SAP has announced product developments that help people across organisations easily incorporate powerful analytics into their day-to-day work. The new developments greatly extend the reach and usability of analytics among professionals.

The SAP StreamWork application transforms the way people work, and lightweight, fast and simple analytics are planned to strengthen the collaborative decision-making process. With no training required to use these planned capabilities, analytics tools can be placed into the hands of people who have never used them before. Planned features intend to allow companies to collectively analyse data directly in SAP StreamWork, including accessing information stored in SAP HANA, for rapid retrieval and analysis of data necessary for business-critical decisions.

New mobile apps from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio help people across organisations incorporate business analytics into their day-to-day work on a variety of devices.

Available on the Apple iTunes Store, SAP BusinessObjects Mobile software provides instant access to favorite business intelligence reports, metrics and real-time business data. Interactive and stunning new visualisations helping users analyse key metrics and discover data trends while connected or disconnected. In addition, the SAP Strategy Management mobile app, also available on iTunes, enables executives to collaborate on key initiatives while away from the office. With the ability to manage daily activities through threaded discussions related to initiatives and KPIs, users can respond promptly to critical alerts, review timelines and budget status and review and analyse organisational performance.

The SAP GRC Access Approver mobile app facilitates review, time-sensitive approvals and operation-critical access requests for managers, allowing authorised employees to gain access to systems and continue their work in a timely manner. With the SAP GRC Policy Survey mobile app, sales managers can keep track of the latest policy changes within their organisation and complete policy-related surveys.

SAP also announced an increasing portfolio of line-of-business and industry-specific SAP BusinessObjects analytic applications that address task-specific business issues. The latest analytic applications for procurement give organisations greater visibility into their supply chains and help them minimise supplier risk. Now generally available, the 3.0 release of the SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management analytic application, the SAP BusinessObjects Data Enrichment and Classification OnDemand solution and the Supplier InfoNet solution help customers identify opportunities in which they can save, improve the reliability of their data and set KPIs to become more effective and efficient in their overall procurement performance.

Helping customers target specific supply chain and manufacturing needs, the SAP BusinessObjects Supply Chain Performance Management analytic application boosts supply chain efficiency by providing end-to-end visibility, focusing on metrics, synchronising demand and supply, and improving supply chain risk management. With the SAP BusinessObjects Sales and Operations Planning analytic application, companies can optimise asset performance and reduce cost with capabilities that help improve planning, forecasting and continuous monitoring of assets.

Continuing its focus on helping companies solve specific industry pain points, the new SAP BusinessObjects Trade Promotion Effectiveness Analysis analytic application provides the capability to analyse post-promotion performance to refine and target promotions ensuring they are effective and profitable.

Additionally, the new SAP CRM rapid-deployment solution for analytics provides sales, service and marketing teams a holistic view across organisation to make fact-based decisions with integrated customer insights. Rapid-deployment solutions from SAP are comprised of fixed-price, predefined software that helps customers target specific business issues quickly and affordably.

"With business analytics, we are combining emerging technologies to fundamentally shift the way people engage with information,” said Steve Lucas, general manager, Business Analytics, SAP. “SAP is delivering an experience that is so easy, intuitive, accessible and relevant that users don’t know how they did their jobs before. People are able to access the information and insights they need within the context of their day-to-day work, have the flexibility to collaborate around it and can tap into the collective knowledge of their business networks. It’s a new way of working, and our customers are reporting incredible results."