Item: NetWeaver Process Integration
Rating: 9
Author: Onur Demir

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

Combined advantages of advanced business application programming (ABAP) and Java
SAP with [other] SAP products and SAP with other solutions
Real-time customer service
Cascade data model

Non-user-friendly monitoring
Integration between SAP and non-SAP [products] is not easy

Return on Investment

It reduces integration costs.

Alternatives Considered

It has real-time customer service which is perfect.
It has combined advantages of ABAP and Java.
It's built on open standards.

Other Software Used

SAP NetWeaver MDM, Visual Studio.NET, SAP NetWeaver Application Server

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

To integrate, administer, develop

Overall Satisfaction with NetWeaver Process Integration