Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software: SAP targets Chemical Companies with a new package.
Strongly positioned in this ecosystem, SAP continues to extend its portfolio, each time
with the final goal to offer personalized experience.
Henceforth “chemical company in a box” package aims to help the chemical
industry rapidly benefit from modern enterprise resource planning (ERP)
software while reducing associated complexity, cost, effort and risk.
According to SAP, it is designed to simplify the IT landscape, deployment
and
commercial terms. SAP developed the package based on the SAP® ERP
application and the SAP® Best Practices for Chemicals package.
Here is the offering:
- Application: SAP ERP is the core application component, and its partners offer supplemental solutions such as analytics, mobile or a simplified user interface option.
- Technology Platform: The SAP HANA® platform accelerates analytics and applications on a single, in-memory platform.
- Industry Template: SAP Best Practices for Chemicals speeds implementation projects through industry-specific business process pre-configuration, extensive documentation and built-in accelerators.
- Deployment: A hosted cloud-based environment helps keep total cost of ownership down, reducing the need to procure and maintain hardware.
- Licensing: One package is offered on one contract through one vendor. SAP partners provide a single contract for all software licenses, services and fees for the hosted or cloud-based environment. In addition, subscription-based hosting or cloud models are available through certain partners.
- Testing and Evaluation: Partners can provide a testing or evaluation landscape within two business days, allowing companies to get their project started quickly.
Connectikpeople may recall that, this offering is based on SAP HANA and
enables companies to run their operational ERP and analytics systems on the
same platform.
