Need for SAP Integration
Naresh D Koka
Director
Industry Group
MPS Partners, LLC.
An SPR Company

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Need for Integration with SAP
• SAP is information abound, but nearly impossible
for normal users to use without a lot of training.
• Customers are looking for ways to get the
knowledge stored in SAP to their decision makers
• Decision makers are busy with their daily activities
 No time to drill through layers of screens or switch
between multiple applications
• Customers are looking for better ROI for what they
already own – SAP, Microsoft Tools

SAP Interoperability – What Is It?
• Microsoft tools help organizations increase the value of
their SAP investment with people-ready solutions that
extend the reach and flexibility of SAP solutions.
• Solutions based on Microsoft toolset integrated with SAP
are designed to increase efficiency and improve the
return on existing SAP investments in the following
ways:
 connecting people, processes, and information by bridging the gap
between rigid business processes and the familiar, collaborative
work environment of Microsoft Office System users.
 providing access to valuable back-end structured data from SAP
and other sources for faster, more informed decision-making
throughout the organization.

SAP Interoperability – Customer Pain
• Pain
 Spent millions of dollars on SAP products
 Effective in running the back office and structured business
processes but < 100% adoption by licensed users
– Lack of usability
– High training costs
 Information workers often work in an unstructured,
collaborative work environment
 Information workers often have to depend on specialists to
retrieve data from SAP for daily decision making

SAP Interoperability – Delivering Value
• Information workers typically use Microsoft Office
applications to perform unstructured and ad hoc
processes that are not captured by SAP.
• With 450 million users of Microsoft Office worldwide,
Microsoft in a strong position to help SAP customers with
their user adoption issues.
• Microsoft Office Business Applications (OBAs) are a new
breed of applications that can help companies unlock the
too-often hidden value of SAP applications.

FACTS Series - Architecture
MOSS Mobile Silverlight OBA

Samples
SAP Integration
using Microsoft Tools

Demo - Time Entry (contd.)

Thank You
Contact
Naresh Koka
MPS Partners, LLC.
Director – Industry Group
e. info@mpspartners.com

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