A Guide To New and Enhanced Capabilities For SAP CRM On-Premise
A Guide To New and Enhanced Capabilities For SAP CRM On-Premise
A Guide To New and Enhanced Capabilities For SAP CRM On-Premise
and Enhanced
Capabilities for
SAP CRM On-Premise
John Burton
SAP Labs
Introduction/Purpose
Learn how to leverage your existing SAP CRM On-Premise investment by taking
advantage of the newest features and enhancements
Find out how you can influence and participate in SAP’s roadmap for SAP CRM
Hear about SAP’s new Fiori user interface and determine whether it might be a
good fit for your organization
Discover what options are available for improving your SAP CRM performance by
taking advantage of SAP HANA
Agenda
Introduction
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM
SAP Fiori UX
SAP HANA
SAP Customer Connection Program
Wrap-up
Roadmap and Direction for SAP CRM On-Premise
SAP’s next generation user interface, Fiori, leverages industry standards like HTML5 and OData Services to run
on any device (laptop/tablet/smartphone)
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM provides an alternative to client-side Groupware for Outlook/Notes
integration
CRM on HANA can improve search performance and call center performance by up to 5X, while also enabling
real-time CRM/ERP reporting and analytics
SAP Hybris commerce capabilities complement and extend SAP CRM on-premise Marketing, Sales, Service
SAP plans to renovate and simplify CRM on-premise starting already in 2015
Agenda
Introduction
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM
SAP Fiori UX
SAP HANA
SAP Customer Connection Program
Wrap-up
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM
Positioning and Overview
The new “Desktop Connection for SAP CRM” solution connects SAP CRM with the way users work
every day
Invisible CRM
Invisible Sync
Connector
App Logic
R R R R
OData Internet Windows Office
SAP CRM API (Intranet) Outlook
OData API
• Web interface as OData service published by SAP Gateway
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM
Synchronization and Conflict Resolution
Introduction
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM
SAP Fiori UX
SAP HANA
SAP Customer Connection Program
Wrap-up
SAP Fiori: Keeping “Simple Things” Simple
Scope
Accounts
Contacts
Leads
Opportunities
Tasks
Appointments
Notes and Collaboration
Sales Pipeline Simulation and Tracking
Operational Sales Analysis Reports
Simulate Track
My Notes My Appointments Sales Sales
Pipeline Pipeline
Transactional
Marketing Manager Release Target
Groups Analytical
Factsheet
My Accounts*
• Display sales orders from SAP
ERP
• Create task or appointment directly
from the account
• Display and maintain marketing
attributes
My Appointments
• Create opportunity, appointment,
or task as follow-up from
appointment
• Display appointments from other
team members
• Change the employee responsible
• Display transaction type info My Opportunities My Tasks
• Create opportunity as follow-up from opportunity • Create opportunity, appointment, or task as follow-up
from task
• Display transaction type info
• Display transaction type info and change status per task
With SAP Small Business for Sales Order Fulfillment sales reps can resolve the
following types of issues:
Incomplete data
Unconfirmed quantities
Credit blocks
Billing blocks
Delivery blocks in sales orders and other delivery issues
Shipping blocks in deliveries and other shipping issues
Invoice issues and accounting issues for invoices
SAP Smart Business for Sales Order Fulfillment
(ERP SD Fiori App) (cont.)
With SAP Small Business for Sales Order Fulfillment sales reps can resolve the
following types of issues: (cont.)
Check availability and confirm ordered quantities
Remove billing blocks at the header or item level and if required, edit
payment terms
Release or re-check credit blocked orders and deliveries
Create delivery documents for complete or partial deliveries
Trigger the shipping process: remove shipping blocks and resolve other shipping
issues
Post goods issue
Create accounting and invoice documents
SAP Smart Business for Sales Order Fulfillment
Launchpad
Search
Search for specific issues using criteria such as
customer details or requested delivery date
Sort
With the sort function you can sort your list
according to different criteria
SAP JAM
Save Tile
SAP Smart Business for Sales Order Fulfillment
Issue Details
Introduction
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM
SAP Fiori UX
SAP HANA
SAP Customer Connection Program
Wrap-up
Introducing SAP CRM powered by SAP HANA
Analytics
• High volume, high performance reporting in CRM
• Integrated reporting client, complementing BW and SAP
BusinessObjects tools
Analytics
• Fast adoption of HANA innovations for CRM
• Platform for HANA-based Customer Engagement applications
• On-Premise or Cloud
SAP Suite on HANA Highlights
Pricing
Create
Calculate and adjust price and Quotation
discount
Issues:
Search in different sources
Searches are time consuming
Search results need to be converted to quotation contents
Pricing
Create
Calculate and adjust price and Quotation
discount
Additional Benefits:
Improved quote-to-order conversion rate with context-based recommendations
Reduced key performance indicators for sales with detailed analysis and forecasts of conversion rate and time
Higher customer satisfaction and retention with individually tailored offers
Competitive advantage through better customer sales experience
Customer Interaction Center … Without SAP HANA
Interaction Center
Call Resolution
Call Center Analytics
Several reports + BI Issues:
Searches are time consuming
Calls are prolonged with slow searches
Business impact: Call handling times increase
Customer Interaction Center … with SAP HANA
Interaction Center
Call Resolution
Call Center Analytics Additional Benefits:
Several reports + BI Accelerated searches
IC Work Distribution Dashboard
Enrich with outside data, including unstructured
HANA-Based Extensions – Work Distribution By Employee
The Inbox Work Distribution – By Employee displays information about items employees are working on as well as unassigned items
for which a processor is needed
SAP CRM Hana-Based Analytics: Overview
Business Case
Overview pages for Accounts,
Opportunities, and Campaigns can be
used as analytical 360 degree view by
embedding SHL Reports
Key Capabilities
• Wizard for embedding of reports in
overview pages
• Pre-filtered data based on any data field
that is available in the business object
and the report (e.g., Account ID,
Employee Responsible, etc.)
• Direct navigation from the report to the
business object
Key Benefit
Embedding of pre-filtered analytical views into the overview pages of Account, Opportunity, and Campaign
HANA Cross VDM (Virtual Data Model) CRM/ERP
Business Case
The cross VDM enables any kind of
analytical client to join data from CRM
with ERP and to do basic cross analytics
for:
• Opportunities and Sales Orders
• Customer Invoices
• Customer Credit Memos
Key Capabilities
• Cross VDM for CRM and ERP maps
Accounts, Products, and Organizations
from both systems and allows analysis
of data from both sources in one report
• VDM consumption is possible with
SAP BusinessObjects clients, CRM
WebUI embedded analytics (=SHL
Reporting), and Fiori Customer
Reports App
Scope for SAP HANA Live for SAP CRM EHP3 SP05
Key Message
• Accelerates CRM embedded analytics as part of CRM on HANA or HANA side by side
• More than 40 VDM Query Views (including three cross VDMs for CRM/ERP analysis) for SHL Reporting, Interactive Reporting, or SAP
BusinessObjects tools to consume VDMs outside of CRM Web UI
• More than 400 VDMs (reuse, private, value help views) are available in CRM 7.0 EhP 3 SP05 or in CRM on HANA
Marketing (EHP2 SP8) Sales (EHP2 SP8) Authorization for Interactive Reporting/SAP HANA Live Reports
Extend or model new SAP HANA Create SAP CRM HANA Live Reports in Usage of published reports in CRM
Live Query Views in HANA Studio CRM Web UI Web UI or Fiori
BOBJ
SAP Front End
SAP Front End BOBJ
HTML 5
HTML 5
Any Front SAP Business Suite
(ERP, CRM, SCM, …)
End
SAP Business Suite Any Front
(ERP, CRM, SCM, …)
End
Replication
AnyDB
SAP HANA SAP HANA
Customers can add new analytics capabilities immediately without disruption to their existing landscape. Any investment today will be
valid for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA.
Agenda
Introduction
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM
SAP Fiori UX
SAP HANA
SAP Customer Connection Program
Wrap-up
Influence SAP
• Influence Council
• Customer Connection
Improvement
Channel for incremental enhancements and improvements of products and
Today’s Solution solutions SAP customers are using today
Suitable for small enhancements deliverable via Notes and SAP Support
Packages for easy and fast adoption
Rejected, 12
Delivered, 19
6
Handed over, 2
Cancel a Running Search
Improvement:
A new « Cancel » button allows the user
to stop a search that is running for too
long.
Status:
Delivered with SAP Note 2044841
From WEBCUIF 701 and up
Automatic “Save”
Improvement:
The texts entered in the text areas and the input
fields will be saved in front-end local storage for
overview pages and reloaded when needed.
Status:
Delivered with SAP Note 2046890
From WEBCUIF 701 and up
Ability to Have Colors on Results List
Improvement:
Allow the developer to set an arbitrary
background color in a table cell or
column.
Status:
Delivered with SAP Note 1937399
From WEBCUIF 701 and up
Customer Connection “CRM 2015” Focus Topic Timeline
SAP Customers
Customers Provide feedback in development and
Submit improvement requests, Provide feedback on
subscribe for support testing productive use
IR prioritization
Follows, moderates, and Detailed analysis and Development and delivery Continuous improvement of the
comments on improvement decision on of notes and support Customer Connection process
request implementation packages
Project Team
Improvement Finder
Introduction
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM
SAP Fiori UX
SAP HANA
SAP Customer Connection Program
Wrap-up
Where to Find More Information
http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/CRM/Collaterals
SAP Desktop Connection collaterals
http://scn.sap.com/community/crm/blog/2014/11/22/desktop-connection-for-sap-crm-faq
John Burton, “Desktop Connection for SAP CRM” (SCN, November 2014).
http://scn.sap.com/community/crm/blog/2014/10/14/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-fiori-for-crm
John Burton, “Seven Things You Need to Know About Fiori for SAP CRM” (SCN, October 2014).
http://marketplace.saphana.com/p/1811
SAP CRM on SAP HANA
http://scn.sap.com/community/crm/blog/2014/07/31/you-asked-for-it-sap-delivers-twenty-four-24-cool-new-crm-
enhancements
John Burton, “You Asked for it, SAP Delivers: Twenty-Four (24) Cool New CRM Enhancements!” (SCN, July
2014).
https://influence.sap.com/CRM2015
SAP Customer Connection Program: CRM2015 Focus Topic
– Registration required
7 Key Points to Take Home
SAP has extended mainstream maintenance of CRM on-premise until 2025, and SAP is
continuing to actively develop and enhance CRM on-premise.
Desktop Connection for SAP CRM provides an alternative to client-side Groupware for
Outlook/Notes integration.
SAP’s next generation user interface, Fiori UX, leverages industry standards like HTML5 and
OData Services to run on any device (laptop/tablet/smartphone).
Customers can create their own Fiori-style apps and/or take advantages of Fiori starter packages
such as SAP’s Fiori Rapid Deployment Solution (RDS).
CRM on HANA can improve search performance and call center performance by up to 5X, while
also enabling real-time CRM/ERP reporting and analytics.
The SAP Customer Connection program allows customers to nominate and vote on product
enhancements suggestions.
Customers can monitor the SAP Improvement Finder to find the latest CRM on-premise
enhancements and new features.
Thank you
Contact information:
John Burton
John.burton@sap.com
Twitter: @burtonjohn
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