Automotive industry
Automobile manufacturers, suppliers, and dealers face significant pressure to transform their businesses and prepare for the future of transportation.
Manufacturing and adoption of electric vehicles
To keep up with global production and sales, manufacturers and suppliers are making more plug-in, hybrid and fuel cell electric vehicles, as well as electric vehicle charging stations, batteries, and more circular parts.
Connected cars and advanced driver assistance systems
Automakers can embed smart technology, such as LIDAR, ultrasound, and IoT sensors, into their vehicles to appeal to modern buyers – and through a cloud-based vehicle to all (v2x) infrastructure to send and receive car data that can be used to create services.
Mobility as a service and shared mobility
Auto OEMs are looking for where they can fit in, especially in the area of employer-supported programs. Car sharing provides opportunities for large companies to meet consumer demand for increased value, convenience, and sustainability.
Resilient Automotive Supply Chains
On-board technologies and electronic vehicle components add additional requirements to already complex automotive supply chains. Shortages of car batteries and chips threaten to pull millions of cars off production lines. To create more resilient supply chains, automotive companies need real-time visibility from advanced analytics.
Digital Automotive Retail
Dealerships can use e-commerce technology and CRM data to support omnichannel vehicle sales and other services, such as accepting trade-ins and arranging test drives and deliveries.
SAP Business One for Automotive
How does SAP Business One help the automotive market?
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Research development and engineering
79% of automotive organizations consider it important to collect and analyze vehicle data to predict design, service, safety, and operating outcomes. Collaborate with partners across the automotive ecosystem, accelerate product development, and help ensure compliance with automotive industry standards.
- Innovations based on real vehicle data, incidents, customer feedback and market analysis
- Simulation of hypothetical scenarios for better decision making –in automotive engineering and derivatives
- Integrated, collaborative and agile product development
- Global product safety management and compliance
- Everything integrated – from R&D and manufacturing to aftermarket services and mobility
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Manufacturing and logistics
Combine business data with industrial IoT data to maximize manufacturing efficiency, improve sustainability, and reduce costs.
- Intelligent cloud systems for automotive manufacturing
- Modular production and Industry 4.0 scenarios
- Full visibility of plant and office operations
- Environment, health, and safety management
- Integration with extended supply chain and external logistics network
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Supply networks
76% of automotive organizations consider it important to enable a digitally connected supply chain to avoid supply disruptions.
With SAP Business One, you get support for collaborative supply chain planning, digitized operations, and inventory, enabling you to proactively spot disruptions, reduce your carbon footprint, and bring deliveries ahead of demand.
- Demand management and delivery in real time
- Response planning, supply, inventory and operations
- Smart storage, transport and logistics
- Collaboration in the supply network
- Green and sustainable supply chain management
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Marketing and sales
Connect data from all sources to gain deeper insights and meet customer needs across every channel, and leverage solutions for real-time contextual marketing, omnichannel sales, billing, and more.
- 360-degree customer profiles and personalized interactions
- Digital automotive retail and omnichannel sales
- Seamless billing and purchasing experiences
- Strong sales performance management
- Optimized vehicle distribution chains
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After sales services
76% of automotive organizations consider it important to anticipate an asset failure, determine the cause, and recommend the best maintenance plan. SAP solutions supports omnichannel customer service, mobile field service management, parts management, warranty claim processing, and more.
- Omnichannel customer service management
- Mobile workforce schedules and field service management
- Integrated service planning and execution
- Management of aftermarket auto parts
- Warranty claim management
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Logistics and intelligent transport
Our solutions can help you personalize in-car services, support subscription-based contracts, manage e-fleets, build and operate electric vehicle (EV) charging networks. Embrace industry change and move to Mobility as a Service:
- Connected vehicle data hub
- Urban and remote EV charging point operations
- Comprehensive fleet management
- IoT-based logistics and transportation management
- Collection and billing of subscriptions
Industry Solutions
Whether you're a small independent business or a subsidiary of a larger company, you need a clear view of all aspects of your business to stay competitive. You need to streamline processes and find better ways to access information that will result in the best business decisions.
Solution to automate and optimize operational and accounting processes in different sectors of the automotive industry.
CRM and Customer Experience in Automotive Retail.
Proven experience in various industries
- 208 of the 250 largest retailers in the world manage with SAP solutions.
- 8/8 of the most innovative automotive companies in the world manage with SAP solutions.
- 46 of the 50 safest banks in the world manage with SAP solutions.
- 97 of the 100 best universities in the world manage with SAP solutions
- 7/10 of the best hospitals in the world manage with SAP solutions.
- 41,100 consumer product companies from 134 countries are innovating with SAP solutions.
Ask about the benefits of SAP Business One for your company
SAP Business One was designed to work with companies of all sizes, in all industries. Contact us to find out how SAP Business One can be customized and support your business.