Welcome to the online SAP direct Catalogue, your direct connection to products, packages and services that can help you extend the value of your SAP solutions. In our launch issue, we bring you Packaged Services. A growing range offering fixed price, fixed scope solutions with 30-day delivery to help you unlock the business potential and accelerate the returns from your SAP investment. You'll find a range of services and price points that cover a variety of business processes - all quick to deploy and designed to deliver the rapid efficiency improvements that increase the return on your investment and lower your total cost of ownership.

The SAP direct website allows you to search for packages based on specific business processes, helping you identify packages that are most relevant to your job function. If you prefer to browse, do so by searching for "Packages by Type" and finding out the latest information about our full portfolio, including Packaged Services, Packaged Solutions, Education Services and Reports.

In this issue, we will also be looking at the changing face of enterprise resource planning (ERP). With the launch of SAP ERP we can boast the combination of the world's most complete, scalable, and effective software for ERP with a flexible, open technology platform. SAP ERP provides end-to-end functionality for business analytics, financials, human capital management, operations, and corporate services. Plus support for systems management issues such as user administration, configuration management, centralized data management, and Web services management. All powered by the SAP NetWeaver™ technology platform.

Shelley Freeman
SAPdirect Manager