SAP for Engineering, Construction & Operations (SAP for EC&O) gives you integrated, real-time information about schedules, costs, engineering, and subcontractors – so you can effectively manage projects and processes at locations around the world. With SAP solutions, you gain the following benefits:

• Better control of project and corporate finances – With SAP for EC&O, you can integrate financial management, business analysis, and strategic enterprise management. You can also optimize financial planning and forecasting, streamline the financial supply chain, and improve fiscal management and reporting.
• Stronger relationships with subcontractors and suppliers – SAP for EC&O enables you to improve communication and better manage your relationship with suppliers.
• New ways to attract, retain, and manage employees – SAP for EC&O enables you to link employee processes with business processes and support multiple languages in global operations. Robust support for knowledge management helps you retain organizational expertise.
• Improved project management – With SAP for EC&O, you gain market-leading support for enterprise resource planning (ERP). You can also manage projects in new ways that control costs and improve productivity.
• Enhanced project execution – With SAP for EC&O, you can manage equipment to maximize usage, track assets with greater control, improve document management, and enhance communication with valued partners.
• Better change order management – Comprehensive support for document and version management, as well as sophisticated collaboration, enable you to manage change orders more efficiently.
• Greater ability to seize aftermarket opportunities – SAP for EC&O enables collaboration with partners in new ways – giving you the flexibility to capitalize quickly on new business opportunities, such as facilities management.
• Improved project portfolio management and asset management – With SAP for EC&O, you can align information, people, and processes in the entire organization from a holistic perspective and make informed strategic decisions.
• Better-integrated environment – With SAP for EC&O, you can give all stakeholders role-based access to the information, applications, and robust mobile technology they need. You can unify people, information, and processes across technological, organizational, and geographical boundaries.