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Interview with Michael Neuhaus, Managing Director
of msg treorbis GmbH
‘Born-in-the-cloud’ SAP solutions for variant manufacturersAlthough SAP’s attention has turned to the mid-market and its product strategy favours sales from a single source, many users deplore that the software cannot be integrated just by purchasing additional programs. This is where msg treorbis from Hamburg comes in. As an SAP end-to-end provider and member of the msg Group, the German enterprise closes the service gap and provides the links and interfaces that are missing. Dedicated to solutions for mid-sized enterprises and variant manufacturers, msg treorbis offers holistic and cross-modular SAP consulting, from implementation projects and management services to licenses, application management and SAP hosting, all from a single source.
Not always valued highly enough
in the past, mid-sized businesses
may be considered the backbone
of the national economy. Their ap-
preciation in society and politics
is growing. They contribute to
wealth and regional development,
and they provide jobs and train-
ing opportunities. “Our focus has
been on the German mid-market
all along,” emphasizes Manag-
ing Director Michael Neuhaus,
who joined msg treorbis ten years
ago. “Our founding customer,
Lufthansa Technik, has remained
our partner for the last 20 years,
which confirms our aim to estab-
lish long-lasting customer relations
and cooperation agreements.” The
support of SAP software started
with production, yet over the
years msg treorbis expanded its
services to include topics such as
personnel management and time
calculation. Based on SAP cloud
software, talent management and
performance were channelled
into recruiting. Business analyt-
ics with finance and controlling is
another sector the company covers
today. “Demographic change has
reached all branches of business,
just like the shortage of qualified
staff,” points out Mr. Neuhaus. “As
a consultant for mid-sized compa-
nies, we decided to focus on vari-
ant manufacturers and provide full
SAP solutions, from consulting via
implementation to operation and
all SAP-related services.”
msg treorbis has succeeded in
growing from a mere consulting
business to a software and system
house. “We have developed our
own software solutions to comple-
ment the SAP standard,” confirms
the Managing Director, who is one
of the authors of a handbook on
variant configurations with SAP.
The annual Conference for Variant Manufacturers in St. Leon-Rot, the largest German-language SAP event on variant configurations, was hosted by msg treorbis, SAP and Sybit
As a consultant of mid-sized companies, we decided to focus on variant manufacturers and provide full SAP solutions, from consulting via implementation to operation and all
SAP-related services.
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“We not only consult manufactur-
ers on optimizing processes, we
also act as resellers and end-to-
end providers.” It is what SAP
refers to as a ‘born in the cloud
player’ – a player with cloud ex-
pertise that is localized to different
markets and adapted for specific
industries, in this case variant pro-
duction in the mid-market. “Many
of our clients are growing on an
international or even global scale,
yet their know-how is not sufficient
to handle their entire personnel
management,” says Mr. Neuhaus.
“The lack of staff, particularly in
the country, makes it worse, so
outsourcing of such services is
becoming the order of the day. We
also provide services and consult-
ing related to digitalization, for
example on digitally planned main-
tenance, cloud services, service
platforms, functions, Apps on the
platform and 3D configurations.”
In June 2019, msg treorbis, SAP
and Sybit hosted the 12th annual
Conference for Variant Manufac-
turers at SAP in St. Leon-Rot, the
largest German-language SAP
event on variant configuration
with more than 20 presentations.
Thanks to its expertise in SAP
support and the development of
SAP full-service solutions, msg
treorbis has become Europe’s
most significant partner to variant
manufacturers in its field. Rather
than just providing high-quality
consulting and realizing software,
the specialists from Hamburg aim
to understand and advise their
clients in their processes and pro-
vide corresponding solutions. “The
software is the tool, but the focus
is not on the sale,” emphasizes Mr.
Neuhaus. “Most of our consultants
have 20 or more years of experi-
ence, so they have a lot of know-
how to pass on to our customers.
On the other hand, we also advise
our clients on very innovative top-
ics in the end-to-end perspective,
for example cloud-based error
control, the use of micro services
and recruiting.” As part of the msg
Group with 7,500 employees and
operations in 25 countries, msg
treorbis has an annual turnover of
nearly 20 million EUR and employs
130 people at its sites in Lingen
and Hamburg. With successful
international sales and marketing
activities, the company is growing
towards its aim of becoming the
leading SAP address for variant
manufacturers .
The msg team at the Forum Produktion exhibition is well-prepared to present the company’s software and service spectrum
Managing Director Michael Neuhaus is an expert in variant configuration
Trade fairs, conferences and exhibitions provide a welcome opportunity to view and discuss new technologies
Most of our consultants have 20 or more years of experi-ence, so they have a lot of know-how to pass on to our
customers. On the other hand, we also advise our clients on very innovative topics in the end-to-end perspective.