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Investment Planning & Design

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Investment Planning & Design enables companies to do effective investment planning and to collaborate closely with involved parties.


The following business goals and objectives can be achieved through the implementation of these processes:


Business Processes

Business PlanningSAP Component or Feature Available

This process provides business planning and simulation for asset investments. It analyzes the economic attractiveness of an asset project, taking into account various uncertainties such as development costs, revenue, and business environment.

This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP
  • SAP Industry Package
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    Investment ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available

    This process includes investment planning, cost estimation, and cost control. It enables the owner to manage capital appropriation requests and approvals for expenditure in the system, including the approval process and viability calculation (discounted cash flow, internal rate of return) for investments.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP
  • SAP Industry Package
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    Collaborative Specification & DesignSAP Component or Feature AvailablePartner Product Available

    This process enables companies to collaborate in cross-company and cross-functional teams on the specification and design of an asset, providing all involved parties with relevant and up-to-date information. This can be an iterative process, with several engineering specification and design reviews.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • Computer Aided Design
  • SAP ERP
  • SAP Industry Package
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    Maintenance EngineeringSAP Component or Feature AvailablePartner Product Available

    This process integrates all documents, including text, graphics, CAD, and Office documents, in work processes and makes them available at any time throughout the life cycle of an asset.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • Computer Aided Design
  • SAP ERP
  • SAP Industry Package
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    Interfacing CAD systemsSAP Component or Feature AvailablePartner Product Available

    From engineering and design in a CAD system, you can branch directly to the maintenance of master data in the asset management system, where you can conversely display the engineering and design documentation.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • Computer Aided Design
  • SAP Industry Package
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    Project ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available

    This process enables companies to plan, manage, and control the entire project, starting with the specification and design processes. This includes project structures, schedules, cost and resource planning.

    This process is supported by the following SAP and/or partner offerings

  • SAP ERP
  • SAP Industry Package
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    SAP Product Available Partner Product Available SAP Product Available with Future Releases Partner Product Available with Future Releases Future Focus