mySAP ERP
The Superior Solution for Enterprise Resource Planning
mySAP ERP offers companies a comprehensive solution for managing
financials, human resources, operations, and corporate services --
providing the most comprehensive ERP product available today.
With mySAP ERP, you can leverage existing IT assets while regaining
active control of your whole administration and operations
environment. Helping you increase efficiency and profitability.
mySAP ERP enables new levels of business process and technology
integration -- and lays the foundation for incremental solution
evolution. Plus, mySAP ERP allows you to upgrade to any of the full
range of SAP solutions, so you can deploy the functionality you need,
when you need it, for customer relationship management, product
life-cycle management, supply chain management, and supplier
relationship management.
SAP Solutions for Small and Midsize Businesses
Designed to Meet the Needs of Small to Midsize Businesses Today.
Scalable to Fuel Their Growth Tomorrow.
Solutions for Small and Midsize Companies Worldwide
Nearly half of all SAP installations are in organizations with annual
revenues under $200 million. And an increasing number of growing
companies around the world are taking advantage of SAP solutions for
small and midsize businesses.
SAP Business One -- This simple yet powerful solution can meet your
common business needs, covering accounting, reporting, logistics, sale
force automation, and more. It is designed for small companies that
require less complex industry-specific functionality from their IT
solutions.
SAP Business One
Simple but Powerful: The Solution for Your Growing Business
For small and midsize companies eager to emerge as their industries'
new leaders, taking that next step in business evolution is a critical
decision. Their new business management software must be quick to
implement, easy to use, and make the best use of their current IT
infrastructure. And while it must be sufficiently powerful to manage
their business through its future growth, it has to be affordable
enough to represent a reasonable investment today.
It has to be SAP Business One.
Fast Implementation
SAP Business One is easy to use. Featuring intuitive navigation, a
familiar Microsoft Windows environment, and multiple customization
tools. It's also easy to deploy and maintain. With fast
implementation, high performance and scalability, robust security, and
the ability to evolve into more sophisticated solutions.
Using open standards, SAP Business One easily integrates with other
systems. Its "Drag&Relate" feature allows users to drag information
from disparate data stores and link them on the desktop. This close
integration opens up new dimensions to other business management
systems. It also shortens the learning curve, since users don't have
to study new tools to handle analysis and marketing tasks.
Most important, SAP Business One is powerful. Its sophisticated
analysis tools give management full control of company information and
activities.
mySAP All-in-One -- These cost-effective, turnkey solutions come
prepackaged to meet the needs of your organization, and can be
fine-tuned to perform in your industry. They are designed for
companies that require a high degree of industry-specific
functionality.
mySAP All-in-One
The Power to Drive Value and Increase Revenue -- for Small and Midsize
Businesses
mySAP All-in-One brings affordable, integrated solutions to small and
midsize companies. Companies like yours. Providing you with flexible
applications that can grow with your business.
With mySAP All-in-One solutions, small and midsize companies gain the
power of the worlds most successful business suite. These turnkey
solutions give your company industry-specific functionality and
business-process automation based upon best practices -- right out of
the box. So, instead of piecing together hard-to-integrate solutions
or customizing rigid applications, you can quickly implement
prepackaged mySAP All-in-One solutions tailored to your unique
businesses needs.
mySAP All-in-One is supported by SAP's 30 years of business expertise
-- and by our expertise in the SMB market. Nearly half of our customer
installations worldwide are in small and midsize businesses:
organizations with revenues under $200 million.
SAP delivers the mySAP All-in-One solutions through a comprehensive
network of qualified SAP channel partners. These partners have
extensive expertise in the SMB market -- as well as in specific
industries. So they can provide rapid implementation and the ongoing
support that will give you the efficiencies necessary to enjoy a
greater return on investment.
· Partner Directory
· Prepackaged Vertical Solutions
SAP and our partners understand the unique demands of small and
midsize companies -- and know how to help them improve operations,
drive new business, and increase revenue. Let SAP help you identify
the most suitable channel partner for your company. And discover why
more and more small and midsize businesses are relying on solutions
from SAP.
mySAP All-in-One
Partner Directory
SAP delivers its solutions for small and midsize businesses (SMB)
through a network of certified solutions providers and partners. These
partners know your industry and the unique challenges small and
midsize business customers face.
mySAP All-in-One
Prepackaged Vertical Solutions
Prepackaged, out-of-the-box functionality. Known costs and
implementation timelines. Innovative options for application hosting.
All supported by the expertise of our partners and the business
functionality of SAP solutions.
Several prepackaged mySAP All-in-One partner solutions are currently
available in North America. And more than 50 prepackaged partner
solutions are under development worldwide. Including solutions for
services organizations, advertising agencies, and retail/wholesale
distributors. Developed in conjunction with SAP's extensive partner
network, each undergoes a stringent qualification program to ensure a
complete, scalable, cost-effective solution.
SAP Partners
Partner Categories -- Small and Midsize Business Channel Partners
Small and midsize business (SMB) channel partners focus on serving
companies with annual revenues that are typically under $200 million.
These companies require cost-effective solutions that can be up and
running quickly, and they benefit greatly from the industry- and
business-specific solution expertise that local channel partners
provide.
SAP Smart Business Solutions have been specifically designed to meet
the needs of small and midsize companies. They include:
· mySAP All-in-One -- Solutions that provide industry-specific
functionality delivered in a cost-effective, turnkey approach
· SAP Business One -- A simple yet powerful solution that delivers
core business functionality and provides rapid ROI while providing for
future growth
SAP delivers our SMB solutions through a network of certified
providers and partners. To ensure the quality of the solutions and
services they offer, SMB channel partners:
· Invest in developing solutions that are based on SAP solutions or
SAP Best Practices
· Establish sales forces and support organizations that offer one-stop
shopping services, from evaluation and sales through implementation
and support
There are several ways for a company to partner with SAP. mySAP
All-in-One partners participate as value-added resellers (VARs) or
application service providers (ASPs). SAP Business One partners
participate as sales and service partners (SSPs), VARs, or independent
software vendors (ISVs).
SAP Industry Solutions
SAP understands that the only industry that matters to you is your
industry. That's why there's no such thing as a generic industry
solution from SAP. Our solutions are based on an in-depth knowledge of
the processes that drive your business. So you can make better, more
informed strategic decisions in the areas most important to you --
whether you want to gain greater visibility across your enterprise,
get closer to your customers, or reduce inefficiencies. And since SAP
has been working with businesses like yours for 30 years, we
understand the demands of your industry.
SAP Industry Solutions
· Aerospace & Defense · Automotive · Banking · Chemicals · Consumer
Products · Engineering, Construction & Operations · Financial Service
Provider · Healthcare · Higher Education & Research · High Tech
· Industrial Machinery & Components · Insurance · Media · Mill
Products · Mining · Oil & Gas · Pharmaceuticals · Professional
Services · Public Sector · Retail · Service Providers
· Telecommunications · Utilities
SAP for Aerospace & Defense
Rapid Response Solutions to Fortify Your Business
The aerospace and defense industry is changing -- rapidly and
radically. You need proven and time-tested business solutions that
allow you to meet challenges head on and make the most of every
opportunity.
SAP for Aerospace & Defense provides a solution portfolio designed
specifically to meet the unique needs of your industry, helping you
control costs, improve quality, and speed time to market. All while
enhancing your ability to serve customers.
SAP for Aerospace & Defense offers a wealth of functionality:
· Maintenance, repair, and overhaul -- Attract and retain customers
through efficient and effective services that get aircraft back in the
air, quickly and safely.
· Airline operations -- Meet the challenges of increased traffic and
deregulation.
· Defense -- Increase asset visibility, achieve more accurate mapping
of assets against liabilities, control costs, and allocate more budget
to combat units.
· Manufacturing -- Monitor and control operations using best practices
developed through years of industry experience.
· Contract and program management -- Take advantage of a holistic
approach to project management, from initial contact to product
delivery.
· Business acquisition -- Quickly and seamlessly integrate the
processes, knowledge, and structures of acquired businesses.
SAP for Automotive
In a Field This Competitive, Players Need an Edge. The SAP for
Automotive Edge.
A century ago, the automotive industry invented the model for modern
manufacturing: the mass production of nearly identical products.
Customers didn't get much choice, but that didn't matter. In those
days, market growth was unlimited and customers were easily pleased.
Today, manufacturers compete globally. And the trend toward
make-to-order manufacturing -- filling individual customer
requirements rather than make-to-stock -- has put new demands on
manufacturers and dealers. Customers want what they want, when they
want it.
The Fast Track to Success
Success depends on speed: speed in product development, speed in
product assembly, and speed in product delivery to dealers and
customers. Manufacturers must closely manage armies of suppliers and
partners to make certain that the correct systems and components are
delivered where and when they are needed. Collaboration among all the
industry players -- suppliers, OEMs, dealers, and customers -- is
essential.
Streamlined and Seamless
The SAP for Automotive solution portfolio is designed to meet the
specific needs of the automotive industry by linking complex business
processes into a logical flow, maximizing efficiency and satisfying
customers' expectations.
SAP for Banking
The More Things Change...The More They Want You to Deliver.
For banks, today's economy means rapid change. Tougher competition.
Shrinking margins. New technologies. All while customers become more
demanding -- and less loyal.
There has never been a better time for SAP for Banking.
With SAP for Banking, you achieve a single view of the customer.
Wherever customer interaction takes place, across all lines of
business.
SAP for Banking also offers a full complement of high-performance
capabilities for strategic planning, financial accounting, costing,
and enterprise wide control. Combined with key industry-specific
components for profitability management, risk management, customer
relationship management, and fully integrated customer account
systems.
SAP for Banking gives you powerful tools for managing your banking
environment. Integration with the cost controlling and financial
accounting modules of mySAP Financials means data needs to be entered
only once. mySAP Customer Relationship Management gives you access to
both front-office activities and back-office systems. And you can
extract all profitability results to mySAP Business Intelligence for
analysis and reporting. Finally, mySAP Enterprise Portal gives users
-- both inside and outside the enterprise -- the information,
applications, and services they need, when they need it.
SAP for Banking delivers what you need to succeed in today's changing
industry. To learn more, view the SAP Business Maps and see how SAP
for Banking can benefit your company -- before you buy.
A Solution for Leasing and Asset Management
SAP Asset Finance and Leasing provides a credit solution that can
enhance any bank's financing services. The solution combines
world-class CRM capabilities with integrated financial functionality
-- to address the needs of financial institutions looking to leverage
new growth opportunities in leasing and asset management.
SAP for Chemicals
Stability. Dependability. Sound Boring? Not When It's Your Business.
Globalization. Government regulations. New market expansions.
Challenge is nothing new to the chemicals industry.
That's why you need SAP for Chemicals. The one portfolio of solutions
that empowers you with stability and dependability in a rapidly
changing market.
The SAP Business Maps provide a step-by-step explanation of how SAP
for Chemicals can enhance your key business processes. This solution
portfolio delivers a variety of tools that will help you reach new
levels of success:
· Unit management
· Campaign planning
· Recipe management
· Co-product support
· Batch management
· Version control
· Integrated hubs for process control systems
· A process operations cockpit to integrate process control systems
and monitor production execution
SAP understands the chemicals industry. We know the challenges you
face. The technology that contributes to your success. And the way you
need to run your business. Its no wonder companies at more than 1,800
installations around the world are leveraging the power of SAP for
Chemicals.
SAP for Consumer Products
Turning Consumer Demands into Opportunities for Growth and Profit
There has never been a more challenging time for the consumer products
industry. Shoppers expect better products, greater variety, and
faster, more personalized service. Partners and suppliers want the
best deal, or they'll look for other partners. New markets can
materialize in an instant -- forcing you to change directions and
commit resources -- then vanish.
In such a volatile business climate, staying focused on consumer needs
is a huge challenge. That's why more and more consumer products
companies are turning to SAP for Consumer Products. This powerful
solution portfolio enables you to integrate every step of your value
chain seamlessly, from suppliers to consumers. So you can meet
customers' needs quickly and efficiently without raising costs or
slowing growth.
Let the SAP Business Maps show you the benefits of SAP for Consumer
Products -- before you buy.
Industry-Specific Solutions
If your market is apparel, footwear, or beverage, SAP for Consumer
Products offers specific solution portfolios that keep you ahead of
the competition.
SAP Apparel and Footwear and SAP Beverage match the dynamic market
conditions of their respective product categories. They provide
sophisticated end-to-end portfolios of solutions that integrate all of
your core processes into a seamless logistical chain.
By delivering industry-specific elements and broad market solutions,
SAP for Consumer Products gives you the ability to meet demand and
shifting customer requirements quickly and cost-effectively.
SAP for Engineering, Construction & Operations
Solutions That Build Business
SAP for Engineering, Construction & Operations delivers a
comprehensive suite of integrated solutions designed to meet the
specific needs and challenges of your business -- helping you
coordinate complex projects, partner with vendors and subcontractors,
and adapt new technologies.
SAP for Engineering, Construction & Operations provides a powerful
range of functions and capabilities developed for:
· Plant contracting
· Construction
· Homebuilding
· Shipbuilding
With SAP for Engineering, Construction & Operations, you can support
and enhance all the business processes within project and plant life
cycles. And you can collaborate more closely with partners, such as
suppliers, subcontractors, operators, and customers. So you can
increase performance -- and become more competitive.
SAP for Financial Service Provider
Liquidity. Risk Control. Profitability. All in a Day's Work.
Financial service providers must empower their clients -- both
internal and external -- to make strategic decisions on-the-fly.
But who's empowering the financial service providers? SAP is. With SAP
for Financial Service Provider.
A growing number of firms are entrusting finance functions to internal
or external service providers. Internal providers include treasury
departments, asset management organizations, and in-house banks.
External providers include independent service companies and
application service providers (ASP).
SAP for Financial Service Provider enables those providers to manage
and optimize financial resources and processes. Providing control over
planning, analysis, and decision-making. Plus financial transactions,
payments, and risk capabilities.
Take Control of Financial Management
With SAP for Financial Service Provider, you can secure liquidity at
any time. Protect against financial risks. Actively contribute to
profitability.
In addition, the solution portfolio addresses your most pressing
finance needs:
· Use e-finance to improve business practices
· Account for local requirements while reaping global economies of
scale
· Streamline financial processes -- from deal capture through risk and
performance analysis, all the way to financial accounting
· Respond to new market requirements quickly and efficiently
· Capture financial transactions across the enterprise to provide a
complete view of the business
SAP for Financial Service Provider is based on the corporate finance
management capability of mySAP Financials. Providing tools for
liquidity management, financial investment, portfolio analysis, risk
management, and more.
SAP for Healthcare
Lowering the Pressure on Healthcare Organizations
Healthcare is a high-pressure business facing increasing competition,
government regulations, cost controls, and demands for higher-quality
patient care.
SAP for Healthcare meets these challenges head on.
SAP for Healthcare integrates your healthcare processes, and when
combined with leading, complementary applications, it provides an
end-to-end solution portfolio for all administrative and clinical
processes, so you can:
· Manage and coordinate patient care, from pre-registration and bed
assignments to patient education
· Access Web-enabled functions for patient management, diagnostics,
and therapy
· Assess case loads, develop and implement treatment strategies, and
document clinical care
· Communicate online with providers, payers, patients, general
practitioners, hospitals, and suppliers
· Take advantage of powerful data warehousing features for target
planning, resource costing, case costing, and outcome management
· Focus customer relationship management on patients, external
physicians, employees, donors, and other key customers
Through the SAP Business Maps, you can see all the advantages of SAP
for Healthcare, before you buy.
Produce, Prosper, and Deliver Quality Care
SAP is one of the world's largest suppliers of healthcare solutions.
From small community providers to large university medical centers,
SAP for Healthcare provides the tools and processes you need to manage
and deliver the kind of healthcare services that patients expect.
SAP for Higher Education & Research
Smart Solutions for Success
Higher education and research institutions cultivate the world's
greatest thinkers. But sophisticated business tools that streamline
processes, enhance academic development, and manage budgets and
grants? That equation has remained unsolved.
Until now. SAP for Higher Education & Research is empowering colleges,
universities, and research institutions to enhance services to
students and employees, streamline business processes, and boost the
bottom line.
Excel or Perish
Higher education institutions are under unprecedented pressure -- to
serve the needs of students and employees, address demands for
educational reform, trim budgets in the face of decreasing funding,
and increase grant revenues.
SAP understands these needs. SAP for Higher Education & Research
combines years of university and research expertise with cutting-edge
business tools for an integrated solution portfolio that meets your
needs.
Empowering Academia with Advanced Functionality
Business solutions are revolutionizing processes -- and expectations.
Students expect high levels of service. Budgets must be lean, yet
adaptable to changing requirements. Grant applications and
disbursements must be closely managed to capitalize on new
opportunities.
SAP for Higher Education & Research offers sophisticated functionality
and future-focused management capabilities. No wonder more than 350
institutions around the world have turned to SAP to address the
challenges and opportunities of higher education in today's economy.
If you'd like to discover how SAP for Higher Education & Research can
help your business, view the SAP Business Maps and see all the
benefits it provides -- before you buy
SAP for High Tech
The Difference Between Keeping Up with Trends and Staying Ahead of
Them
In the high tech industry, success depends on constant innovation in
technologies, products, and business models. On getting products to
market with tremendous speed. On knowing what increasingly
sophisticated customers want and expect. On collaborating with
partners to take advantage of fast-moving opportunities.
Equipping the Industry for Today's Economy
To help high tech companies succeed in this demanding world, SAP
offers SAP for High Tech, a comprehensive suite of integrated
e-business solutions designed to meet your needs.
SAP for High Tech provides a range of functions and capabilities that
are tailored for several key industry segments, including:
· Original equipment manufacturers
· Value added distributors and resellers
· Semiconductor manufacturers
· Contract manufacturers
· Software providers
To make sure that you keep reaping business benefits in a changing
world, SAP keeps working to evolve solutions. Plus, SAP is an active
member of the Rosetta Net consortium, which is establishing supply
chain e-commerce standards for the high tech industry.
With SAP for High Tech, you can support the full range of high tech
business processes, from design and planning to sourcing,
manufacturing, selling, distributing, and providing service. And with
the SAP Business Maps, you can see the benefits and advantages of
these features -- before you buy.
SAP for High Tech can improve your ability to manage the entire
extended enterprise with the increasing levels of speed and efficiency
needed to compete and win
SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components
Delivering the Capabilities You Need to Coordinate, Collaborate,
Compete
Companies in the machinery and equipment industry face growing
challenges. Increasingly diversified products. More exacting
specifications. Plus customers who expect a faster, more flexible
response to their demands.
That's why machinery and equipment companies are turning to SAP for
Industrial Machinery & Components.
With SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components, you can coordinate the
entire scope of your activities. From estimating and order entry to
project management and production planning. From maintenance and
services to billing and profitability analysis.
You also get powerful solutions for collaborating across the value
network -- with subcontractors, suppliers, component manufacturers,
and even customers. Enabling you to detect bottlenecks, missing parts,
and oversupply before they occur. To reduce costs, speed time to
market, and respond quickly to customer needs.
SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components optimizes key operations. So
you can ensure the quality of engineering, manufacturing, and
assembly. Improve on-time delivery of customer-configured products.
Enhance spare-parts delivery and after-sales business. And provide the
service and support that will differentiate you in the marketplace and
deliver high margins.
Competitive threats place you under tremendous cost, time, and quality
pressures. Customer demands require that you change plans at a
moment's notice. That's why you need SAP for Industrial Machinery &
Components -- to coordinate, collaborate, compete, and win.
SAP for Insurance
An Insurance Policy. For Insurance Companies.
Today's insurance companies must meet new expectations.
Consumers now demand customized products, tailored to their individual
needs -- or they'll find a new provider. To deliver that level of
service, insurance companies must be faster and more flexible -- all
while cutting costs to the minimum.
But where do insurance companies turn for protection, for assurance
that all this new speed and flexibility won't itself become a
liability?
They turn to SAP.
With SAP for Insurance, insurers can not only adapt quickly to
changing customer and market needs, but also maintain the control and
visibility they need to ensure profitability and growth.
Give Your Customers the Value They Demand
SAP for Insurance leverages the Internet to create a powerful,
customer-focused environment. By seamlessly linking your core
insurance business with customer-facing functions and back-office
operations, SAP for Insurance lets you deliver a full range of
innovative, competitively priced insurance products, with the superior
level of service that today's consumers expect.
Manage Your Operations with Digital Precision
SAP for Insurance integrates every step of the insurance business
process, from first customer contact to policy and product management,
to collections and disbursement and claims management. That makes
operations leaner and more efficient. Just as important, it generates
clear, end-to-end data analysis to support critical strategic
decisions.
SAP for Media
Harness the Real Power of the Internet.
The media industry is undergoing rapid and radical change driven in
large part by the Internet, online publishing, and digital
broadcasting. The challenges are immense, but the opportunities are
limitless.
That's why it's important to make the most of every opportunity that
existing and emerging media technologies offer by relying on the very
best IT solution tailor-made for companies like yours -- SAP for
Media.
SAP for Media, powered by mySAP Business Suite and SAP's in-depth
knowledge of the needs of media professionals like you, puts the power
of the Internet at the heart of your business. The unique solution has
features that will improve your company's performance in every area,
including customer relationship management (CRM), full support for
advertising and other product sales, media product life-cycle
management, and integrated functionality for managing intellectual
properties. And with the SAP Business Maps, you can preview the
benefits and advantages of SAP for Media -- before you buy.
SAP for Media's end-to-end integration allows you to streamline
processes and realize synergies throughout the value chain. And it
ensures that you and your customers always will have consistent and
up-to-date information -- wherever and however you access it.
SAP for Mill Products
In Today's Business Environment, It's All About Customers.
Forest products. Textiles. Building materials. Paper. Metals.
Regardless of what mill products business you are in, focusing on your
customers and realigning your business objectives to serve them better
is paramount. To accomplish this, you need to:
· Get good information to make good decisions
· Plan effectively for the future
· Understand where your market is going
· Know what your customers want
Now, more than ever, you need SAP for Mill Products.
A truly integrated solution, SAP for Mill Products packages SAP's
business expertise with mySAP Business Suite to help you:
· Streamline business processes and operations
· Organize and coordinate your supply network
· Collect information needed to make important business decisions
· Maximize execution of your production plan
· Develop business-building online sales capability
· Customize complex products and programs
· Optimize delivery schedules with collaborative transportation
management
SAP for Mining
The Mining Business: A Profitable Business...with Complex Challenges
Mining consists of multiple processes. Each process presents its own
set of challenges. Today, these challenges must be met in a context of
increasing government regulation, falling commodity prices, and
environment, health, and safety issues.
Increasingly, mining operations are turning to information technology
to improve their management effectiveness and increase profitability.
Increasingly, mining operations are turning to SAP for Mining.
SAP for Mining provides critical management support with an
integrated, enterprise wide business system. SAP for Mining integrates
your entire information, procurement, production, and delivery process
chain, ensuring the efficient delivery of high-quality services. And
thanks to the SAP Business Maps, you can see how the solution can help
your company -- before you buy.
SAP for Mining takes the best of SAP best practices for mining and
joins them with mySAP Business Suite to give you a seamless, global
network of information.
SAP for Oil & Gas
While You're Locating, Extracting, Transporting, Refining, and
Marketing Hydrocarbons, Don't Forget to Make a Profit.
Whether your organization is a large, integrated oil and Gas Company
or an independent producer, your business is at the mercy of market
forces. To make a sustainable profit, you must control costs yet
remain agile enough to act quickly on key opportunities. But how?
SAP for Oil & Gas makes it possible by delivering key information,
when and where it's needed. Fully integrated with mySAP Business
Suite, this solution leverages Internet technology to provide accurate
data quickly. SAP for Oil & Gas opens a new world of value creation,
personalization, and collaboration. And provides you with the
information you need to proactively manage assets and maximize your
cash flow -- and do it better than your competition.
It All Comes Down to the Numbers
More than 500 companies. More than 500,000 users. More than 19 years
of oil and gas industry expertise. That's what SAP for Oil & Gas has
that other solutions don't. View the SAP Business Maps and find out
the full benefits and advantages of SAP for Oil & Gas -- before you
buy.
SAP for Oil & Gas is the most complete, integrated, comprehensive
solution available today. SAP is the only major enterprise solution
provider with an integrated, open solution for the entire oil and gas
value chain -- from wellhead to service station.
SAP for Pharmaceuticals
Cutting Edge. Stable. Today, You Need to Be Both.
The pharmaceuticals industry is increasingly complex. Customers seek
better service. Shareholders demand profitability. Government agencies
require that you keep current with regulations and follow them to the
letter. While e-business introduces new opportunities -- and
challenges.
That's why you need SAP for Pharmaceuticals. The one solution designed
for complexity. Designed for stability. Designed for your industry.
With SAP for Pharmaceuticals, you benefit from:
· Electronic signature and audit trails
· Electronic batch recording
· Unit management and recipe management
· Version control
· Integrated hubs for process control
· A process operations cockpit for monitoring production execution
· Automated process for master data approval
To learn even more about the benefits of SAP for Pharmaceuticals, view
the SAP Business Maps, which will show you all the solution's
advantages -- before you buy.
SAP understands the pharmaceuticals industry. We know the challenges
you face. The technology that contributes to your success. And the way
you need to run your business. Its no wonder companies at more than
800 installations around the world are leveraging the power of SAP for
Pharmaceuticals.
SAP for Professional Services
Bringing Together the Right People. At the Right Place. At the Right
Time.
SAP for Professional Services delivers integrated tools, best
practices, and automated processes that are designed specifically for
the demands of the professional services industry. With SAP for
Professional Services, information flows freely, providing the facts,
figures, and functions you need to put the right people in the right
place -- at the right time.
SAP for Professional Services enables you to build an integrated,
end-to-end environment in which you can define your rates, handle
contracts, search for the right consultants, and ensure that people's
skills and talents are used wisely. Plus, SAP for Professional
Services helps you manage your projects from start to finish -- so
your employees can record time and expenses, allowing your enterprise
to track costs, milestones, and deadlines effectively.
Complete. Flexible. Ready for the Future.
SAP for Professional Services is not a rigid, off-the-shelf software
package. This solution is open to custom and third-party software --
and enhancements. And it's backed by the global services and support
of SAP.
Ultimately, SAP for Professional Services gives you the scalability
and flexibility necessary to prepare for the future. Providing you
with a cost-effective solution that is easy to implement. So you can
get up and running quickly.
SAP for Public Sector
E-Government for All
Serving constituents is the name of the game. But delivering
comprehensive public services cost-effectively? That's another story.
The question is, how can public sector organizations improve service
delivery while respecting tight budgets? The answer is e-government.
SAP for Public Sector turns e-government hopes into public service
reality by electronically connecting public administrations with
citizens, suppliers, and other organizations via the Internet.
Enhancing communications. Streamlining services. And cutting costs.
With its rich functionality and future-focused management
capabilities, SAP for Public Sector helps public sector organizations
meets the challenge of serving the public today. And with SAP Business
Maps, you can see the benefits of SAP for Public Sector -- before you
buy.
Public Service in Today's Economy
Sure, the Internet has revolutionized communications. But for public
sector organizations, the old rules still apply. Citizens need
services. Public administrations must provide them. So public
administrations need solutions that work.
SAP for Public Sector harnesses technology to meet your requirements.
That's the way to do public service in today's economy.
Public Services and Section 508
To ensure that SAP solutions meet the needs of all SAP users,
including those with disabilities, SAP has established an
Accessibility Competence Center (ACC) at SAP Labs in Palo Alto.
Information about the ACC and Section 508 of the U.S. federal
Rehabilitation
SAP for Service Providers
The Best Way to Stay Fast, Well-Informed, and Responsive
How can you grow your business, manage complex projects, and give
customers the service they demand -- without losing control of costs?
With SAP for Service Providers.
SAP for Service Providers helps companies in the service industry stay
fast, flexible, and well-informed. It gives your managers the freedom
to make quick, informed decisions. While keeping tight control over
all aspects of operations -- from projects and activities to
financials and human resources. The result: happier customers and
bigger profit margins.
SAP for Service Providers delivers a range of functions and
capabilities tailored for several key industry segments, including:
· Railway and public transportation services
· Postal services
· Logistic services
These functions and capabilities address the most important business
processes, handling everything from first customer contact and
quotation to task management, billing, and performance analysis.
Giving you greater control over the quality and costs of your service.
And providing easier access to strategic business data and analysis.
Bring Best Practices to All Your Value Chains
SAP for Service Providers includes best practices, a set of powerful,
pre-configured templates for project management, billing, and other
core processes specific to the service industry. Covering the full
range of business scenarios, these templates help you rationalize
operations, cut expenses, and improve customer satisfaction.
Put it all together, and it's clear that SAP for Service Providers
helps you adapt quickly to market shifts and changing customer needs
-- without sacrificing financial control. To see how this solution can
benefit your business, view the SAP Business Maps and discover the
advantages of SAP for Service Providers -- before you buy.
SAP for Retail
Retail Customers Expect the World. Don't Let Them Down.
Consumers have never been more in control. They have come to expect
superb quality, selection, and service. And they're perfectly willing
to abandon any retailer that can't deliver. In today's market, there's
no margin for error.
That's why smart retailers are shifting their strategic focus from
product to customer -- and completely re-engineering the way they meet
customer needs. Every piece of your retail value chain, from
forecasting and planning to allocation and replenishment, must be
focused on meeting and surpassing customer expectations.
SAP for Retail provides a portfolio of comprehensive solutions
designed specifically for the new retail environment. Combining supply
chain logic with customer relationship management, SAP for Retail
helps you do it all -- from optimizing strategic partnerships to
leveraging customer data to exploiting multiple sales channels.
Integrated with the versatility of mySAP Business Suite, SAP for
Retail is the only solution portfolio available that lets you focus
completely on your customers -- while cutting costs and maintaining
growth. And with the SAP Business Maps, you can see all the benefits
of SAP for Retail -- before you buy.
Intelligent Work-Force Management
SAP is also making it easier for retailers to manage their work force.
SAP Staff Works automates the tasks of work-force management, time and
attendance, labor policy implementation, and decision support.
A Comprehensive Trade Solution
SAP Global Trade Management (SAP GTM) is a comprehensive solution
designed specifically to meet the special needs of trading companies.
Developed in close cooperation with our customers, SAP GTM has been
successfully implemented in companies of all sizes. This dynamic trade
solution is available as a standard add-on component with SAP R/3
Enterprise Extension Set 1.1.
SAP for Telecommunications
Ready for Today, Ready for Tomorrow
Deregulation, broadband, mobile communications, e-business -- whether
you see these as daunting challenges or incredible opportunities,
there is a single solution that will ensure your company succeeds in
today's economy. It's SAP for Telecommunications.
SAP for Telecommunications is an end-to-end business solution for your
industry. It integrates your entire business on a coherent platform,
streamlines your existing operations, and introduces efficient,
future-proof business functionality.
SAP's solution for telecom enterprises of all types and sizes includes
an unsurpassed range of industry-specific functionality, including
support for convergent invoicing and contract accounting. And with SAP
Business Maps, you can see all the benefits of SAP for
Telecommunications, before you buy.
SAP for Telecommunications combines cutting-edge solutions for the
telecom markets of today and tomorrow with SAP solid industry-specific
and general business expertise, helping you to grow your markets,
survive the struggle, and become a success story.
SAP xApps
Maximizing Return on Strategic Assets
Competing in today's business environment takes more than continuous
improvement. It also requires constant innovation. And that means
aligning existing systems with new business strategies.
Enter SAP xApps -- a new breed of application that enables continuous
improvement and innovation. How? By combining existing, heterogeneous
systems into cross-functional, end-to-end processes for increased
competitive agility.
SAP xApps align people, information, and processes to let you execute
enterprise wide strategies with greater ease and efficiency. And
extend the value of your core business investments to maximize the
return on your most strategic assets: employees, knowledge, products,
business relationships, and IT.
With unique characteristics that aid business improvement and
innovation, SAP xApps:
· Are cross-functional -- SAP xApps drive business processes across
different applications, technologies, and organizations.
· Are composite -- SAP xApps flexibly integrate existing systems and
new functional components into business processes.
· Are collaborative --SAP xApps enable ad hoc team collaboration as
part of vital business processes.
· Are content-driven -- SAP xApps relate knowledge and structured
information within the context of a business process.
· Close the loop -- SAP xApps help aggregate and conceptualize
relevant information, when triggered by event alerts.
The SAP xApps suite includes applications to drive innovation in two
areas significant to business success: SAP xApp Resource and Program
Management (SAP xRPM) dramatically improves your ability to manage and
execute complex IT or R&D projects, and SAP xApp Mergers &
Acquisitions (SAP xMA) expedites business processes across the entire
M&A value chain.
SAP Packaged Solutions
Shrinking budgets present you with difficult challenges. To remain in
business, you need to find new ways to accomplish more -- while
spending less. But how? With packaged solutions from SAP.
At SAP, we understand the value of a phased approach to implementing
business solutions -- targeting your most pressing problems first,
with predictable schedules, costs, and time to ROI. That's why we
created SAP Packaged Solutions: pre-configured software and services
that let you take a modular approach to technology investment.
With SAP Packaged Solutions, you get the focus, predictability, and
return you need -- in a scalable solution you won't outgrow.
SAP Packaged Solutions
· SAP Global Trade Services · SAP Internet Sales · SAP E-Procurement
· SAP Financial Insight Package · SAP Procurement Insight Package
· SAP Sales Insight Package · SAP Strategic Enterprise Management
Each SAP Packaged Solution is:
· Configured for your needs -- You can see measurable benefits within
90 to 120 days -- through phased implementation that addresses your
key business challenges and biggest pain points.
· Scaled to your business -- SAP Packaged Solutions are implemented in
well-defined phases and delivered at a defined cost, within your
timeline and budget -- without any surprises.
· Ready for your future -- SAP Packaged Solutions give you a solid
foundation that allows for the seamless integration of add-on
solutions -- so you'll be able to implement the functionality you
need, when you need it.
Plus, SAP Packaged Solutions are based on best business practices --
and backed by SAP's 30 years of experience. Providing you with
industry expertise that can give you a competitive advantage.
SAP Value Calculators
Revealing the Value Business Solutions Can Bring Your Organization
Wouldn't it be great if you could estimate the value you'll realize
from your investments in business solutions? With SAP Value
Calculators, you can.
SAP Value Calculators are easy-to-use, online tools that reveal how
strong your business is today -- and how much additional value you can
realize by improving your infrastructure with business solutions.
You simply answer a few questions about your company's industry,
financial performance, and e-business maturity. SAP Value Calculators
then determine your e-business "Stage of Excellence" -- ranging from a
collection of disconnected systems to a fully collaborative e-business
-- and estimate how much your company can benefit in a 12-month period
by taking the next step in e-business evolution.
In calculating your benefits, SAP Value Calculators use metrics
provided by Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM), a global business
management consultancy specializing in e-business measurement and
analysis.
Currently, we offer three SAP Value Calculators:
· mySAP Supply Chain Management Value Calculator
· mySAP Customer Relationship Management Value Calculator
· SMB Value Calculator
Try them today. More SAP Value Calculators are in development, so
check back regularly.
At SAP, we're confident that our business solutions can provide your
company with greater value. With SAP Value Calculators, we show you
just how much.
SAP Business Maps
When You're Going Somewhere New, It Helps to Have a Good Map.
SAP Business Maps help you focus on the core processes and functions
that can increase your company's ability to compete, strengthen your
relationships with partners, and help your company become closely
oriented to the markets and customers you serve.
There are two kinds of business maps, each providing a different
perspective of the processes that support a successful e-business.
· Solution Maps model the business processes within an organization.
They help you visualize, plan, and implement a coherent, integrated,
and comprehensive information technology solution.
· Collaborative Business Maps (C-Business Maps) provide a detailed
view of end-to-end processes. They define the activities, roles,
system interfaces, and even the business documents required for
collaboration.
To view, customize, or create your own maps, download our Solution
Composer. It's a free, easy-to-use PC-based tool that lets you plan an
implementation project, including defining, documenting, and
communicating your business solution requirements.
Business Case Builder
Start Building a Business Case for Your Technology Investments
In today's economy, IT purchasing decisions must be based on a clear
return on investment. You need a way to develop a solid business case
that links resources invested with benefits achieved.
That's why we created the Business Case Builder. Working with an SAP
or partner representative, you can use this powerful tool to validate
your business objectives -- and determine the potential value of
investing in mySAP Business Suite.
Based on SAP's Collaborative Business Maps (C-Business Maps), a
collection of industry-specific and cross-industry process blueprints,
the Business Case Builder takes you through a step-by-step process to:
· Examine market forces and business trends in your industry
· Identify processes that support your business objectives
· Calculate the potential value of enabling those processes through
mySAP Business Suite
The result is a customized, high-level value proposition that is
specific to your industry and tailored to your unique business
drivers.
The Business Case Builder provides you with a personalized report,
including:
· Independent industry trend analysis that reduces your research
effort
· A high-level view of the potential benefits of your IT investment
· A clear understanding of how mySAP Business Suite can support your
business objectives
· A business case -- including potential value, payback, and return on
investment -- that is specific to your company
The Business Case Builder is available only through an SAP or partner
representative. To arrange your free session using the Business Case
Builder, contact your local SAP or partner representative today.
A who's who of ERP
By Adrian Mello,
February 7, 2002 1:26 PM PT
This following table provides a representative sampling of vendors
offering ERP software and information about them. The "market served"
column is also only a general indicator and many of the vendors listed
may also provide products and services for other parts of the market.
For more information, contact the vendors directly using the
associated links. Additional vendors of ERP software are listed in our
product catalog.
Company Market Served Description
Baan Medium to large companies Baan is among the five largest ERP
vendors and it provides a broad range of applications including supply
chain management, customer relationship management, business
intelligence, procurement, manufacturing, inventory management,
logistics, demand fulfillment, portal, and collaboration tools. Baan's
XML-based integration layer, called OpenWorld, is used to connect Baan
components as well as third-party applications. The company is now a
wholly owned subsidiary of Invensys.
BRAIN International Medium companies German company that focuses on
automotive market segments including automotive machine construction,
power/electrical engineering, construction elements and textile
collections with special focus on the variant production industry.
Provides applications for finance, supply chain management, sales
force automation, merchandise management system, production planning
and e-commerce.
Epicor Medium companies Offers integrated front- and back-office
applications including financials, distribution, manufacturing,
planning, scheduling, customer relationship management, sales force
automation, business intelligence, e-commerce, and portals. Serves the
manufacturing, technology, financial services, and hospitality
markets.
Frontstep Medium companies Provides manufacturers and distributors
with front- and back-office applications including business
intelligence, customer relationship management, supply chain
management, finance, planning, project management, and workflow. The
company, formerly known as Symix, serves industries such as
automotive, consumer products, electronics, telecommunications, and
transportation.
Geac Small to medium companies Canadian company with applications
including financials, human resources, manufacturing, procurement,
sales, logistics, and supply chain management serving industries such
as apparel manufacturing, auto-parts manufacturing, financial
services, food and beverage processing, government, and construction.
Great Plains Small companies This leader in the small business market
was acquired by Microsoft in December 2000 and is now a separate
division within Microsoft's small business organization. Although
originally focused on financials, applications are now available for
human resources, distribution, manufacturing, and e-commerce.
IFS Medium to large companies Provides applications including
engineering, design, manufacturing, distribution, maintenance,
finance, human resources, customer relationship management, supply
chain management, e-commerce, e-markets, e-procurement, project
management, and portals for markets such as aviation, defense, energy,
forest products, railways, and telecommunications.
J.D. Edwards Medium companies One of the five largest ERP software
companies, J.D. Edwards provides OneWorld as a platform for
integrating its ERP applications and third-party e-business
applications over the Web. Applications include financials, human
resources, project management, supply chain management, customer
relationship management, supplier relationship management, asset
management, business intelligence, and others for many segments within
consumer and industrial markets.
Lawson Medium companies Targets professional services, health-care,
financial services, retail, and public-sector markets. Software
includes applications for financials, human resources, procurement,
distribution, customer relationship management (through a partnership
with Siebel Systems), services automation systems and analytics.
MAPICS Medium companies Provides manufacturers with customer
relationship management, supply chain management, manufacturing,
product lifecycle management, financial and business analytics, and
maintenance and calibration management. Supports Windows, Unix, and
AS/400.
Navision Medium companies Danish software company with applications
for financials, human resources, inventory, contact management,
manufacturing, distribution and logistics, and portals.
Oracle Large companies Recognized as the world's second-largest
software company due to its leadership in enterprise database
management software. For several years, Oracle has built on this
business by providing ERP software to the point where it is second in
market share only to SAP. Oracle's 11i e-business suite is tightly
coupled to its database management software with applications
including human resources, financials, manufacturing, project
management, supply chain management, business intelligence, customer
relationship management, sales force automation, and others.
PeopleSoft Large companies Among the large ERP providers, PeopleSoft
has most vigorously embraced a Web-based architecture. The latest
version of the company's software, known as PeopleSoft 8, provides
access solely through a Web browser to applications including
financials, human resources, project management and planning, service
automation, performance management, customer relationship management,
supply chain management, e-markets, portals, and others for
communications, consumer products, government, financial services,
health care, technology, utilities, and other industries.
QAD Medium and large companies Chiefly focused on manufacturing but
also supplies complementary applications for supply chain management,
e-markets, customer relationship management, and business
intelligence. Targeted at automotive, packaged foods, electronics,
industrial equipment, and medical and pharmaceutical markets.
Ramco Systems Medium companies India-based company with applications
for production, sales, financial, human resources, logistics, plant
maintenance, process and quality control serving industries such as
aviation, construction, and energy.
Ross Systems Medium companies Focused on process manufacturing with
features that handle attribute matching and tracking,
available/capable to promise, lot and batch traceability, maintenance
management, quality and regulatory requirements, quantity precision,
and yield planning and tracking. Ross provides applications including
supply chain management to financials, manufacturing, distribution,
maintenance management, human resources, decision support and
knowledge management for process manufacturers in industries such as
food and beverage, forest products, metals, pharmaceuticals, and
specialty chemicals.
Sage Group Medium to large companies A UK-based company whose early
business was in accounting and payroll software. It has since grown
through acquisitions to offer applications including financials,
distribution, manufacturing, customer relationship management, human
resources, time recording and billing products.
SAP Large companies The market share leader for packaged ERP software
aimed at large enterprises. SAP provides a broad variety of
applications including financials, human resources, manufacturing,
project management and planning, business intelligence, customer
relationship management, supply chain management, product lifecycle
management, e-markets, portals, and others. The company's flagship
product is the client/server-based R/3, which is gradually being
transitioned to a Web-based architecture called mySAP.com.
SSA Global Technologies Medium companies A UK-based company that
provides financials, manufacturing, supply chain management, inventory
management, and e-commerce applications for industries including
automotive supply, consumer packaged goods (including fast-moving
consumer goods, food and beverage, and consumer electronics),
pharmaceutical/specialty chemical, and general manufacturing.
Systems Union Small and medium companies A UK-based ERP vendor that
provides financial and business management software under the
SunSystems and Pegasus brands to industries such as energy, finance,
government, hospitality, and telecommunications. SunSystems
applications include financials, business intelligence, sales order
management, purchasing, inventory management, and product management
aimed at larger companies. Pegasus Software focuses on providing
financial and accounting software to small to medium-sized companies. |
