About Hyundai Bilar AB

The Hyundai Motor Corporation started making vehicles in 1967 and is now the largest manufacturer of vehicles in South Korea.

SC Motors Sweden AB is a company owned by the Sumitomo Group, Japan and runs the import and distributionn network for Hyundai and Mitsubishi in Sweden. Hyundai Bilar AB (Hyundai Sweden) is the importer for the full line of Hyundai vehicles in the Swedish market. Hyundai was introduced to the Swedish market in 1991. Hyundai Sweden run a dealer network of around 80 independent dealers (monobrand and multibrand) and 100+ independent workshops.

Need for change

In 2004, Hyundai Sweden launched a project to select and implement a new ERP system, to completely replace its old legacy systems.

Reasons for change

The old system map consisted of non-integrated solutions, resulting in reconciliation issues and error tracking between systems. It was only supported by a small local partner. The system was deemed insufficient to support future growth and was considered a risk (what would happen if the small local partner stopped supporting the solution?)

Driving selection

Hyundai Sweden undertook a very serious selection project, where the selection criteria included:

The ERP system should be widely used and widely acknowledged.