Item: SAP Business Technology Platform
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SAP Business Technology Platform

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use SAP Business Technology Platform to improve the accuracy of our forecast models and also to automate the real time actualization of daily data being received. It ensures that our models are updated continuously with the help of real time data processing which results in more responsive forecasting. It also helps us to visualize the output summaries in a dashboard for our stakeholders. SAP Business Technology Platform actually simplifies the entire forecasting process for us from gathering the data to sharing the output summaries which really enhances our productivity.

Pros and Cons

Pros

SAP Business Technology Platform updates the models instantly as the new actuals data comes in with the help of Real time data processing.
It offers built in tools for machine learning and predictive analytics, helping us to identify trends, identify anomalies and enhance our forecast accuracy.
It connects data from multiple sources like actual sales data, historical sales data, which helps in maintaining data consistency for an accurate forecast.

Cons

It is a bit challenging to new users, as it needs some technical expertise to set it up and use its features.
Implementation and maintenance cost can be an issue for smaller organization with low budgets.
SAP Business Technology Platform performs well within SAP ecosystem, while connecting with non-SAP applications is difficult.

Return on Investment

Automating of processes like data integration and real time actualization reduced the manual work by 45%, making the resources free for other strategic tasks.
The predictive analytics enhanced the accuracy of forecasts by an average of 32% which led to better inventory planning.
Real time output summary dashboards improved the communication between stakeholders and internal team which eventually reduced the review and feedback cycles.

Usability

As SAP Business Technology Platform perform very well in providing powerful analytics and automating the workflows which has significantly improved our pharma forecasting processes. It helped us to make an automated solution that feeds in the daily actuals sales data into our models, which eventually reduces the daily manual effort and increases the productivity. But the learning curve to use all these features and also for the initial setup is something due to which I gave 8 rating out of 10 as it is challenging to use for new users with less technical expertise.

SAP BTP Use Cases

I have not seen or used any of the use cases

Key Insights

Do you think SAP Business Technology Platform delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SAP Business Technology Platform's feature set?

Yes

Did SAP Business Technology Platform live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of SAP Business Technology Platform go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SAP Business Technology Platform again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Microsoft Excel

Likelihood to Recommend

It works best for the bigger organizations who are managing large datasets and need real time data updates along with advanced forecasting. But as its learning curve is steep and setup and maintenance cost is too high it might not be suitable for companies with a basic forecasting need and limited budget.

SAP Business Technology Platform Feature Ratings

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Transforming Pharma Forecasting with SAP Business Technology Platform