World leader in cleaning technology moves its
SAP workloads to AWS to develop smart cleaning devices, autonomous
cleaning robots, and cleaning as a service solutions
At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an
Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that
Kärcher, the world leader in cleaning technology, will migrate its
entire SAP environment to AWS, including enterprise resource
planning (ERP) applications, human capital management (HCM), and
supply chain management (SCM). The migration is the final step in
moving Kärcher’s IT infrastructure to the cloud. The company will
apply AWS’s portfolio of cloud technologies, including Internet of
Things (IoT), analytics, and machine learning (ML) to develop new
business models, deliver innovations in software services, like
real-time billing and operations of smart cleaning devices, and
drive efficiencies across its manufacturing and operations in 80
countries around the world.
Working with Zoi cloud consultancy, an AWS Premier Consulting
Partner, Kärcher has migrated 70% of its business to AWS in just
seven months. Kärcher and Zoi worked with AWS Managed Services
(AMS), which offers guidance and operational best practices with
specialized automations, skills, and experience, to migrate nearly
100 applications, 140 servers, 70 on-premises databases, and 170
terabytes of data, saving 20% in operating costs. Once complete,
SAP applications will be seamlessly connected to Kärcher commercial
cleaning devices, such as pressure washers, vacuum sweepers, and
scrubber driers, creating a modern, cloud-based system that
connects data across its entire business to drive new operational
efficiencies.
The full SAP migration will also help Kärcher advance its
cleaning as a service strategy. This new business model for the
cleaning industry incorporates equipment rental with
round-the-clock remote customer support enabled through AWS, and
technical support on-site when required. The strategy removes the
requirement for customers to buy and maintain their own cleaning
equipment, enabling them to deploy state-of-the-art equipment as
and when needed, avoiding capital expenditure and asset
depreciation. The cleaning as a service strategy connects devices
like the Kira B50, a high-performance scrubber drier cleaning
robot, with centralized time-recording, billing, and accounts. This
connection powers accurate, real-time billing, status, and other
device information, making it easy for a customer to monitor their
cleaning operations, whether using autonomous robots like the Kira
B50 or devices operated by cleaning staff. Kärcher is developing ML
models that enable smart cleaning devices, such as the Kira B50, to
map the physical area and layouts of the floors, windows, and other
areas that the devices autonomously clean without human operators.
Kärcher uses Amazon SageMaker, a fully managed service to build,
train, and deploy ML models, to generate real-time forecasts of
cleaning projects, including the time and cost involved, and to
predict maintenance downtime for its fleet of industrial
equipment.
Leveraging the breadth and depth of AWS technologies, Kärcher is
pushing the boundaries of innovation in cleaning. Its Smart Control
pressure washers, controlled through apps running on AWS, won a
2022 German Design Award, and the cleaning technology company has
launched voice-controlled cleaning equipment using Amazon Alexa.
Kärcher’s Kira B50 autonomous cleaning robot uses AWS IoT Core, a
managed service that lets connected devices easily and securely
connect and interact with cloud applications and other devices. By
connecting sensors on the cleaning robot to the cloud, floor
cleaning can be automated in commercial buildings, without the need
for on-site cleaning staff. Using AWS, Kärcher can enable cleaning
crews to access a browser-based dashboard to monitor operations,
maintain equipment, and perform regular software updates through a
mobile connection.
“Migrating our entire SAP infrastructure to AWS is the final
piece in the puzzle that will make Kärcher a fully cloud-native
business and open the door to exciting new business models for our
industry,” said Leonhard Kerscher, vice president IT and Digital
Transformation at Kärcher. “I’m proud of our team’s hard work and
dedication, and our commitment to continuing to innovate for our
customers.”
“AWS and Kärcher are working together to digitally transform the
business, and the series of successful innovations that we have
launched is only the beginning,” said Tanuja Randery, managing
director of AWS Europe, Middle East, and Africa. “The full
migration of Kärcher’s SAP environments to AWS will enable the
company to use new capabilities like generative artificial
intelligence that will open the door to increasingly
customer-centric business models in cleaning.”
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About Kärcher
At Kärcher, a team of 15,330 people in 80 countries work
together to make the world a cleaner place. The sustainable
family-owned company is convinced that important things must be
cared for so that they last in the long term and retain their value
in the future. This applies to one's own home just as much as to
the environment, to the community, to the business environment, to
the historical heritage or to one's own tradition. Kärcher offers
cleaning and care solutions worldwide. In the everyday and in the
extraordinary. As a product, as a service. As a complete package
for professional users, as an indispensable must-have for every
household or as a customised digital solution for individual
customers. Unsolved cleaning problems are the daily motivation to
keep on innovating. Because what is truly innovative is what
benefits people and the environment. In 1935, Alfred Kärcher laid
the foundation for great success when he founded his company.
Today, Kärcher is the world market leader in cleaning technology
and a major global company with a turnover of 3.161 billion euros
in 2022. Find out more about Kärcher: https://www.kaercher.com
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