With the growing network of processes and systems, the need for efficient management support systems is also increasing. However for this it is not enough to place a company strategically and give guidelines for its further development. Instead it is essential to have real time analysis and graphical visualization of the key performance indicators. In SAP BC assimilation and analysis of information is possible. BC gives a holistic view of the company by considering both the financial data and non- financial assets of the company. As corporate planning is often not done in one common planning tool (e.g. turnover plan in a sales system and cost center plan in excel) studying interdependencies and coordination among them has become even more tedious. Thus the strategic management system must establish a planning process through all levels of planning in the company to make the data available for all responsible persons in one system. With SAP BC it is possible to upload data of different planning tools, manipulate planning data and write back changed data to the operational system. SAP BC can also be used as early warning system to inform the responsible persons about critical indicators on the basis of already defined thresholds of these indicators.

The SAP Business Connector makes all mySAP.com Solutions accessible via XML-based business documents. It supports all major existing interfaces provided by SAP and thus empowers SAP customers to instantly benefit from SAP functionality over the Internet. This makes mySAP.com solutions an integral part of their e-commerce solutions. Fully cooperative distributed business solutions require only a widely available, cost-effective Internet connection. The SAP Business Connector extends business scenarios across firewalls. It enables the secure flow of business documents between businesses without requiring changes to established security infrastructures.