Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is the technologies used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content and documents related to organizational processes. ECM tools and strategies allow the management of an organization's unstructured information, wherever that information exists.
Source: AIIM The ECM Association
Improve Productivity
CY 2009
SAP Extended ECM by Open Text 9.7.1
General availability: As soon as on pricelist SAP Versions: SAP R/3 4.6C, R/3 4.7*, ERP 2004, ERP 6.0* (includes SAP PLM) SAP CRM 4.0*, 2005*, 2007* SAP SCM 2004, 2005*, 2007*, 7.0* SAP SRM 2004, 2005*, 2007*, 7.0*
CY 2010
ASAP
*= Includes DoD certified Records Management on SAP ArchiveLink Documents and SAP Print Lists UI: English, German, French
Q2 2010
Target Customer
A B
Target Audience
C-Level Executives LOB senior management teams General Counsel Records Managers VP of IT IT Management
Ext. ECM
Capture Content Access Document Management Records Management Collaboration Workflow Archive
Qualifying Questions Do you have problems managing the growing volume of unstructured content? Are your users required to log into multiple applications to find business documents to make decisions? Do your users spend a great deal of time searching for content? Is litigation/compliance an issue for your organization? Are you looking for a collaboration solution to support business decisions? Does your organization do records management on SAP content? Would you like to manage all electronic and physical records across your organization from within SAPGUI? Does a lot of the content for one or many of your business processes reside outside of SAP?
The Key 5
things you will learn by the end of this session: 1. How Extended ECM enriches SAP business processes with content and the value it brings with it. 2. How Extended ECM delivers the right content to the right business process. 3. Youll understand and be able to articulate the business problems Extended ECM solves. 4. That Extended ECM is a productized SAP solution and there is no competition in the marketplace that offers this functionality. 5. Extended ECM is backed by SAP, sold by SAPs sales force
1. Introduction 2. The Business Need to Integrate Enterprise Applications with ECM 3. The Solution
3.1 Solution Enablers 3.2 Value Drivers 3.3 Business Processes
CIO
I never have the most accurate information about my client.
SAP User
Sales User
How can I manage all our corporate content without user involvement?
IT Manager
Compliance Manager
Content Centric
More details to come with transaction may need to be declared a corporate record and managed appropriately Content associated
Physical and electronic documents are required to support business decisions
Quality Management
Customer Service
Records Management
Construction Management
Plant Maintenance
Talent Management
Correspondence Management
Value
Best of Breed
(Specialized components)
Stage of Maturity
Collaborative workspaces
Flexible interface choices for effective business applications Integrated technology platform connects people, processes and content Increased control of processes across the entire company Better decision making based on comprehensive insight End-to-end solution for ERP-ECM built with industry best practices Lower TCO with native integration Co-innovation brings best-of-breed together
Help users perform daily tasks efficiently Help people to work effectively across enterprise boundaries Manage cost - and keep things simple Manage unstructured content in the context of processes Make sure organization complies with regulations in every region
Provide secure native access for users of SAP and non-SAP software Enable consistent document handling and Microsoft Office integration
SAP Business Process Platform
Content Access
Solution Enablers Role-based UI Integration into MS Office, Web and SAP GUI Comprehensive Search Content Browsing and Navigation Virtual Foldering
SAP Business Process Platform
Provide secure native access for users of SAP and nonSAP software
Value Drivers Reduce search costs Improve SAP user productivity Increase content accessibility for cross-functional collaboration Reduce deployment time Eliminate need for end-user training
Business Processes Employee self-service Customer folder for customer service Supplier self-service Plant maintenance Your scenario
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Collaboration
Solution Enablers Team and Project rooms Shared Workspace Forums Discussions Notifications Task Lists News Channels/Ticker
SAP Business Process Platform
Value Drivers Boost productivity and accelerate business decisions Connect project teams globally Push business decisions to the appropriate individuals Streamline/automate communication within the organization Reduce risks by providing secure access to content
Polls
Business Processes Asset Operation and Maintenance Creation and Negotiation of Contracts Quality Management Project Management Your scenario
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Business Processes Contract Management Employee On-Boarding Asset Requests Real Estate Management Your scenario
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Archive
Solution Enablers Data and Document Archiving Agnostic storage management Content Move between different storage devices SAP ILM integration Advanced Security Single Instance Archiving
SAP Business Process Platform
Value Drivers Cut costs by consolidating archive platform Decrease response times when managing large volumes of data and documents Reduce risk by protecting content with replication and tamper-proof storage Significantly improve content accessibility
Business Processes Archive platform consolidation Data and Document Archiving Upgrade of SAP application Legacy Decommissioning Your scenario
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Records Management
Solution Enablers File Plan and Administration Metadata Management Retention Schedules and Legal Holds Physical Records Management Advanced Circulation Automatic Classification
SAP Business Process Platform
Value Drivers Ensure holistic enterprise program Provide defensible disposition of all corporate content Improve ability to mitigate risks Diminish exposure to discovery costs Reduce cost of storage through proactive destruction Facilitate easier decommission of legacy content
Business Processes Controlling the lifecycle of content across the enterprise Records management of physical content Departmental and / or enterprise records management Your scenario
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Capture
Solution Enablers Scanning Indexing Forms Management Intelligent Classification Batch Processes Imaging Viewers
SAP Business Process Platform
Value Drivers Eliminate paper and free up office space Reduce printing, copying and paper storage costs Ensure consistent and costeffective filing and audits Eliminate manual entry errors Decrease cost of filing content from non-SAP processes
Business Processes Customer Correspondence Claims and Complaint Management Travel Expenses Procurement Lifecycle Management Your scenario
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Document Management
Solution Enablers Version Control Check In / Out Metadata Categorization Compound Documents Audit Trail User / Group Access Content Type Agnostic
SAP Business Process Platform
Value Drivers Reduce time spent finding the one version of the truth document Trim discovery costs across enterprise content Shrink file server and legacy document management application costs Decrease printing and copying to desktops / file shares and between applications
Comprehensive Search
Business Processes Change Management Contract Management Regulated Documents Quality Management Your scenario
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Rather than existing separately from established systems like ERP, content management acts as an extension of them, allowing for exceptions to the repeatable processes governed by ERP, as well as recognizing and capturing processes and data that should be managed in those systems.
IDC: Enterprise Content Meets Enterprise Business Processes Open Text & SAP Joint Solution
February 2009 Melissa Webster
We believe SAP users will see tremendous benefit in the ability to transparently leverage ECM in conjunction with their portfolio of SAP applications, without needing to change their existing processes, reimplement their applications, or retrain their users
CIO
ECM / Sales User Increase Process Efficiency Web-based access to SAP content All relevant information in one view Quick Search
IT Manager
Compliance Manager
Extend Functionality Full blown ECM within SAP Collaboration with non-SAP and external users MS Office integration
Mitigate Risk Enterprise-wide electronic and physical Records Management including SAP content Single set of retention policies Reduced corporate exposure to litigation and regulations
Business Problems
Improves compliance and reduces risk by providing secure, long-term archiving and disaster recovery capabilities; boosts productivity by integrating content with SAP transactions Improves IT efficiency, reduces administrative overhead, reduces the costs associated with maintaining legacy applications, reduces total cost of ownership, enhances investment planning, and increases IT agility in aligning with business goals Reduces risk associated with content, permits organization to adhere to industry standards/certifications, federal, provincial regulations and SOX, DoD 5015.2, etc.
CIO
Shortens time-to-deploy cycles for major software projects, improves quality of application development , reduces the amount of content/data needed to be stored/managed, and leverages existing infrastructure. Improves efficiency by eliminating paper; streamlines processes; boosts productivity and improves service quality and minimizes disruption of supply and value chain processes due to missing or outdated documents/content and improves ability to make business decisions,
Heads of operating departments (VP of Finance, Chief Marketing Officer, VP of Sales, VP Customer Service, etc.) Developers, performance specialists, testing teams, and QA engineers
Boosts productivity, maximizes reliability, and improves the quality of new application designs
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