Overview:
Managing and enforcing security policies on SAP Mobile Platform with CA SiteMinder®
with Computer Associates [COIL Palo Alto, January 2013]
The widespread adoption of mobile devices poses significant challenges for organizations to ensure that their security policies are being implemented effectively and consistently across all access channels. This is because core security functions (such as user authentication and authorization) are essential to protect critical applications and data from misuse by the growing number of mobile users. SAP® Co-Innovation Lab (COIL) has just published a white paper which provides an overview of a project at COIL where we integrated CA SiteMinder® with SAP Mobile Platform to provide a common, centralized solution to manage and enforce security policies across both laptops and mobile devices from either inside or outside the network.
Management in the franchising retail segment via Franch mobile v2.00
with Formers [COIL Brazil, December 2012]
Following its participation in the initiative COIL Mobility Experience Advanced 2012, Formers has developed the second version of the mobile application “Franch mobile”, for the franchising retail segment. The application offers management view and control over the franchising chain, from the prospect of a new franchisee/store, to the registration of a franchisee (through approval workflows), graphical reports of revenue by store and customizable checklists for store visits/controlling. The application works online and offline and it was developed using the native development approach. The solution also contains a cockpit for back-office activities as creating checklists, creating and associating visits to franchisees and integrating approval workflows. In this new release, “Franch mobile” presents new functionalities as: alerts, attachments handling and new workflows.
COIL in collaboration with the Platform ecosystem and eChannels (PEeC) embarked on a co-innovation journey to help partners build capabilities to deliver mission-critical applications to a multitude of mobile users across the enterprise to experience instant value. MaPP, Mobile Apps Partner Program is one such joint Co-Innovation initiative between COIL and PEeC. Have a look at the great achievements of MAPP India powered by COIL.
ITST e-Commerce Integration mobile app - ICC Certification
with ITST [COIL Brazil, November 2012]
Following its participation in the initiative COIL Mobility Experience Advanced 2012, ITST has in October 2012 successfully certified their mobile application “ITST e-Commerce Integration”, which is a mobile extension to their full back office e-commerce integration suite. The mobile app was built to work in online/offline scenarios. COIL has supported by providing a virtualized landscape and technical knowledge transfer during the development process of the application. Further information can be found on SAP Store and from ITST.
Ci&T was selected to participate in the COIL Mobility Experience Advanced 2012 - a COIL initiative executed to accelerate and expand the use of SAP mobile technologies. Each partner had a two weeks enablement, remote access to an exclusive SAP landscape with necessary components and ongoing support during the four months of development.
Formers was selected to participate in the COIL Mobility Experience Advanced 2012 - a COIL initiative executed to accelerate and expand the use of SAP mobile technologies. Each partner had a two weeks enablement, remote access to an exclusive SAP landscape with necessary components and ongoing support during the four months of development.
ilegra was selected to participate in the COIL Mobility Experience Advanced 2012 - a COIL initiative executed to accelerate and expand the use of SAP mobile technologies. Each partner had a two weeks enablement, remote access to an exclusive SAP landscape with necessary components and ongoing support during the four months of development.
ITS Mobile was selected to participate in the COIL Mobility Experience Advanced 2012 - a COIL initiative executed to accelerate and expand the use of SAP mobile technologies. Each partner had a two weeks enablement, remote access to an exclusive SAP landscape with necessary components and ongoing support during the four months of development.
ITST was selected to participate in the COIL Mobility Experience Advanced 2012 - a COIL initiative executed to accelerate and expand the use of SAP mobile technologies. Each partner had a two weeks enablement, remote access to an exclusive SAP landscape with necessary components and ongoing support during the four months of development.
JLMS was selected to participate in the COIL Mobility Experience Advanced 2012 - a COIL initiative executed to accelerate and expand the use of SAP mobile technologies. Each partner had a two weeks enablement, remote access to an exclusive SAP landscape with necessary components and ongoing support during the four months of development.
BnE, a COIL partner in Korea, has leveraged Sybase Unwired Platform to develop a mobile Timetable application for students schedule. This is a common scenario of university using campus management portal on the web browser before.
MobileTYM from BOSCH tracks your material throughout the subcontracting process providing visibility of component movements between you and your subcontractor. You can plan and fulfill commitments to your customers on-time every time. MobileTYM brings transparency in the supply chain benefiting both subcontractor and the manufacturer. All your subcontractor needs is an Android mobile device with Mobile TYM to get integrated into your supply chain. MobileTYM is an Android-based mobile application using latest SAP NetWeaver Gateway and Sybase SUP. The application was developed in the course of the Padma program. Click here to read more about the project.Padma Wave 2: Optimized Collection Management for the field force through provisioning of customer credit data
"Collections-to-Bank" is often not a smooth ride. Lack of adequate real-time information to your field collection agents results in an unpredictable and delayed cash flow from your last mile customers. The MYCMobile solution optimizes and improves the collection cycle in accounts receivable management. The application provides the collection agents online access to the SAP system on the field, for updating and reporting through their mobile devices. MYCMobile solution empowers your field collection agents by providing information on the fly with just a mobile phone. MobileMYC mobile application is a device-independent, online application built in the Padma program using Sybase SUP 2.0. Click here to read more about the project.Padma Wave 2: Merchandiser Procurement Optimizer
Merchandiser Procurement Optimizer (mPronto) is a mobile app for buyers in a Retail organization to optimize their merchandise purchase over a buying trip. This app has been developed as a part of the Padma program by Cognizant, a global SAP services partner, which empowers retailers to have an access to the sales, inventory & purchase data anytime anywhere and perform a detailed analysis on-the-move, thus enables effective & quick decision making on field. Key benefits are: A structured assortment analysis on the go, item wise analysis on the go to maximize gross margin and profitability, increase in inventory turns and reduction in inventory holding cost, enables Real-time creation/update of Vendor, Article and Purchase Order in backend (IS Retail) using mobile platform which is brief & easy to use on the move. Padma Wave 2: Mobile Production Order Confirmation
AkaaRa Consulting, a strong player in the area of mobility, joined the Padma program to build an innovative Android mobile application for production order confirmation. Manufacturing Insight enables on-time delivery of manufacturing projects within budgeted cost by providing means for better management and efficient utilization of resources. Manufacturing Insight - Production Order Confirmation supports mobile scenarios for plant heads and plant supervisors to optimize the confirmation of operations at the plant hence offering a real time visibility on the buy vs. build decision from an organization standpoint. The solution provides seamless mechanism to manage scrap and rework quantities for a production order and offers an out of the box integration with SAP ERP. Read more about the project here: Native application Device-agnostic application.COIL São Paulo SUP Experience 2011
For most of partners this was the first engagement with COIL, and we were most pleased to collaborate with all of them and contribute to the penetration of the SUP technology within the local Ecosystem. COIL looks forward for further collaboration with these companies.
SAP NetWeaver Gateway Adoption with strategic partners
SAP NetWeaver Gateway is a technology that provides a simple way to connect devices, environments and platforms to SAP software based on market standards. The framework offers connectivity to SAP applications using any programming language or model without the need for SAP knowledge by leveraging REST services and OData/ATOM protocols. The SAP gateway team worked at COIL with an array of strategic partners to build oData SDK for key user communities including a SDK for Adobe Flash and a SDK for PHP with Zend, and to enable third party gateways such as Apigee, Layer 7 technologies, and Snaplogic with NetWeaver Gateway solutions.
Arteria teamed up with SAP and Sybase in the Padma program to build mDepot (Mobile Depot), an application that is intended for organizations that have implemented SAP ERP to support their warehouses, distribution centers and the CFA (Clearing & Forwarding Agents) by mobilizing their field goods movement. mDepot is a hand-held application that empowers the depots to record the good movement like Goods Receipts, Outbound Deliveries and Goods Issue at their remote work locations. The application helps organization get near real-time updates on inventory levels at its warehouses thereby leading to better planning & improved customer demand fulfillment. Click here to read more about the project.
Mobile Inspection (mInspection), built by partner Arteria in the Padma program, is intended to help organizations that have implemented SAP ERP create a competitive advantage by mobilizing the inspection process; thereby increasing productivity and reducing lead time in delivering raw material to the production units. mInspection is a self-service application to plan inspection visits and post the usage decision for the inspection lots in the SAP ERP QM module. Click here to read more about the project. SIGGA SM2 becomes first SUP-enabled Endorsed Business Solution
Mobile maintenance solution for Apple iPad 2 based on SAP NetWeaver Gateway
Based on the participation in the SAP Co-innovation Lab initiative "Gateway Hands-on Sessions by COIL", SAP partner CONET Business Consultants developed an new easy-to-use mobile maintenance solution for Apple iPad 2. Click here to learn more about the solution and its architecture on our COIL one-pager.SIGGA migrates to Sybase Unwired Platform with SIGGA SM2 Solution
SIGGA SM2 leverages the plant maintenance functionality of the SAP ERP application, mobilizing workers in the field, and enabling them to perform all inspection and maintenance activities directly from their mobile devices, allowing the manipulation of information from/to SAP ERP. Driving forces were the accuracy of the data entries from the field workers, to improved communication between the planner team and the work force in the field, as well as to provide a more user-friendly interface. SIGGA SM2 can be used by mobile workers of SAP solutions in all industry segments. Padma Wave 1: Workforce Management on iPad
Companies are striving to unwire HR processes in a cost-conscious manner by re-using existing SAP HCM functionality. Accenture teamed up with SAP and Sybase in the Padma program (Partner-delivered mobile applications) to bring employee lifecycle management to the iPad. The native iPad application incorporates architectural guidelines and best practices for SUP to connect to SAP HCM and additional forms functionalities from Accenture. The project environment in COIL facilitated close collaboration on all technical aspects during implementation leading to a real end-user focused solution. Click here to read more about the project.
Infrastructure projects require on-site management of resources such as material, equipment and people in remote locations. At the same time, real-time integration with company data and processes is key. AkaaRa Consulting joined COIL and signed up for the Padma program (Partner-delivered mobile applications) to build a mobile solution that supports efficient infrastructure project execution. AkaaRa created the solution in a system landscape hosted in COIL in close collaboration with Sybase and SAP mobility experts. Click here to read more about the project.Padma Wave 1: Mobile Sales Force Automation for SAP ERP on Sybase and SAP
Arteria joined the COIL program Padma (Partner-delivered mobile applications) and built mSFA Advantage, a mobile solution for sales force automation for SAP ERP. Arteria has a long history in mobility both on SAP NetWeaver Mobile as well as native client technologies. Through close collaboration with experts from Sybase and SAP, they could leverage their deep expertise and implement this application for Blackberry devices on the latest Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP). Click here to read more about the project. Padma Wave 1: SIGGA builds SIGGA SM2 Prototype based on Sybase Unwired Platform
SIGGA a LATAM partner has been one of the hand-selected partners worldwide to engage in the Padma initiative (Partner-delivered mobile applications) jointly launched by COIL and the SAP mobility unit. In this program, partners were invited to build high-impact mobile solutions on the latest SAP Mobility Platform in close collaboration with SAP and Sybase experts, who enabled and coached the project teams. SIGGA developed a prototype of their SIGGA SM2 solution based on SAP's Co-Innovation Architecture - a combination of Sybase Unwired Platform and SAP NetWeaver Mobile. Padma Wave 1: Meter reading and billing on Windows Mobile
Especially in emerging economies, meter reading and billing is still a manual process that involves paperwork prone to errors. Wipro, a long-time COIL member, joined the Padma program (Partner-delivered mobile applications) to address these pain points with a mobile solution for Utilities. Sybase and SAP furnished advice on best practices and architectural guidelines and supported the Wipro team to implement the Windows mobile application on a utilities landscape hosted in COIL. Click here to read more about the project.
SIGGA SM2 becoming SAPs first Endorsed Business Solution in Latin America
SIGGA SM2 leverages the plant maintenance functionality of the SAP ERP application, enabling mobile workers in the field, for example, to directly access and manipulate information from SAP ERP through their mobile devices running Windows Mobile OS. This significantly increases the ease, accuracy and timeliness of entering data entry into SAP ERP. SIGGA SM2 can be used by mobile workers of SAP solutions in all industry segments and is targeted to Medium and Large Enterprise/PCN companies in the LATAM Region.to prototype the integration with SAP applications.
BnE, a COIL partner in Korea, has leveraged SAP NetWeaver Mobile Platform to develop a mobile application for field service. This is a very common scenario using PDAs before. BnE decided to develop the application based on SAP NetWeaver Mobile 7.11 for Windows Mobile devices as a co-innovation project with SAP COIL. SAP COIL provided technical knowledge & skills of SAP NetWeaver Mobile 7.11 so that BnE could develop the solution. This mobile application supports a service technician in checking customer data and in service order display, change and closing at customer sites.BnE has also tested the technical requirements of developing the same applications for iPhone and Android devices.
Mobile Applications with XPLATFORM of TOBESOFT
Many enterprises are implementing the Real-Time Enterprise concept (RTE) to access their work environment at anytime and anywhere. TOBESOFT, a leading company for rich internet applications in South Korea, recognized that customers want to utilize the same applications on multiple devices at the least maintenance.In response to customers' needs, TOBESOFT developed the mobile solution called "Smart Office". TOBESOFT implemented the application using its own UI
framework XPLATFORM and SAP NetWeaver Mobile Platform with the collaboration of SAP COIL. As a result of this cooperative project, TOBESOFT is now able to offer mobile solutions for SAP ERP to their customers.
Further information including a solution video can be found at the solution page posted by TOBESOFT.
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