SAP Expands Rapid-Deployment Solutions Portfolio

SAP has announced the availability of offerings specifically designed to address the business needs of finance, human resources (HR), IT, marketing, manufacturing, sales, service, supply chain and sustainable operations. Initially available in North America and German-speaking countries, the rapid-deployment solutions are now available worldwide. SAP will continue to introduce on a regular basis further affordable, fixed-scope solutions addressing customers’ business needs.

Announced last year, the initial portfolio of rapid-deployment solutions included offerings for sales, service, marketing, business portfolio management and supplier relationship management. Apart from a number of updates and enhancements to available rapid-deployment solutions, SAP has introduced additional offerings. These offerings allow customers to address a variety of areas, such as:

• Finance, sales and procurement functions can look to improve the performance of their core operations by increasing process efficiency, agility and visibility while at the same time reducing risk with the SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management, SAP Business Objects Sales and Operations Planning and SAP Treasury and Risk Management rapid-deployment solutions.

• IT departments can streamline processes, including incident and problem management, change and service asset management, knowledge management and financial management, with the SAP IT Service Desk Operation rapid-deployment solution.

• SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) rapid-deployment solution for batch manufacturing, SAP MII rapid-deployment solution for energy analysis and SAP Portfolio and Project Management rapid-deployment solution for portfolio monitoring can help improve product development and on-time delivery, increase return on assets, adhere to regulatory and compliance edicts and record global energy use and costs.

• Sales teams have access to accurate and consistent customer activity and history with the SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management rapid-deployment solution for customer data integration. The Sybase Mobile Sales rapid-deployment solution for SAP CRM provides sales representatives access to essential customer information on mobile devices, enabling rapid responses to inquiries wherever and whenever.

• With SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC) rapid-deployment solution for customer collaboration and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) rapid-deployment solution and, companies can streamline and automate activities as well as lower supply chain and logistics costs.

• The SAP EHS Management rapid-deployment solution for environmental compliance analytics, the SAP EHS Management rapid-deployment solution for health and safety analytics and the SAP EHS Management rapid-deployment solution for product safety and stewardship analytics are now available to help meet companies’ sustainability goals.

• The SAP ERP rapid-deployment solution for the employee and manager portal helps HR departments empower employees to view, create and maintain their HR and work-related information, and gives managers the ability to review employee information profiles, evaluate talent and initiate HR transactions.

“Given the strong adoption of rapid-deployment solutions, we are accelerating the expansion of our portfolio, giving customers around the globe a steady stream of possibilities to drive continuous value, long-term viability and success,” said Robert Viehmann, Senior Vice President, Solution Assembly and Packaging, SAP AG. “The latest releases of rapid-deployment solutions are a living proof that we do this at the speed the market demands - quarter after quarter, thereby making the strength of our software, combined with fixed pricing, industry-leading services and support an emerging default to provide affordable solutions that quickly turn into tangible value.”