Leverage the power of SAP across all lines of business

Financial and Management Accounting

Manage accounts for multiple operating units, currencies and reporting standards. Simplify fixed-asset and inventory accounting with accurate evaluations.

• Create financial reports across multiple business dimensions and drill down to detailed data reports
• Get real-time insights into financial performance with intuitive dashboards and flexible reporting
• Streamline your financial and management accounting processes with integrated ledgers
• Expedite period-end closings and provide stakeholders with reports on a timely basis

Overview Video: Financial and Managerial Accounting Overview Video: Perform Parallel Accounting Demo: Closing the Books with SAP Business ByDesign

Cash Flow Management

Get real-time visibility into your cash position. SAP Business ByDesign uses customer and supplier transaction data for an accurate forecast.

• Simplify your payables and receivables processes – optimising cash management
• Automate approvals and view full accounting trails for the entire order-to-cash process
• Set employee policies, monitor purchases and manage vendor payments and reimbursements
• Gain real-time insights into bank balances using electronic interfaces

Solution Demo: Cash Flow Management

Sourcing

Maintain a central database of supplier and product information. SAP Business ByDesign helps you negotiate better prices and manage multiple supplier contracts.

• Get the most competitive prices, find the best suppliers and manage the entire contract lifecycle
• Gain complete visibility into supplier performance
• Ensure better pricing through quantity discounts and by bundling multiple purchase requests

Purchasing

Streamline your company's purchasing activities. Provide real-time information to your buyers, so they can negotiate better prices for your company.

• Use intuitive analytics to get insight into company-wide purchases, monitor spend and control costs
• Ensure quick, efficient invoice processing and payments to suppliers
• Reduce staff workload by managing employee purchasing activities through self-service procurement

Product Development

Accelerate time-to-market and ensure consistency between customer requirements and product design, lean product development and SAP Business ByDesign.

• Create product designs and import them directly into your engineering system
• Automatically generate bills of materials (BOM) from product designs
• Automatically Generate Bills of Materials

Supply Chain Setup Management

Get a clear view of your networks and layouts with SAP Business ByDesign for supply chain modeling. Create master data and achieve transparency.

• Manage material flows within your warehouse and manufacturing locations as an integrated process
• Define production, warehouse processes and operations according to your business requirements
• Use scalable production models for transparency

Supply Chain Planning And Control

Manage supply and demand while controlling material flows with an exception-driven approach to plan procurement requirements made easy by SAP Business ByDesign.

• Monitor product availability and confirm delivery dates by checking requirements against stock
• Manage your resource capacity to meet production demand
• Identify problems early for quick resolution with minimal disruption
• Specify processes for drop shipment and stock transfers to minimise storage and transport costs

Manufacturing, Warehousing And Logistics

Produce high-quality products efficiently with SAP Business ByDesign. Manage production, deliveries, returns, and stock transfers and supply execution data.

• Improve tracking and tracing procedures by using identified stock and labelling
• Ensure product quality by integrating quality assurance with production
• Automate processes for inbound and outbound logistics as well as production
• Take advantage of barcode or RF readers, mobile devices and electronic instructions

Human Resources

Simplify employee on-boarding and provide information access to all employees and managers. Leverage built-in workflows to reduce the HR staff workload.

• Take advantage of workforce administration and master data management capabilities
• Manage time, labour and compensation more effectively
• Facilitate payroll processing, including interfaces with third-party payroll providers

Employee Self-Service

Provide employees with self-service tools that allow them to handle routine tasks such as time recording, managing personal information and procurement.

• Create policy-compliant purchase requests, automate approvals and monitor their progress
• Submit and manage requests for IT support, manager approvals and other work-related issues
• Enable managers to view and approve requests and make data changes for their employees

Marketing

Seamlessly manage your marketing activities: campaigns, lead generation, lead qualification and handoff to sales – ensuring strong sales pipelines.

• Manage market, industry and competitor information more effectively
• Streamline your lead generation activities and ensure a smooth and timely lead handover to sales
• Create customer communications based on previous customer interactions, requirements and value

Demo: Campaign-to-Quote Management

Sales

Gain complete sales force automation including contacts, opportunities, orders and invoices. SAP Business ByDesign helps you sell more effectively.

• Manage opportunities, sales orders and invoicing as a single process for greater account control
• Maintain complete product, service and pricing information for more effective selling
• Enjoy better account management with a complete view of opportunities, orders and invoices

Demo: Improving Sales Effectiveness

Service

Give your employees the tools they need to deliver superior service and increase customer satisfaction with SAP Business ByDesign.

• Provide agents with updated customer information so they can more effectively manage service calls
• Use comprehensive customer information to meet commitments and quickly resolve service issues
• Access product warranty entitlements to ensure you properly fulfil customer service requirements

Demo: Manage and Expedite Customer Service Requests