SAP offers proven methodologies, advanced software tools, and best practices to get the SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application up and running quickly – and contributing to your business goals.

We'll work with you to develop an implementation strategy focused on your key priorities. And we'll help you create an implementation plan to manage project scope and evaluate progress along the way.

Your implementation of SAP PLM can include the following:

• SAP cProject Suite – SAP cProject Suite enables organizations to work in a collaborative way for both project management and collaborative engineering.
• SAP ERP – SAP ERP is the foundation for SAP PLM. The software is currently in Release SAP ERP 2005.
• SAP SEM – SAP Strategic Enterprise Management enables companies to implement strategies quickly and successfully, as well as manage business performance throughout the entire organization. The product design cost estimate (PDCE) based on SAP SEM provides early costing information to support design decisions. SAP SEM is currently in Release 6.0.
• SAP SRM – SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM 5.0) maximizes the return on relationship with all suppliers across all categories of spend at all times. Smooth integration into SAP PLM ensures that only up-to-date information is used in supplier-related processes.

In SAP PLM, the current release of SAP NetWeaver is 2004s and includes these components:

• SAP NetWeaver Portal – SAP NetWeaver Portal enables organizations to manage enterprise data – including applications, databases, and Internet information – and deliver content based on user roles. SAP PLM content is accessible via the portal, especially to occasional users.
• SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) – SAP BW goes beyond traditional data warehousing to provide a complete solution for enterprise-wide information capture and evaluation. Reporting specific to SAP PLM (such as cross-project analytics) is provided to gain advanced visibility.
• SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) – SAP XI is the SAP platform for process integration based on the exchange of XML messages. SAP XI supports the integration of legacy and third-party systems to SAP PLM.

Business Success Through Education and Services

To ensure that the implementation of your SAP Business Suite solution delivers business success and rapid ROI, SAP offers an extensive program of user education and knowledge management tools, along with a range of services and support.