Project Management ERP Integration: End-to-End Business Process

Project management tools provide an environment for project planning, scheduling, and tracking. Integration of project management tools with ERP and financial systems creates a powerful end-to-end business process for enterprise program management. Actual progress can meet actual costs in a hands-free manner for better visibility and decision making. Integrating systems is challenging business. Here is an interesting reference on third party middleware for project management and ERP integration ...

Via Impress Software: NB Power Goes Live with Impress Project Integration Application: Implementation of Impress Project I.App™ completed in record time to integrate Primavera® Project Management software with SAP® PLM Application ...

... "Project I.App integrates the business processes of project planning and enterprise resource planning (ERP) that would otherwise run independently of each other. Ensuring project data is consistent across all systems at all times, Project I.App eliminates the need for duplicate data entry and the risk of mismatched schedules and resources. Project I.App is a pre-packaged, out-of-the-box Integration Application that links SAP with major project scheduling and management products, such as Primavera, Microsoft Project, and TrackSoftware.NET. Accessible via a standard web interface, Project I.App includes a set-up wizard that is easy to use and administer and requires no programming knowledge. Project I.App was jointly developed by SAP and IMPRESS and is supported through SAP OSS. " ...

Impress Software provides packaged enterprise integration applications for SAP customers. Called I.Apps™, these applications enable quick and cost-effective deployment of streamlined business processes across multiple enterprise systems. Impress I.Apps are ready-made combinations of pre-defined integration elements. Coupled with tools that enable flexible implementation of custom and specific integration scenarios, Impress I.Apps allow integration to be completed at a fraction of the time and cost compared to traditional EAI development platforms. Impress customers include global leaders such as Bayer, DuPont, Halliburton, Nebraska Public Power District, Ontario Power Generation, Valero, and Total.