Safran Blades builds a future-ready factory with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Behind every aircraft engine lies a highly complex manufacturing process where precision, traceability and quality are non-negotiable. For Safran Blades, a newly created entity within the Safran Group, these requirements were not a long-term ambition, they were an immediate reality.
Starting from scratch, Safran Blades needed to be fully operational from day one in a highly regulated aerospace environment. Together with Flexso, they built a complete, scalable ERP foundation in record time.
Who is Safran Blades?
Safran Blades is a high-tech production facility in Marchin (Belgium), part of the Safran Group. The company manufactures high-performance components for aircraft engines, playing a critical role in the aerospace value chain. Operating in a highly regulated environment, Safran Blades must meet strict requirements for quality, traceability and compliance at every step of the production process. As a newly established organization, the company had to combine industrial agility with Safran’s global standards from the very beginning.
The challenge: building a complete operation under extreme time pressure with strict rules and regulations
Safran Blades started as a greenfield project: with no legacy systems, no existing processes and a fixed go-live date. From day one, the organization needed:
Full control over production, quality, logistics and finance
End-to-end traceability across the manufacturing process
Compliance with strict aerospace regulations
A scalable foundation aligned with Safran’s global roadmap
At the same time, the timeline was non‑negotiable: the ERP system had to go live within strict and agreed deadlines, leaving no room for delays or unnecessary complexity.
The challenge was clear: how do you build a fully operational, compliant manufacturing environment from scratch - at speed?
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With a fixed deadline and no room for delays, Flexso adopted a pragmatic and business-first approach. Decisions were kept short, processes were standardized wherever possible and the team focused only on what was essential to get Safran Blades operational.
Rather than adapting the system to existing habits, Flexso guided Safran Blades towards SAP best practices. This created clarity, accelerated decision-making and ensured a scalable foundation aligned with the Safran Group’s long-term vision.
Together with Flexso, Safran Blades chose a clear and pragmatic direction: implement SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud based on standard best practices.
Instead of customizing the system, the focus was on:
Standardizing processes to ensure speed and reliability
Keeping the core clean to support future scalability
Delivering an end-to-end ERP covering all key business processes
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Flexso implemented a complete, end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud solution covering all core business processes:
Finance
Procurement
Sales and distribution
Production and quality management
Logistics and supply chain processes
By designing these processes as one integrated whole from the start, Flexso ensured consistency, transparency and control across the entire organization.
The result: full ERP in record time
Safran Blades successfully went live with a complete SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud system in a smooth and accelerated rollout, without compromising on quality.
From day one, the company was fully operational with:
Integrated, end-to-end business processes
Real-time visibility across operations
Strong traceability throughout the production chain
Reduced manual work and increased efficiency
Safran Blades is a company that is growing and evolving rapidly, so new tools will be developped constantly. Thanks to Flexso, we will be able to integrate them effortlessly.
A future-ready foundation
By combining speed, standardization and a clear long-term vision, Flexso ensured that Safran Blades did not just go live on time, but was also built for what comes next.
The result is a future-ready ERP foundation that supports further growth and scalability, aligns with Safran Group’s broader digital strategy and enables seamless integration into the global SAP landscape
What started as a race against time resulted in a digital backbone that evolves with the business, supporting both operational excellence today and continuous innovation tomorrow.
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