SAP Solution Brief

SAP Business All-in-One

SAP Business All-in-One for Healthcare

SAP® Software for Healthcare Midsize healthcare providers

seeking to improve operating
Providers efficiencies can choose
Improve Quality, Efficiency, and an affordable, integrated
PROFITABILITY ­solution. The SAP® Business
All-in-One for Healthcare
­solution is designed for
­rapid implementation, adapt-
Like most midsize healthcare providers • A flexible and scalable foundation for
today, your organization faces many your business processes, built on the
ability, and fast return on
challenges that characterize a volatile proven SAP NetWeaver® technology investment.
market. While you search for practical platform
and affordable ways to meet these • An ERP solution that can be extended
­challenges, you are constantly looking with preintegrated customer relationship
for new ways to improve patient safety, management and business intelligence
effectiveness of care, quality, efficiency, functionality
and profitability. And you need to do this • An intuitive interface and role-based
even in times of diminishing reimburse- navigation to improve user productivity
ment. Moreover, while managing limited and adoption
budgets and attempting to control costs,
you must improve the use of available Leverage SAP Best Practices
resources, automate financial and sup- ­Packages
ply chain processes, and improve the
care and satisfaction of your patients. This SAP Business All-in-One solution
Thus, you need to overcome the waste is built on SAP Best Practices packages
and knowledge gaps of nonintegrated that deliver a proven implementation
systems to gain full visibility and the methodology, documentation, model
ability to make streamlined, informed, data (including the American Hospital
timely decisions. Association chart of accounts), and
­preconfiguration. SAP Best Practices
The SAP® Business All-in-One for Health- reflects SAP’s years of business exper-
care solution is based on SAP’s more tise and the best business practices of
than 35 years of experience working with more than 6,000 customers worldwide
healthcare providers and other companies in more than 20 industries. Each best
in the healthcare services industries. practice supports integration of your
This comprehensive and flexible enter- process flows when you use your SAP
prise resource planning (ERP) solution Business All-in-One solution.
includes support for industry best prac-
tices. With this SAP Business All-in- SAP Best Practices provides a solid
One solution, you get: foundation for SAP Business All-in-One,
• Comprehensive, integrated, business enabling you to implement a sophisti­
functionality to help you gain visibility cated solution in a fraction of the time
across your business and streamline typically required and at a predictable,
your core business processes – from affordable cost. SAP Best Practices
procurement and inventory and asset provides methods and tools for you to
planning to asset maintenance, financial implement best business practices in
management, and business analytics key functional areas for your industry,
 Partners, Other Pro- Strategic Planning Enterprise Resource Operations Patient Management
viders, and Suppliers Management Management and Accounting

Strategic service offering

Partner relationship management
Request to pay
Sourcing
Procurement of goods and services
Contract management
Vendor invoice management
Logistics execution
Inventory management
Inbound logistics
Outbound logistics

Enterprise management and support

Financials and controlling
Financial accounting
Management accounting and controlling
Analytics
Financial analytics
Operations analytics

Figure: Key Business Process Support for Healthcare Providers

such as those that support financial
management and supply chain manage-
ment. Whether you leverage all sup-
ported best practices during initial
­implementation or start with what
you need and add more later, you’ll
avoid some complex and resource-­
intensive steps in implementing your
SAP Business All-in-One solution.
With these best practices, your partner
and your project teams can help accel-
erate implementation by focusing on
tailoring the software to your specific
company requirements, rather than
starting from scratch.
This SAP Business All-in-One solution
gives you:
• Complete preconfiguration settings
that let you run your software with
minimal installation effort
• Extensive reusable documentation
that you can use for self-study, evalu-
ation, and project team and end-user
training
• A clear implementation methodology
based on a logical step-by-step
process
• Configuration guides for selected in-
terfaces for non–SAP software func-
tionalities such as those in the Pyxis
medication and supply management
system from CareFusion Corporation
and the Omnicell Inc. medication in-
ventory and dispensing system
Support Your Process Needs
Functionality in SAP Business All-in-
One for Healthcare supports the key
processes for your operations, from
supply management to financial and
managerial accounting and control (see
figure).
Streamline Procurement and Manage
Goods and Services
By enabling an integrated process for
managing partner and supplier relation-
ships, this SAP Business All-in-One
­solution helps you optimize the use of
those resources for the goods and ser-
vices you require from request through
payment. The software supports vendor
managed inventory, consigned inventory,
and purchasing for stock. The purchasing
and assignment of services resources
that must be requisitioned, managed,
and paid can be a key cost lever and
controlling challenge. However, the
software can help you manage these
processes. You can also manage health-
care industry–specific requirements
such as the maintenance of hospital
equipment and the purchasing of sup-
plies and equipment using manufacture
part number and approved manufacturer
parts list, or AMPL. And support for
services contract quotations and report-
ing through vendor invoice management
streamlines your internal financial opera-
tions and can result in decreased costs.
Synchronizing Inventory with Timeliness
and Accuracy
Managing inventory levels efficiently can
make a significant impact on patient
care, the satisfaction of patients and
employees, and operating efficiency.
It’s key that you have the right materials,
medications, and equipment in the right
quantities, at the right place and time,
while avoiding overstock or stockout
situations.
Let’s say you are managing stock trans-
fers using exchange carts between and
among locations or for issuance to the
patient (for Pyxis and Omnicell systems,
for example). You must be able to pro-
vide staff with transparent and accurate
inventory and inventory movement rec­
ords. With the inventory management
functionality in this SAP Business All-
in-One solution, you can optimize both
inventory levels and storage space on
the basis of inventory planning and
turnover. The solution enables you to
review the available inventory because
it updates internal transfers, goods
­receipts, and returns more quickly.
This gives your staff the information
necessary to meet the needs of patients
confidently, improve safety, and reduce
errors.
Enhancing Logistics with Healthcare
Industry Tracking
This solution supports the tracking
of requirements that are important to
healthcare providers, while helping
­ensure the tracking and tracing vital
to patient safety. For example, when
you must scrap or block inventory from
use for whatever reason, the solution
decrements the available inventory
and increments a scrap category of
­inventory. In addition, you can maintain
the identification of equipment by serial
number and supplies or medications
by batch identifiers so that you can
­efficiently respond to recalls. This can
improve the efficiency of these typically
labor-intensive and quality-sensitive
processes.
Help Ensure Optimal Enterprise
Management and Support
This solution provides functionalities for
healthcare industry–specific regulations
such as support for chart of accounts
required by the American Hospital As-
sociation. In addition, by integrating
­financial management with business
processes, this solution helps ensure
comprehensive financial reporting and
performance management. Automated
accounting and controlling processes
help improve administrative and ac-
counting efficiency. Furthermore, with
access to tools and a single analytical
platform for the enterprise in a cross-
functional and collaborative environment,
you can generate a complete picture of
your business.
Enhance Profitability and Business
Insight
With this SAP Business All-in-One
­solution, you can control profit drivers,
tightly link strategic plans to operational
performance, and enable a single ana-
lytic platform for your business. Analytic
tools enable you to define financial tar-
gets, develop a realistic business plan,
and monitor costs during execution.
From the solution’s unified reporting
system, you can also identify services,
suppliers, and processes that require
modifications to improve efficiency.
Benefit from Industry-Specific
Functionality
This SAP Business All-in-One solution
supports healthcare industry–specific
business processes and supports a
phased implementation. It offers a safe
approach to help you realize fast time
to value, and it scales to support your
business as it grows. You can imple-
ment this solution now and work with
one of our partners, who can extend
the functionality to address any addi-
tional requirements.
Find Out More
Call your SAP representative, or visit us
online at www.sap.com/sme/whysap
/industries/healthcare/index.epx.
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Summary
The SAP® Business All-in-One for Healthcare solution is a comprehensive enterprise resource
planning (ERP) solution based on proven industry best practices. Designed for rapid imple-
mentation at a predefined price, the software can help you realize a fast ROI to support
increased sales and decreased costs.

Business Challenges
• Streamline operations and improve operational efficiency and effectiveness to increase
employee satisfaction and productivity
• Overcome disjointed, nonintegrated systems that make full visibility into operations
­difficult and hamper effective decision making
• Contain rising costs and expenses and improve margins
• Reduce errors, enhance treatment quality, and increase patient satisfaction

Key Features
• Partner management – Support partner relationships to optimize the procurement,
­management, and payment of critical providers of services
• Supply chain management – Manage comprehensive procurement-cycle and logistics
execution, meeting healthcare industry–specific requirements
• Financials and controlling – Help ensure comprehensive financial reporting, analytics,
and operations

Business Benefits
• Improve efficiency with a business solution containing the functionality needed to support
your processes
• Minimize total cost of ownership as a result of the solution’s flexibility and scalability for
implementing enterprise-wide changes and optimizing global deployment
• Confidently grow your business with the help of proven ERP software from SAP
• Improve time to value by leveraging tools and methodologies that help you get every
­facet of your business running quickly and smoothly

For More Information

Call your SAP representative, or visit us online at
www.sap.com/sme/whysap/industries/healthcare/index.epx.
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