Every asset you hand out lives in your SAP, not in a spreadsheet

Control your loaned assets in SAP

You hand out refrigerators, cabinets or medical equipment to your clients as a commercial lever. Novis brings that full cycle into your SAP: contract, dispatch, field control, technical service and evidence, in a single traceable process.

Proven case

Carozzi manages 15,000+ cabinets in SAP, after leaving spreadsheets behind.

Standard SAP, not custom

Built on SAP SCM and Fiori. Compatible with S/4HANA. No third-party add-ons.

Born from a process

We evaluate the alternatives before developing. Consulting, not a patch.

What it is

What loaned-asset (commodatum) management is — and why it goes out of control

A commodatum grants an asset to a third party for their use, without transferring ownership or charging for it. Unlike renting or leasing, there is no monthly fee that forces you to keep track — and that is where the problem starts.

Managed with spreadsheets and unrecorded visits, you stop knowing which asset is with which client, under which contract and in what condition. The cost does not show up as a line on the balance sheet: it shows up as equipment that “disappears”, audits that take weeks and decisions made blind.

The challenge

What happens in the field, and what it costs the business

What you see in the operation
  • Assets that vanish: no one knows how many are active, damaged or held by a client that no longer applies.
  • Contracts with no backing: deliveries with no photo, no signature, no evidence of the equipment's condition.
  • Manual processes: approvals by email and pickups coordinated by phone, with no SLA.
  • Store turnover: when the point-of-sale owner changes, re-documenting takes days.
What shows up in the numbers
  • Asset loss: investment written off with no clear explanation.
  • Audits that drag on: proving the condition of an asset takes weeks.
  • Administrative cost: staff hours reconciling spreadsheets across areas.
  • Lost sales: a cabinet out of control is a point of sale that underperforms.

The common denominator: the asset is managed outside the system where the rest of the business lives.

Carozzi case
15,000+

cabinets under control in SAP, managed by 60 salespeople with a Fiori app.

Contract with digital signatureGeoreferencing by portfolioEvidence in an external DMS
Standard SAP, no add-ons. The solution runs on SAP SCM and Fiori, compatible with SAP ECC and S/4HANA. No parallel systems to audit separately.
The solution

The full asset cycle, on a single SAP platform

Contracts with digital signature

Commodatum contract signed at the moment of delivery, linked to the asset and stored in an external DMS with legal traceability.

Georeferencing and field control

Client map with equipment per salesperson, colors by visit status, mobile checklist and mandatory photos at every milestone.

Role-based Fiori app

Interfaces for salesperson, carrier and technician. Loan, pickup or swap requests from the phone. No manual.

Integrated logistics (LE-TRA)

Dispatches and pickups with waybills, photos, routes and contacts. Forward and reverse logistics, inside SAP.

Technical service (SAP CS)

Notifications with symptoms and photos, technician assignment and closure with evidence. All linked to the equipment.

Reports, KPIs and alerts

Recovery rate, % with an active contract, visit compliance. Automatic alerts, no external spreadsheets.

The end-to-end flow

From request to evidence, without leaving SAP

  1. 1
    Step 1

    Request and contract

    Request from the Fiori app. Approval with configurable releasers. Digital signature of the commodatum contract.

  2. 2
    Step 2

    Dispatch

    Waybill with mandatory photos, georeferencing and recipient data. Integration with SAP LE-TRA.

  3. 3
    Step 3

    Field control

    Visits with a checklist: existence, condition, competition. Photos and signature stored in an external DMS.

  4. 4
    Step 4

    Technical service

    Notification in SAP CS with symptoms, technician assignment, repair record and closure with evidence.

  5. Pickup or swap

    Reverse logistics and closure

    Documented pickup. Fast change of legal entity when the store owner changes. Contract updated in real time.

Success story

Carozzi: from Excel spreadsheets to controlling 15,000 cabinets

Empresas Carozzi added Bresler ice cream to its portfolio and needed to manage thousands of refrigerated cabinets at points of sale across Chile. The inherited operation relied on manual tools. Novis designed and implemented the solution on standard SAP, 100% remotely, and digitized the full cycle: 15,000+ cabinets, 60 salespeople with a Fiori app and equipment recovered that had previously been written off as lost.

Diego Méndez IT Project Manager, Empresas Carozzi
The Novis consulting team did an excellent job. The 60 salespeople have stopped using Excel spreadsheets for management.
Industries

It applies to any company that hands assets to third parties

If you hand out equipment on loan as part of your commercial model, this solution is for you.

Food and beverage

Refrigerators, cabinets and freezers at the point of sale. Cold chain and brand visibility.

Retail and convenience

Displays and dispensers. Product rotation and retailer loyalty.

Health and pharma

Medical equipment and refrigeration of thermolabile products. Traceability and regulatory compliance.

Manufacturing and energy

Field machinery and measurement instruments. Scheduled maintenance and logistics.

Why Novis

SAP as the system of record. Telemetry, as an input.

Asset governance

You recover what was being lost

The signed contract, the evidence per milestone and the control history are what make it possible to recover equipment and put inventory in order. Real clients went from “mysterious” spreadsheets to concrete control.

Standard, not custom

Lower TCO, ready for S/4HANA

On standard SAP modules, with no third-party add-ons. Less technical debt, less risk in the migration to S/4HANA and a single source of truth.

Integrate your telemetry

Your sensors, governed in SAP

Already have cameras or IoT sensors? Their events feed notifications and tasks in SAP. The asset, the contract and the evidence still live in the ERP.

This solution was born from a consulting process: we evaluated the alternatives, with costs, before developing a single line of code.

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Frequently asked questions

What we get asked before deciding

Does it require SAP S/4HANA or does it work with SAP ECC?

It works in both environments. It is built on standard SAP modules (SD, MM, PM, CS) with Fiori apps, compatible with SAP ECC and S/4HANA. If you plan to migrate to S/4HANA, compatibility is not a problem.

Do the photos and documents overload SAP?

No. Photos and contracts are stored in an external DMS; only the transactional link stays in SAP. The system performs, scales and can be audited without sacrificing traceability.

How long does implementation take?

A pilot can be operational in 6 to 8 weeks, depending on the complexity of the processes. It is based on standard SAP, minimizing custom development and reducing time and cost.

Which industries does it apply to?

To any company that hands assets to third parties: consumer goods, retail and convenience, health and pharma, manufacturing and energy. If you manage cabinets, dispensers, medical equipment or machinery on loan, this solution solves the problem.

Does it integrate with existing IoT or telemetry?

Yes. SAP is the system of record for the asset and the contract; sensor or camera events trigger notifications and tasks inside SAP. Management and compliance live in the ERP.

How is it different from renting or leasing?

In a commodatum you do not charge for use: you hand over the asset as a commercial lever. There is no fee forcing follow-up, which is why control and evidence are critical — and why they belong in the same ERP where the rest of the business lives.

First step

Before installing anything, we understand your operation

The first conversation is not technical: it is about business. We review how you manage your loaned assets today, where the gaps are and what this solution would look like in your case — with costs and no commitment.

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