SAP Integration Suite
SAP Integration Suite: Superglue for the Modern ERP
Integration across multiple SAP and non-SAP solutions is the most mentioned challenge in several recent SAPinsider research reports, including the Application Strategy and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud benchmark reportreleased in February 2022. Yet, with the demand for rapid rollout of applications, companies cannot afford to let integration be a hurdle for digital transformation.
An earlier SAP Integration Landscape Benchmark Report from fall 2021 found that companies were integrating an average of 11 solutions with SAP. With the proliferation of multi-modal and multi-device access, integration demands an entire team, governance, and a sophisticated set of technologies. The above-mentioned report also found that 71% of respondents were using SAP’s integration tools.
SAP Integration Suite: Superglue for the Modern ERP
Integration across multiple SAP and non-SAP solutions is the most mentioned challenge in several recent SAPinsider research reports, including the Application Strategy and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud benchmark reportreleased in February 2022. Yet, with the demand for rapid rollout of applications, companies cannot afford to let integration be a hurdle for digital transformation.
An earlier SAP Integration Landscape Benchmark Report from fall 2021 found that companies were integrating an average of 11 solutions with SAP. With the proliferation of multi-modal and multi-device access, integration demands an entire team, governance, and a sophisticated set of technologies. The above-mentioned report also found that 71% of respondents were using SAP’s integration tools.
Understanding this challenge, SAP has been strengthening its integration capabilities through the SAP Integration Suite, which is part of the SAP Business Technology Platform.
SAP Integration Suite is an EiPaaS offered for multi-cloud environments with more than 1,500 prepackaged integration flows in the SAP API Business Hub, workflow connectors to third-party cloud apps, and governance.
SAP Integration Suite enables four models of integration for a connected enterprise
- Out-of-the-box integration enables SAP-to-SAP integration seamlessly using prebuilt integrations in the SAP API Business Hub
- Open integration enables SAP-to-SAP, SAP-to-partner, and SAP-to-any-vendor integration using prebuilt connectors for many third-party applications
- Holistic integration provides a wide range of ways to integrate data, processes, users, and Internet of Things devices.
- AI-driven integration uses artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to simplify development of integration scenarios.
With its breadth in various business solutions, SAP has encapsulated key business processes such as lead-to-cash, source-to-pay, recruit-to-retire, etc., with integration packs, APIs, and governance models. Several SAP clients have solved some fundamental integration challenges through the SAP Integration Suite.
In conjunction with the SAP Integration Suite, SAP has developed a technology- and solution-agnostic framework called SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology for conducting assessments based on an integration maturity model. This framework helps organizations identify the tools they need, the skills they lack, the governance model they need, and the blueprints and architectures they can reference from a technology perspective.
Best-in-class SAP clients often have deployed and enabled integration platforms from SAP, Boomi, SUSE, TIBCO, and Stonebranch. In addition, they have enabled integration of best practices and governance so that new applications and updates can be rolled out in an agile manner.
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Applications + data + AI feature at SAP NOW AI Tour ANZ
SAP Business Suite and the role of AI was front and centre at the SAP NOW AI Tour Australia & New Zealand event in Melbourne yesterday. In the opening keynotes Angela Colantuono, President & Managing Director, SAP Australia and New Zealand and Stephan de Barse, President, Business Suite Organisation, SAP, emphasised the importance of contextualised…
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How Endress+Hauser Is Creating a Simpler Business by Making Integration a Strategic Imperative
As SAP customers today begin to look more strategically at integration, some are creating centers of excellence dedicated to integration priorities. This case study reveals how one such organization, Endress+Hauser, formed a competency center that focused all the company’s resources and skills around applications integration in one place. Learn how the business moved its integration…
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SAP BTP in Action: 7 Real-World Use Cases That Deliver Measurable Business Value
Most organisations know that SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) exists. They see it in every keynote and every roadmap update. Far fewer, however, truly understand what it actually unlocks for their specific business operations—or which use cases justify the initial investment. The challenge for the modern C-suite isn’t a lack of technology; it’s a lack…
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SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1: Plan For and Achieve Better Performance When Integrating Legacy Applications
Explore the fundamental performance improvements that have been made in SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1. Learn how to make these changes part of your project when planning the performance of your integration scenario for a legacy application. Key Concept The Advanced Adapter Engine (AAE) represents a new architectural approach for message processing. This Java-only adapter...…
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Choose the Appropriate SAP NetWeaver BI and mySAP ERP Landscape
Discover the deployment options for mySAP ERP 2004 and SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI). Know your landscape choices and the sequence in which you should implement your software. Key Concept The most recent ERP release from SAP, mySAP ERP 2004, provides greater access for end users to the SAP NetWeaver platform’s features. SAP...…
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How to Setup Demand Planning in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization
SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization, demand planning allows a business to perform forecasting of their materials while considering all the factors that affect the demand. Demand planning is periodic and contains multi-step processes such as data gathering, statistical analysis, reviewing market intelligence reports, and performing adjustments against budgeted forecast to drive material requirements planning. SAP…
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ChatINK from INK IT Solutions Now Available on SAP Store
INK IT Solutions has launched ChatINK, a solution integrated with SAP SuccessFactors that enhances recruiter-candidate communication and accelerates hiring processes through real-time messaging and analytics.
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Timer-Based Message Transfer Using SAP HANA Cloud Integration
Volker Stiehl explains how to use SAP HANA Cloud Integration (SAP HCI) for modeling the time-based activation of integration flows. Also see how to call an external web service by means of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) adapter. The use of namespace mappings clarifies how to work with several web services in one integration...…
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Technical Guide: Planning Your SAP NetWeaver Upgrade
SAP NetWeaver serves as the technology foundation for many SAP customer landscapes. With maintenance ending for older SAP NetWeaver releases still in use at some customer sites, now is the time to move to a newer version that will meet modern business needs and pave the way to adopting innovations such as SAP S/4HANA. This…
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Integration Aspects of Global Available-To-Promise: The Integration of SAP SCM and SAP ECC Necessary to Implement Global ATP
Learn about the key integration points between SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) and SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) required to effectively implement Global Available-To-Promise (Global ATP). Understand the configuration and master data elements that can influence this integration and learn about the potential impact of Global ATP on the order fulfillment processes. Key Concept...…
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