For Krombacher, ebXchange^® is the ideal combination of bank communication and payment transactions - fully integrated in SAP.

As one of the leading premium breweries in Germany, Krombacher has made a name for itself true to their company philosophy "beer is our passion". One of the most modern breweries in Europe decided to implement the software ebXchange® on the basis of SAP^® R/3^®. The group has been successfully working with the electronic banking system that is fully integrated in SAP since July 2009.

Krombacher Brewery had very high demands of its new system from both a functional and technical point of view. The complexity of the group, with 13 companies that have a total of 30 accounts, demanded more security, transparency and control for both payment transaction and banking communication procedures.   Krombacher also wanted to centralise and decrease the complex manual processes in SAP. After detailed talks with Hanse Orga, Krombacher decided not to enter talks with other providers and made the decision to implement ebXchange^® to replace db-directMC as their electronic banking system.

ebXchange gives Krombacher a central platform that is integrated in their SAP system. Using ebXchange® allows the company to communicate and exchange data with all connected banks. The traceability of all banking transactions (send and receive) is guaranteed. An overview of the status of payments and bank statements can be easily read with help of the traffic light display in the monitor function. The status messages give the staff an overview of all payments at the push of a button.  Duplicate user administration as well as the temporary storage of data in the company network are no longer necessary. 

Krombacher benefits from an automatic, job-controlled bank statement processing that includes all processes from retrieving the data from the banks to importing and posting in SAP-FI. The retrieval of account data can be automated for all of the company's accounts. The different bank statement files are provided automatically for the corresponding target systems. The approval workflow according to the principle of dual control that Krombacher employs ensures a quick approval process for manual payments by defining different approval groups. They no longer depend on the presence of certain staff members for the approval of payments.

The quick and smooth implementation of ebXchange^® as well as the assistance from Hanse Orga when performing the customizing in the SAP standard made for satisfied users at Krombacher.
Krombacher currently thinks about implementing a cash management system as another step toward the completion of their approach to use software that is integrated in SAP.

"Hanse Orga's ebXchange^® is the best electronic banking strategy for us. The central platform that is integrated in our SAP system features automated processes that save time and have a high degree of transparency, data only have to be entered once and the system is very user-friendly."
Claudia Attenberger, Project Staff Finance and Accounting 

About ebXchange^®

ebXchange^® provides a central platform in the SAP system in order to realise a national group-wide centralisation of your payment transactions.
 
With ebXchange^® you can communicate with all national banks and exchange data, you do not need a duplicate user administration and you also do not need to store payment transaction files in the company network as all functions are fully integrated in SAP. You do not have to be enter data twice – the data go directly from the SAP system to the bank.
 
You only need one ebXchange^® installation for all subsidiaries in your SAP system. The data are collected centrally and are then redistributed to the subsidiaries.You no longer need to maintain different eBanking solutions, which is expensive, and your entire system landscape is more secure.