1. The Value of SAP’s Research and Development Solutions Transforming research and development in the digital economy
Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management
Treasury and Financial Risk management
Accounting and Financial Close
Integrated Product Development
Customer-centric innovation
Compliant product within target price
Live cross-project tracking and analysis at the most granular level from one integrated application
Ability to drill down into details for project costs, resource usage, and progress
Direct and accurate access to project financial and logistic information
Real-time access to resource availability, skill sets, and organizational assignment during project staffing process
Role based Fiori UIs for project members to track and confirm milestones, network activities, project and portfolio performance
SAP Fiori job scheduling app for project version for greater control
Bidirectional synchronization of project information with external stakeholders**
Cross-application, multi-resource staffing and scheduling availability**
Single and simplified multidiscipline product definition across the enterprise
Accurate recipes for R&D, plant, and site by using different recipe types
Increased profitability from executing engineering changes with full knowledge of downstream costs and product costing simulations
High-performing and flexible configuration capabilities to support product individualization with support for embedded software
Searchable development history to increase reuse or decrease time and investment in development efforts that go nowhere
Simplified, streamlined, and automated product compliance processes and embedded compliance in the R&D environment**
Simplified decision-making and processes for manufacturing, service, and marketing through intuitive visualization**
Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management
Live expert collaboration with discovery in stage-gate approach**
Accelerated access to project and task details through SAP HANA in-memory technology (SAP Portfolio and Project Management application for S/4HANA)**
Share and collaborate on project documents in a secure cloud environment accessible anywhere on any device**
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Integrated Product Development
Cloud-enabled document management and collaboration accessible anywhere on any device**
Ability to create, view, and edit multiple recipes simultaneously**
Some key reports for margin control, such as finding percentage of pure substance in all recipes, can be run live**
10 –20% increase in revenue from new products*
20–30% reduction in R&D expenses*
2–5% reduction in direct material costs*
*Benefits are based on early adopters of SAP S/4HANA® or conservative outside-in benefits due to moving from a traditional ERP to enhanced SAP S/4HANA + line-of-business (LoB) and cloud capabilities. As each enterprise is at a different level of maturity, our recommendation is to work with you to determine the value proposition for the enterprise.
**Capabilities that extend beyond SAP S/4HANA shipment to SAP’s broader cloud and LoB portfolio

2. SCENARIO: MANAGING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
SAP S/4HANA provides reengineered and simplified business processes that can yield significant benefits, transforming the execution from multi-step, batch-driven processes with latency in terms of key performance indicators to real-time processes with actionable insights.
SAP Portfolio and Project Management for SAP S/4HANA
Out of Sync!
Traditional ERP
Financial Accounting
Project-related information is distributed across various ERP applications. Details are lost due to aggregation and replication.
Human Resources
No Details
Procurement
Product Lifecycle
Aggregation
Aggregation
Project/Program Manager Uses Multiple Screens And Reports
Cross-Project Reporting
SAP S/4HANA
An intuitive user experience on any device, providing a single, consolidated source of the truth for all project- related information at the lowest level of granularity.
Financial Accounting
Human Resources
Product Lifecycle
Procurement
One Single Point of Entry
Direct Access To Granular Information
Real-time Cross-project Analysis

3. Customers Articulate the Value of SAP’s Research & Development Solutions
Varian Medical Systems
MERCEDES - AMG
Volvo
Optimizing resources with SAP HANA + Portfolio and Project Management
Driving efficiency in a globally distributed product development environment with SAP HANA + 3D Visual Enterprise
Driving engine quality improvements using SAP HANA + Predictive Analytics + IoT
Implementing a resource management process based on SAP HANA allowed Volvo to gain insights into the demand and supply of development resources for current and new development projects across the entire organization. The scope was one central portfolio and project management solution for 13,000 users, including 1,100 project and resource managers, across 24 sites and various business units around the world.
Research and development costs were reduced by 30% in addition to other reductions in project lead times.
Varian Medical systems, a leading manufacturer of medical devices, leverages the SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application to plan, forecast, and execute its product development projects. It achieves a high degree of standardization and efficiency to support a globally distributed product development environment. With SAP PLM, it replaced outdated 2D models with 3D models and visual work instructions that provide a higher level of visual accuracy, understanding, and user engagement for product and product support engineers. Faster preparation (70% faster, from one week to two days), delivery, and consumption of detailed training material occurred when moving from paper-based manuals to interactive 3D deliverables.
Mercedes-AMG needed real-time engine testing that leverages the Internet of Things (IoT). The company also wanted to identify engine quality improvement options using predictive analytics. It deployed the SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA to predict issues using SAP BusinessObjects™ Predictive Analysis and delivered test results to workers on tablets using the SAP BusinessObjects™ Business Intelligence platform for faster resolution.
94% Faster runtimes on unsuccessful test- drives, thanks to real-time interruptions (from 50 to just a few minutes). 1 day Equivalent increase in weekly testing capacity reducing need for capital expenditures. Optimized engine development costs and lower production costs.
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