SAP FOR Travel & Logistics Services

Are you facing the pressures driven by globalization, customer demand for more visibility, and compliance requirements? In this kind of business environment, operational excellence is the key to profitable growth. One that puts a spotlight on information technology.

To be successful in logistics services, you need to:

• Control operational costs and complexity
• Gain visibility into multiple supply chains
• Help your customers go global
• Increase your bottom line with strategic growth

But if you're dealing with disparate, nonintegrated IT systems, these objectives might be beyond reach. Built on point applications and platform fixes, these systems lack the flexibility to support today's successful business processes. As a result, the cost and time to react to changes and new requirements are often far greater than they need to be.

That's why it's time to put information technology to work as a competitive weapon – with a single, integrated solution from SAP.

Grow Strategically with SAP Business All-in-One for Logistics Service Providers

The SAP Business All-in-One for Logistics Service Providers solution combines proven SAP software with SAP Best Practices and "quick start" accelerators to address core industry business processes – from daily order-to-cash and fulfillment processes to global trade services – getting every facet of the business running smoothly.

SAP Business All-in-One was created specifically for companies of your size, at a price you can afford. In fact, a solution to handle your core business processes can be implemented in 12 - 24 weeks. And, because it's built on open standards, SAP All-in-One supports modular deployment – so you can add to and adapt the solution as business needs change.

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SAP Business All-in-One for Logistics Service Providers meets the business needs of midsize logistics services companies. Every part of the solution - from supply chain and transportation management processes to reporting and analytical tools – is built with deep expertise based on 35 years of industry experience.

Select SAP Business All-in-One, and you get:

• Reduced technology costs – Lower your total cost of IT ownership by consolidating disparate systems on a mature technology platform - allowing easy integration with partners, suppliers, and customers, and supporting the entire value chain.
• Business-wide visibility – Anticipate and respond quickly to fluctuations in supply and demand – and identify cost-cutting opportunities as they occur – with visibility across multiple supply chains, geographies, carriers, and customers.
• Improved transportation management – Create, execute, monitor, and optimize shipments for air, rail, truckload, less-than truckload, ocean, and intermodal transport.
• Improved global trade compliance and customs management – Meet the demands of new regulations and legislation, with minimal effect on your IT infrastructure.
• Simplified customer on-boarding – Integrate customer-facing processes, from sales to billing, to bring new customers on board quickly.
• Easier integration during consolidation – Quickly and efficiently assimilate acquired systems into your business. Enable ongoing operational efficiencies and align business processes with your growth strategies, so you can identify and seize market emerging market opportunities quickly and affordably.
• Increased customer loyalty – Analyze customer needs and build the right strategies to fulfill them. You can meet the unique needs of customers in different industries, while giving them visibility into shipments, inventory, and other information.
• Increased revenues and competitive differentiation – Offer your most profitable customers the expanded services that keep them loyal, including lucrative business process outsourcing and the management of operations on a global scale.

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In logistics services, you benefit when your core business processes – from supply chain management to transportation planning and execution – incorporate industry expertise in the form of best practices.

The SAP Business All-in-One for Logistics Service Providers solution includes SAP Best Practices, providing preconfiguration settings to handle your core business processes. With SAP Business All-in-One, you can become operational quickly with a system configured to meet your needs for:

• Order management
• Transportation planning and execution
• Shipment cost settlement
• Customs and foreign trade management
• Customer billing
• Reporting and analysis

Experience You Can Count On. Results You Can Measure.

With SAP Best Practices, you can take advantage of proven industry practices without reinventing the wheel. Our best practices:

• Target key business performance metrics
• Are localized for specific regions
• Provide a solid foundation that can be adapted to meet your own unique processes and changing business needs

Plus, preconfigured software based on SAP Best Practices – along with our SAP ASAP Focus methodology and extensive documentation – make implementation fast and predictable. Your solution can be ready for use in 12 - 24 weeks, with tools to ensure successful end-user adoption and continuous improvement over time.

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With SAP Business All-in-One, you can introduce efficiency and automation into your core business operations. And because the solution is fully integrated, you can automate and streamline your entire business, end-to-end. Your SAP Business All-in-One solution includes:

• SAP ERP application – The same enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that runs Fortune 500 companies can integrate your core business processes, giving you a full view into your business operations. The software provides comprehensive support for managing financials, human resources, operations, and corporate services.
• SAP CRM functionality – Leveraging standardized best practices, SAP CRM empowers sales professionals with full visibility into the opportunity pipeline and sales performance, providing the tools and information they need to reduce the sales cycle, enhance revenue potential, and improve sales productivity.
• SAP NetWeaver platform – The SAP NetWeaver platform powers all SAP software, including SAP All-in-One solutions. As a standards-based, open technology platform, SAP NetWeaver ensures that you have a solution that can grow with your business. Partners can easily add industry-specific functionality or business processes to the system to help address your unique requirements.
• SAP Best Practices – Because SAP Business All-in-One comes with preconfigurations based on industry best practices, you don't need extensive customizations before streamlining processes and reducing costs. SAP Best Practices include the documentation, forms, and reports needed to get your system up and running quickly.

SAP Business All-in-One Innovations

Recognizing your need for a comprehensive solution that can be easily implemented, adopted, and adapted to meet changing business requirements, SAP has further enhanced SAP Business All-in-One solutions with:

• An enhanced user experience driven by role-based navigation and a user-friendly interface
• Enhanced SAP Best Practices optimized for productivity and ease of doing business
• Extended functional capabilities designed to help midsize companies run their entire business
• Added extensibility by partners, enabling personalization and configuration to meet granular, industry-specific needs
• Streamlined implementation processes that offer a lower, more predictable total cost of ownership

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