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SAP Future Directions: 2003 and Beyond
Joshua Greenbaum, PrincipalEnterprise Applications Consultingwww.eaconsult.com
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Technology and Applications: Drivers and Assumptions
The Infrastructure is Largely In Place
Heterogeneity is Reality
Interoperability Standards (XML, WS,
etc.) Are Coming
Business Processes Are The Value-Add,
All Else is Becoming a Commodity
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Business Consequences
No More Big Bang
Economic Buyer is Line of Business, Not
CIO
Average Deal Size Dropping, Volume Is
Essential
Upselling the Customers is Job #1
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The Solution: Leverage Your Investment
Low-Cost of AcquisitionSmall Technology FootprintLow-Cost, Rapid ImplementationLeverage Existing Technology and
Business Investments Integrate To Existing InfrastructureRapid ROI: Year One
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X-Apps
The Ultimate LYI Product
The Composite, Cross-Application, Meta-App
The Future of Software Development and Delivery?
SAP’s Competitive (so far Slideware) Advantage
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X-App Defined
Any Application that Uses Data and
Business Processes From Other
Applications and Data Sources to
Provide Value-added Functionality
Above and Beyond Existing
Applications and Infrastructure
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X-App Archetype: Trading Desk Merge Data….
• Trading Data
• Chat Rooms
• News/Weather
And Processes ….• Transfer Funds
• Buy
• Sell
And Create New Functionality• Buy on Calculated Exception/Trigger/Event
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X-App Business Processes
Resource and Program Management• Project Portfolio Management
• Project Execution
• Staffing Resources Assignment
• Adv. Skills Management
Employee Productivity• Strategy Alignment
• Enable Company Agility
• Increase Productivity
• Reduce Costs
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X-App Business Processes
Mergers and Acquisitions• M&A Project Management
• Deal Management
• New Company Management
• Project Execution
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X-App IssuesThree Kinds of X-Apps
• SAP X-App
• ISV/SI X-App
• Your X-App
The X-App SDK: When, What, How Much?
X-App 3rd Party Market: Certification, Value, Services
X-App Vs. Third Party Best-of-Breed Apps
X-App Vs. Start-up “Killer Apps”
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Can SAP Deliver? Watch For…
Compelling X-Apps
The Adapter Problem
The Software to Services Ratio
Partner Certification
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Collaborative Master Data Management
The Infrastructure Superstructure
The Universal Data Source: Repository of
Master Data Definitions
Harmonize All the Data Sources: One
Version of the Truth
LYI Enabler
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CMDM Defined One Version of the Truth
• Single Source for All Data: SAP and non-SAP
• Single Administrative Site for All Data Management
• Repository of Master Data Objects That Define Specific Business Practices: Business-Specific Units of Measure
Connect Heterogeneous Environments• Linking Applications, Maintaining Consistent Data Among
Different Data Sources/Applications
Control Corporate Data• Central Management and Process Control For All Systems
(Internal and External)
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CMDM ComponentsMaster Data Objects: Define the Business Objects
• Product Master
• Business Partner
• Product Structure
• Organizational Structure
Data Services: Manage the CMDM Environment• Data Management Services
• Change Management
• Distribution
Others• Content Integration, Data Staging (ODS), Adapters, Etc.
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CMDM Technology Runs on Web Apps Server (WAS)
Requires Exchange and Third Party Adapters
Workflow is SAP-Only
BW Can Be Used, But Master Data in CMDM
Portal Interface
Database Independent
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CMDM Q3 Deliverables
Master Data Server (Object Definition
and Deployment)
Content Integration
Exchange
Adapters
CMDM Database
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CMDM: What’s the Value?
De-duping• Huge Cost In M&A and Dynamic Businesses
• Non-Management Costs Can Be Even Larger: Accuracy in Operations, Support and Service
• SAP ROI Analysis: $4 million in Savings
Lower Overall Integration Costs
Consolidation and Collaboration• Economies of Scale for Data Can Match the
Economies of Scale in the Rest of the Enterprise
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CMDM: What’s the Catch? Not Until Q3
Best for R/3 Centric to Start
Master Data Definitions Require A Harmonization
Process FIRST (Remember BPR?)
Adapters, Adapters, Adapters
Horizontal To Start, But Better As a Vertical
The More You Do, the More You Integrate
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CMDM: How To Get Ready
Think Master Data Objects
Think Process First: What are Real-world
Benefits
Don’t Integrate Everything (Remember
the Data Warehouse Overruns)
Get To Know Portal, WAS, Exchange, BW
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Conclusion #1: Glass Half Full
SAP Has Some Good Stuff Coming
There is Actual Value Possible
User Risks Will Be Relatively Low
SAP is Playing Leadership Position
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Conclusion #2: Glass Half Empty
All is Slideware Until Proven Otherwise
The Only ROI That Matters is Your Own
Low Risk Doesn’t Mean No Risk
Technology Leadership Is For Vendors,
Not for All Users