Identifying Key Capabilities of SAP Solutions for the Automotive Industry

The automotive industry is experiencing unprecedented transformation, driven by electric vehicles, autonomous driving, smart manufacturing, and connected services. Our comprehensive video presentation explores how SAP empowers automotive companies with integrated solutions across six critical business areas. From accelerating product development to embracing smart mobility, discover how SAP helps automotive leaders run better today while achieving ambitious growth goals for tomorrow.

SAP's integrated development platform accelerates time to market while reducing costs through collaborative product development and bill of materials configuration. Organizations can connect stakeholders across design and project networks to accelerate delivery, ensure global product compliance throughout the lifecycle, and make value-driven investment decisions. Companies can break down silos and integrate product development to deliver innovative, compliant products ahead of competition.

Companies can connect, monitor, and control manufacturing processes through integrated business and manufacturing systems that enable efficient, high-quality production. Organizations can maximize enterprise-wide visibility across supply, production, inventory, and demand while identifying critical material issues. The platform enables companies to integrate production and outbound logistics to quickly meet customer demand, find hidden production capacity in existing resources, and manage manufacturing performance across plants using standardized KPIs to optimize operations and predict quality.

Organizations can plan supply chains to anticipate and manage demand, inventory, and operational risks through sales, inventory, and operations planning. Companies can improve warehouse management with optimized planning and automated processes, reduce transportation costs, and maximize supply chain logistics strategy compliance. The platform enables businesses to create accurate demand plans, maintain supply plans aligned with business goals, and commit orders in real-time while enhancing customer satisfaction through advanced demand insights and response planning.

Companies can optimize vehicle distribution chains and enable perfect buying experiences through seamless quote-to-cash collaboration. Organizations can manage customer experiences across the entire engagement cycle with omnichannel commerce platforms that drive business growth. The platform enables companies to turn strategy into action with solid sales performance management to boost revenue and exceed quotas while delivering personalized customer engagements that take experiences to the next level.

Organizations can support field service operations with optimized workforce scheduling and mobile applications that empower technicians. Companies can grow service revenue through strategic service monetization, planning, and execution. The platform enables businesses to connect digitally with a central data foundation across assets to perfect operations from design to deployment. Organizations can manage physical assets to reduce operating and capital costs while improving operational safety and asset utilization, delivering omnichannel customer service that exceeds expectations.

Companies can create value and monetize new business models for autonomous, connected, electric, and shared vehicles. Organizations can transform every car into an entertainment, productivity, and mobility platform through software-defined vehicle capabilities. The platform enables businesses to build, run, and administer charging networks for e-mobility infrastructure. Companies can embrace mobility as a service to succeed in the automotive industry's future, discovering individual mobility needs to create new business opportunities that drive brand loyalty, customer satisfaction, and capture a bigger share of the redefined "mobility wallet."