For details about the benefits and features of SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components, check out the following information:

Overview

• "SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components" (PDF, 744 KB) -- Look beyond manufacturing processes to find profitability by deploying new business strategies through effective solutions and best practices reviewed by independent analysts and industry experts -- and have the right tools, including solution maps, to implement them.

New Product Development and Introduction

• "New Product Development and Introduction" (PDF, 162 KB) -- Learn how the SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components solution portfolio delivers integrated new product development and introduction (NPDI) capabilities that enable companies to improve new product success rates and boost their competitive advantage.

Quote and Sales Cycle Management

• "Quote and Sales Cycle Management" (PDF, 162 KB) -- Consider how SAP for IM&C includes powerful quote and sales cycle functionality for account and activity processing, quote management and costing, and order processing -- improving your ability to increase sales force productivity and customer satisfaction simultaneously.

Demand and Supply Planning

• "Demand and Supply Planning" (PDF, 89 KB) -- Examine how the powerful demand and supply planning capabilities in SAP IM&C support consensus demand planning, forecasting and life-cycle planning, supply network planning, and supplier collaboration.

Manufacturing

• "Manufacturing for Industrial Machinery and Components" (PDF, 158 KB) -- See how SAP for IM&C delivers the tools you need to meet the challenges of lean and Six Sigma manufacturing -- supporting make-to-order and engineer-to-order processes that can help reduce costs, speed up development, and increase customer satisfaction.

Aftermarket Sales and Service

• "Aftermarket Sales and Service for Industrial Machinery and Components" (PDF, 160 KB) -- Read how SAP for IM&C helps reduce costs and maximize aftermarket profits in ways that niche, market-point solutions cannot -- through comprehensive functionality that connect the extended enterprise -- enabling significant profit potential.

Enterprise Management and Support

• "Enterprise Management and Support in the Industrial Machinery and Components Industry" (PDF, 1,371 KB) -- Discover the comprehensive enterprise management and support capabilities that enable organizations to survive and thrive in today's increasingly challenging business environment.