SAP has extended its range of SAP xApps composite
applications, the firm’s new range of quickly deployable
applications that solve specialised business challenges across
diverse industries.
The newest SAP xApp is designed to help companies overcome
hurdles to achieving operational, sales and financial goals.
The new SAP xApp Sales and Operations Planning (SAP xSOP)
composite application will help companies align business units on
the best-suited, lowest-risk plan for financial success, said
SAP.
The application will enable finance, sales, purchasing and
production departments to collect, analyse and track all sales and
operations planning (S&OP) data in a central location.
This will dramatically reduce the time information workers spend
hunting down data, and enhancing information visibility for
decision makers, said the supplier.
Gartner analyst Andrew White said, “Companies often grapple to
obtain a consolidated view of all the planning-related data that
streams through the spreadsheets and applications used by various
departments.
“This can result in a disconnect between financial goals,
marketing efforts and inventory targets, and cause a lot of
unnecessary footwork and redundant manual data entry.”
White added, “When all parties in the sales and operations
planning value chain - from shop-floor managers on up to the CEO -
can base their decisions on a shared, consolidated pool of
information, companies can ensure that a single, unified plan is
driving the business.”
The new solution has been developed on the SAP NetWeaver
platform. SAP xSOP will be available from March this year as a
standalone solution and as an extension for mySAP ERP 2005.
More information about the SAP xApps range is available at:
www.sap.com/xapps
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