IDS showcase unmatched offerings for SAP

by IDS Scheer

IDS Scheer, the leading provider of solutions for business process excellence, today announced that the company will be participating at the upcoming SAPPHIRE ’07 (Atlanta, April 22-25, 2007) by showcasing unmatched offerings for SAP. These offerings are unparalleled in the market, based on IDS Scheer’s 15-plus year partnership with SAP, which has resulted in the two companies jointly developing strategic offerings for SAP NetWeaver and SAP Enterprise SOA (ESOA).

ARIS “Open BPM” Empowers SAP ESOA

Open BPM represents an approach to open industry and technology standards, the adoption of open BPM components like the ARIS Platform, as well as an open network of partners to deliver best-in-class solutions for process excellence and SOA. “SAPPHIRE is the logical extension of our ‘ARIS Open BPM empowers SOA’ strategy that we unveiled earlier this year. At SAPPHIRE, we will demonstrate tangible solutions with true business value that SAP customers can realize with our ARIS-based offerings,” said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer at IDS Scheer. “Our consulting services also play a key role in making Open BPM happen – especially in an SAP environment,” added Kirchmer.

Presentation and demonstration highlights include:

• ARIS for SAP NetWeaver: ARIS is the only BPM tool embedded in SAP NetWeaver, serving as the Business Process Management solution to model SAP processes using SAP Solution Manager and directly connecting to SAP XI. With the recent adoption of ARIS by Oracle and Microsoft, ARIS has become the de facto standard for business process modeling with integration points to major execution engines, allowing companies to better leverage SAP’s Enterprise SOA offerings for true end-to-end enterprise management.



• SAP Upgrades & Migrations with the ARIS Platform: The ARIS Platform has been recognized by industry analysts, such as Gartner* and Forrester**, as the market leading business process modeling and analysis tool. By applying ARIS tools and methods, SAP customers can simplify and accelerate the upgrade and migration process by developing “as-is” and “to-be” models that clearly map SAP and non-SAP supported processes. ARIS also puts these processes in the context of an Enterprise Architecture.

In addition, IDS Scheer customers John Laing Homes, Community Coffee and Grace Kennedy will be speaking about their successful BPM and ERP implementations, based on IDS Scheer’s ARIS SmartPath solutions. Steven Scardina from John Laing Homes and Phillip Schell, Industry Director, Homebuilding and Construction for IDS Scheer, will present a joint session on “Critical Success Factors for ERP Implementations in Homebuilding.” This presentation will explain how a business process-oriented implementation approach allows homebuilders the flexibility to adapt to changing needs.

David Fahr from Community Coffee will present a session titled, “Success in Food and Consumer Durables with SAP ERP,” with SAP customer Easton Bell Sports Group. The session will examine key success factors for implementation of SAP ERP at midsize companies. Community Coffee is optimizing IDS Scheer’s ARIS SmartPath for Beverages solution, incorporating SAP® Best Practices for Fast Moving Consumer Goods, with ARIS-based industry-specific reference models and consulting services.

Zak Mars of Grace Kennedy will present a session on, “Accelerating Process Consistency: Implementing SAP in Multiple Companies within an Organization.” The presentation will explore best practices learned from an implementation of ARIS SmartPath for Foods, based on SAP All-In-One bundled with industry-specific process reference models and consulting services, across all 12 companies of GraceKennedy Foods.