Financial results are no longer the sole basis of company success. Stakeholders now want evidence that organizations are conducting their operations effectively, profitably, and ethically. Successful companies reach corporate accountability by proving to stakeholders that their business is reliable, compliant, and sustainable. Achieving this level of operations and reporting requires a unified GRC strategy that guides people, standardizes processes, and integrates technology to embed GRC at every organizational level.

SAP solutions for governance, risk, and compliance (SAP solutions for GRC) promote corporate accountability by unifying corporate strategy, control initiatives, opportunity discovery, and loss mitigation across the extended enterprise. Managing GRC across the extended enterprise allows processes and strategies to be evaluated within the company and extended to partners, suppliers, and customers – truly representing the reach of the enterprise.

Solutions for Automating End-to-End GRC Processes

Only SAP solutions for GRC automate end-to-end GRC processes to address corporate governance and oversight, risk management, and compliance management and reporting. SAP solutions for GRC include the following:

• SAP GRC Risk Management – Balance business opportunities with financial, legal, and operational risks to maximize corporate performance and minimize the market penalties from high-impact events.
• SAP GRC Access Control – Identify and prevent access and authorization risks in cross-enterprise IT systems to prevent fraud and reduce the cost of continuous compliance and control.
• SAP GRC Process Control – Ensure compliance and enable business process control management by centrally monitoring key controls over cross-enterprise systems.
• SAP GRC Global Trade Services – Manage all foreign trade processes with a comprehensive platform to ensure trade compliance, expedited cross-border transactions, and optimum utilization of trade agreements.
• Environment, health, and safety compliance management applications – Align business processes with environmental, occupational, and product safety regulations, and with corporate policies to ensure proactive compliance.
• GRC composite applications by SAP and Cisco – Extend controls and proactively address risk event issues across the extended enterprise network.

SAP solutions for GRC enable risk management and regulatory and policy compliance across SAP processes.

GRC Support for Industry Requirements

SAP solutions for GRC enable risk management and regulatory and policy compliance across industries, including:

Automotive Banking Chemicals Consumer products

High tech Life sciences Oil & gas Utilities