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Solution BriefSAP Enterprise Modeling Applicationsby IDS Scheer

ENTERPRISE MODELING FORBUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENTACHIEVING BUSINESS PROCESSEXCELLENCE HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER

If youre like many executives, you mightagree that in the foreseeable future, newbusiness models will be an even greatersource of competitive advantage thannew products and services. This speaksto a simple truth thats worth repeating:

when it comes to business, processmatters.

What you do, in other words, isnt youronly concern. To maintain market share,build customer loyalty, and achieveprofitability over the long term, how youdo it may prove to be the most impor-tant thing of all.

This is why many businesses emphasizethe importance of business process

management. By managing processeswith an eye to continuous improve-ments, your organization can reducecosts, increase efficiency, and strength-en your ability to respond to change.However, most IT environments impedeprocess visibility. And when its nearlyimpossible to measure the value of eachprocess, real business improvementremains little more than an unrealizedobjective.

But what if you could visualize your

IT architecture, understand and docu-ment how your processes work, andidentify areas for improvement all ona continual basis? This is where SAPenterprise modeling applications byIDS Scheer can help.

Becoming the Model Enterprise

SAP enterprise modeling applicationscombine Web-based components toconceptually support the completebusiness process life cycle including

process design, analysis, optimization,implementation, and measurement.With an integrated, role-based, intuitivemodeling environment, you can designfuture-proof business processes basedon consistent standards throughout theenterprise. Youll also find it easier toimplement internal controls throughoutyour IT architecture to comply withregulations and support your IT gover-nance initiatives.

For SAP software environments inparticular, these applications can helpyou optimize and standardize businessprocesses as you prepare to upgradethe software that drives your business.You can also reduce the complexityand duration of business intelligenceconsolidation projects with tools thatlet you model, integrate, and alignviews and data flows from the SAPNetWeaver Business Intelligence com-ponent. This makes it easier to apply

analytical information to your businessprocesses and provide valuable insightto your employees as they execute day-to-day activities.

Competitive differentiationoften comes down to

which company has themost effective businessprocesses. SAP enter-prise modeling applicationsby IDS Scheer help ensurethat your processes arethe best in the business.

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The application then provides informa-tion on resource bottlenecks and usessimulated key performance indicatorsthat allow users to evaluate a rangeof alternatives and thus avoid costlyand potentially detrimental changes.

Ultimately SAP Business ProcessOptimization enables you to minimizeprocess cycle times, reduce costs,and increase overall process quality.

Document and Publish Your ProcessKnowledgeProcess knowledge should be organi-zational knowledge and organizationalknowledge should be easy to access.The SAP Business Server andPublisher application by IDS Scheer

helps you develop and deliver per-manent, low-cost process informationthat can be accessed via a Web-basedportal. Portal content is generateddynamically at the time of processcreation and stored in a central, multi-user repository where access iscontrolled according to predefinedroles and privileges. This plays a sig-nificant role in making your processestransparent not only to daily businessusers but also to the regulatoryauthorities who may need to validate

your procedures at a moments notice.

Design Business Processes with theBusiness in MindIdeally, business processes shouldbe designed by businesspeople. Buttraditionally, business process designrequires a level of technical expertise

that hands control over to IT. The SAPBusiness Designer application by IDSScheer changes this with an intuitiveWeb-based tool that enables non-technical people to analyze, model,create, and modify processes to fitbusiness needs. A centralized reposi-tory makes corporate modeling stan-dards globally available to all users.SAP Business Designer connects tothe SAP Solution Manager applicationmanagement solution allowing users

to navigate to specific transactions toaccess reference content and processdocumentation. Users can transfer ref-erence content stored in the repositoryfrom SAP Solution Manager to SAPBusiness Designer and align it with thebusiness architecture of the company.Adapted processes that are based onthe imported reference content, fur-thermore, can be synchronized withSAP Solution Manager. With businesscontrol over process design, your com-pany can more rapidly create the kind

of streamlined processes that facilitatecompetitive advantage.

Model the Entire EnterpriseArchitectureTo rationalize your business processes,you need to bring order and transpar-ency to the complex IT landscapesupporting them. The SAP Enterprise

Modeling application by IDS Scheermakes this possible by structuring,identifying, and describing the mission-critical IT components within yourinfrastructure and aligning them tothe requirements of each businessprocess. IT users can more easilyadminister databases, user accounts,reports, scripts, and much more withprofessional-level Web-based function-ality that supports several commonmodeling methods. With your existing

architecture mapped out in visualformat, now you can start reengineer-ing your IT infrastructure to supportbusiness objectives.

Simulate and OptimizeWith the SAP Business ProcessOptimization application by IDS Scheer,you can dynamically analyze your pro-cesses and run simulations, enablingyou to determine optimal procedures.Users can create realistic what-ifscenarios that take account of

interlinked business processes,organizational structures, and otherresources connected to the process.

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Increase Process PerformanceEvery company wants to increaseoperational efficiency. By automaticallyvisualizing, documenting, and analyzingthe processes and procedures of yourcompany, the SAP Process Perfor-

mance Management application byIDS Scheer makes this job a lot easier.Continuously monitoring your process-es based on the runtime data from yourSAP solutions, this application pin-points the root cause of defects andidentifies activities with a high potentialfor optimization. Findings are presentedin graphical format, and analysisextends beyond processes themselvesto include other critical issues such ashow the relationship between units,

groups, and teams impacts organiza-tional performance.

Benefits That Are Easy to Process

No other offering is better poised tohelp you ensure process quality thanSAP enterprise modeling applications.With a better understanding of yourIT architecture and tools to help youoptimize and improve your businessprocesses you can dramaticallyimprove operations. Heres how.

Reduce Your Total Cost of Ownershipby Leveraging IT AssetsSAP enterprise modeling applicationshelp you extract greater value fromyour existing IT infrastructure and theSAP solutions that support your pro-

cesses. By simplifying customizationand reducing project times for up-grades and implementations, you cansignificantly reduce your total cost ofownership.

Improve Performance, Transparency,and ComplianceBy standardizing core processes andmaking it easy to document them fully,SAP enterprise modeling applicationshelp boost performance and increase

transparency. And improved visibilityinto core processes makes for bettergovernance and compliance.

Decrease Process Costs andResource RequirementsWith greater control over your processenvironment and continuous improve-ments based on monitoring and analy-sis, you can better identify resourcerequirements and make informeddecisions on how to execute processesmore efficiently. This is how to squeeze

costs out of your core businessprocesses.

Lay a Firm Foundation for HolisticBusiness Process ManagementWith SAP enterprise modeling applica-tions, youre building a foundation forsolid business process managementthat enables you to extend the goals

of business process analysis to coverplanning, optimization, and governanceof the corporate business architecture.

Learn MoreTo find out more about how SAP enter-prise modeling applications can helpyou reduce process costs, improvebusiness performance, and increaseyour competitive advantage, contactyour SAP representative today or visitus online atwww.sap.com/solutions/solutionextensions.

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SummaryWith SAP enterprise modeling applications by IDS Scheer, you can model and representyour entire IT infrastructure in a graphical format, identify problem areas, and make rapidimprovements. This helps you increase process effectiveness, reduce operating costs, anddo what you do better than the competition.

Challenges Limited process understanding due to a lack of IT landscape order and transparency IT complexity shuts businesspeople off from business process management issues Difficulties with process documentation No process monitoring Lack of simulation capabilities for understanding impact of process changes

Supported Business Processes and Software Functions Business-centered process design Enterprise architecture modeling Process optimization with powerful tools for process analysis and simulation Process documentation and publishing Process monitoring and performance management

Business Benefits Reduce your total cost of ownership by leveraging IT assets Improve performance, transparency, and compliance Decrease process costs and resource requirements Lay a firm foundation for holistic business process management

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