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BUSINESS IN BRIEF
SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES PORTFOLIO
In 2007, SAP introduced "innovation without disruption" with enhancement packages, a radical new concept that is unique in the software industry that does away with the traditional software upgrades. Customers can install these packages during live operation, deciding themselves which of the new functions to activate, thus considerably reduces operating costs.
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Applications
For larger enterprises, SAP Business Suite offers modular enterprise software that supports end-to-end industry processes. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver technology platform, SAP Business Suite currently includes:
- SAP ERP
- Addresses the core business software requirements of the most demanding midsize businesses and large organizations around the world – in all industries and sectors
- Includes four individual solutions that support key functional areas: SAP ERP Financials, SAP ERP Human Capital Management, SAP ERP Operations, and SAP ERP Corporate Services
- SAP Customer Relationship Management
- Provides agile platform needed to help companies achieve a 360-degree view of the customer that
engages the broader business ecosystem in order to help identify trends before they hit
- Enables customer-driven growth by helping organizations to
- Satisfy their customers through superior interactions and experiences across all channels
- Empower their teams to perform business functions and manage interactions with customers,
anytime and anywhere
- Grow their business by capitalizing on insights into their customers, providing a superior customer
experience, and making the most of their business advantage
- Builds on SAP's focus on delivering strong standard CRM functionality with deep industry processes
enabled through unique SAP front-to-back-office integration
- SAP Supply Chain Management
- Helps organizations transform a linear supply chain into an adaptive supply chain network, in which
communities of customer-centric, demand-driven companies share knowledge, intelligently adapt to
changing market conditions, and proactively respond to shorter, less predictable life cycles
- SAP Supplier Relationship Management
- Helps organizations manage their all-important vendor relationships, providing strategic value through sustainable cost savings, contract compliance, and quick time-to-value
- SAP Product Lifecycle Management
- Provides an integrated, single source of all product-related information needed for collaborating with
business partners and supporting processes – including product innovation, design and engineering,
quality and maintenance management, and control of environmental issues
SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio
SAP BusinessObjects portfolio offers tools and applications designed to help customers optimize business performance by connecting people, information, and businesses across business networks.
- Solutions for Large Enterprises
- Solutions for Small Businesses and Midsize Companies
- SAP BusinessObjects Edge – A connected, interactive, and open business intelligence solution for midsize companies
- Crystal Reports – A complete report management solution for small companies
- Xcelsius – Dynamic and customizable data visualization software.
On-demand solutions
- SAP Business ByDesign
- Is the "game-changing" addition to the SAP portfolio of distinct solutions for small businesses and midsize
companies and complements the existing solutions
- Is the industry's most complete and adaptable on-demand business solution, built around four key
principles – completeness, ease of use, adaptability and significantly cutting total cost of ownership –
allowing customers to exploit the full potential of new business trends
- Supports the complete array of core business processes, lowers total cost of ownership by bundling
software, e-learning, services, and support for easy configuration, adaptation, and ongoing operation
without requiring extensive IT infrastructure and resources.
- SAP CRM on-demand solution
- Delivers quick time-to-value and enables strategic growth as the only enterprise CRM solutions that offer a
flexible deployment model
- Helps organizations can transition from on-demand to hybrid and on-premise SAP CRM at any time,
avoiding data losses or interruptions to productivity
- Includes three specific on-demand solutions targeted for sales, marketing, and service.
- SAP E-Sourcing on-demand solution
- Delivers easy adoption, rapid cost savings, and a low subscription investment via a hosted delivery model
- Comes with all components and supporting services to enable sustainable sourcing success
Industry-specific solution portfolios
From local businesses to global industry leaders, SAP has built its success on serving companies of all sizes and industries around the world for more than three decades, developing best practices and delivering software applications that target specific business needs. The result is a depth and breadth of industry expertise and tailored software functionality that is difficult to match. SAP solutions are tailored to industry-specific standards, best practices, and processes to help companies optimize business processes and adapt quickly to changing market demands.
Through its industry solutions, SAP addresses the unique core processes of more than 24 distinct industries, as well as numerous subsectors. And with its tailored offerings for small businesses and midsize companies developed by, and delivered through, a global network of more than 2,500 solution resellers and partners, SAP provides "micro-vertical" industry capabilities through a portfolio of 660 SAP Business All-in-One partner solutions and 550 SAP Business One partner solutions.
SAP currently offers the following industry solutions:
SAP NetWeaver
As the foundation for service-oriented architecture, the SAP NetWeaver technology platform enables IT departments to compose and orchestrate enterprise services using model-based development, helping organizations evolve their current IT landscape into a strategic environment that drives business change. With these enterprise services, companies can rapidly enhance their existing business processes or develop and deploy new business processes.
SAP NetWeaver unifies technology components into a single platform, allowing organizations to reduce IT complexity and obtain more business value from their IT investments. It provides the best way to integrate all systems running SAP or non-SAP software.
By delivering preconfigured, industry-oriented business content, SAP NetWeaver also solves companies' challenges of integration and reduces the need for extensive custom implementations, making enterprise applications simpler to implement, quicker to deploy, less expensive to own and more agile for future business growth and innovation.
SAP solutions for small businesses and midsize companies
SAP and its channel partners offer flexible, scalable solutions tailored to company size as well as vertical industry demands:
- SAP Business All-in-One
- Covers demands of midsize companies with in-depth industry requirements
- Provides streamlined business management and configuration tools for rapid time to value and predictable
costs
- Is used by approximately 13,450 customers worldwide
- Contains more than 660 micro-vertical industry solutions
- Is delivered through 1,100 partners in more than 50 countries
- SAP Business One
- Tailored to the demands of small businesses
- Used by approximately 22,600 customers worldwide
- Supported by more than 1,200 business partners worldwide
- Available in 40 country versions
- SAP Business ByDesign
- Launched on September 19, 2007, making it the latest addition to the SAP portfolio of distinct solutions for
small businesses and midsize companies that complements existing solutions
- Designed for fast growing midsize companies
- Is the industry's most complete and adaptable on-demand business solution
- Supports the complete array of core business processes, lowers total cost of ownership by bundling
software, e-learning, services and support for easy configuration, adaptation and ongoing operation
without requiring extensive IT infrastructure and resources.
SAP Services
SAP Services delivers a comprehensive range of offerings to ensure optimum planning, deployment, and operation through every phase of your software life cycle. From expert guidance to complete execution, SAP Services combines the expertise, tools, and methodologies that accelerate implementations, transfer knowledge, and continuously improve your business.
SAP Services offers service program innovations that address specific business issues. These offerings include the following:
- Services by role
- Services by subject:
- SAP BusinessObjects consulting services – Provides consulting to help you optimize your solutions for business intelligence (BI), enterprise performance management (EPM), and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)
- Business process outsourcing – Supports business process outsourcing (BPO) providers in setting up BPO services that generate sustainable business value
- Consulting services – Offers best-in-class consulting through planning, implementation, and optimization services
- Custom development – Incorporates SAP development strategies to deliver solutions that meet unique business goals
- Financing for SAP solutions – Provides companies with affordable, all-inclusive, and predictable financing options that cover the entire cost of your SAP solution
- Product and service introduction – Provides a standardized process for introducing all SAP products to the market, helping customers achieve rapid business value
- SAP Application Management – Provides the 24/7, level-one and level-two support you need to manage and optimize the performance of your SAP landscapes – in part or in whole, anytime, anywhere
- SAP Hosting – Provides a comprehensive range of timely, on-demand hosting services for helping you integrate business processes, derive maximum value from your SAP solutions, and gain freedom from your IT challenges – so you can realize your business objectives
- SAP NetWeaver MDM – Offers a comprehensive portfolio of tailored and targeted services for supporting the master data management (MDM) life cycle at the level of engagement
- Services for Banking-Industry – Provides guidance in planning, implementing, and rolling out SAP for Banking, helping you make the right decisions, and deploy the appropriate applications, that best support your overall business strategy
- Services for SOA – Offers a proven, enterprise-oriented approach for adopting and operating SOA
- Software maintenance and support – Provides services for planning, implementation, and operations
- Tools, technologies, and methodologies – Deliver the capabilities and knowledge that minimize total cost of ownership and maximize your return on investment in SAP solutions
- Upgrade to SAP ERP – Delivers comprehensive
- Education services, training and certification
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