7 Benefits of SAP for running your business remotely.

De acuerdo con la casa consultora Stastista, en su estudio sobre el porcentaje de compradores online México 2017-2024, más del 55% de los mexicanos hará parte o todas sus compras a través de Internet. Hasta 2019, ese porcentaje representaba 39%, pero debido al confinamiento ocasionado por la pandemia COVID-19, se prevé que este año se dé un salto importante.

Un reto para las empresas: trabajar vía remota 

Debido a la crisis sanitaria, en este momento el mundo está funcionando prácticamente al 30% de su capacidad, poniendo enormes presiones a las empresas y negocios que se vieron sorprendidos por el parón económico. 

Sin embargo, el aislamiento social no debe representar sino un reto a la creatividad para ajustar las actividades propias de cada empresa o negocio, a la realidad que persiste hoy en día. Dadas las circunstancias, la transformación digital de negocios es casi la única vía para mantener generar valor a nuestros productos o servicios en esta época.

El trabajo remoto permite que los miembros de uno o varios grupos de trabajo puedan permanecer en posiciones aisladas, sin importar la distancia geográfica, lo que, en principio, supone importantes cambios en la rutina laboral y de vida individual. 

También puede brindar enormes beneficios, si se colabora con las plataformas de servicios en línea adecuadas. Ahí está la clave de los ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning or Enterprise Resource Planning), and that is why SAP, this model of integration and automation of company services, has one of its best representatives. 

The benefits of SAP in the new normal

A major challenge of the digital transformation process is to have a platform that allows the inclusion of all our colleagues in an environment where everyone can share the product of their work in a fluid way and according to the stipulated schedules, in which the collaboration process can be enjoyed without interruptions in the production chain.

1. Real-time interaction: SAP is a simple management system that allows the interaction of all areas that make up a company or business as if they were collaborating in person, but in a remote environment. 
2. Transparency in information: All users can make friendly inquiries and capture information that becomes immediately available to other colleagues, in order to maintain and manage the production chain. 
3. Business continuity from a single place: All modules connect to a single database from which all parts or processes of your business are fed.
4. Unified process management: Users can manage suppliers, sales, finance, purchases, production processes, projects, CRM (Consultant Resource Manager), etc.
5. Maintaining social distancing: SAP tools can be adjusted to the needs of working from home thanks to the fact that they work with Internet protocols. 
6. Best practices for business processes: Based on SAP's experience and knowledge in the best practices of business process management with the advantage of being integrated, modular and able to cover the needs and profiles of companies.
7. Control your business in the cloud: Yes, with SAP there are also options for cloud hosting.

How can I integrate SAP into my company? 

SAP is fully adaptable to the growth and evolution of businesses. That is, this ERP system adapts modularly as the company requires, grows, or adds business areas. SAP also allows you to link businesses with 80% of the companies in the world, which also use it, creating a simple and friendly environment for most of the world's most important industries. 

In Mexico, Xamai is one of the most important partners of SAP for all types of companies and businesses. Under a policy based on listening to the needs of its clients and concerned about each of its users, they help design, adapt, implement, and evaluate the most valuable, simple, and adaptable processes, to produce greater value for the company, but above all for its members. Learn more about which option is right for your company with the experts and request to speak with a specialist.