![]() What about the interfaces? How many of them do you need when choosing the SAP Cloud Platform Solution? Remember, the architecture seems to look the same. Is it easier? Quicker? More reliable and more flexible? YES! Let’s find out why! So, what about the second option? Integrating the app over the SAP ® Cloud Platform with your SAP system? First, you’d have to validate SAP, then validate SaaS, and lastly, validate all interfaces. There is a great deal of effort required to validate all this change. First, you’d need to change the SaaS implementation and second, you’d need to change all impacted interfaces. And lastly, what happens if you make a technical change in SAP ®?īasically, you need to start from scratch. This is time-consuming and rather tedious. You would have to manually feed the SaaS cloud with all the necessary data and you would also have to set up new interfaces and go through validation. The good news in this scenario is that it is possible, but the bad news is that the process is neither quick nor easy. Who has time for that, you ask? That’s right, nobody! What if a new business site needs to be integrated into the system? You cannot 100% rely on data that’s been duplicated since that could lead to some very real quality issues which means that additional efforts would be needed in order to maintain compliance. But the issue is when any data in your system needs to be duplicated and pass all those interfaces, it means that you cannot document a real-time data flow. This means you would need to know exactly where a specific batch is and know where and when it was used. ![]() They would want to be convinced that you have full inventory visibility to be compliant. What happens if the FDA or EMA is validating your system? As we have already seen, all this data needs to pass many, many interfaces making the process much more complicated than it needs to be. Now think back to our SaaS example – how would you block the recall batch if we were using a SaaS solution?įirst of all, you would need to block the batch inside SAP ®, then this updated data would need to be duplicated. Time is of the utmost importance in a situation like this because the consequences can be catastrophic, and quality could be affected greatly. ![]() Sounds complicated, right? Well, it is! Now, imagine you have a recall, and a batch needs to be immediately blocked. Depending on your actual setup, the data would need to pass through at least 30-40 interfaces before it actually arrives in the SaaS solution. Well, it matters because the data of all your different SAP ® specs like customers, materials, batches, or prices to name a few, need to pass through so many different interfaces. Now, you might be asking yourself “Ok, but why does that even matter?” If you said “data”, you’re absolutely correct! To explain, let’s look at some business cases and identify a few challenges that could come up in the daily life of a medical device distributor: First off, what does the SaaS Solution need in order to work properly? Now that we can all agree that it needs to be done, let’s look at two popular options on how to connect your apps to your SAP system:ġ) The SaaS (Software as a Service) SolutionĪt first glance, their technical architecture looks pretty much the same since both solutions connect an app through a cloud to the SAP ® system, so what exactly is the difference? This will ensure that customer service reps, logistics and warehouse personnel, and sales reps are all on the same page and can access all the information they need. It’s often tempting to just jump right into a system like this headfirst, but before implementing an app too quickly we should remember that ideally your apps should be connected to your SAP ® system so that bookings or inventories are automatically updated in your SAP ® landscape. This would lead to hospital staff and sales reps saving much-needed time while simultaneously ensuring that scheduling and supplies are reliably managed, right? Well, sort of! Let’s slow down for a second and think it over. ![]() The administrative aspect of your job takes way too much time as a sales rep or hospital staff member! There are just too many managerial tasks and so it seems obvious that working with a mobile app could be useful for example, you could use it to schedule surgeries or manage bookings of required medical equipment and devices. ![]()
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