SAP AG
Walldorf, Germany
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Application: SAP NetWeaver and SAP Business Suite, SAP R3/ERP, SAP APO Solution type: SOA BPM SCM Products used: ILOG JRules ILOG LogicNet Plus XE ILOG Inventory Analyst ILOG Plant PowerOps ILOG Transport PowerOps ILOG Optimization Decision Manager (ODM) Target markets: Retail Financial Services Insurance Public Sector Supply Chain and Manufacturing Logistics Joint customers: SNCF Fret Metro de Madrid PSA Peugeot-Citroën Benefits of the ILOG LogicTools Suite of Supply Chain Applications: Optimal design of the overall supply chain for the lowest total supply chain costs Optimized sourcing plans for multi-site production Optimized seasonal production plans Monitored impact of rising fuel prices on logistics and warehousing Improved inventory targets and service level policies Sustained optimal inventory target feed for enterprise resource management (ERP) and advanced planning and scheduling (APS) solutions Finely balanced transport costs and service levels Improved production planning and detailed scheduling Benefits of ILOG Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS): Enhanced flexibility and agility Automated business policies Simplified business processes Enterprise-wide and centralized business rule management Transparent Decision Services, truly reusable in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) Improved application governance, auditability and traceability Advanced business rule management tools and easy learning curve for business users Reduced IT maintenance costs and total cost of ownership

Alliance background
ILOG is an established SAP partner in the manufacturing sector, with successful deployments of SAP SCM suite integrated with ILOG's optimization technology for advanced planning and optimization.

ILOG complements SAP SCM with enhanced functionality through it's LogicTools Supply Chain Application Suite, which includes ILOG LogicNet Plus XE for strategic supply chain network design and ILOG Inventory Analyst for global inventory optimization.

As an SAP Software Partner, ILOG ensures advanced integration between the two companies' technologies, and has numerous product and application certifications, including "SAP Certified Integration" for ILOG LogicNet Plus and ILOG JRules, as well as "Powered by SAP NetWeaver®" qualification for ILOG Inventory Analyst, ILOG Plant PowerOps, ILOG Transport PowerOps, ILOG Optimization Decision Manger and ILOG JRules. The "Powered by SAP NetWeaver" qualification for ILOG JRules enables SAP users to use ILOG JRules to manage and control complex decisions embedded into SAP business processes as enterprise assets, following the fundamental principles of SOA.

Results
The SAP NetWeaver platform powers the SAP Business Suite family of business applications, SAP® xApps™ packaged composite applications and partner solutions. SAP NetWeaver unifies integration technologies into a single platform and is pre-integrated with business applications, facilitating change and reducing the need for custom integration.

ILOG's LogicTools Suite of Supply Chain Applications and ILOG Optimization products are designed to complement and enhance existing investments in enterprise resource planning (ERP) and advanced planning and scheduling (APS) solutions—Integration enables SAP users to leverage leading optimization, planning and scheduling technologies with their existing SAP ERP/SCM applications. ILOG's LogicTools Suite of Supply Chain Applications provide a packaged suite of optimization-based decision support solutions to help companies address global supply chain design and sourcing strategies, transportation planning, and the optimal flow and placement of inventory across the end-to-end supply chain.

ILOG JRules complements SAP NetWeaver by automating business policies and supporting enterprise-wide and centralized business rule management. Through integration with the SAP NetWeaver Portal component of the SAP NetWeaver platform, ILOG JRules allows a better alignment between business and technology for managing policy-intensive decision services and processes. ILOG JRules complements service-oriented architecture (SOA) by providing flexibility and control over the decision services that drive processes and applications.

Integrating ILOG JRules with SAP NetWeaver puts business rules in the hands of non-technical business users. Rules can be managed and edited from the SAP NetWeaver portal, allowing organizations to take full advantage of the agility and total cost-of-ownership benefits of having their business users drive their own policy changes. ILOG can also provide back-end integration through SAP NetWeaver.

For more information, please contact us at sap-info@ilog.com.