foundry – SAP & AI Consulting Partner

Energy and Utilities

SAP Programs Built for the Precision and Pressure of Foundry Operations.

From job-order costing to heat tracking and metallurgical quality, Candent integrates the full foundry production cycle on SAP.

Our Foundry Footprint

Delivery Experience Across the Full Range of Foundry Operations.

Candent’s foundry sector programs span:

Grey and ductile iron foundries

job-order costing, heat tracking, pattern management, and casting yield control

Steel and alloy castings

heat composition tracking, chemical analysis integration, and metallurgical compliance

Aluminium and non-ferrous foundries

die casting, gravity casting, and pressure die casting with batch and melt traceability

Investment and precision casting

wax injection, shell building, and post-casting quality inspection lot management

Foundry-to-machining operations

integrated shop-floor sequencing, WIP tracking, and in-process inspection

Captive and merchant foundries

multi-customer job costing, delivery scheduling, and customer-specific quality documentation

Our Capabilities

SAP Built to Reflect How Your Foundry Actually Runs

S/4HANA Transformation for Foundry

Greenfield, brownfield, or selective data transition to SAP S/4HANA. Job-order costing structures, heat and pattern management, and casting yield logic designed into the blueprint, not resolved after go-live.

Heat and Melt Traceability

Full heat-level traceability from charge composition to finished casting, built into the SAP core. Chemical analysis integration, melt log capture, and batch classification — connected to quality inspection lots without custom middleware.

Production and Shop-Floor Integration

We connect furnace control systems, spectrometers, and shop-floor MES platforms to S/4HANA using SAP Integration Suite. Production actuals, machine parameters, and quality results flow in real time, not at shift end.

Quality, Compliance, and Customer Documentation

Casting-level inspection lot management, dimensional and metallurgical test result capture, and customer-specific quality documentation — PPAP, ISIR, and material certifications — built into the delivery process without standalone QMS workarounds.

Costing and Margin Visibility

Job-order costing structures that reflect actual foundry economics: yield loss, scrap, rework, heat energy, and pattern amortization. Finance and operations work from the same numbers, not reconciled at month end.

Managed Services and AMS

Foundry operations don’t pause after go-live. Candent’s 24x7 AMS practice provides continuous support, regulatory update management, and structured improvement — run by the same team that built the solution.

Why Integration Matters in Foundry

The Furnace Floor and the Finance Office Need to Work from the Same Data.

Most foundry SAP programs don’t fail in the ERP design. They fail in the gaps around it: the spectrometer whose results are entered manually, the MES that can’t confirm production orders, the quality system whose data reaches dispatch two days late. Those gaps are where costing variance accumulates, where traceability breaks under customer audit, and where production planning loses confidence in its own numbers. Candent designs the integration architecture as part of the SAP program. Not a phase two workstream. Built in from the start.

Our integration capabilities in foundry

SAP Integration Suite connecting ERP, furnace control systems, spectrometers, and MES platforms
Real-time heat and melt data capture from shop-floor instruments into SAP quality and production modules
EDI and B2B integration for OEM customers requiring ASN, PPAP documentation, and quality certificates
Customer portal and logistics integration for dispatch scheduling and shipment confirmation
IoT connectivity for energy monitoring, furnace telemetry, and environmental compliance reporting

Smarter Operations on SAP

What AI and ML Make Possible in SAP-Driven Foundry Operations

Foundry production generates rich process data at the heat level. When that data is connected to SAP, AI and ML capabilities can address the yield, quality, and cost challenges that define competitiveness in the sector.

Heat yield prediction

ML models trained on charge composition, furnace parameters, and historical yield data help operators anticipate yield loss before the pour, supporting tighter production planning.

Defect classification

AI-assisted analysis of inspection data and process variables identifies conditions that produce porosity, shrinkage, or surface defects, reducing scrap and rework costs.

Predictive equipment maintenance

sensor data from melting and heat treatment assets feeds ML models that flag maintenance needs before a breakdown disrupts the production schedule.

Charge mix optimization

AI tools analyze available materials, target chemistry, and cost constraints to improve material utilization and reduce excess scrap at the heat level.

Costing variance detection

ML-assisted analysis identifies job-order costing anomalies earlier in the production cycle, reducing month-end surprises and improving pricing confidence.

Why Candent for Foundry

Standard Templates Don’t Survive Month-End in a Foundry

Foundry programs overrun for predictable reasons: costing models that don’t account for yield variability, integration design that starts too late, and a go-live definition that doesn’t include the shop floor. Here is how Candent addresses that before the program starts.

Assessment before blueprint

Costing model, integration dependencies, and shop-floor data flows assessed before program design begins. The scope reflects your actual operation.

Integration designed in, not added on

Integration architects and SAP functional consultants work on the same team. Spectrometer feeds, MES connectivity, and quality integration are part of the blueprint.

Consultants with sector experience

Programs led by consultants with direct delivery experience in ferrous and non-ferrous environments, not adapted from discrete manufacturing engagements.

One team through AMS

The delivery team continues as the managed services team after go-live. The people who built the solution are the people maintaining it.

Candent Academy pipeline

Consultants on your program are trained to the SAP standard before they arrive. Not onboarded on your timeline and your budget.