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Ateria Mobile Sales Force Automation (mSFA) Advantage:
Power of Your SAP ERP Extended to the Mobile Device of your
Sales teamJuly 2014
Agenda
Introduction to Arteria
Business Needs
Solution Overview
Customer Case Studies
Arteria Technologies
Introduction
• Arteria is a 7 year old organization and is located at the International Tech Park, Bangalore.
• The management team comprises of former employees of SAP Labs India with several years of development, implementation and consulting experience.
• Arteria is exclusively focused on developing products and solution extensions on SAP technology platform, helping customers leverage the potential of Cloud (HANA Platform), Mobility (Sybase/SMP), BI (Business Objects) & On-Premise (NetWeaver) components.
• Our products have been implemented at industry leaders and we have a rich experience in executing projects at >100 customers in multiple verticals.
Quality Certifications
• All SAP projects have ISO 9001:2008 certification.
• All SAP projects have ISO 27001:2005 certification.
• SEI CMMI DEV 1.2 Level 3 Certified.
• SAP AQM Program Member.
Partnership with SAP
• SAP PartnerEdge Application Development Partner.
• SAP Co-Innovation Labs (COIL) partner
• SAP Services Partner.
• SAP Channel Partner (VAR).
Arteria Innovation Journey
Source: Gartner, Inc., Cool Vendors in the SAP
Ecosystem, 2013, Authors: Derek Prior | Thomas
Otter | Gilbert van der Heiden | Sunil Padmanabh |
Christian Hestermann, 18 April 2013
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We consider our inclusion in the Cool Vendor report by Gartner, a confirmation of our
mission to enable customers to leverage the power of enterprise systems using mobility
and portal technologies, thereby improving business performance.
We continue to innovate with our product roadmap; the upcoming launch of cloud version
of our products will further enhance our market position. Our strength is our capabilities to
build solutions with quick ROI and help customers extend their SAP ERP processes to
business partners and employees, while staying invested on the SAP technology platform.
Sriram Kanuri,
CEO – Arteria Technologies
PartnerPortalAdvantage is SAP
Certified
Founder Member @ SAP Co-Innovation
Labs, Bangalore
Launch of Apps and Solution developed at Co-Innovation Labs
Arteria apps featured at the launch of SAP
EcoHub and SAP Store
Arteria’s co-innovation journey on enterprise mobility is
published
Invited to HANA Cloud Platform Early Adoption Program
Awards & Recognitions
• SAP Pinnacle Awards 2014: Application Development Partner of the Year
• Open Text Partner of the year 2014 & SAP Competence Select partner
• Best SAP NetWeaver Process Integration Partner in APJ
• CIO Choice Award 2014 for “Secondary Sales” product portfolio
• SAP ACE Award for Public Services for “Best Run in Procurement” at Airports Authority of India
• SAP APJ Regional Partner Excellence Award 2014 for Software Innovation
• SAP ACE Award 2013 with Luminous Power Technologies for using SAP Solutions in an
Innovative Way
• Mobility Recognition Award from SAP India
Customer Recognition and Validation
Continuous Innovation with SAP and Customers
Successful Partnerships
Arteria’s Product and Services
Portfolio
Stockist/
Distributor
Manual processes for
supplier & Sub
contractor
collaboration.
Stockist/
Distributor
Stockist/
Distributor
Typical business process automation covering supply chain &
distribution network
C&F
C&F
Manufacturing
Operations
CO Warehouse
C&F
Supplier
Internal Operations are
integrated & configured in
SAP ERP
Z transactions for
C&F to update
material movement
Manual interactions
with the distributors
for orders, dispatches
and outstanding.
Limited integration
to SAP ERP from
remote depots
Sub-Contractor
Delayed Workflow
approvals as
executives on the move
SAP
Regional sales team
usually has no access
to SAP ERP
No SAP system access
to field force to check
order status, inventory &
outstanding's
“Excel” based
secondary sales
capture & analysis
Arteria Products
Business Networks
• SupplierPortal Advantage
• CFA Advantage
• DealerConnect Advantage
• SecondarySales Advantage
Mobility
• mApprove Advantage
• mSalesForceAutomation Advantage
• mSecondarySales Advantage
• mDepot Advantage
• mInspection Advantage
• mPlantMaintenance Advantage
Business Analytics
•Dashboards Advantage“
During the course of the project and the interactions held with your team members, we
have found your team to be extremely professional and willing to take that extra effort for
understanding the customer requirement and even challenging us when our thought
process might have been unclear.
Arteria Products
Business Networks Mobility Analytics
Arteria Productized Services and Expert Consulting
Analytics & Reporting
• BW on HANA
• BI & Analytics Implementation
OpenText Extensions for SAP
• Extended Content Management (xECM)
• Portal Content Management (PCM)
• Data Archiving & Document Access
• Vendor Invoice Management (VIM)
Rapid Deployment Solutions
• Arteria RDS for Analytics
• Arteria RDS for Mobility
• Implementing standard SAP RDS
Cloud
• HANA Cloud Platform
• HANA Cloud Integration
• SAP Mobile Platform Cloud Edition
Business Process Management
• SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration & PI
• Financial Services Network / Bank Connectivity
User Productivity
• Screen Personas
• Fiori
• SAP NetWeaver Gateway & Mobile Platform
• SAP NetWeaver Portal
“
SAP congratulates Arteria
Technologies for excelling in
their partnership with SAP
and winning the Best SAP
NetWeaver Process
Integration Partner Award.
Arteria has extended the
value of SAP NetWeaver to
our customers and has
empowered them with tools
and methodologies for
achieving business
excellence.
We look forward to working
together further to continue to
drive co-innovation and
provide further value for our
customer base.
- SVP and CTO, SAP APJ
Arteria ILM Practice for OpenText Extensions
Data & Document Archiving
• >20+ Implementations for ERP, BW and CRM
• Integrating document / unstructured content for master data management and
business processes (order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, hire-to-retire)
• Industry specific document processes for Life Sciences and Process Industries
Content Management
• Implementations for xECM (Life Sciences) and PCM (Consumer Goods
Manufacturer)
Vendor Invoice Management
• Shared Services Scenario
• Integrated into Arteria SupplierPortal Advantage
As part of our service strategy to help Dr.Reddy’s manage and optimize their datagrowth, OpenText Archiving was a keycomponent because it ensured regulatorycompliance, SAP data consistency and zerodown time
Arteria AMS Services
Incidence Management
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Problem Management
Application Management
Support
Functional Support
• Monitoring
• R/3 Modules
• NDP (APO, CRM, SRM, SCM)
• Configuration
• Unit Testing, Integration testing
and Regression testing
• Documentation
• Training
Basis
• Monitoring
• Client Management
• System Tuning
• New Version installation
• New Client Creation
• Transportation
Management
• Patch Applications
Security &
Authorization
• Global roles
• Managing User profiles
• Business Roles
• Creating New Users
Archiving
• Set-up Archival Strategy
• Interface to 3rd party
Archival system
• Restore proceduresData Management
• Assist Master data uploads
DBA & OS
• Database Installation
• Preventive Maintenance
• Tuning
• Os installation
• System backups
Help Desk
• Centralized Helpdesk
• Level 1 Support
• Knowledge Repository
Development support
• ABAP
• BW
• EDI/EAI
• Portal
Arteria Customers
Automotive
(OEM and Auto
Components)
Consumer
Products and
Retail
Cement & Mill
Industries
Arteria Customers
Discrete
Manufacturing
Process
Industries
Financial
Services
Life Sciences
Diversified
Groups
Key Productized Services and Expert Consulting Implementations
• Leader in ILM for SAP-OpenText Data Archiving & Document Access, Vendor Invoice Management
and Portal Content Management
• >20+ implementations in various verticals
Process
Orchestration
• Large scale integration projects with SAP and non-SAP systems including EDI scenarios with large
retailers like Walmart
• Development & consulting partner for Bank Business Networks with 100+ implementations
• Transformation projects that help customers leverage their SAP technology investment with Arteria
products, industry knowledge and design approach
• Agro – Use of Mobility to enable procurement process in villages
• Media – SAP ERP Integrated Ad-sales booking agency portal
• Cement – Process automation for order, dispatch and batching in RMC
• Auto Industry focused packaged offering for Analytics
• Large media house implementation with BW, BO and HANA
AMS Models and Implementations
• Arteria Product Support & Enhancement for >40 customers (business hours support)
• Integration to SAP Support Channel
• Outsourced SAP and non-SAP AMS with a dedicated team, hotline and leased line to customer
data center
• 24*7 technical support and business hours for applications
• Technical monitoring for key SAP instances like Portal, Data Warehouse, and Mobility servers
• Ad-hoc BASIS services for performance tuning, upgrades and support packs.
• Ticket based expert consulting / projects / enhancements
• SAP Rollouts, technical enhancements, custom development projects
Applications
Key Greenfield SAP Implementations
SAP ERP implementation & support for Bhilwara Milk Union covering FI, CO, MM, Milk Procurement,
SD and Integration with Production Planning
SAP SRM Public Sector Procurement implementation & support at Airports Authority of India for 170
locations. The implementation was adjudged as “Best Run in Procurement” as part of SAP ACE Awards
for Public Services.
SAP ERP & Warehouse Management Implementation at Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation.
The scope covers FI, CO, MM, HR, WM, Enterprise Portal, & Business Intelligence modules
SAP Loans, Collaterals, Treasury and SAP HR implementation at PTC Financial Services
SAP ERP Implementation at The Corps of EME, Indian Army. The scope covers plant maintenance
(PM) and human resources (HR) modules at New Delhi location.
Business Needs & Arteria-SAP
Co-Innovation Solutions for
mSFA
Business Problems
Business Problems
• Unprepared sales representatives calling customers,
prospects, or partners with limited insight into an account's
history, account, decision-makers, timelines, etc
• Poor customer data quality, such as wrong contact
person information, inaccurate order information etc
Business Problems
• Non documented sales activities, such as visit reports,
resulting in inaccurate resource planning, incomplete account
handover, etc.
• ERP Support, Limited number of Applications work with SAP
ERP
Solution – mSFA Advantage
• Real-Time information on mobile devices enables Sales
representatives to be better prepared for customer
meetings and calls leading to an improvement in response
times to customers resulting in shorter sale cycles and
higher customer satisfaction
• High quality data: Ability to update information online in
the field leads to better data quality, reduced data entry
errors and work duplication
• Multi device support: Supported on Blackberry, iOS and
Android mobile devices
Technology
• SAP SUP Platform
• Device Applications on native device languages
• Android – Android Development Toolkit
• Blackberry – BB API/s based on J2ME
• iPhone – .iOS SDK
• Compatible with SAP ERP (Any version) or SAP R/3 and can
support non SAP backend as well using SUP adapters
mSFA Advantage: Features
Sales Order Management
• Friendly Order Entry user interface speeds up the
ordering process thereby reducing the back-office
tasks
• Credit Limit can be viewed per customer on the
handset itself.
Order Tracking & Approvals
• Near real time order status information at finger tips
ensures that sales force can track their orders
themselves thus saving time for selling
• Approvals of Sales Order on mobile using Arteria’s
mApprove shortens the sales cycle
Product Pricing
• View latest product pricing with scales from SAP ERP
Available to Promise Inventory
• Near Real time ATP Inventory check ensure that goods are
allocated to meet customer demand and commitments with
virtual certainty of fulfillment according to plan
Payment Collection
• Near real-time customer billing, payments, and collection status
information results in payments your bank account faster
Account & Contact Management
• Save time and money by getting a complete view of customer
account information including their buying power, thus
maximizing your sales effectiveness
Daily Tasks, Attendance & Expense
Statements
• Sales person can update his daily activities and submit expense
statements from the handheld.
mSFA Advantage: Features
RAPID DEPLOYMENT
• The solution can be rapidly deployed within 4-6 weeks
• Leverage existing investments in SAP ERP without any
making any changes in current processes
PERSONALIZED
• Each sales person has only own customers, order types,
material codes, payment terms, sales area to ensure
minimal database on the hand held.
• This personalization dataset is used for value help to
assist in data entry and search while using the application.
SECURE
• Two factor authentication ensures the data on the device
is secure
• The secure data transfer between Device and SUP and
between SUP and ECC.
Appendix: Technical Architecture & Implementation Details
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Solution Implementation
• End to end Sales Cycle Implementation
• Easy to deploy (Rapid Go-Live) in 6-8 weeks
• Easy to enhance and add functionalities
• Can be extended to all Mobile Device platforms
Security
• Authorization framework – Adheres to SAP Authentication
schemes
• Monitoring tools to track flow of data between the mobile
device and mobile server
• Transmission of data over secure channel
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Customer Case Studies
Need
Objectives
• Accurate Demand Planning: Sales Order capture leads to
accurate and timely data update & hence efficient demand
planning.
• Field Force Empowerment: Visibility to the field force on the
dealer’s business to drive performance and better relationship with
their partners.
• Productivity Improvement: Reduction in DSO, Complete
Automation of Field activities reporting including attendance
• Over the past five decades TTK Prestige Limited,
has emerged as India’s largest kitchen appliances
company catering to the needs of home makers in
the country.
• The Prestige brand has evolved into the most
loved and popular kitchen products brand across
India, making the brand the first choice in millions
of homes
Better manage and increase the sales across
rural and urban locations for accurate Demand
Planning, Dealer Management including
performance on sales, DSO, inventory, schemes,
and offers
Solution
mSFA Advantage• Order Management and Sales Force Automation mobile application with
offline capabilities
• Increased Demand Planning accuracy - mSFA Advantage is delivering
accurate information from SAP ERP while enabling capture of critical
transactions in the field sales process
• Empowers the Field with current schemes /offers for the month while
capturing sales orders anytime anywhere thereby enabling information to
the dealer network & the back office for better inventory and logistics
planning
• mSFA provides complete Dealer Management - Performance – sales,
inventory, credit, etc. region, territory and product wise
Technology• SAP Mobile Platform
• SAP NetWeaver Gateway
• BlackBerry, Android and iOS App
• Installed as an SAP ERP Add-On
SAP NetWeaver Gateway
SAP ERP
Arteria mSFA Advantage
SAP Mobile Platform
Order Entry
Order Status
Pricing
Depot Stocks
Overdue Invoices
Promotions
Benefits
“
Arteria mSFA has helped us leverage our
investment in SAP ERP by empowering our
sales team to get connected while on the go.
The mobile app has improved business
metrics significantly – our order processing
time has reduced by 35% thereby improving
sales & customer satisfaction in the first year
of deployment.
Our sales managers are able to monitor field
force and dealer performance from their
smartphones very easily.
I would like to thank Arteria team for
delivering a solution that catered to our
business complexity and data volumes. We
look forward to continue working with you on
innovative mobile solutions
H S Muralidhara, Head - IT
35%
Reduction in Order Processing Time
Faster
Order Fulfilment Rate
Accurate
Collections
Improved
Field Force and Dealer Performance Management &
Reporting
Need
Objectives
• Real time view on secondary sales, collection & competitor
info: daily secondary sales data from the distribution network
to monitor inventory and dealer performance.
• Schemes Visibility to Field Force: Real-time visibility of
Promotions and Offers
• Improve Productivity: Automation of Sales reporting and once
source of truth
• Luminous Power Technologies (LPT), part of the
Schneider Electric conglomerate, is a leading
company with a differentiated portfolio of solutions
for packaged power, diversified generation,
electrical control & safety and energy optimisation.
• LPT has over 5000+ employees, 8 manufacturing
units, 28 sales offices and more than 55,000
channel partners
To increase and gain control of secondary sales
with a focus on rural markets
Solution
DealerConnect & SecondarySales Advantage• Real-time and secure web based portal & mobility solution
• Collaborative portal for distributors to connect with manufacturer’s ERP for
an integrated primary sales processes including order processing, returns,
credit management and claims tracking
• Arteria SecondarySales Advantage extends SAP ERP for managing
secondary sales master data, demand capture, pricing, invoicing and
inventory management.
• Mobile applications are for the manufacturer’s field force and distributor’s
feet-on-street (FOS) for route plan, warehouse stock visibility, dealer
performance and competitor data capture.
Technology• SAP NetWeaver Portal
• SAP Mobile Platform & SAP NetWeaver Gateway
• Installed as an SAP ERP Add-On
• Enhancements supported via use of BADIs to plug-in own rules and
retrieval logic.SAP ERP
Sales Order
Goods Receipt
RMA and Returns
Secondary Sales
Dealer Inventory
Claims
Competitor Stocks
Alerts Reports
ARTERIA DEALERCONNECT
& SECONDARYSALES
Benefits
“
Arteria's mSSA is critical for us in capturing
accurate and timely secondary sales
information & in helping us understand our
partners and consumers more closely.
The solution has been a key enabler for our
sales processes and provides us with a
platform and edge to serve our customers
more effectively.
Thank you Arteria team for accepting our
challenge and for a quick go-live with your
tremendous commitment and hard work to
ensure we were ready in time for our peak
season .
Chanderdeep Khanduja, CIO
Increased
Market Visibility
Accurate
Analysis of market trends including dealer stock
information and competitors products
Improved
Inventory Visibility
Better
Communication with field force
mSFA Advantage: Benefits Summary
mSFA is a SAP SUP based sales force automation tool for SAP ERP. It empowers your field to be connected with your SAP
ERP, whenever they want, wherever they go. The application is supported on the popular smart phones from Android,
Blackberry and iOS devices.
Sales Force Automation
• Self service functions for sales tea, to receive and update information on Orders, Inventory, Shipment, Pricing and Finance modules from your existing SAP ERP.
• Improves dealer productivity
• Employees can focus on generating more business
Feature Rich
• Alerts and Notification
• Modules: Sales, Returns, Finance, Marketing
• Collaboration: News, Tasks and Chat
Lower TCO
• Single Platform: Runs on SAP NetWeaver
• Support for Blackberry, Android & iOS mobile devices
• Rapid Go-Live of 6-8 weeks
Thank youArteria Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Level 1, Innovator,
International Tech Park, Whitefield,
Bangalore – 560066
India.
Web: www.arteriatech.com
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +91 80 4242 3800