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Concept, Specification & Design

Business Scenario

 


Business Scenario Maps

  • xApp: Product Definition (SAP xPD)
  • Key Performance Indicators

  • Concept Approval Cycle Time
  • Lead times: product development
  • R&D costs as a % of Revenue
  • Research & Development Costs
  • Time to Market
  • Partner Opportunities

  • Partner Opportunities in High Tech - Software
  • Patent Management

  • Supports the managing of ideas and concepts for new software development, through specification, design, and prototyping.

    Business Goals & Objectives


    Increasing Revenue

    Reduce time-to-market & volume

    Managing Fixed Assets & Resources

    Reduce lifecycle costs

    Reducing Operating Costs & Increasing Efficiency

    Reduce administration, improve business processes

     



    Business Processes

    Idea and Concept ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available
    Management of the critical front-end of product development processes: idea management and concept development to reduce hurdles and inefficiencies is important. Organizations need to be able to capitalize on every possible good idea for new products or services, study their market potential and technical constraints, evaluate if and how to efficiently develop them and then come up with a short list of promising product concepts that match a company’s strategy. 
     
    Specification ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available
    Manages business specifications and phases for product development

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP
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    Development CollaborationSAP Component or Feature Available
    Development Collaboration allows the optimization of cross-enterprise product development with internal and external teams. This is reached among other things by a consistent central storage of all relevant specifications & data during the entire collaboration process and a secure integration of external partners.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP
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    Product DevelopmentSAP Component or Feature Available
    The business process "product development" allows you to optimize cross-department product development. This is reached among other things by a consistent central storage of all relevant data during the entire product development process.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP
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    Prototyping and Ramp-upSAP Component or Feature Available
    NPDI is the process of defining the product strategy, managing the program, gathering requirements, prototyping & developing the product and managing the ramp-up.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP
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    SAP Product Available Partner Product Available SAP Product Available with Future Releases Partner Product Available with Future Releases Future Focus