SAP understands that to our customer the only industry that matters is their industry. That's why there's no such thing as a generic industry solution from SAP. Our solution sets are based on an in-depth knowledge of the processes that drive industries. This allow our customers to make more informed strategic decisions in the areas most important to them — whether to gain greater visibility across the enterprise, get closer to customers, or to reduce inefficiencies.

The Industry Centre of Expertise at SAP Labs France provides product support for Oil & Gas, Banking and Public sector.

SAP for Oil & Gas

With SAP for Oil & Gas solutions, companies of all sizes — in diverse business segments — can face the challenges of cost and profitability head-on. This solution portfolio includes mySAP Business Suite solutions, as well as industry-specific applications, designed to help lower costs, increase profitability, and stay competitive.

Within SAP Labs France we provide support for all functionality related to downstream activities, these being: marketing planning and execution, sales planning and account management, opportunity-to-cash management, customer service Terminal management, hydrocarbon products transportation, service station fuel management and convenience retailing.

SAP for Banking

Based on a flexible, scalable infrastructure, the SAP for Banking solution portfolio provides a robust environment for incorporating new technologies, controlling core banking processes, and extending operations to the Internet. Innovative core banking capabilities seamlessly connect front-office activities with back-office systems and enable low-cost, real-time processing of key financial transactions. The solution also provides high-performance tools for integrating and controlling customer information — and managing personalized relationships with customers — to speed the development of multi-channel products and services that meet the needs of demand-oriented markets.

Within SAP Labs France we provide support for:

• SAP Accounting for Financial Instruments, this was designed specifically to help banks prepare for and meet IAS regulations. In particular, the solution addresses compliance with IAS 32 and IAS 39 — the rules that relate to the valuation of financial instruments.
• SAP Basel II, that helps institutions meet all Basel II requirements for risk exposure and capital adequacy, and implement risk-mitigating supervisory review and disclosure processes. The solution also integrates data and analytics in a flexible financial database that accommodates all standard financial products — making it a strategic platform for ongoing compliance and delivery of business insight.
• SAP Financial Database, which provides a framework for managing control, reporting, and compliance data and all related applications — it also sets a solid foundation for a strategic information architecture. This powerful application enables data assembly, modeling, and analysis in a consistent fashion.

SAP for Public Sector

The SAP for Public Sector set of solutions helps governments meet the needs of all stakeholders, from citizens to employees to legislators to other agencies. In particular, SAP solutions deliver public value — from providing services online to collecting revenues that fund legislative mandates. The results benefit citizens and governments alike across the social, economic, political, and governance roles of the public sector.

Within SAP Labs France we provide product support for the following Public Sector Accounting functionality:

• Budget formulation and preparation, which allows the development of a budget according to clear objectives and appropriate standards, describing both organizational objectives and the means to be used to accomplish those objectives.
• Budget execution, which allows the reservation and commitment of funds, the entry of payment requests, and the transfer of payments to streamline the implementation of budgets.
• Grants management (grantee), which enables the management of sponsored grantee-related programs, such as grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements, from pre-award administration to post-award management and reporting.