Your SAP Full Solution Provider
for the food industry

Globalized markets, considerable fluctuations in raw material prices, growing consumer expectations, regulatory requirements and increasing digitalization are making the food and non-food consumer goods markets even more dynamic and complex. With our long-standing industry expertise, msg can help. We are committed to intelligent IT and industry solutions – from consulting and development to implementation.

Whether master data management, availability verification, purchasing, production planning or batch and best-by-date management – with msg’s pre-configured package for the process manufacturing / food industry, you benefit from the advantages of the S/4HANA suite, best practices and add-ons developed specifically for these industries. 

• Pre-configured, modular and scalable solution for the process manufacturing / food industry
• Tailored to the demands of the various branches of the process industry (chemical, food, consumer goods, life sciences and pharmaceutical)
• Based on the intelligent S/4HANA ERP suite
• SAP S/4HANA best practice scenarios are effectively enhanced through the addition of msg best practices
• Specially-developed software solutions for the food industry
• More than 20 years of industry expertise

As an independent IT integrator with long-standing industry expertise, we offer process and technology know-how and help you put your processes on the cloud of your choice.

As a long-term SAP partner, we also develop products on behalf of SAP that form an integral part of SAP’s agriculture strategy. Further solutions and services complement the SAP ECC and S/4HANA systems of our customers. These include, to name a few:

• SAP Dairy Management by msg for SAP S/4HANA
• SAP Meat and Fish Management by msg for SAP S/4HANA
• Integrated planning with SAP IBP and dairy raw material planning
• msg Activity-​Based Costing Analysis (SAP Analytics Cloud)
• msg Integrated Raw Material Plan Balance (SAP Analytics Cloud)
• msg.Classified Procurement or
• msg.Shop Floor Integration

With specific content for the consumer goods industry and trade, we help our customers optimize their profitability and business processes in their operational and strategic business.

msg FIT is a unique tool for overall analysis of your SAP system. As part of the analysis, usage of the SAP ERP system is examined in full based on users, authorizations, licensing and developments. The results are compared to SAP S/4HANA and a recommendation drafted for processes and scenarios to facilitate the conversion to SAP S/4HANA.

SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning) implementation made easy with our pre-configured planning processes for the food industry: demand planning with forecast, long-term supply planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP) – demand-driven and customer-oriented.

Realize integrated planning for the dairy industry at your company with SAP Dairy raw material planning and SAP IBP. msg provides a pre-configured planning scenario to help you do so – ready to use!

SAP Meat and Fish Management by msg offers functions for integrating butchery planning into SAP Integrated Business Planning. Demand planning and long-term planning are done in IBP. Butchery planning (balancing supply and demand) is performed in SAP Meat and Fish Management by msg and is based on current supply, which consists of livestock procurement (live cattle awaiting slaughter) and carcasses or rough parts currently located in cold storage and waiting to be butchered.

Classified procurement is part of the msg.Food solution and, as per SAP’s guidelines, fully integrated into SAP S/4HANA. The module complements the SAP S/4HANA functionalities by enabling the purchase of unclassified agricultural products. This allows us to help our customers when, for example, procuring meat, herbs, milk, vegetables and all other primary products directly from the field, where quality – and the prices derived from it – cannot be determined until the relevant characteristics can be assessed.

As of the end of February, all companies with a valid SAC license in the SAP Analytics Cloud have free access to the msg Activity-​Based Costing Analysis and msg Integrated Raw Material Plan Balance apps, which are available in the SAP App Center.

The apps provide insight into the different options SAC reporting offers in connection with SAP Dairy Management by msg for SAP S/4HANA. 

msg’s solutions are part of SAP’s agriculture and food industry strategy and our Dairy Management and Meat and Fish Management solutions form an integral part of SAP’s solution portfolio. Our know-how and our experience cover the entire supply and service chain of the agriculture industry, whether farming, food production or customer interfaces.

SAP Meat and Fish Management by msg is the standard solution for the meat industry. This software lends efficiency and transparency to complex planning, production and distribution processes, making companies in the meat industry more competitive.

In conjunction with SAP Dairy Management by msg for SAP S/4HANA, msg’s msg.Food solution facilitates the planning and processes for manufacturing mixed beverages such as lemonade, juice or mixed alcoholic drinks. Our solution is used around the world by both mid-sized and globally active companies. Fully integrated into SAP S/4HANA, it is SAP’s industry solution for advanced raw material planning, raw material/performance controlling and product calculation in the beverage industry.

Globalized markets, considerable fluctuations in raw material prices, growing consumer expectations, regulatory requirements and increasing digitalization are making the food and non-food consumer goods markets even more dynamic and complex. With its long-standing industry expertise, msg can help. We are committed to intelligent IT and industry solutions – from consulting and development to implementation.

Digitalization is changing customer behavior. This new business models that are being seen as a result of this are forcing food producers to change their processes and systems.

Whether dealing with product safety and traceability or customized products – msg has the latest software systems, technologies, integrated IT systems and optimized processes to help you.

msg helps the dairy-processing industry with SAP Dairy Management by msg for SAP S/4HANA. Our solution is used around the world by both mid-sized and globally active companies. Fully integrated into SAP S/4HANA, it is SAP’s industry solution for advanced raw material planning, raw material/performance controlling and product calculation in the dairy industry. It was specially developed to track dairy ingredients, from receipt to end product.

Digitalization, the Internet of Things, new cloud and portal-based processes all result in new business models. They also force companies in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and process-oriented manufacturers of consumer goods and foods, to change their processes and systems. All while focusing on customer benefits, as well as satisfying regulatory requirements (e.g., HACCP and GMP guidelines). Validated systems and processes, or even consistent batch traceability as set forth in ordinance EU 178/2002, mean manufacturers are constantly being confronted with new challenges.

msg has the latest systems, technologies, integrated IT systems and optimized processes to help you meet the latest requirements.