BizTalk Server SAP Integration

Seamless Integration of Business Processes

There are varied business scenarios where organizations need to connect to external partners, other systems, mainframes and even physical events like RFID to SAP.

In all of these scenarios, BizTalk provides true business value by integrating with existing processes like:

B2B/EDI: Often organizations need to trade information with partners via standard interfaces like X12/EDIFACT EDI. BizTalk provides a robust platform for EDI that can either integrate directly with inbound or outbound iDocs, or with RFC and Enterprise Service.

RFID: SAP has extensive business processes in sales, distribution and material management, which often require human interactions and documents to be passed back and forth. BizTalk provides the RFID capability that can use physical events to automate this process, removing the human element where possible, thereby increasing the efficiency and timeliness of the process.

ESB: An enterprise service bus is a very dynamic architecture for advanced message processing. BizTalk ESB Toolkit provides an agile Service-Oriented approach to integrate SAP applications in a loosely-coupled way. For example an Order message placed on the bus may be routed to SAP for fulfillment. Similarly SAP events and messages can be published, to the bus for processing and business applications.

SharePoint: BizTalk along with SharePoint provides a great platform for doing composite applications. These can then be consumed by custom web parts or by the Business data Catalog/Business Connectivity Services.

UN Agency Retools IT System Quickly and Efficiently with Web Portal Environment

"Before deciding, we considered several criteria, including compatibility with SAP…. We wanted a simple and efficient solution. In the end, the Microsoft solution was clearly the most impressive and the easiest to implement."

Gyula Bognar, Chief of IT Operations, UNESCO

International Distributor Sees ROI, Customer Satisfaction Soar with SOA-Based Solution

"Thanks to BizTalk Server and SOA, we are able to use SAP in ways we never could before—increasing our return on investment in that technology."

Chris Meiser, Executive Vice President of Operations, Tallard Technologies

Create a self service environment

Continuing cost and efficiency pressures are forcing organizations to reduce overheads and streamline operations by effective use of technology.BizTalk Server with its robust connectivity solutions and integration capabilities provides a platform to enable companies to self service applications such as:

Aggregate routine HR information like investment allocation on 401k, leave requests etc and provide self-service access to employees

Reduce administrative costs and simplify repetitive processes by automating all of them

Empower vendors and customers by using BizTalk to set up portals to increase efficiency and reduce personnel hours

Auto Components Supplier Cuts Receiving Cycle-Time by 50%, Cuts Costs by 30%

"We used BizTalk Server to speed the integration of the solution with our SAP system, which could have been a far more costly and time-consuming process otherwise."

Dr. Gokhan Sarpkaya, Project Leader for Logistics at Continental Automotive

Asia Pacific supply chain management company Linfox Logistics is streamlining operations, improving customer service and reducing cost with Microsoft® BizTalk® Server

"Our trucks have GPS devices so we know the location of stock in transit. BizTalk Server collects this data in real time and feeds it into the SAP system so we know we’re on track to meet customer milestones."

Robert Goulding Transport and Integration Systems Manager Linfox Logistics

Enable a single view of the product or customer

Data Synchronization is a key factor to manage information from disparate systems and ensure consistency.

BizTalk Server provides a cost-effective platform for companies to create a data synchronization solution using the messaging platform and out-of-the box connectivity options to a myriad of ERP packages and database platforms:

Master Data Management: Master data management is all about ensuring the consistency of enterprise data and business process to enable a single view of the customer or product data

Real time visibility: Allow SAP to be the single source of truth and transmit master data to appropriate systems in real life

Business Process Solution Helps Electronics Firm Increase Efficiency, On-Time Deliveries

"Before choosing BizTalk Server 2006, Powell considered other solutions such as the SAP NetWeaver integration environment. But the other solutions were less flexible than BizTalk Server 2006, and some—especially NetWeaver—would require extensive configuration work and costly SAP upgrades."

Bob Oldrati, Controller and IT Director, Powell Electronics

Distributor Collaborates from Supplier to Customer, Gains Competitive Advantage

"Within a matter of seconds, we can determine which customers are the most profitable and who we should be servicing—and that takes into account all possible variable costs."

Renier van der Merwe, Manager of Business Systems at Premier Foods.

Consolidate Disparate SAP business processes

It has become increasingly important for global companies to harmonize IT systems and processes worldwide. BizTalk provides a cost effective platform for companies to create composite solution environment whereby information and processes from multiple SAP instances can be combined to provide a unified view of the data to the end user.

SAP instances can vary from country to country and from region to region. This may be done either for security reasons or to comply with national laws. BizTalk facilitates:

Integrating data from multiple SAP modules into one place

Provide an enterprise level, role based view of data

Present data from SAP along with other core systems

Newell Rubbermaid Expects to Save $1.5 Million Managing Brand Web Sites Over Two Years

"Our Web sites don’t exist in a vacuum. Conducting e-commerce means integrating the e-commerce front end with credit verification, inventory data, and distribution functions that are handled by SAP. On our new sites, this integration is seamless—another win-win for us and our customers. Because e-commerce is now easier for us to do, we expect to do more."

Alex Alexandrou, Director of E-Business Global Information Technology

Packaging Company Eliminates E-commerce Logjam with Microsoft BizTalk

"BizTalk 2006 R2 enables processes from different systems, such as SAP and Siebel, to be integrated via one server so that they can ‘talk’ to each other and synchronize the associated business processes."

Jeffrey Rochman, E-business Manager, Visy Industries

Integrate, Automate and Simplify Your Business Processes

Seamless Integration of Business Processes

Create a self service environment

Enable a single view of the product or customer

Consolidate Disparate SAP business processes