EXA Launches 'EMSA™', an SAP® Cloud ERP Template for Three Industries: High-Tech/Industrial Machinery, Automotive Suppliers, and Plant Engineering
EXA Corporation has launched 'EMSA', an SAP Cloud ERP template designed to accelerate the cloud shift for mid-sized manufacturers. It provides pre-configured, industry-specific processes for high-tech, automotive, and plant engineering sectors.
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EXA Corporation (Headquarters: Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; President & CEO: Yuta Hayashi, hereafter 'EXA') has begun offering the SAP® Cloud ERP template 'EMSA™' (hereafter 'EMSA') to support the accelerating cloud shift among mid-sized manufacturing companies.
EMSA is EXA's proprietary template based on standard SAP Cloud ERP features, pre-organizing and systematizing the industry-specific business processes and components required during implementation planning for Japanese manufacturing companies. This allows companies to grasp a concrete image of post-implementation operations from the early planning stages and swiftly realize a competitive business model.
■ Background: The Difficulty of 'Materializing' ERP Implementation in Mid-Sized Manufacturing
In recent years, driven by the growing momentum to transition to new management styles based on data and AI, the adoption of the SaaS-based SAP Cloud ERP is expanding among small to mid-sized enterprises in the ERP domain. Conversely, because business processes and operational premises differ greatly by industry in manufacturing, it is often difficult to envision concrete post-transformation operations using only the standard functions provided by ERP, leading to prolonged planning processes and delayed decision-making.
Given this background, EXA aims to strategically balance 'standardization' and 'differentiation', solving customer challenges with a 'Fit to Industry' approach. 'EMSA' is a template provided in a pre-configured state, systematically organizing representative operational models tailored to Japanese manufacturing floors, maximizing the deep industry knowledge and implementation know-how EXA has cultivated across various sectors.
■ Overview of the SAP Cloud ERP Template 'EMSA'
EMSA (EXA Manufacturing Standard Accelerator) is EXA's unique template that achieves process standardization and implementation acceleration for manufacturing companies.
Its greatest feature lies in realizing unique processes that serve as a company's competitive edge through integration and expansion with peripheral solutions, while keeping the SAP application thoroughly clean ('Clean Core'). By adopting an approach that delivers 'working functions' rather than merely providing know-how, it achieves both efficient implementation and high expertise.
This template condenses a wealth of knowledge cultivated on numerous manufacturing floors, including the JFE Group. As a first step, it is being rolled out to the following three industries where EXA's strengths are most evident, contributing to the realization of highly competitive business models:
High-Tech, Industrial Machinery, and Materials:
Standard implementation of hybrid planning management where 'make-to-stock' and 'make-to-order' coexist. Automatic allocation of pre-arranged components enables rapid response to diverse customer demands and inventory optimization.
Automotive Suppliers:
Provides standard integrated management processes for 'make-to-stock and inventory allocation' to immediately respond to demand fluctuations from OEMs. It builds a robust frontline capability by linking real-time performance data collection with strict lot and serial number management systems.
Construction and Plant Engineering:
Thorough cost and profit management on a per-project basis. It templates billing processes for advances and progress-based milestones, breaking through 'black boxes' to visualize project profitability in real time.
Thus, EMSA is a template focused on solving the specific challenges of each industry.
■ Future Roadmap
Looking ahead, we have charted a development roadmap consisting of three phases to gradually maximize provided value. We will expand the service from FY2026 to FY2027, contributing to the acceleration of manufacturing DX.
Phase 1: Establishing the SAP Cloud ERP Foundation (Rapid Implementation)
Achieving a swift launch of the SAP environment centered on EMSA and proprietary implementation methods.
Phase 2: Materializing Real-Time Management (Vertical Integration of Management and Operations)
Seamlessly integrating manufacturing frontline layers such as MES and schedulers, evolving into an 'end-to-end' management foundation where executives and the frontline are directly linked by data.
Phase 3: Deepening Integration with Digital Platforms (Accelerating Business Growth)
Building a digital foundation that drives sustainable business growth by linking with systems that act as sources of competitive advantage, such as PLM (design) and CPQ (quoting).
Accompanying this realization, AI will analyze the accumulated data, providing executives with 'data-driven future predictions' and the frontline with 'automation of production planning and quoting'.
We will contribute to establishing our customers' competitive advantage and sustainable growth in a rapidly changing market.
■ EXA Comments (Omitted)
EMSA is EXA's proprietary template based on standard SAP Cloud ERP features, pre-organizing and systematizing the industry-specific business processes and components required during implementation planning for Japanese manufacturing companies. This allows companies to grasp a concrete image of post-implementation operations from the early planning stages and swiftly realize a competitive business model.
■ Background: The Difficulty of 'Materializing' ERP Implementation in Mid-Sized Manufacturing
In recent years, driven by the growing momentum to transition to new management styles based on data and AI, the adoption of the SaaS-based SAP Cloud ERP is expanding among small to mid-sized enterprises in the ERP domain. Conversely, because business processes and operational premises differ greatly by industry in manufacturing, it is often difficult to envision concrete post-transformation operations using only the standard functions provided by ERP, leading to prolonged planning processes and delayed decision-making.
Given this background, EXA aims to strategically balance 'standardization' and 'differentiation', solving customer challenges with a 'Fit to Industry' approach. 'EMSA' is a template provided in a pre-configured state, systematically organizing representative operational models tailored to Japanese manufacturing floors, maximizing the deep industry knowledge and implementation know-how EXA has cultivated across various sectors.
■ Overview of the SAP Cloud ERP Template 'EMSA'
EMSA (EXA Manufacturing Standard Accelerator) is EXA's unique template that achieves process standardization and implementation acceleration for manufacturing companies.
Its greatest feature lies in realizing unique processes that serve as a company's competitive edge through integration and expansion with peripheral solutions, while keeping the SAP application thoroughly clean ('Clean Core'). By adopting an approach that delivers 'working functions' rather than merely providing know-how, it achieves both efficient implementation and high expertise.
This template condenses a wealth of knowledge cultivated on numerous manufacturing floors, including the JFE Group. As a first step, it is being rolled out to the following three industries where EXA's strengths are most evident, contributing to the realization of highly competitive business models:
High-Tech, Industrial Machinery, and Materials:
Standard implementation of hybrid planning management where 'make-to-stock' and 'make-to-order' coexist. Automatic allocation of pre-arranged components enables rapid response to diverse customer demands and inventory optimization.
Automotive Suppliers:
Provides standard integrated management processes for 'make-to-stock and inventory allocation' to immediately respond to demand fluctuations from OEMs. It builds a robust frontline capability by linking real-time performance data collection with strict lot and serial number management systems.
Construction and Plant Engineering:
Thorough cost and profit management on a per-project basis. It templates billing processes for advances and progress-based milestones, breaking through 'black boxes' to visualize project profitability in real time.
Thus, EMSA is a template focused on solving the specific challenges of each industry.
■ Future Roadmap
Looking ahead, we have charted a development roadmap consisting of three phases to gradually maximize provided value. We will expand the service from FY2026 to FY2027, contributing to the acceleration of manufacturing DX.
Phase 1: Establishing the SAP Cloud ERP Foundation (Rapid Implementation)
Achieving a swift launch of the SAP environment centered on EMSA and proprietary implementation methods.
Phase 2: Materializing Real-Time Management (Vertical Integration of Management and Operations)
Seamlessly integrating manufacturing frontline layers such as MES and schedulers, evolving into an 'end-to-end' management foundation where executives and the frontline are directly linked by data.
Phase 3: Deepening Integration with Digital Platforms (Accelerating Business Growth)
Building a digital foundation that drives sustainable business growth by linking with systems that act as sources of competitive advantage, such as PLM (design) and CPQ (quoting).
Accompanying this realization, AI will analyze the accumulated data, providing executives with 'data-driven future predictions' and the frontline with 'automation of production planning and quoting'.
We will contribute to establishing our customers' competitive advantage and sustainable growth in a rapidly changing market.
■ EXA Comments (Omitted)