Identifying Solution Areas of the Intelligent, Sustainable Enterprise

Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Identify the solution areas of an intelligent, sustainable enterprise
  • Discover industry cloud

SAP Solutions of an Intelligent, Sustainable Enterprise

The solutions of an intelligent, sustainable enterprise cover the areas of enterprise resource management, spend management, human capital management, customer relationship management, and more. The whole solution layer of the intelligent, sustainable enterprise has the Cloud ERP - SAP S/4HANA Cloud as a central core surrounded by other SAP solutions and maybe even third party applications. These solutions are, for example:

  • SAP Ariba
  • SAP SuccessFactors
  • SAP Concur
  • SAP Customer Experience
  • And more
SAP SuccessFactors: HXM Suite

As the next generation of human capital management (HCM), human experience management (HXM) shifts the focus from supporting transactional HR processes to delivering experiences that serve employees first. The SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite is unique in that it builds on the best of HCM while layering in critical employee experience capabilities and insights. SAP SuccessFactors is a cloud-based human resource software, which covers everything from core HR, payroll, and people analytics to the four pillars of talent management: recruiting, learning and development, compensation, and performance management.

For more information, see https://www.sap.com/products/human-resources-hcm.html.

SAP Ariba

Digitally transform your business to collaborate efficiently and safely with suppliers and trading partners anytime, anywhere on SAP Business Network. SAP Ariba's cloud-based solutions make it easier to collaborate and compete.

Now you can manage the entire purchasing process while controlling spending, finding new sources of savings, and building a healthy supply chain. Build stronger relationships through automation, network connections, and data-driven insights. With SAP Ariba's spend management solutions and SAP Business Network, you can consolidate and control all your spend end-to-end on a single integrated platform in the cloud.

For more information, see https://www.ariba.com/.

SAP Concur

As part of spend management, SAP Concur provides travel and expense management services to businesses. Simplify expense, travel, and invoice management in the cloud, and get greater visibility.

For more information, see https://www.concur.com/.

SAP Customer Experience

SAP Customer Experience is an integrated offering designed to modernize the sales-only focus of legacy CRM solutions. Following the completed acquisitions of market leaders Hybris, Gigya, and CallidusCloud, SAP now ties together solutions to support all front-office functions, such as consumer data protection, marketing, commerce, sales, and customer service.

For more information, see https://www.sap.com/products/crm.html.

Industry Cloud

With Cloud ERP as the central enterprise resource planning solution combined with other solutions from SAP, SAP offers a wide range of functionalities. In addition, there are the industry cloud solutions from SAP and partners.

Industry cloud solutions from SAP offer a range of industry specialized applications built on SAP BTP for the industry needs. These solutions can be used in combination with all SAP solutions by integrating them to drive business transformation profitably and sustainably, seize new opportunities, and manage business disruption and changes within your industry.

Based on this, a company can use innovative new capabilities at their scale, integrated in the SAP portfolio. Industry Cloud offers apps in lots of industries, for example, automotive, retail, public sector, and many more.

For more information, see https://www.sap.com/industries/industry-cloud.html.

Key Takeaways of this Lesson

The solution areas form another important key element of the intelligent, sustainable enterprise. With SAP S/4HANA as the central Cloud ERP solution, and solutions from the industry cloud portfolio, customers are offered a huge range of functionalities.

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