Why SAP Process Control?

Because it helps protect your business with continuous control and compliance monitoring. Improve the effectiveness of your internal control processes across SAP and non-SAP systems, and tightly align them with risk prevention and efficiency requirements.

Get scalable support for multiple internal controls and compliance management programs
Improve efficiency by identifying, prioritizing, and focusing resources on key business processes and risks
Gain real-time visibility into all compliance and internal control processes
Speed internal control audit cycles and reduce audit costs with automation
Detect issues earlier, proactively analyse control failures, and monitor remediation
Comply with a range of regulations: anti-bribery and corruption (e.g. FCPA), financial compliance (SOx, EU Directive 8…), IT controls (e.g. CobIT), industry requirements such as Basel II / III, FDA (GxP), FERC / NERC, and more

Functional Capabilities

Unified repository for compliance, control, and policy information

Ensure cross-function standardisation and drive consistency across your organisation
Manage multiple regulatory policies and compliance procedures with a single solution
Optimise the planning of control assessment and testing activities

Embedded controls to strengthen business processes

Align internal controls and policies with business objectives and risks
Monitor key business processes like reconcile-to-report, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, IT, and more
Leverage the power and speed of SAP HANA to monitor high volume of transactions in key S/4 HANA business processes in real time

Improved compliance and control processes at optimal cost

Perform comprehensive online and offline control evaluations with flexible workflows and configurable forms
Manage the complete policy lifecycle with collaborative tools and surveys
Streamline issue management and certifications with best practice workflows (ex. CAPA integrated with audit management)

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Technical Capabilities

Automated workflows and notifications

Receive automated notifications to shrink manual intervention efforts
Understand control exceptions and alerts to react quickly and appropriately
Ensure that all appropriate stakeholders are involved in relevant tasks: assessments, remediations, and sign-offs

Offline forms

Support offline procedures with interactive forms for compliance and control assessments, testing, control performance, remediation, and sign-offs
Support the policy management lifecycle by the distribution of new policies and updates as well as review and acknowledgement surveys

Continuous control monitoring

Integrate with SAP and non-SAP systems using connectors or web services, or SAP HANA views
Monitor master data, configuration settings and transactions in business applications via scheduled processes or in real-time.
Monitor application data from internal and external systems in real-time

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System requirements for SAP Process Control

System and software requirements vary according to specific customer scenarios please refer to the SAP Process Control Sizing Guide for details. Also, please see the Product Availability Matrix for the latest information on updates and releases.

System Requirements

Details

Application Server

SAP NetWeaver 7.40

SAP NetWeaver 7.50 (with SAP HANA option)

Applications

SAP ECC 6.0 (or later)

SAP HANA option: SAP S/4

SAP Product Availability Matrix*

SAP Sizing Guide*

Explore licensing and purchasing options for SAP Process Control

The modular structure of SAP software licenses allows you to license and pay for only the functionality and number of users that you require at any given time. This means that you can start with the packages and named user licenses your organisation needs today and add more users and functionality as your needs change. SAP Process Control is available for use on-premise or in the Cloud. If product is deployed on-premise, it will require a perpetual license.

Contact your local SAP Account Executive for additional purchasing options. Consult Licensing SAP Software: A Guide for Buyers for general licensing information.

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See what our customers are saying

Honeywell

Honeywell’s corporate audit department implemented SAP solutions for governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and has been able to put in place controls and risk-evaluation processes to reach its regulatory goals.

Hindustan Zinc Limited

Learn how Hindustan Zinc Limited integrated their risk management and continuous control monitoring processes to deliver automated, standardised, and paperless process compliance using the SAP Process Control application.

Ensure a successful implementation and maximise your ROI with information resources that support the different phases of SAP Process Control – from planning and installation to operation.

- Plan
- Install
- Operate
- Train

Refer to section 2 of Installation Guide: SAP Process Control* for important information about installation and upgrade planning.

Confirm that you have a license key

To request permanent license keys, you need authorisation under myProfile*. To extend your authorisation, please contact an SAP user administrator*.

Download the software

Visit the SAP Support Portal* to download the SAP Process Control software installation package.

Need additional help with your implementation?
Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your implementation

Complete the installation steps

Download the Master Guide* for a step-by-step overview of the installation process, including the required tools and associated documentation.

Additional installations:

Install the components

Refer to Section 3 of Installation Guide: SAP Process Control*
to learn how to install the necessary software components.

Need additional help with your implementation?
Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your implementation

Refer to Application Operations Guide: SAP Process Control* to learn how to manage, maintain, and run your SAP applications at peak performance.

Ensure the security of SAP Process Control

Download the SAP Process Control Security Guide* for important information on ensuring the security of your software.

Need additional help with your implementation?
Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your implementation

View the SAP Process Control training and certification catalogue of instructor-led courses and e-courses – and learn when and where it’s convenient for you.

View the catalog

Stay up-to-date with our learning maps

Get role-specific learning maps with SAP implementation and operation information. These online knowledge products cover our latest products and upgrades.

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Need expert guidance with your educational needs? Learn how education consulting services from SAP can help

Upgrades

Plan and carry out a successful upgrade to the latest release of SAP Process Control – so you can take advantage of the new features and capabilities right away.

- Plan
- Upgrade

Download the Product Availability Matrix to review upgrade paths for SAP Process Control.

Download the matrix now*

Plan your upgrade

Consult the SAP Process Control Upgrade Guide for important information about upgrading from version 10.0 to 10.1.

Download the guide*

Plan landscape changes

The Landscape Planner lets you visualise your existing system landscape, simulate changes, and analyse the impact.

Use the planner*

Identify dependencies

Use the Upgrade Dependency Analyser to determine if your upgrade will have an impact on your other systems.

Access the analyser

Size the implementation

Use the Web-based Quick Sizer tool to help you select an economically balanced system based on your requirements.

Open the Quick Sizer tool*

Download SAP Process Control 10.1

Get technical release information*

Download support packages and patches*

Need additional help with your upgrade? Contact SAP Digital Business Services or SAP Enterprise Support services

Find an SAP partner to help with your upgrade

Support

Get the support you need to keep SAP Process Control running at peak performance. Our experts can help you maximise the value of your software, take advantage of new business models and capabilities, and more.

Troubleshoot and Maintain

Find solutions to known issues. Stay up to date with technical planning resources and software updates. See more

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