WALLDORF, Germany - SAP today announced the second 2012 release of SAP Business ByDesign solution. The cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution is moving to a querterly release cycle is scheduled for availability in 4 additional European countries, namely Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain. This announcement is on the heels of the latest news regarding SAP's largest customer win to do in New South Wales Department of Trade & Investment in Australia.
Additionally, a software development kit (SDK) for SAP Business ByDesign, will enable parters like Navigator (as they have been doing for years with SAP's on-premise SME solution, SAP Business One) to extend solution functionality and build one-off cases for customer-specific requirements. As part of this SDK, SAP will provide developers with various capabilities, including Web services, which will allow the newly created partner to exchange inforrmation with existing SAP or 3rd-party cloud apps. Reusable building blocks - so called templates - will enable partners, like Navigator, to create customer-specific add-ons must faster. Improved usability, included advanced documentation and examples, will help partners understand and start working with the SDK instantly - reducing the need for extensive training. More than 20 partners, with Navigator being one of the first, have already signed the contract to develop and sell integrated extensions to the SAP Business ByDesign suite.
In effort to increase customer interest in SAP Business ByDesign, SAP will also be providing a localization kit to help them fulfill specific local requirements.
Co-innovation with partners like Navigator is a key part of the design process of SAP's cloud solutions. So, what will these changes mean for you - the prospective & current customers of SAP Business ByDesign?
- Additional Services, manufacturing (including lean/Kanban) and distribution functionality: Service industry enhancements, including improved ability to combine both products and services on projects, which links material in sales order to project tasks. Through this extended functionality, SAP Business ByDesign will now be supporting service industries outside ofht eh professional services core. The extended ability to sell-service contracts supporting billing, service level agreements, and executive and escalations are intended to provide greater support for managed services agreements common in IT, media, marketing and other consulting services. Other enhancements for manufacturing and distribution include support for current and future customers that manage and track onsite and in-house repairs.
- Mobile extensibility: SAP now enables users to customize the view for processes within SAP Business ByDesign on their preferred mobile devices. This will further extend the existing standard support for over 15 mobile scenarious, included time and expense, customer relationship management (CRM) and reporting.
