SAP xApps

    Competing in today's business environment takes more than continuous improvement, it also requires constant innovation.  And that means aligning existing systems with new business strategies.

    Enter SAP xApps applications -- a breed of information technology that enables continuous improvement and innovation.  How?  By combining existing, heterogeneous systems into cross-functional, end-to-end processes for increased competitive agility.

    The SAP xApps portfolio aligns people, information, and processes to let you execute enterprise-wide strategies with greater ease and efficiency.  And it extends the value of your core business investments to maximize the return on your most strategic assets: employees, knowledge, products, business relationships, and IT.

     With unique characteristics that aid business improvement and innovation, SAP xApps:

• Is cross-functional -- drives business processes across different applications, technologies, and organizations.
• Is flexible -- flexibly integrates existing systems and new functional components into business processes.
• Is collaborative -- enables ad hoc team collaboration as part of vital business processes. Is content-driven -- relates knowledge and structured information within the context of a business process.
• Is content-driven -- relates knowledge and structured information within the context of a business process.
• Closes the loop -- helps aggregate and contextualize relevant information, when triggered by event alerts.

    The SAP xApps portfolio includes composite applications to drive innovation in three areas significant to business success:

• SAP xApp Emissions Management by TechniData -- Addresses the business issue of greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations for energy-consuming and carbon dioxide-producing businesses.
• SAP xApp Mergers and Acquisitions (SAP xMA) -- Expedites business processes across the entire M&A value chain.
• SAP xApp Product Definition (SAP xPD) -- Streamlines the process of designing and developing new products.
• SAP xApp Resource and Program Management (SAP xRPM) -- Dramatically improves your ability to manage and execute complex IT or R&D projects.
• SAP xMII  - Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) application, you gain absolute control over your supply network and become an adaptive manufacturer. Shop floor integration with real time updates of you control systems (PLC etc.,)