What if you could unlock rapid innovation and build tailored solutions without ever touching the core of your SAP S/4HANA Cloud?
SAP Build and SAP S/4HANA Cloud's powerful integration provides a tangible way to establish a "clean core"—an agile ERP system designed for the future. By enabling the creation of innovative extensions and automation outside the core, SAP Build implementation empowers businesses to enhance their SAP S/4HANA Cloud environment without compromising its stability and upgradeability.
This blog delves into how this strategic alignment empowers your business to create cutting-edge applications and automate key processes externally, safeguarding the integrity and simplifying the evolution of your core SAP S/4HANA Cloud environment. Explore real-world use cases and discover why AG is your expert SAP Gold Partner to navigate this exciting transformation.
Read on to unlock the full potential of a truly agile and innovative future for your business.
The Power of SAP Build
SAP Build is a unified platform that brings together low-code/no-code development, process automation, and digital workspace creation. This enables both business users and professional developers to:
- Build Applications Faster: With SAP Build, you can leverage intuitive drag-and-drop interfaces, pre-built components, and AI-powered tools like SAP Joule AI to create custom applications in record time. Industry analysts have reported up to 3x faster development speeds (Source: SAP News Center).
- Automate Processes Seamlessly: Streamline workflows, eliminate manual tasks, and improve efficiency with intelligent process automation capabilities.
- Create Engaging User Experiences: Design modern, user-friendly interfaces that enhance productivity and drive adoption.
- Extend Existing Systems with Confidence: Build extensions that integrate seamlessly with your core systems, such as SAP S/4HANA Cloud, without impacting their stability.
- Embrace a Clean Core Strategy: By building extensions outside the core ERP system, SAP Build helps maintain a clean core, simplifying upgrades and reducing the total cost of ownership.
SAP Build and the Clean Core Advantage with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
While SAP Build is a powerful tool on its own, its integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud unlocks even greater potential by enabling extensions and process automation outside the core, following lean core principles.
This lean core strategy with SAP Build offers several key benefits to businesses:
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Practical Applications of SAP Build with a Clean Core Strategy
Imagine empowering every corner of your business, from streamlining approvals to enhancing customer service, all while maintaining a pristine SAP S/4HANA Cloud core. The powerful synergy between SAP Build and SAP S/4HANA Cloud is making this a reality...
Empowering Process Owners
- Challenge: Manual, slow approval processes (e.g., POs, vendor setup).
- Solution: Leverage SAP Build Process Automation to automate tasks without modifying the core SAP S/4HANA Cloud system.
- Clean Core Benefit: Streamlined workflows, faster cycles, less core complexity.
Boosting Supply Chain Efficiency
- Challenge: Limited real-time warehouse visibility.
- Solution: Create mobile inventory apps with SAP Build Apps connected to SAP S/4HANA Cloud data.
- Clean Core Benefit: Improved accuracy, efficient stock management, and no core customisation.
Enhancing Sales Effectiveness
- Challenge: Scattered customer data hindering sales insights.
- Solution: Build 360° customer view apps using SAP Build Apps, pulling data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
- Clean Core Benefit: Better-informed sales and improved customer engagement; core remains standard.
Streamlining Financial Operations
- Challenge: Manual, error-prone expense reporting.
- Solution: Automate approvals with SAP Build Process Automation, integrating with SAP S/4HANA Cloud for posting.
- Clean Core Benefit: Faster processing, accurate financials, core finance untouched.
Improving Employee Experience
- Challenge: Clunky or outdated internal tools for common tasks.
- Solution: Develop intuitive employee self-service applications (e.g., leave requests, internal knowledge base access) using SAP Build Apps that integrate with relevant SAP S/4HANA Cloud data (like employee master data or organisational structures) without customising the core HR modules.
- Clean Core Benefit: Enhanced employee satisfaction and productivity through modern interfaces, without adding complexity to the core HR system.
Automating Inter-Departmental Workflows
- Challenge: Siloed processes requiring manual handoffs between departments.
- Solution: Design cross-functional workflows using SAP Build Process Automation that connect processes and data across different SAP S/4HANA Cloud modules (e.g., linking a sales order to downstream logistics and invoicing) and even external systems, all orchestrated outside the core.
- Clean Core Benefit: Increased efficiency and transparency across departments through automated flows, without embedding complex logic directly into the core ERP.
Building Custom Reporting and Analytics Dashboards
- Challenge: Need for specialised reports or dashboards beyond standard SAP S/4HANA Cloud analytics.
- Solution: Create tailored analytical applications with SAP Build Apps that pull specific datasets from SAP S/4HANA Cloud to visualise key performance indicators (KPIS) and gain deeper insights relevant to specific roles or business units, without altering the core reporting framework.
- Clean Core Benefit: It enables focused data analysis and decision-making through custom visualisations without cluttering the core analytics capabilities.
Enhancing Customer Service
- Challenge: Need for more personalised and efficient customer interactions.
- Solution: Develop customer-facing portals or applications using SAP Build Apps that provide access to order status, support information, or self-service options, leveraging data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud (like order details or service tickets) through secure integrations.
- Clean Core Benefit: Improved customer satisfaction and reduced service costs through enhanced digital interactions, without directly customising the core CRM functionalities within SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
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Why Choose AG for Your SAP Build & Clean Core Transformation?
At AG, we are dedicated to helping businesses leverage SAP Build's full potential to drive innovation and achieve a clean core in their SAP S/4HANA Cloud environments.
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Embrace the Future with a Clean Core and AG
The synergy between SAP Build and SAP S/4HANA Cloud marks a significant step towards simplifying innovation and maintaining a clean core. This powerful combination empowers your organisation to be more agile, efficient, and future-ready.
Are you ready to unlock the path to a clean core strategy and accelerate your business transformation?
Contact our experts today to learn how we can help you leverage the power of SAP Build and SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Let us guide you on this journey towards a stable, innovative, and future-proof SAP environment.
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