SAP Issues Feature Pack 2.0 for Mid-Sized Business Visibility | SupplyChainBrain

SAP Issues Feature Pack 2.0 for Mid-Sized Business Visibility

SAP
August 5, 2009

SAP AG has released feature pack 2.0 for SAP Business ByDesign, a tool for helping mid-sized companies to boost visibility across their operations. Available via an on-demand delivery model, Business ByDesign can reduce overall information-technology costs associated with infrastructure, equipment and software management, the vendor said. The new feature pack expands the application's functionality and offers business support for 35 process scenarios. The tool integrates with software from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio, including Crystal Reports software and dashboards from Xcelsius. The dashboards provide a number of key performance indicators (KPIs), such as cash and liquidity management, and sales projections. The KPIs can be customized to allow executives to control key corporate measures, SAP says. In addition, feature pack 2.0 integrates with customer relationship management, order-to-cash with automated billing, project profitability and resource management, time and expense reimbursement, procure to pay, and service and repair. Manufacturers get visibility across their supply chains, including suppliers, customers, manufacturing and logistics. They can deploy an automated request-for-quotation process for strategic procurement.

Read Full Article

Related Content

Related Videos

Featured Product

Case Studies
Photo: iStock/Anastasiia Yanishevska
Case Studies
How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID
Case Studies
Recycled Tagging Fasteners: Small Changes Make a Big Impact
Mobile geolocation service for track delivery, cargo shipment and freight transportation. Logistic Import Export business (Elements of this image furnished by NASA)
Case Studies
Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking
Franchise business e-commerce online e-marketplace or digital marketing branch expansion for growth or use technology to analyze product consumer data website management plan for sale service concept.
Case Studies
Moving Robots Site-to-Site
Related Stories
Debra Haym Icon
All Logistics
Interlog Marks a Decade of Focusing on Service and the Aftermarket
Douglas Brown Icon
All Logistics
The Changing World of Service Parts Management and Repair
Tom Dannemiller Icon
All Logistics
Focus, Visibility, Control: TDK Lambda Slashes Supply-Chain Costs
Barbara Kish Icon
All Logistics
An Outsourcing Success Story at Sun Microsystems
More in Global Logistics
Five Industry Shifts Transportation Leaders Can't Ignore
With transportation and logistics operations focused on delivering products and services to specific locations, parts of the industry will always be physical in nature. But what’s now disrupting the sector more than anything are digital forces, from AI-driven automation to increasingly volatile global trade networks.
Scb Q326 Aptean Top5 Thumb
LMI Index: Logistics Costs Are on the Rise
Growth is slowing, however, in inventory levels, warehousing utilization, and warehousing prices, and transportation capacity is contracting.
Lmi Chart
Orchestrating the Supply Chain for the Chief Operating Officer
For the chief operating officer (COO), the importance of an orchestrated supply chain cannot be overstated, particularly where speed and agility can mean the difference between strong and weak performance. Read the Spotlight from IDC based on recent research that explores the benefits of an orchestrated supply chain, as well as related challenges and obstacles.
Thumbnail Coo
Why Going Global Isn't Always the Right Call
For years, global sourcing has helped companies reduce production costs, access specialized suppliers, and achieve greater scale. But today’s supply chains face tariff uncertainty, geopolitical risk, transportation disruption, supplier concentration, inventory pressure, and rising customer expectations.
Supply Chain Brain Thumbnail
Staying Ahead of Cargo Theft: Building a More Secure Supply Chain
Tive
Cargo theft is becoming more organized, more sophisticated and more difficult to prevent. Criminals are increasingly using identity fraud, strategic deception and coordinated theft rings to target high-value shipments, forcing shippers, logistics providers and carriers to rethink how they protect freight.
Upcoming Webinar Tive Supply Chain Brain Webinar Tue Oct 27 2026 11a Et
Fireside Chat with Gartner Expert Beth Moller: Leading at the Intersection: Building High-Performing Supply Chain Teams in the Age of AI
Gartner
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, Chief Supply Chain Officers face a critical challenge: building leadership teams that can break through functional silos, navigate competing priorities, and align around a shared purpose.
Upcoming Webinar Gartner Supply Chain Brain Webinar Ep4 Of 4 Tue Oct 10 2026 11a Et
Designing for Uncertainty: A Flexibility-First Approach to Warehouse Automation
Locus Robotics
Warehouse automation decisions are often based on assumptions about future volume, labor, SKU mix, workflows, and facility requirements. The challenge is that those assumptions rarely stay fixed over the life of an automation investment.
Upcoming Webinar Locus Robotics Thu Oct 15 2026 11a Et
The Hidden Cost-to-Serve in Packaged Goods
G3 Logistics
In packaged goods supply chains, some of the biggest threats to margin hide in everyday exceptions—repacking, relabeling, retailer-specific requirements, special handling, short-notice changes, and customer requests that require operational workarounds.
Upcoming Webinar G3 Logistics Supply Chain Brain Webinar Thu Oct 29 2026 2p Et
Understanding the U.S. DoT’s American Supply Chain Sovereignty Initiative
The cargo visibility program will need data-privacy protections to succeed, experts warn.
The Port of San Pedro at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: iStock/Jorge Villalba
Orchestrating the End-to-End Supply Chain: Strategic Priority, Practical Reality
As technology, particularly agentic AI, is poised to change everything, the reality of “my supply chain is good enough” has faded. It has been the view of IDC for some years now that a truly end-to-end, orchestrated supply chain should be the ultimate goal to support the speed, agility, and efficiency of the overall business.
Thumbnail Idc White Paper
Shipowners Say Hormuz Tolls Would Lead to More Charges Elsewhere
The prospect of Iran imposing transit fees in Hormuz has focused attention on the fragility of global supply chains.
Ships anchored in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran. Photographer: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
Five Ways AI is Transforming Fleet Safety and Operational Performance
Fleet managers are responsible for improving efficiency and maintaining service levels while managing increasing fleet complexity. As a result, fleet safety has become a more strategic initiative in many businesses. Developments in AI mean businesses are turning to artificial intelligence to proactively manage risk and improve operational outcomes.
W Desf21c8
Page 1 of 500
Next Page

Visit Our Sponsors