NetWeaver Process Integration Reviews & Insights

NetWeaver Process Integration is being used as an integration layer between SAP applications is our landscape. It's being used by our department only. PO has built-in integration with SAP, and that why it's our preferred choice to integrate SAP applications. It's also being used as a gateway to exchange files on file-based integrations.

I would recommend using NetWeaver Process Integration with an SAP application only. SAP ISU/ECC can integrate with the PO very well to interact with non-SAP systems. It's best suited for extracting data from SAP systems into flat files, encrypt it, and sFTP to any 3rd party vendor.

It is being used by the finance department where I work as a consultant. It helps us by enabling application-to-application and business-to-business processes. It provides one platform to manage, design, configure, and execute business processes and use shared collaboration knowledge based on open standards. It also allows integration of SAP applications and third party components by seamlessly connecting SAP and non-SAP applications.

I recommend it for manufacturing companies, retailers and logistics operators that use technologies such as barcode readers, RFID or mobile terminals where instant data exchange with the central SAP ERP system plays a key role. If you are going to use it for connecting SAP and non-SAP applications, you need to think twice.

NetWeaver Process Integration is being used for orchestrating the integrations between SAP Hybris e-commerce suite and other systems. It is used only for e-commerce systems. It helps with managing business process workflows, mapping integrations, and monitoring messages. It is the backbone of the Hybris integrations, as it is being used as an ESB.

It is more suitable for heavy load messaging systems and can develop business workflows when needed. It is not suitable for simple systems because it needs a team for support and development.
It also works out of the box with SAP systems supporting IDOC format. Works well with mapping SOAP and REST services.

We use it with the SAP Hybris e-commerce suite. We use PI and BPM in the context of SAP PO to be able to handle almost all integration processes.

It is fully adaptive and [has] fast implementation with SAP products. But honestly, I have no experience with others.