2.30 p.m.  Concluding discussion including the opportunity to ask the speakers
                   questions, time for personal talks

3.00 p.m.   End of the meeting

Fees:

Participation except for the use of the hotel's underground car park is free of charge.

For queries:

Mrs. Brigitte Steinhaus, phone +49 (0) 2336-13225, Mrs. Ursula Voigt, phone +49 (0) 351-4419081

E-mail: a.roethemeier@jwconsulting.de

Polling of information:

Internet: http://www.jwconsulting.de/