Research & Development / Engineering

Create innovative products faster and more efficiently. With our R&D and engineering solutions, you can synchronize all of your product-related information – from the first idea all the way through to the final stages of delivery. By streamlining your production planning, manufacturing and product development processes, you can lower your costs and free up more time for creativity.

You can also rely on our software to help you reduce the cost of R&D and risk of non-compliance, while improving your revenue contribution.

  • Collaborate better: Increase customer intimacy with networked idea management
  • Decide better: Obtain comprehensive product views with embedded analytics
  • Adapt better: Create instant value by synchronizing product development strategies with design
  • Operate better: Decrease costs with product data management across the value chain

Business Challenges

Learn how we can meet your R&D and engineering management needs

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  • Product Lifecycle Management for Small and Midsize Enterprises

    Support all your product-related processes – from product conception to production planning and development, to manufacturing and service – with product lifecycle management software designed and priced for SMEs.

    • Benefit from an integrated business solution designed for companies of your size
    • Focus on your business while saving time and system costs
    • Deliver innovative products that fulfill or create market demand

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    Product Lifecycle Management for SME

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  • Portfolio and Project Management

    Align your product portfolio with your business goals and strategies – and get the support you need for effective project management.

    • Manage your projects smoothly from start to finish
    • Link your strategies with project data, workflows and business processes
    • Monitor your product and portfolio performance throughout the entire product lifecycle

    Customer Video: Tenneco

    Solution in Detail: SAP Portfolio and Project Management

    Portfolio & Project Management

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  • Enterprise Project Connection

    See how effective your project management can become when you have access to the right information. Discover our powerful project management software.

    • Gain a holistic view of all relevant information, from one end of your company to the other
    • Replace cumbersome manual processes with automated process flows – and boost productivity
    • Take advantage of best practices gained from hundreds of projects

    Solution in Detail: SAP Portfolio and Project Management

    Enterprise Project Connection

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  • Comprehensive Idea Management

    Bring innovative products to market faster. Rely on our ideas management tools to help you solicit, collect and manage the ideas that fuel your success.

    • Define your ideation needs, solicit input and evaluate ideas more easily
    • Rely on built-in support for prototypes, business cases, projects, products and more
    • Zero in on the innovative ideas and products that can help increase profitability

    Solution in Detail: Continuous Innovations for Products and Services

    Comprehensive Idea Management

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  • Product Development and Manufacturing

    Boost the efficiency of your manufacturing and product development so that you can deliver innovative products with higher margins.

    • Accelerate time to market by centralizing your processes and increasing visibility
    • Document, monitor and dispatch inventory during the entire production lifecycle
    • Monitor information flow through engineering, planning and execution – and ensure compliance

    Product Development & Manufacturing

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  • Environment, Health and Safety Management (EHS)

    Efficiently manage risk and compliance across your business network with proven environment, health and safety (EHS) solutions.

    • Reduce risk with EHS controls and tasks embedded within business suite processes
    • Overcome challenges of disconnected systems with centralized EHS management
    • Address compliance requirements with auditable processes and streamlined reporting

    Business Transformation Story: Ashland Chemicals

    Environment, Health & Safety (EHS)

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