SAP ERP Solution Overview

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Solution Overview

SAP® ERPTHE TRUSTED FOUNDATION FOR BUSINESSINSIGHT, EXCELLENCE, AND INNOVATION



YOU NEED A TRUSTED FOUNDATION . . .TO ENABLE GROWTH AND SUSTAINCOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

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The SAP® ERP application is the software foundation that large enterprisesand midsize companies trust to provide the best business insight and enableoperational excellence and innovation. Leveraging this foundation, you can

build the flexible business processes you need today – and tomorrow. SAPERP draws from more than 35 years of experience with more than 43,000customers worldwide. It delivers the powerful functionality, global orientation,and flexible enhancement package options you need to gain a sustainable,competitive advantage and position your organization for profitable growth. Atthe same time, it supports the types of automated, end-to-end processes thatare needed to transcend organizational barriers and extend business processes

to your partners, suppliers, and customers.

“The move to SAP ERP gave us a strong foundation for excellence in our corebusiness functions and the support we need for our overall growth strategyas we continue to expand internationally.”

Albert Bechet, COO, Dexxon Group Holding

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For most organizations, driving profit-able growth in today’s business climateisn’t easy. You face global competition,market consolidation, talent shortages,compliance requirements, heightenedcustomer and shareholder expectations,

and demands for increased profitability.Constant changes in your industry onlycompound these challenges. To meetthese challenges, you must be able torespond and transform your businessquickly, cost-effectively, and withoutsacrificing profitability, transparency, orinternal control. You need IT that is flex-ible, robust, and secure. And you needsoftware that effectively handles yourindustry-specific processes from startto finish.

Solutions for enterprise resourceplanning (ERP) play a vital role in ensur-ing your success. With the right ERPsoftware, you can boost corporateperformance while you:• More easily manage complex corpo-

rate structures, market channels,and business scenarios

• Streamline your business processesand operations

• Optimize valuable corporateresources and assets

• Accelerate time to market and timeto value

• Deliver individualized products andservices to current and emergingmarkets

• Enhance employee and customer

service and satisfaction in all aspectsof your business

CURRENT AND FUTUREBUSINESS CHALLENGESTRANSFORMING YOUR BUSINESSTO MEET NEW DEMANDS

In the past 35 years, SAP has be-come the global leader in businesssoftware, serving more than 43,000customers worldwide, includinglarge enterprises and midsize com-

panies. Along the way, SAP hasaccumulated a unique knowledgebase of best business practices –both cross-industry and industry-specific practices – that the soft-

ware supports natively and throughenhancement packages. The SAPtradition of leadership continues

with a new generation of softwarethat gives your company unprece-dented speed and flexibility to im-prove your bottom line by improving

your enterprise resource planning.

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The SAP® ERP application has anextensive range of functionality– including personalized informationaccess and tailored reporting – to help

you in all areas of your business. Withfull support to integrate your core busi-

ness processes – such as customerrelationship management, supply chainmanagement, supplier relationshipmanagement, and product life-cyclemanagement – SAP ERP providesa foundation for growth, innovation,and end-to-end business processexcellence.

SAP ERP is a world-class, fully integratedapplication that fulfills the core busi-ness needs of midsize companies and

large organizations across all industriesand market sectors. It helps enterpriseslike yours perform financials, humancapital management, procurement andlogistics, product development andmanufacturing, and sales and service,supported by functionality for analytics,corporate services, and end-user ser-

vice delivery. In addition to increasingefficiency within your organization, SAPERP also helps you extend end-to-endbusiness processes to your customers,partners, and suppliers.

SAP ERP can serve as a business pro-cess platform that supports continuedgrowth by providing a foundation forinsight, operational excellence, andinnovation. SAP ERP is powered by theSAP NetWeaver® technology platform,

which enables you to build new busi-ness solutions rapidly while realizingmore business value from your existingIT investments. SAP NetWeaver is alsothe foundation for enterprise service-

oriented architecture (enterprise SOA)

and helps align people, information,and business processes across organi-zational and technological boundaries.Together, SAP NetWeaver and enter-prise SOA enable you to refine yourbusiness processes on an ongoing basis,

which makes it possible for your enter-prise to respond quickly in the face ofnew opportunities and new challenges.

With SAP ERP, you can:

Sharpen Business InsightSAP ERP gives fast access to accurateinformation about your business so

you can manage day-to-day operationsefficiently. It provides a unified setof analytic applications and tools thatsupports decision making within every

work stream of your enterprise, includ-

ing finance, operations, and workforce

management. As a result, you canproactively identify opportunities andbetter align company strategy with youroperational business model. And youcan extend your business processes tocustomers, partners, and suppliers sothat they can access richer, more accu-rate information that gives them betterbusiness insight.

Respond FasterWith SAP ERP, you can empower thepeople in your organization by providingthem with the information needed toreact promptly and respond proactivelyto market changes and competitivechallenges. You can adapt your busi-ness processes swiftly in response tonew business and market requirements –agility that can give you significant

competitive advantage.

A COMPLETE, INTEGRATEDERP SOLUTIONENABLING BUSINESS PROCESSEXCELLENCE

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Reach FurtherNow you can extend the reach of yourbusiness processes beyond your enter-prise so that your partners, suppliers,and customers can engage with you inreal time. The software promotes col-

laboration by providing easy access toa consolidated and consistent view of

your business processes.

Optimize Financial ManagementYou can optimize your financial opera-tions by streamlining and automatingaccounting and financial supply chainmanagement while ensuring regulatorycompliance. In addition, the softwareprovides you with complete insight into

your organization’s overall performance.

Armed with this insight, you can takeswift action to improve overall corpo-rate performance and profitability.

Manage Your Most Valuable Asset –Your PeopleYou can support your employeesthrough every phase of their employ-ment, from recruiting, onboarding, andtraining to professional developmentand promotion. With easy-to-use self-services built into SAP ERP, you canempower your global workforce to takecharge of their development and pro-actively manage their career. The soft-

ware includes an employee interactioncenter that gives your global workforcea single point of contact for all HRservice requests.

“SAP ERP exceeded our high expectations for thequick time to value and overall benefit from gettingreal-time financial visibility into the business. SAP’sagility supporting Endeca has given us a world-classplatform to more effectively build our own businessof providing better information visibility across the[Forbes] Global 2000.”Steve Papa, CEO, Endeca Technologies Inc.

SAP® ERP: Setting a New Standard in Enterprise ResourcePlanning Software

• Industry-specific functionality –SAP ERP provides support for

more than 25 industries withindustry-specific features thatenable organizations to leverageindustry-wide best practices.

• Simplified user experience –Duet™ software, work centers,user-defined work lists, role-basedaccess, and interactive forms allenhance the usability of SAP ERP.

• Advanced business intelligence,reporting, and analytics – SAP andBusiness Objects, an SAP com-

pany, offer solutions that give youbetter insight into your businessand processes.

• Enterprise service-orientedarchitecture – Reusable enterpriseservices are readily available fordeploying flexible businessprocesses.

• Innovation without disruption –The enhancement package for

SAP ERP contains improvedgeneral business and industryfunctionality, enterprise services,and other interface and processimprovements. Enhancementpackages are cumulative and canbe downloaded and installed aspart of a support pack update.You can then activate specificbusiness functions contained inthe enhancement package, whichfacilitates the rapid, nonintrusive

deployment of selected functionaland process improvements on your own timetable.

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SAP ERP supports a broad range ofbusiness processes. These includefinancial management, human capitalmanagement, procurement and logis-tics execution, product developmentand manufacturing, sales and service,

and corporate services. Using therobust functionality that SAP ERP pro-

vides for these business processes, you can:• More tightly link your business

operations and improve visibility• Enhance financial management and

reporting• Effectively manage your workforce –

both locally and globally• Achieve superior flexibility for address-

ing new business requirements

• Gain easier access to enterpriseinformation and reports• Give employees tools to perform

their jobs efficiently• Take advantage of software designed

for adaptability that grants you thefreedom to innovate

Financial ManagementSAP ERP provides a comprehensivefinancial management solution for themost complex businesses across abroad range of industries. It is the lead-ing enterprise software solution foraddressing critical financial functions,such as financial and managementaccounting and reporting, financialsupply chain management, working-capital management, treasury and riskmanagement, and – through integration

with SAP solutions for governance,risk, and compliance – regulatorycompliance.

SAP ERP helps you dramaticallyincrease your finance department’s

value by streamlining and automatinglabor-intensive transaction possessing

and reporting functions. Freeing skilledfinance professionals from routineactivities enables them to provide greater

value to the organization – throughoperational insight, strategic action,and better understanding of the driversfor value and improved performance.

Human Capital ManagementThe SAP ERP Human Capital Manage-ment solution offers a complete andintegrated set of tools to help yourorganization – regardless of industry orgeographic location – more effectivelymanage your most important asset.

Automation of core human resourceprocesses, such as employee adminis-tration, payroll, and legal reporting,increases efficiency and supports com-pliance with changing global and localregulations. For example, you cancreate project teams based on skillsand availability, monitor their progresson specific projects, track the time they

spend, and analyze the results. Withembedded analytics and real-timeinsight into your workforce, you canmaximize human-capital strategies

and programs and measure theircontributions to your bottom line.

Equally important, integrated talentmanagement functions in SAP ERP give

your HR managers insight into yourorganizational talent to more effectivelyplan, acquire, educate, align, and retainthe talent you need to maximize theeffectiveness of the organization.Identifying top performers and potentialsuccessors helps your organizationminimize disruption when executivesand senior managers leave or retire.

SAP ERP supports shared servicesand business process outsourcing(BPO), thereby reducing the cost andrisk for these deployment models.Whether you outsource part or all of

your HR operation, you have access toan ecosystem of partners whose BPOservices are powered by SAP software.

COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FORINDUSTRY-SPECIFIC PROCESSESOPTIMIZE, ADAPT, AND EXTENDYOUR CORE BUSINESS PROCESSES

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Procurement and Logistics ExecutionSAP ERP Operations can help yourorganization – regardless of industry –

to quickly maximize cost savings forall spend. With one complete and inte-grated procurement solution, you canmanage end-to-end procure-to-pay andlogistics business processes for com-plete business cycles – from self-servicerequisitioning to flexible invoicing andpayment. The solution can also help youoptimize the physical flow of materials.

Product Development andManufacturingThrough streamlined new-productdevelopment and introduction processes,SAP ERP helps you shorten time tomarket, deliver high-quality products,respond to changes in demand, andensure delivery of promised orders. Atthe same time, you can improve visibilityand transparency in real time acrossshop-floor processes – driving superiorperformance across both local andglobal plant operations.

SAP ERP provides these benefits by

streamlining your entire manufacturing

process – from planning and schedulingthrough sequencing and execution tomonitoring and analysis – and improving

efficiency along your entire value chain.The software supports a customer-oriented manufacturing approach andis compatible with just-in-time andkanban methodologies. Using real-timetracking and analysis, you can identifyand fix problems before they becomecustomer issues.

SAP ERP improves your responsive-ness to demand volatility by accelerat-ing the planning process and facilitatingfast changes in product execution. Inaddition, the software ensures productquality and regulatory compliance byhelping you track and monitor require-ments across all plants and enterprise-

wide operations.

Sales and ServiceBy providing a comprehensive andintegrated sales and service solution,SAP ERP can help you simplify theentire order-to-cash cycle, deliverorders on time, and benefit from

profitable sales and interaction chan-

nels. As a result, you can accelerateprocesses, reduce operational costs,boost productivity, and increase salesand profit margins while improvingcustomer satisfaction.

These benefits are made possiblebecause SAP ERP enables your salesorganization to efficiently manage thecomplete sales order cycle, as well asall postsales activities. The applicationsupports a wide range of customer-focused processes – from sellingproducts and professional services todelivering services and handling after-market processing of warranty claims,service orders, and returns.

Corporate ServicesThe SAP ERP Corporate Servicessolution enables you to take control of

your organization’s most cost-intensivecorporate functions: real estate man-agement; enterprise asset manage-ment; project and portfolio manage-ment; travel management; environment,health, and safety compliance manage-ment; quality management; and globaltrade services. The solution stream-lines these activities while maximizingtheir transparency, enabling you tosignificantly increase the efficiency andeffectiveness of your organization’sbusiness operations. As a result, youcan reduce financial and environmentalrisks, enhance the safety of your em-ployees, and ensure that company poli-cies are applied to all processes. Andunlike point solutions that support onlyindividual activities, such as travel orquality management, SAP ERP Corpo-rate Services tightly integrates withbusiness software and processes that

span the entire enterprise.

“The SAP enhancement package strategy providedus with timely access to functionality and tech-

nology that helped us meet a key businessrequirement without having to go with an infe-rior technology or waiting for a full upgrade.”

Thomas Graubmann, Senior Consultant, Human Resources, Tchibo GmbH

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THE BENEFITS OF SAP ERP – AT A GLANCEENABLING INSIGHT, EXCELLENCE, AND INNOVATION

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Increased productivity • Improve cost control through integrated management of key business processes across yourorganization

• Improve operational efficiency by extending the reach of business processes throughout andbeyond the enterprise

• Accelerate response to market changes and competitive challengesReduced costs throughincreased flexibility

• Improve process standardization, efficiency, and adaptability by utilizing enterprise service-orientedarchitecture

• Gain access to transactions, information, and collaborative activities across a broad businesscommunity

• Add specific functionality as needed to support evolving business requirements• Protect and leverage existing investments in SAP® solutions

Optimized IT spending • Cut IT costs by tightly integrating and optimizing core business processes• Reduce capital outlay by eliminating the need to purchase third-party software• Lower costs by standardizing enterprise software on a single integration platform• Enable faster, more cost-effective business expansion by eliminating the complexity of managing

homegrown or heterogeneous software applications

Faster, higher ROI • Use rapid implementation techniques that cost less than half of what traditional approaches cost• Gain rapid access to needed functionality through preset defaults and prepackaged, industry- specific versions

• Enhance the value of existing software investments by increasing their use throughout theenterprise

Innovation without disruption • Take advantage of new functionality through SAP ERP enhancement packages rather thanupgrades

• Implement functionality to support business processes incrementally as your business requires –an evolutionary approach that protects your existing IT investments and reduces costs

“Only SAP can deliver innovation the way customerswant it – in a continuous fashion, but packaged in away that customers can consume it at their pace, andwithout impacting their core operations. In just the pastyear, thousands of customers have opted to deploy thelatest version of SAP ERP to fully leverage the advantagesof the enhancement package deployment model.”

Tobias Dosch, Senior Vice President, SAP Suite Solution Management, SAP AG

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“Integration continues to be one of the mostimportant advantages of our SAP solutions for us.”Bernard Jicquel, IT Project Manager, Stef-TFE Group

SAP ERP supports your most impor-tant business processes and providestools to help you understand how theseprocesses work. One of these tools isthe SAP solution map. SAP solutionmaps are multilevel blueprints of pro-

cesses constructed from customer and

industry analysts input, plus the techni-cal expertise SAP has acquired throughextensive business experience andresearch. By showing what processesSAP and SAP partner solutions sup-port, solution maps help you visualize,

plan, and implement a coherent,

integrated, and comprehensive infor-mation technology solution that coversall your critical business processes.You can review the solution map forSAP ERP online at

www.sap.com/businessmaps .

SAP ERP SOLUTION MAPUNLOCKING BUSINESS VALUE

Figure: SAP® ERP Solution Map

S A P N e t W e a v e r ® Analytics

Financials

ProductDevelopmentand Manufacturing

Sales andService

Human CapitalManagement

Procurementand LogisticsExecution

CorporateServices

Sales Order Management Aftermarket Sales and Service Professional-Service Delivery

End-User Service Delivery

Financial SupplyChain Management

Treasury Financial Accounting

Management Accounting

CorporateGovernance

Production Planning Manufacturing Execution Product Development Life-Cycle DataManagement

Talent Management

Financial Analytics

Workforce Process Management

Operations Analytics

Workforce Deployment

Workforce Analytics

Real EstateManagement

Enterprise AssetManagement

Project andPortfolioManagement

TravelManagement

Environment,Health, andSafety Compli -ance Mgmt.

QualityManagement

Global TradeServices

Procurement Inventory and WarehouseManagement

Inbound andOutbound Logistics

TransportationManagement

S h a r e d S e r v i c e D e l i v e r y

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Economic Advantages andScalability of SAP ERP

SAP ERP delivers a fast return on your investment. It can increase pro-ductivity and control costs through

effective management of key businessprocesses across your organization. Itcan improve operational efficiency andproductivity by extending the reach ofbusiness processes within and beyond

your enterprise. And it can speed yourresponse to market changes andcompetitive challenges.

With SAP ERP, your company canevolve to achieve enterprise SOA, givingit the flexibility it needs to improve pro-

cess standardization, efficiency, andadaptability. The application enhancesaccess to transactions, information,and collaboration functions across abroad business community and makesit cost effective to add new functionalityas business requirements evolve.

SAP can help you reduce costs furtherby protecting and leveraging your exist-ing investments in SAP software. SAPERP eliminates hefty integration costsby supporting business processes thatare tightly integrated and optimizedfrom the start. The application canreduce capital outlay by eliminating theneed to purchase multiple softwaresolutions from different vendors. SAPoffers flexible options that help youincrementally deploy additional offer-ings from the SAP Business Suitefamily of business applications.

In addition, SAP ERP enables fasterROI through rapid implementation tech-niques that are less than half the costof traditional approaches. You gain fastaccess to the functionality you need

through preset defaults and prepack-aged, industry-specific versions.

Grow Your Business

Drawing on over 35 years of ERP expe-rience and leadership, SAP has createdrobust ERP applications that grow with

your business, whether you are lookingfor organization-wide solutions or sim-ply want to standardize your current ITenvironment. Users of earlier versionsof SAP software or third-party ERPapplications can transition easily toSAP ERP and bring a new dimensionof efficiency and flexibility to theirbusinesses.

To ensure your projects are completedefficiently and you get the fastestreturn on your investment, you canturn to the SAP Services organizations.Through this dynamic network, youhave access to all the services groups

within SAP. These groups represent

the broadest and deepest expertisein the industry and cover consulting,

education, support, custom develop-ment, hosting, and business processoutsourcing. The services groups arethere to help you implement, operate,enhance, and upgrade your SAP

enterprise solution.Leveraging the experience gainedduring thousands of customer imple-mentations, SAP Services offeringsfoster business insight and processinnovation that dramatically improve

your operational efficiency. Deliveredby SAP and its partners, these servicesare tailored to your unique businessrequirements to help you achieve themaximum benefit at lowest total cost ofownership – quickly and with minimalbusiness disruption.

Take the Next Step

SAP ERP is a world-class, fully integratedapplication that fulfills the core busi-ness needs of midsize and large orga-nizations across all industries andmarket sectors. To learn more abouthow SAP ERP can help your companyoperate more efficiently, profitably,and competitively, please visit

www.sap.com/erp .

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