Automobiles

The race for automotive digital transformation – Carmakers, suppliers, and dealerships are under intense pressure to transform their businesses and prepare for the future of mobility. The automotive industry is racing toward a new world that's driven by sustainability and changing consumer behaviour, encompassing electric vehicles, connected cars, mobility fleet sharing, onboard sensors, new business models, and always-on connectedness.

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You can derive incremental value from your RISE with SAP solution by expanding business innovation with

SAP Product Lifecycle Costing: Improve profits by managing costs accurately in the early design phase.
SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud: Boost manufacturing performance with integrated cloud MES and analytics.
SAP Digital Vehicle Hub: Leverage a common central vehicle repository to support new business models in the mobility as a service space.
SAP Returnable Packaging Management: Manage the inventory and logistics of returnable packaging in the supply chain.
SAP Self-Billing Cockpit: Streamline and automate your self-billing processes.
SAP Supplier Problem-Solving: Participate in problem-solving processes in collaboration with external suppliers.

Research, Development, and Engineering

Design innovative vehicle products and services – and get them to market first – with SAP solutions. Collaborate with partners across the automotive ecosystem, accelerate product development, and help ensure compliance with auto industry standards.

Innovations based on actual vehicle data, incidents, customer feedback, and market analysis
What-if simulation for better decision-making – in auto engineering and downstream
Integrated, collaborative, and agile product development
Global product safety management and compliance
Integrated everything – from R&D and manufacturing to aftermarket services and mobility

Smart Mobility and Transformation

Create value and monetize new business models for autonomous, connected, electric and shared vehicles with SAP. Our solutions can help you personalise in-car services, support subscription-based contracts, manage e-fleets, build and run EV charging networks, and more. Embrace change in the industry and shift toward mobility as a service (MaaS).

Connected vehicle data hub
Urban and remote EV charge-point operations
End-to-end fleet management
IoT-based logistics and transportation management
Subscription billing and invoicing

Responsive Supply Networks

Create a fast, responsive, and resilient automotive supply chain. Our solutions support collaborative supply chain planning; digitalized operations; and smart warehousing, inventory, and logistics, enabling you to proactively sense disruptions, reduce your carbon footprint, deliver ahead of demand, and more.

Real-time demand management and order promising
Response, supply, inventory, and operations planning
Smart warehousing, transportation, and logistics
Supply network collaboration
Green and sustainable supply chain management

Sales and Marketing

Deliver personalized, differentiated automotive experiences that create customers for life. Connect data from all sources – sales, service, marketing, and connected cars – to get deeper insights and proactively meet customer needs on every channel, and leverage solutions for real-time contextual marketing, omnichannel sales, billing, and more.

360-degree customer profiles and personalized engagements
Digital automotive retailing and omnichannel sales
Smooth billing and buying experiences
Robust sales performance management
Optimised vehicle distribution chains

Manufacturing and Outbound Logistics

Run agile, highly autonomous automotive manufacturing, production, and assembly processes using Industry 4.0 and smart factory technologies from SAP. Combine business data with industrial IoT data to maximise manufacturing efficiency, improve sustainability, and cut costs.

Smart auto manufacturing systems in the cloud
Modular production and Industry 4.0 scenarios
Full visibility into shopfloor and top-floor operations
Environment, health, and safety management
Integration with the extended supply chain and outbound logistics network

Aftermarket Service

Grow revenue and drive brand loyalty by offering automotive aftermarket services that exceed customer expectations. SAP solutions support omnichannel customer service, parts management, warranty claims processing, and complaint handling.