L3 Technologies Reduces SAP Quality Inspection Processing Time by 54% With Liquid UI
SAP QM
Aerospace & Defense
Liquid UI for SAP
Challenges
Quality inspections required multiple SAP screens - QA02 and F2 creation required inspectors to work across multiple screens, contributing to prolonged cycle times and inefficient resource use. The resulting lost productivity, prolonged cycle times, and inefficient resource use cost an estimated hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
Inspection data had to be entered across multiple screens - Inspectors entered the same information in multiple screens. Incorrect data could prevent material from reaching the correct destination, increasing the risk of data errors and quality lapses that incurred an estimated annual cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Fiori development backlog delayed an alternative - L3 faced a 12-month Fiori backlog, with each app costing an average of $250,000 at the time. Delaying an effective solution continued to incur costs from data errors, quality lapses, prolonged cycle times, and inefficient resource use.
Solutions
Custom inspection application developed in less than 3 business days - Liquid UI Designer and Debugger enabled L3 to develop a custom application in less than 3 business days, bypassing the Fiori backlog and eliminating friction in the inspection process.
Unified inspection screen - Inspectors enter the Inspection Lot number and select Evaluate Lot to aggregate the necessary inspection data on one screen.
Inspection data aggregated from multiple SAP transactions - Liquid UI searches multiple SAP transactions and displays all results together on one screen.
Inspection attachments available during processing - Inspectors can retrieve, view, and create supporting attachments without navigating to individual transactions.
Quick access to related SAP data - New Liquid UI buttons provide direct access to purchase order and Quality Notification information from the inspection workflow.
Results
Inspection processing accelerated
Inspection processing time dropped from 14 minutes to 6.5 minutes.
Fewer SAP actions required
User actions per inspection dropped from 59 actions to 23.
Faster QM notification processing
Processing time for F2 quality notifications dropped from 20 minutes to 4 minutes.
Operational cost savings
$329,000 in annual savings across QA02 and QM02 processing.
Why Liquid UI
- SAP QM logic and validations remain fully intact
- No custom development or backend changes required
- Works with existing SAP screens, workflows, and configurations
- Rapid SAP application development directly within SAP GUI
- Enabled workflow improvements without waiting for new Fiori applications
See what this looks like for your operation
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