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Boomi for SAP use cases

Review the following use cases for examples of how to leverage Boomi for SAP to seamlessly integrate SAP with cloud apps, on-prem systems, and trading partners. Explore Boomi Customer Stories to learn more about how organizations have achieved success using the Boomi for SAP, such as Abudawood Logistics.

Real-Time Order-to-Cash Automation

For a multinational company using SAP ECC and a custom e-commerce platform for online orders, Boomi for SAP enables real-time order-to-cash automation.

When a new order is placed online:

  • Boomi captures it in real-time through Boomi for SAP event services.
  • It validates data and enriches it by leveraging Boomi's capabilities for continuous data quality, validation, and stewardship.
  • The validated and enriched data is then pushed into the SAP Sales Order module using Boomi for SAP's ability to expose SAP Function Modules (BAPIs) or ABAP Proxies as REST services, facilitating direct data writing into SAP.

This approach, powered by Boomi for SAP, eliminates batch delays, reduces errors, improves order accuracy, and accelerates fulfillment by streamlining operations and ensuring immediate data flow.

Efficient Supplier Onboarding

For a manufacturing firm struggling with supplier onboarding into its SAP Materials Management (MM) system, Boomi for SAP enables efficient supplier onboarding.

When supplier data is submitted via a secure web form or portal:

  • Boomi captures it in real-time using its comprehensive connectivity capabilities.
  • It validates data against business rules and ensures data quality.
  • The data is approved through workflows leveraging the Boomi platform's Process Automation and Flow capabilities.
  • The approved data is then automatically inserted into SAP MM using Boomi for SAP's native integration to the SAP application layer, which can expose SAP Function Modules (BAPIs) or ABAP Proxies as REST services.

This process speeds up onboarding, ensures data quality, reduces manual effort, and provides audit trails through monitoring.

Automated Invoice Reconciliation

For a services company receiving electronic invoices from multiple partners in different formats (EDIFACT, XML, CSV), Boomi for SAP enables automated invoice reconciliation.

Boomi ingests these invoices, leveraging its B2B/EDI Management capabilities and extensive connectors to handle diverse formats. It then maps and normalizes them into a standard format using its data integration and quality features. Boomi matches them against SAP accounts payable records by querying SAP data through Table Services, which allow for data querying and filtering from SAP tables. Boomi's capabilities for continuous data quality, validation, and stewardship are then used to flag mismatches or duplicates. Finally, valid invoices are posted automatically into SAP leveraging IDocs or by exposing SAP Function Modules (BAPIs) as REST services for data insertion.

This process, powered by Boomi for SAP, cuts reconciliation time, reduces errors, and improves compliance by streamlining data flow and ensuring accuracy

Master Data Synchronization Across Systems

For a retailer using multiple SaaS systems (CRM, marketing automation, e-commerce, BI) with SAP as their central ERP for product, customer, and pricing data, Boomi for SAP enables automated master data synchronization across systems.

When master data changes occur in SAP:

  • Boomi for SAP Events can capture them in real-time, leveraging Business Object events or Change Pointers to trigger Boomi flows and keep all systems synchronized with the latest SAP data.

  • Boomi then propagates these updates (such as product information, pricing, or customer details) to connected SaaS systems. This is achieved through Boomi's unique, SAP-certified native integration to the application layer, which provides access to SAP tables, function modules, and IDocs, along with its over 250 pre-built connectors to non-SAP applications and data.

  • This process, supported by Boomi's capabilities for continuous data quality, validation, and stewardship and Master Data Management, ensures data consistency and harmonization across the business, effectively breaking down data silos, eliminating mismatches, and ensuring accurate information everywhere. This approach helps maximize SAP investments with unified processes

SAP-to-Cloud Analytics Pipelines

For a global enterprise seeking to feed transactional data from SAP S/4HANA into a cloud-based analytics platform (e.g., Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI), Boomi for SAP enables automated analytics pipelines.

Boomi extracts SAP S/4HANA data using Boomi for SAP, leveraging capabilities such as Table Services for querying and efficient batch extraction, Function Modules for specific data operations, or SAP Events for real-time changes. Boomi then applies transformations and harmonizes the data.

The transformed data is then loaded into cloud-based analytics platforms or data lakes on a scheduled basis via efficient Table Service Extracts or a streaming basis through real-time SAP Events.

SAP Inventory Alerts for Field Teams

For a distribution company needing field reps to know when stock levels fall below a threshold in SAP, Boomi for SAP enables automated inventory alerts.

  • Boomi periodically polls SAP inventory levels by leveraging Table Services for efficient data querying, filtering, and pagination from SAP tables or CDS views. This includes the capability for efficiently extracting large data loads through batching.

  • If a product’s stock drops below a threshold, Boomi's capabilities for continuous data quality, validation, and stewardship can be applied to identify and flag these conditions.

Boomi then sends push alerts via mobile app, SMS, or email to reps or store managers, utilizing its over 250 pre-built connectors to non-SAP applications.

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