Enabling SAP on iPhone

1. Business. Anywhere. Anytime
Enabling SAP on iPhone
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Agenda
 Business: scenarios
 Business: solutions
 Business: with us
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Speed of business
“It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.
If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least
twice as fast as that!”
-The Red Queen, Alice in Wonderland.
 Challenges: competition, the customer, the employees…
 Challenges transformed:
 40%+ workforce mobile (Gartner research)
 Shifting demographics
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Scenarios
 Why didn’t my manager approve my leave on time and
avoid paycheck issues?
 Why did my supervisor not approve the service contract
quickly to get the emergency repairs done?
 Why did my peer not approve the cross departmental
transfer before the quarterly result?
 Why did my subordinate not accept the performance
review in time to complete the merit increase?
 Why didn’t the manager immediately approve free
replacements to deliver high customer satisfaction?
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Some Challenges
Task Impact of approvals Higher Overhead
Leave not approved on Paycheck issues Cost to fix payroll
time
PO approval delayed Everyone downstream Production impact
waiting
Repair ticket not approved Repairs delayed Cost future contracts
quickly
Internal cost transfer Incorrect quarterly Time of fix accounting
delayed report
Employee misses appraisal Misses pay cycle Cost & time to fix payroll
deadline
Replacement approval Urgent airmail delivery Increase cost of logistics
missed
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Fixes?
 People find creative ways to overcome challenges. Sometimes
they are effective and sometime they create a bigger
problem than the one it was intended to solve
Out of the frying pan and into the fire?
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Fixes? Are they?
 Do you see password sharing violations between
employees if they are on vacation?
 Do you see assistants have access to more information
than they should?
 Do you have to call people in meetings to approve
emergency work orders?
 Do your employees feel stressed lugging around a laptop
on their vacation, training, etc…?
 Do you see a lot people assigned to the same business
task in the system?
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Our focus
 To see opportunities in the challenges
 Wherever possible, mobilize business transaction and
deliver work-to-people rather than vice-versa
 Beyond emails, we enable business on iPhone.
 SAP business backbone with iPhone mobility & user
interface provides the best platform to improve
individual efficiency and overall business performance.
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Our Services
 BizBox App
 iPhone App for SAP Approvals and Alerts using MilliApps
Enabler Framework
 Consulting Services
 Building custom Apps for SAP
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BizBox
SAP Approvals and Alerts
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App Features
• Execute approvals/ rejections
• Track status of request user worked on
• Monitor alerts
• Prioritize work-items with deadlines
• Offline access to work-item & alert
• Pre-defined built-in workflow templates
• Layouts designed for mobile users
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MilliApps Enabler Framework
 Architecture designed and optimized for SAP+iPhones
 Leverage SAP and iPhone native functionality
 Connectivity- Direct and real-time connection to SAP
 Security- SAP based user authentication
 No intermediate staging of any data
 Configurable Decision support framework
 Scalable and easy to deploy
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Security
 User authentication and data access based on SAP
security
 VPN authentication
 Network security (WEP & WAP Enterprise)
 Certificates and Identifies
 Hardware based encryption for data at rest (iPhone 3GS)
 Remote data wipe
 *Additional features coming with iPhone OS 4.0 release
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Landscape
 No additional hardware requirement
 No intermediate data servers or data-at-rest causing
security issues.
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Decision support configuration
 Ability to turn on-off any specific service on the app
 Ability to change display options
 Support for additional languages
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Scalable & Ease of Deployment
 Installation of SAP bolt-on and iPhone App
 Quick installation
 Addition of custom needs
 Requirements gathering for business rule setup
 Implementing custom workflows
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Coming soon with iPhone OS 4…
Data Protection Mobile Device Management
 Security enhancements  Easier deployment &
protect attachments stored management of large iPhone
on iPhone 3GS. fleets
 New data protection APIs
Wireless App Distribution SSL VPN Support
 iPhone OS 4 enables  SSL VPN support in iPhone OS
enterprises to securely host 4 gives users another way to
and wirelessly distribute in- securely access enterprise
house apps to employees resources.
over Wi-Fi and 3G.
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Benefits
 Increase Productivity  Increase ROI on SAP
 Big jump from just emails to  Leverages existing SAP
executing business on iPhone backbone
 Available anytime, anywhere  No additional hardware/ system
 Not just emails, but business needed
process execution via iPhone  Make information readily
available to assist business
 Improve Compliance  Reduce Costs
 Work done by the appropriate  Reduce workflow administrator
person overhead
 Passwords and data protection  Minimize work duplication
compliance  Minimize rework due to missed
deadlines
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Consulting Services
Building custom Apps for SAP
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Consulting Services
• Enhancing Bizbox App with client-
specific workflow template
• Custom App design for different
business processes including HR,
Sales, CRM, SRM, etc…
• Assist in making business case for
deploying iPhone in the
organization
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21. Accelerating
the speed of business
by enabling SAP on iPhone
Business. Anywhere. Anytime
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