OpenText Extended ECM for SAP Solutions
Process-centric collaboration and compliance.
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Unlocking Value with OpenText Extended ECM: Streamlining Enterprise Content Management.
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Observing and managing both structured data and unstructured content in business processes improves the optimisation of the processes and data flow, developing successful products, organisational processes or communicating with clients.
Use digital content management tools that integrates into any SAP business application, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Extended ECM (Enterprise Content Management) for SAP Solutions includes document and digital asset management, collaboration, archiving and certified Records Management, with application-spanning virtual views of related information to your business processes office applications.
The Extended ECM Platform helps to integrate OpenText ™ Content Suite Platform with their lead applications. Available in out-of-the-box solutions for leading business applications, such as SAP®, Oracle® E-Business Suite, Salesforce® and Microsoft® Office 365®, it also comes with the tools and APIs needed to create custom integrations to just about any lead system.
White paper: OpenText Extended ECM for SAP solutions
Discover how Extended ECM for SAP Solutions makes it easy to connect Enterprise Content Management system (ECM systems) to any lead application to improve business efficiency, business process management, and control of, and access to, unstructured information like paper documents and electronic files. Streamline operations and enhance customer satisfaction by providing quicker access to relevant information.
OpenText Extended ECM Platform
“It was essential for us to find a Document Management system that is seamless integrated with SAP S/4 HANA and certified by SAP. We need document access directly within the context of any SAP business item. OpenText xECM Business Workspaces approach fulfils all our requirements – worldwide.”
— HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN, INTERNATIONAL MANUFACTURER
HOW IT WORKS
BENEFITS OF OPENTEXT EXTENDED ECM
PROCESS-CENTRIC COLLABORATION
Streamline entire document-centric processes throughout your enterprise and applications.
ACCESS 365
Users working within any SAP UI can access documents managed in O365 or Content Suite within the documents related to transactions in SAP, allowing 365 view on web content within a transaction.
IMPROVED COMPLIANCE
Eliminate silos and uncontrolled versions. Records Management ensures regulatory compliance across NON-SAP and SAP content. Ensure compliance through defined business processes and a documented audit trail.
SHORT IMPLEMENTATION CYCLE
Profit from an out-of-the box approach through pre-configured solutions available for most common SAP document types, capture documents such as invoices, sales orders, and delivery notes.
DELIVER PERSONALISED EXPERIENCES AND REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS IN CONTEXT
Share content across different departments and people working with different applications (e.g. SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft Office 365).
LEVERAGE INVESTMENTS IN BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
Gain additional business value by integrating into your existing business applications like ERP, CRM & HCM.
FEATURES OF OPENTEXT EXTENDED ECM
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ACCESS
Allows direct access to content associated with an SAP Business Object, in- and outside the SAP Business Application landscape.
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WORKSPACE
Collaboration for internal and external teams using Business Workspace.
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DATA PRIVACY
Working with SAP and non-SAP documents in accordance with data privacy, retention and documentation requirements.
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ARCHIVING
Data and document archiving.
Archives SAP data and unstructured content to reduce costs.
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ADVANTAGE
Leverage master and transactional data from ERP, CRM, and HCM business applications.
Renew business workspaces and metadata automatically — based on templates.
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EXTENDED ECM SMART UI
Browse content based on business information models in ERP, CRM and HCM connected workspaces in the unique Extended ECM Smart UI.
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Frequently Asks Questions (FAQs)
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The process of keeping digital content, such as papers, photos, and videos, organised, saved, and under control, is known as content management. In order to make sure that the material is easily available, correctly organised, and managed in accordance with business demands, it must be created, edited, published, and archived.
Simplifying the management of material will make it easier to locate, utilise, and maintain while fostering teamwork and regulatory compliance.
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SAP's Extended ECM (Extended Enterprise Content Management/ xECM) is a cutting-edge system that seamlessly incorporates content management into business processes.
Along with improving communication and automating operations, it lets users manage documents and web content management within their SAP interface. Through this interface, businesses may increase productivity, guarantee compliance, and manage content in relation to their operations.
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SAP business operations may effortlessly incorporate document and content management through the usage of Extended ECM system (Extended Enterprise Content Management). It enables businesses to handle documents and deliver content directly within the SAP environment and associate them with particular workflows and transactions.
This integration guarantees regulatory compliance, improves team cooperation, and automates the implementation process and procedures.
xECM makes enterprise content management more efficient and in line with business demands by enabling enterprises to connect unstructured content (such as papers and store documents) with structured SAP data. This improves operations and gives a comprehensive perspective of business activities.
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Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is an essential tool for businesses because it centralises document and information management, increasing productivity and decreasing the risk of data loss.
It also guarantees adherence to legal and regulatory requirements, simplifies collaboration and business processes, and saves money by lowering the need for physical storage.
ECM implementation also enhances security, promotes better decision-making, and improves customer service by facilitating quick access to pertinent and critical information. Finally, it supports digital transformation by converting paper-based workflows to digital ones, keeping businesses competitive.
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ERP software, like SAP, is used to manage information handle several business processes, including finance, logistics, and human resources.
It is not the same as a content management system (CMS). Nonetheless, SAP offers content management features via Extended Enterprise Content Management systems (xECM) and SAP Document Management System (DMS).
By intelligent information management and integrating content management with business processes, these products help enterprises manage documents raw data and information inside the SAP environment for increased productivity and compliance.
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