#1 most frequent
United States of America
30.0%3 installations of 10
What is SAP Integrated Product Development?
SAP Integrated Product Development is a product lifecycle management solution used to define, develop, and deliver innovative and sustainable products faster by connecting insights, processes, and people.
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Who Buys & Uses SAP Integrated Product Development
#2 most frequent
Canada
20.0%2 installations of 10
#3 most frequent
Brazil
10.0%1 installation of 10
SAP Integrated Product Development
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it for our purchased products and we had major problems with storing product specifications from suppliers. We use collaboration room for interacting with suppliers.
Pros
- Collaboration with suppliers
- Workflows management
- Easy to set up new specifications
Cons
- Better user interface for externals
- More reporting on workflow steps
Return on Investment
- Easier to find correct specifications
- Less problems with audits
Usability
Alternatives Considered
SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
Other Software Used
SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite
SAP Integrated Product Development review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I'm using it to automate and transform current processes to new SAP standards.
Pros
- Modular
- Easy to use
- Clean core
Cons
- Interfaces
- Low code developments
Return on Investment
- Process improvement
Usability
SAP PLM The Classic Manager
Pros
- It is used for change management, production management, checking working status of production
- All the resources required by our product can be viewed on a single screen
- The cost of maintaining application reduces significantly
Cons
- The SAP UI is little complex to understand and requires SAP experts
- There are complex processes while delivering products into business
- The default windows functions are not available in it
Most Important Features
- Change Management
- Monitoring status of application
- Integrating with other SAP products
Return on Investment
- Lower maintainance cost
- High productivity
- Easy integration with other SAP products
SAP PLM Review
Pros
- Provides lower-cost calculation
- This makes processes related to the product consistent, efficient, and simpler.
- It manages product development, support, and recycling projects effectively.
- It allows us to control the whole process.
- It allows us to see the future status of the products.
Cons
- Difficulty of use
- High cost
- Training requirement
- No copy-paste feature
- It differs from standard windows features.
Return on Investment
- It accelerates the product life cycle processes.
- There is a learning process.
- It is costly.
Usability
Other Software Used
Visual Studio IDE, Azure DevOps Server (formerly Team Foundation Server), MATLAB
SAP PLM, total visibility of your products life cycle
Pros
- It allows us to strategically control operations by product monitoring and production changes.
- Gives you the ability to source upcoming products because you have a complete and total view of all resources at all times.
- It allows us to control batch management in the production process, this is a key element in our industry.
Cons
- The interface is that of your typical SAP program, it's not very user friendly to a person who doesn't use it every single day.
- Some simple Windows commands do not work in SAP PLM, such as a copy and paste.
- Right click menus generally produce unconventional results if the user is more familiar with Windows right click menus.
Return on Investment
- Accurately able to order raw materials which are necessary for the current production run, thus reducing overhead.
- The negative impact would be the initial cost of the software and how long it would take to ROI that cost.
- It has allowed us to control batches of product creation much more closer and have the ability to cut some erroneous costs which were found in large batches.
Alternatives Considered
SAP PRD, SAP BW and SAP CRM
Other Software Used
DameWare Remote Support, BMC Remedy Asset Management, ServiceNow
