In today’s competitive market, effective product development is critical to business success. Organizations must innovate rapidly while managing costs, resources, and compliance requirements. SAP Business ByDesign (ByD)—SAP’s comprehensive cloud ERP solution—provides integrated tools that streamline and optimize the entire product development lifecycle, enabling companies to bring products to market faster and more efficiently.
SAP Business ByDesign is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution designed primarily for small and mid-sized businesses and subsidiaries of large enterprises. ByD covers multiple business functions such as finance, procurement, project management, supply chain, and customer relationship management, all within a unified platform.
Product development involves multiple interrelated activities, including ideation, design, procurement, production planning, and quality control. SAP Business ByDesign supports these activities through modules that enable collaboration, transparency, and real-time decision-making.
While SAP Business ByDesign is not a dedicated PLM system, it integrates seamlessly with SAP PLM or other third-party PLM solutions. This integration allows organizations to maintain product data consistency, track engineering changes, and manage bill of materials (BOM) efficiently.
Product development projects can be planned, tracked, and controlled using ByDesign’s project management capabilities. Project managers can define phases, allocate resources, monitor progress, and manage budgets—all crucial to keeping product development on schedule and within cost.
Sourcing materials and components is critical in product development. SAP Business ByDesign facilitates automated procurement processes, vendor management, and supplier collaboration, ensuring timely delivery of quality materials needed for prototypes and production.
ByD helps manage inventory levels and warehouse operations, ensuring that materials and components are available when needed without excessive stockholding. Real-time inventory visibility supports agile product development and manufacturing processes.
Quality assurance is embedded in the product development lifecycle via inspection planning and quality checks integrated within production and procurement processes. This helps identify and address quality issues early, reducing costly rework and recalls.
Product development projects often face tight budget constraints. SAP Business ByDesign offers comprehensive financial management tools to track project costs, forecast expenses, and analyze profitability, helping companies manage investments wisely.
ByDesign supports collaborative workflows by enabling document sharing, version control, and communication among engineering, procurement, production, and sales teams, fostering innovation and reducing delays.
SAP Business ByDesign offers a robust, integrated platform to support the complexities of product development. By aligning project management, procurement, supply chain, quality, and finance in a single cloud ERP solution, ByDesign helps organizations accelerate innovation, optimize resources, and improve overall product success.
For businesses looking to enhance their product development capabilities with a scalable and user-friendly ERP system, SAP Business ByDesign represents a strategic enabler for growth and competitive advantage in today’s fast-paced markets.