How SAP BTP Industry Solutions is Transforming Manufacturing, Retail and Finance

Introduction

It’s a ferocious time to be out there putting pressure on industries. Manufacturers are being asked to do more with less. Retailers need to be hyper-personalized everywhere. Banks are in a state of continuous compliance, security and real time monitoring.

Here’s where SAP BTP Industry Solutions come in.

The SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) isn’t a plain-vanilla tech layer; it provides industry-specific capabilities, templates, services, and patterns inspired by specific realities in industries such as manufacturing, retail or finance. Together with intelligent SAP Custom Development, organizations can surpass traditional ERP and really redefine what they do.

How SAP BTP Industry Solutions Are Revolutionizing Manufacturing

Scars and nicks on many surfaces show that they have been dampened with fluids for weeks.” The manufacturing industry is transitioning through one of the largest changes in its history – smart factories, predictive maintenance (and a certain type of inventory management), digital twins and real time visibility into supply chain are not fancy words for the future but form an expensive strategic competitive advantage.

Traditional Plant to Intelligent Factory

With SAP BTP Industry Solutions for Manufacturing, customers can:

• Real-time connection of machines, sensors and ERP applications to each other
  
• Employ advanced analytics to track performance and quality
  
• Develop plant specific side by side extensions without changing the core 🡒.Rest Controller (Controller Name, Default View Suffix = “Proposal”)Copied!
  

Key capabilities typically involve:

• SAP HANA Cloud for Data Processing at High Speed
  
• SAP Integration Suite for MES, PLCs, ERP Connectivity
  
• SAP Analytics Cloud for enterprise-wide operational dashboards and KPIs
  
• SAP Business Application Studio Build Apps or CAP for custom shop-floor or maintenance apps
  

Use Cases in Manufacturing as an Example

a) Predictive Maintenance & Health of Asset

Manufacturers can collect sensor data (temperature, vibration, pressure) from machines and shove the data into SAP BTP. And with analytics and predictive algorithms, they are able to:

• Anticipate failures before they occur
  
• Maintain it when the maintenance doesn’t get in the way
  
• Reduce downtime and repair costs
  

b) Digital Production Cockpit

SAP BTP allows plant managers a holistic view of production for all lines and sites, through the aggregation of data flowing from:

• SAP S/4HANA (orders, confirmations)
  
• MES (machine states)
  
• Quality systems
  

This enables them to:

• See bottlenecks in real time
  
• Adjust production schedules dynamically
  
• Make delivery dates be better adhered to
  

c) Connected Supply Chain Collaboration

SAP BTP Industry Solutions are available for the following use cases:

• Suppliers provide inventory and capacity availability data
  
• Production plans can be adjusted in-line with the component availability at any given time
  
• Logistics partners are an integral part of the planning process
  

All this adds up to greater resilience and less last-minute surprise.

The retail sector is undergoing massive change, and SAP’s business technology platform (BTP) industry solutions are playing a significant role in that transformation.

Today, retail is about experiences fast and personalized but consistent everywhere.

2From Data to Personalized Journeys

Retailers that deploy SAP BTP Industry Solutions can consolidate data from:

• E-commerce platforms
  
• Point-of-sale (POS) systems
  
• CRM and loyalty platforms
  
• Marketing automation tools
  

With SAP BTP as the integration and intelligence, they are able to:

• Build 360° customer profiles
  
• Deliver tailored promotions
  
• Perfect assortments by store or region
  

Major Retail Capabilities on SAP BTP

Following are the key retail capabilities available in SAP Business Technology Platform: 1) Retail Pricing The SAP Cloud Platform API business hub offers pre-configured APIs for retail pricing solutions which helps to speed up the innovation within your systems.

Common building blocks include:

• SAP Integration Suite can be leveraged for POS, marketplace and payment gateway integration
  
• SAP Analytics Cloud for basket analysis, footfall analytics and campaign effectiveness
  
• SAP Build Apps and Store associate apps, click-and-collect workflows, or returns management
  
• Event-driven paradigms (e.g., SAP Event Mesh) related to real-time order and inventory updates
  

Examples of Retail Use Case

a) Omni-Channel Inventory Visibility

With SAP BTP, you can bring stock information from:

• Central warehouses
  
• Regional distribution centers
  
• Physical stores
  
• E-commerce channels
  

This allows retailers to:

• Show accurate stock availability online
  
• Start BOPIS Shopper Story Enable “buy online, pick up in store” (BOPIS) use-cases.
  
• Minimize lost sales from misreported inventory
  

b) Offers Personalization & Customer Interaction

Retailers can all make use of this rationale by looking at behavior across channels to:

• Send live offers ( such as app notification, email)
  
• categorize customers by their value, behavior or preference
  
• 1.7x surge in basket size due to Smart Recommendation
  

c) Store Operations Digitization

Leveraging SAP BTP and low-code capabilities, retailers can easily create:

• Store audit checklists
  
• Shelf replenishment trackers
  
• Apps for staff to process returns, conduct price checks and answer customer questions.
  

The payoff: improved service, more efficient store employees and happier customers.

Digitizing Finance with SAP BTP Industry Solutions

Finance is the lifeblood of any company — and it’s under siege from regulators, auditors, executives, and customers all at once.

Towards Real-Time Finance – From Batch-Driven to real-time finance

SAP BTP Industry Solutions for Finance offers:

• Instant visibility of cash flow, profitability and risk
  
• Faster period-end closing
  
• Improved alignment between business and finance parties
  

By embedding ERP, banks’ interfaces, and external market data with analytics tools, SAP BTP serves as the nucleus of intelligence for today’s finance.

Core BTP Handsome banking features provided by SAP AWP

Typical components include:

• SAP HANA Cloud for finance data modeling and consolidation
  
• SAP Analytics Cloud – for Planning, and Predictive capabilities.
  
• Integration Suite to link banks and payment providers.
  
• Software for invoice processing, reconciliations and approvals were automated.
  

Financial Example Uses

a) Cash Management & Treasury in Real Time

Finance teams use SAP BTP to:

• Consolidate cash position over different banks and parties
  
• Simulate liquidity under different scenarios
  
• Invest OR borrow more quickly
  

b) Financial Close & Reporting Automation

Extensions on SAP BTP can:

• Coordinate in the last mile of the close process
  
• “Have controls in place to validate the data before it gets into group reporting.
  
• Automate management reports & dashboards for production
  

c) Risk & Compliance Monitoring

With SAP BTP, organizations can:

• Report to suspicious cross-border transactions in near real-time.
  
• Then, combine rule and machine learning to identify anomalies
  
• To encourage compliance with local and worldwide laws
  

Custom Development: SAP BTP Industry Solutions The Reason You Need It

The things you get out of the box can be rather amazing — but they are almost never 100% what a company wants.

Here SAP Custom Development on SAP BTP comes into play.

Bridging the Last Mile

Industry solutions provide:

• Standard processes
  
• Templates
  
• Data models
  

But every organization has unique:

• Products
  
• Channels
  
• Regulatory constraints
  
• Differentiated processes
  

Custom Development on SAP Business Technology Platform You can do the following custom development on SAP BTP:

• Customize common flows without shattering the foundation
  
• Build microservices for unique scenarios
  
• Build bridges with portals, apps and workflows for your organization
  

Business Outcomes You Can Expect

Companies using SAP BTP Industry Solutions with the appropriate custom approach tend to find:

• Lower operating costs with smart automation and processes
  
• Better decisions based on real-time, integrated information
  
• Better customer experience in stores, as well as service providers
  
• More robustness in the network of manufacturing and supply chains
  
• Less speculative and more- transparent finance operations
  

SAP BTP now forms the digital heart, linking people, systems, and operations in its entirety from one end of the value chain to the other.

Conclusion

SAP BTP Industry Solutions are more than a technology trend, they represent a tangible journey to innovation in the real world for manufacturing, retail and finance.

By combining:

• Industry-specific capabilities
  
• Robust integration and analytics
  
• Side-by-side extensions
  
• Tailored custom development
  

you can construct a digital habitat that is adaptable, scalable, adaptive and future ready.

We are experts in making SAP BTP a strategic asset that shapes how the future of your industry unfolds – by designing, building and running industry-ready solutions according to your core business priorities. For more insights on SAP BTP, check out our detailed blog on How SAP BTP Architecture Works A Clear Step by Step Guide for Beginners to deepen your understanding.

If your company is serious about reinventing processes, unleashing data and being competitive in 2025 onward, SAP BTP Industry Solutions belong here to lay strong foundation stones.

Contact Cremencing Solutions to kick start the conversation around your SAP BTP journey and see how our SAP Custom Development services can fast track your adoption.

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FAQs

What are Industry Solutions in SAP BTP?

The SAP BTP Industry Solutions are a set of services, templates, integrations and best practices optimized for unique industry business processes, data models and integration requirements to meet the individual needs of specific industries – like manufacturing, retail and financial services.

How do manufacturers use SAP BTP Industry Solutions?

They help manufacturers:

• Connect machines, sensors, and ERP
  
• Implement predictive maintenance
  

Will SAP BTP enhance the customer journey of retail?

Yes. With integration across POS, e-commerce, CRM and marketing solutions, SAP BTP empowers:

• 360° customer views
  
• Personalized campaigns
  
• Omni-channel inventory visibility
  
• Digitized in-store operations
  

How SAP BTP is used in finance?

In finance, SAP BTP supports:

• Real-time cash and liquidity views
  
• Automated closing and reporting workflows
  
• Advanced planning and forecasting
  
• Risk, fraud and compliance monitoring
  

Do I need to develop new capabilities if I implement SAP BTP Industry Solutions?

Typically, yes. Package solutions offer a great starting point, but some degree of customization is almost always required to:

• Match your exact processes
  
• Integrate additional systems
  
• Create unique applications and user experiences

Can small and medium businesses in these industries also use SAP BTP?

Absolutely. SAP BTP is modular and on-demand. Smaller organizations can start with:

• A limited number of use cases
  
• A single scenario of integration or analytics.
  
• One or two custom apps
  

and then scale with them as they grow.

Resources

Official SAP Resources

• SAP Business Technology Platform Overview
  
• SAP BTP – Industries
  
• SAP Community