HOW SAP BTP CAN ENABLE IN YOUR AMBITION TOWARDS DEVELOPING DIGITAL BUSINESS MODEL? (PART- 3)
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HOW SAP BTP CAN ENABLE IN YOUR AMBITION TOWARDS DEVELOPING DIGITAL BUSINESS MODEL? (PART- 3)

How can you use technology to develop digital business model?


What is SAP BTP?


The platform that brings together application development, data and analytics, integration, and AI capabilities into one unified environment optimized for SAP applications and provides capability for organization to develop unique capabilities in the ambition towards digital business model. This is also a boon to the organization which will not be able to invest in hiring few of the critical IT roles to develop unique capabilities (e.g., Data scientist, Architect, etc.)

It is comprehensive solution with:
    An intuitive, modern development environment for both IT and Citizen developers
    Prebuilt data models, integrations, workflows, app templates, and AI business services
    Self-service data discovery, modeling, planning and analytics for business users in a governed environment.
    Availability on Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud.

For many years, customers have relied on SAP to run their business processes, most recently applications within the intelligent suite and SAP’s industry cloud.

To further drive your business transformation, intelligent enterprises need additional flexibility and independence to move their assets to the cloud, integrate their IT landscape with best of breed solutions, configure and extend their SAP applications. This is what SAP Business Technology Platform is all about – a business-centric and open platform that provides customers with the technology they need to transform their business and prepare for a new digital future.

Building Blocks of SAP BTP

SAP BTP is built on 4 pillars

  •     Database and Data Management
  •     Analytics
  •     Application Development and Integration
  •     Intelligent Technologies

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Image – SAP BTP Overview – Source: SAP SE

It’s a platform to “integrate data and processes”.

SAP’s goal seems to integrate SAP Software with 3rd party tools, shifting the focus from tools to processes.

  •     Bring your own programming language” (be it ABAP, Java, Python, whatever)
  •     Use whatever infrastructure you want (OnPrem, Hyperscale, Cloud Foundry)
  •     SAP BTP is about to be a language-agnostic, tool-independent, multicloud-based, common base of your business-processes


What can SAP BTP be used for ?

SAP BTP can be used to build and extend SAP applications swiftly. This is important since organizations are embracing cloud first approach which requires the Digital core (ERP applications) should be clean to make use of the latest innovations from SAP with minimal efforts for upgrades and this paves a clear transition pathway to the Intelligent Enterprise.

    • Integration
      • This can be used to Integrate SAP and Non-SAP applications, the integrations are established either using API Business HUB or using Open Connectors.

        In this way, Salesforce, ServiceNow or SharePoint for example can be integrated into one Fiori app or into SAC


    • Extension
      • This can be used to add functionality to existing business solutions – both on-prem and cloud systems.

      • The steps for creating this kind of side-by-side extensions are always similar – these steps are supported by tools and that’s what the toolbox of the extension suite does.

      • 1. Connect (to your systems)
             Cloud Connector
             SAP Integration Suite

      • 2. Build endpoint
             Process Automation
             Cloud Application Programming Model(CAP): Java, NodeJS using Business Application Studio
             ABAP RESTful Programming Model(RAP): ABAP using Eclipse

      • 3. Add Channels
             SAPUI5, Fiori
             Mobile

      • 4. Deploy and operate
             Choose your Runtime ( Neo, Cloud Foundry, Kyma, ABAP )

    • Transformation
      • This is driven by the “Extension” – scenario.
        Cutting edge applications can be built using side-by-side extensions by keeping your on-prem and cloud systems (for example S/4HANA Cloud) “clean”

 

Use Case 1: “BoB” – A Digital Sales Assistant built leveraging SAP Conversational AI for faster responses to customers sales queries

Challenges & Opportunities:

  •  Identify the repetitive functions, mail responses that can be automated using intelligent technologies such as chatbots.
     Deploy a chatbot based on artificial intelligence(AI) to answer, repetitive queries from Customers
     Reduce the workload of sales teams so they can focus on answering more complex inquiries


Visit Blueprint’s BoB here–

Use Case 2: Achieve Real-Time Transparency with Digital Board Room leveraging SAP BTP

Challenges & Opportunities:

  •  Lack of real-time transparency into logistics processes
      High manual effort to see actual status and operational data
     Need for a shift among employees toward a more digital mindset.

Extension Capabilities of SAP Business Technology Platform to help ensure standardized yet flexible approach to innovation and integration with the existing SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, and third-party applications.
SAP BTP, including SAP Extension Suite, SAP Integration Suite, SAP HANA, and SAP Fiori Apps, to help unify data lounge and build a digital boardroom for logistics.


Sample Fiori Screens


Use Case 3: Minimize the lead time for warranty settlements

Automobile manufacture would like to strengthen warranty process to minimize the lead time for warranty settlement, reduce warranty rejection and timely action by Suppliers to improve product performance based on feedback

Challenges & Opportunities:

  •   Defective part to be received at Manufacture premises for warranty processing. High efforts in analysis the defect and approvals
      High lead time involved in settlement of warranty claims and rejection of the claims resulting in the expenses to be borne by Channel partners
      New opportunity is simplifying this process and providing intelligence during the decision making .
       1. Part that needs to be replaced is processed via image scanning. All the details related to the part are directly checked at the time of replacement
       2. Intelligent inputs are provided to Technician based on Machine learning on additional checks to be performed, inputs based on the solution available are shared real time
       3. Warranty claim is submitted, and the approvals are obtained based on the rule-based workflow configuration applicable for specification
       4. Parts are directly sent to supplier location based on the decision made during the approval
       5. Claims are directly process by Supplier

  •   This functionality/application can be developed by developer community interacting with channel partners and Suppliers using SAP BTP platform capabilities. This is an example of a digital model development for after sales service process involving extended enterprise to add value to all stake holders



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Vijay Vegesana
Vijay Vegesana

Principal Consultant - Intelligent Technologies, Blueprint Technologies

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