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Next Generation Business Apps
powered by sovanta
Manuel Egger
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Founded in 2009
Headquarter in Heidelberg, Germany
Currently 30+ people
Development Lab in Heidelberg and Buenos Aires, Argentina
sovanta® stands for Business Apps, a new generation of applications combining the simplicity of consumer apps with the depth of business applications
SAP Endorsed Business Solution (EBS) Partner
SAP development partner for mobile business apps
SAP Branded Reseller (SBR) Partner
sovanta AG | The Company
Gartner “Cool Vendors in the SAP Ecosystem, 2013” by Derek Prior, Thomas Otter, Gilbert van der Heiden, Sunil Padmanabh, Christian Hestermann, April 18,
2013.
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Traditional Business Applications Process integration
Data consistency User & authorization management Data security Maintainability
Consumer Apps
Simple Task-specific Attractive Fast Administration-free
Business Apps
Enterprise Readiness
User Friendliness
Business Apps | The Best of Two Worlds
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Business Apps are completing existing application landscapes
ERP Applications
Other Applications
Middleware
Web Applications
Task-specific, easy to use Business Apps for different devices
Middleware
Stable, powerful ERP- Systems and other
Applications
Web Browser Smartphones Tablets
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sovanta | design driven development
Iterative
Starts always with end-users’ needs
Tight end-user involvement
Initially, largely independent of status quo and technical restrictions
Limitation to minimal viable product. Then very targeted addition of further functionality.
Coding doesn‘t start before functionality, navigation and graphical design aren‘t signed off.
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sovanta | design driven development
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Sales & Marketing Human Capital Management
Management Reporting
Competitive Differentiation
Standard & Custom Apps
Components Library
Business Apps | sovanta® 3 +1
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sovanta® Citizen App
sovanta® Idea Management
My Heidelberg
sovanta® iPeople sovanta® Performance & Talent Management
sovanta® Enterprise Box
sovanta® Sales Briefcase
sovanta® Executive Cockpit
HANIEL Management Reporting
MVV Energy Monitor
SAP Interview Assistant SAP Customer Briefing SAP Supplier Briefing SAP Working Capital Management
Promerit Mobile Job Search
SAP Learn Now Audi Mobile Job Search
Business Apps | Examples
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With sovanta ® iPeople managers receive valuable assistance in their daily HR work and decision-making:
25 pre-proven HR metrics
Organization and regions overview
Top/low lists of organizations to quickly identify "outliers"
Event function for display of events and personal events (such as employee birthdays and company anniversaries)
Contacting of employees via email directly from the application
An Infochannel offers the possibility to integrate existing business applications
The sovanta® Business Add-on provides all relevant information from SAP ERP HCM
Benefits:
Increased productivity through proactive, fact-based management
Increased manager and employee satisfaction
Improved quality of human resources management
Increased the active system utilization while minimizing training cost
Easy implementation with minimal integration cost
Maintenance, including integration, by sovanta®
Business Apps| sovanta® iPeople
sovanta® iPeople Web
sovanta® iPeople iPad
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Functions:
Organizational View
Regional View
Top/Low Lists
Events
Info Channel (News, Web, BI tools)
Focus Groups:
Top Executives
Senior Management
Supported Device:
Apple iPad
Others tablets will follow Free demo version available on the AppStore
sovanta® iPeople | Solution Overview
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Back end
SAP Business Add-On for SAP ERP HCM
Leveraging SAP security and authorization concepts
Front end
Native iPad Application
Thin Client
Zero Footprint
SAP ERP
Business Intelligence
Other Database Systems
sovanta DB
Namespace: /SOVANTA/
Secured Connection
sovanta® iPeople | Architecture & Security
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sovanta® Performance & Talent Management is a proof of concept business app supporting managers in their holistic planning and conducting of performance feedback meetings and talent assessments:
Simple graphical overview and calibration
System-driven process guidance
Availability of all necessary personnel master data directly from the backend system
Historical data, comparisons, and graphical presentation of trends over several years
Built-in target and bonus agreements
Supports intermediate feedback meetings during the year
Benefits:
Increased manager productivity through optimal system support
Fairer assessments through calibration of all employees prior to the starting the detailed planning
Increased employee satisfaction through more transparent process
Improved data quality and process compliance by eliminating paper-based processes
Business Apps | Performance & Talent Management (PoC)
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sovanta® Talent & Succession Management is a proof of concept business app supporting managers in analyzing current challenges in Talent and Succession Management in their own organization to take the right steps. Simple graphical overview of key positions and their job holders in
different views (Organizational view, Lists, Regional View) Simple graphical overview of talent structures in different views
(Organizational view, Lists, Regional View) High degree of transparency regarding the succession
management an potencial risks of succession management High degree of transparency regarding the talent structures in the
area of responsibility Easy access and intuitive display of talent profiles Availability of all necessary personnel master data directly from
the backend system (e.g. SAP ERP HCM) Benefits: Increased manager productivity through optimal system support Faster risk analysis through intutive and transparent talent
management process Increase user satisfaction through intuitve use Increased use of talent management process
Business Apps | Talent & Succession Management (PoC)
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sovanta® iTalent offers a complete overview of the talents of your company. Furthermore, it allows an easy and targeted search for the right talent. The app offers an organizational, regional, and functional representation of the talent population.
Simple graphical overview and drill down function in the talent population
Organizational view
Regional view
Functional view
Display of result list
Targeted filtering of the talent population
Function and sub-function
Career level
Talent pool
Further detailed filtering possible (language, region, mobility, etc.)
Talent profile
Personal data
Experience
Assessment
Development
„Search as you type“ – Search for talent by using the name
Offline feature – Access to the talent data anytime and anywhere
Business Apps | sovanta® iTalent
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Mobile Access for Candidates to Job Ads
of your Company
E-Recruiting Add-on by promerit
Job recommendations directly via Twitter / LinkedIn /
Compatible with different platforms and operating systems
(Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone 7, HP
Web OS).
Attractive visualization and high user friendliness
Job Assistent
Permanently visible filter criteria
Navigation maps as a filter for locations
Multiple selections are possible
Customized solution on the base of approved processes
Business Apps | Mobile Job Search
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The sovanta® Idea Management app supports companies to realize the
full potential of their employees’ ideas.
Easy and quick recording of employees‘ ideas on mobile devices
Immediately capturing ideas – anytime and from anywhere
Better idea sharing by attaching
pictures / videos
geo coordinates
voice memos
Local storage of the memo on the mobile device
Directly send the idea by email
Store the idea as a draft in SAP for processing later on the idea
management system
Benefits:
Easy and quick recording of employees’ ideas on mobile devices
Save the memo locally, store it as a draft on the idea management system, or directly sending by email
Business Apps | sovanta® Idea Management
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Mobile Device
SAP ERP HCM target Idea Management add-on
send by email
SUP (Sybase Unwired Platform)
sovanta® Idea Management | Architecture
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Business Apps | sovanta® Enterprise Box
Document access for project staff
Access all relevant project documents, such as:
Presentations
Project plans
Resource plans
Milestone plans
Flexible – Freely definable folder structure
Offline mode – Access documents even without the Internet (e.g. on a plane)
Data security through access to internal document management system (behind the Firewall)
Annotation feature – Add comments and notes to your project documents
Send documents or links directly to other project members
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Business Apps | sovanta® Executive Cockpit
Document access for management boards,
supervisory boards…
Access to all relevant management documents, such as:
Financial reports
Key figures
Media reports
Board meetings
Supervisory board meetings
Projects
Data security through access to internal document management system (behind the Firewall)
Offline mode – Access documents even without the Internet (e.g. on a plane)
Annotation feature – Add comments and notes to your meeting documents
Search for and within documents
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Manager Workflow Approval is a proof of concept prototype demonstrating the possibilities of an extremely attractive and easy-to-use user interface for workflow approvals:
Attractive graphical representation of the workflow inbox
Color and icon-based classification of actions by workflow item type (leave application, approval, purchasing, etc.)
Easy sort and filter by categories such as type, priority and due date
Initiators of the workflow instances are presented with images
Additional information on the requesting organization provide the necessary context to the decision maker
Nutzen:
Attractive workflow user interface
No training cost
Faster decision making through the availability of contextual information
Business Apps | Manager Workflow Approval
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The SAP HCM Interview Assistant app supports you to prepare for and
conduct interviews anywhere and anytime. This app accesses the SAP ERP
application and allows managers to review candidate information, prepare
notes, record interview results, and send detailed feedback to the HR
department right from their iPad.
Display your open requisitions, the candidate list for each requisition
and the candidate history
Add reminder to your personal calendar for all the candidates who are
scheduled for interview.
Display a candidate’s documents, bookmark documents and add
notes to them
Edit overall notes for candidates: Create a note for each candidate and
update it throughout the selection process
Display additional information: View the candidate’s communication
data and check activity logs and the ratings that have been transferred
from the E-Recruiting application
Update ratings: Create your own rating for the candidate
Assess candidates: Evaluate the candidate’s profile by completing a
questionnaire
Make decisions about candidates: Decide if you want to invite a
candidate for an interview / Hire or reject a candidate
SAP Standard Business App powered by sovanta as a Development Partner
Business Apps | SAP HCM Interview Assistant
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The Energy Monitor provides the customers of a major German utility company with the information they need to optimally adapt their electricity expenditures to their needs and priorities at any time:
Graphical presentation of historical electricity and gas prices (Base, Peak)
Graphical representation of futures prices in real time
Graphical comparison with other commodity prices, such as CO2 certificates, gas, oil and copper
Notifications when prices fall below or above certain freely definable thresholds
E-mail integration allows contact with the assigned MVV Account Manager
Access to additional information such as energy news, analyst reports via video, including archive
Comprehensive information and analysis of the company’s own purchase history and supply situation
Simulation of energy purchases incl. the impact on the company’s financials
Site-specific reporting on planned and actual consumption, displayed through Google Maps
Comparison of planned vs. actual energy consumption
Information about the company MVV AG
Benefits:
Improved customer loyalty
Increased customer satisfaction
Greater transparency and predictability of energy purchasing and consumption at various sites
Business Apps | Energy Monitor
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sovanta® Citizen App creates a direct link and enhances communication
between cities and its citizens. Whether it is public transport stops, including
real-time departure times, opening hours of institutions, individual waste
calendar or any information on leisure activities in the city.
Improved communication between citizens and the city administration
Individual waste calendar
Exploration of all relevant surroundings
Public transport stops, including real-time departure times
Citizen can send a memo attached with a picture and GPS-data to the
citizens’ service office to inform about a problem
Augmented Reality feature
Simple and flexible off-the-shelf solution
No usage data is saved – satisfies the most stringent data protection
requirements
Benefits:
Direct link and enhanced communication between cities and its citizens
Increased transparency
Better service for citizens
Geared 100% to the benefit of citizens
No demands on the city’s IT infrastructure
Cost-effective
Business Apps| sovanta® Citizen App
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With SAP Customer Briefing , you get the facts and figures you need to prepare for a successful customer meeting, anywhere and anytime. This app connects to your SAP CRM application and provides sales executives with a detailed view of the customer’s business always at your fingertips.
Read up on the latest news and biographies of the people who are key to your success
Read up on the latest news about the customer and the customer’s business
View an analysis of the business history you share with your customer
Display issues that affect customer satisfaction
Display open opportunities, opportunities won, and opportunities lost
Typical Business Challenges:
Sales Executives meet customers as required, often on an irregular basis.
They need to be ready for customer meetings at short-notice, and want to be confident that they have all the knowledge needed to increase sales, or deepen the customer relationship.
They want to be independent of locations, other people, and time
SAP Standard Business App powered by sovanta as Development Partner
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Business Apps | SAP Sales Companion
Sales Companion supports field sales representatives
with their most important task: Convincing the customer
The app provides everything required to prepare and conduct
sales meetings and perform perfect follow-ups
Providing the right information and functionality, always in the
context of the respective customer, lead, opportunity and step
in the sales process
This includes data from many sources like
News Feeds, e.g. Google, Bing
Social Media, e.g. LinkedIn, Twitter
SAP CRM / ERP
Office Documents
Groupware (e.g. Microsoft Exchange)
Analytics
and others
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Software
sovanta® Business Apps
Custom Business Apps
sovanta® Library
sovanta® Integration Layer
Assessment
Scenario Analysis
Business Case Creation
Roadmap Development
Consulting
Mobility Strategy
sovanta® Business Apps
SAP Mobile Apps Implementation
Design
UI-Design
Graphic Design
Graphics Development
sovanta AG | Products & Services
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Contact
Manuel Egger Head of HR Solutions / Member of the Management Team
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