Success Story

Siemens Gas and Power: Cross-plant collaboration

Approve on Fabasoft PROCECO allows Siemens to easily manage customer documentation including automated review and approval processes, which significantly increases productivity in the project management of new power plant solutions.

“Coordination and approval processes with our external partners, such as suppliers and end customers, were significantly accelerated. The integration into the Siemens infrastructure, especially SAP Plant PDM, was rapidly achieved.”
Harald Hümmer Head of System Quality, Siemens Gas and Power GmbH & Co. KG

This is why Siemens is so enthusiastic about Approve

Automated approval processes

Approve makes it possible to meet compliance requirements through automated approval processes that ensure the availability and consistency of project documents.

High data security

Approve offers comprehensive security measures to protect sensitive project documents from unauthorized access and provides data security in all processes.

Accelerated document workflow

Approve improves the entire document workflow through flexible access rights, which leads to more efficient project processes and improved data transparency.

Audit-proof storage of quality documents

All documents are stored in audit-proof form, which contributes to traceability and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Rapid integration into existing infrastructure

Thanks to the agile project management – combined with the easily adaptable software – the SAP integration could be completed in just a few days.

High software acceptance among employees

The Siemens staff can continue to work in SAP Plant PDM like before, which has led to a high level of acceptance of the software.

Siemens offers its customers integrated, turnkey power plant solutions, such as gas or steam turbine power plants. Previously, project management and documentation organization required an enormous amount of effort. Siemens employees made documents available on a download server and informed business partners about them by email. Feedback and approvals would then come back by email and had to be manually entered into SAP Plant PDM. Due to the high administrative effort involved, Siemens decided to use cloud-based software for project documentation.

With just a few clicks, the latest versions of drawings, diagrams, or plans are available to those involved in the process. The "time travel" function offers complete traceability: the status of an entire project in the past, including all changes and approvals, can be viewed at any time.

Fabasoft Approve's digital project documentation allows the end customer to continuously update the documentation even after the project has been completed by incorporating documents, updates, and revisions. In contrast to the previously “frozen” version, the technical documentation thus always remains up to date.