Case Study: Kärcher achieves enterprise-wide collaborative planning and business agility with SAP HANA

Kärcher Achieving Business Agility Through Collaborative Planning

Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG, a global leader in cleaning systems with over 80 subsidiaries and 13,500 employees, faced fragmented, spreadsheet-driven planning that limited transparency and alignment between strategic, financial, and operational plans. The company needed to reduce manual effort, improve forecasting accuracy, and enable consistent, organization-wide planning and reporting.

Kärcher implemented SAP Analytics Cloud for planning, integrated with SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA, and partnered with SAP’s Customer First program and PwC for rapid prototyping and coaching. The new collaborative platform automated workflows, consolidated multiple data sources, and enabled quick prototype iterations, delivering enterprise-wide visibility, faster and more accurate forecasts, greater efficiency, and a rollout plan into additional functions like HR and manufacturing.

Kärcher

Andreas Kerkau

Director of Controlling Systems and Tools