SAP for Engineering, Construction, and Operations Blog Posts

Uniting our efforts for advancement of the global infrastructure

Across the globe, we're witnessing a remarkable era of infrastructure transformation. This month, we spotlight notable projects in the US, UK, Europe, China and Australia, illustrating the diversity and scale of efforts to modernize and enhance our w...

Demystify AI in Construction

Predicting the future is a complex and often speculative endeavor, and there is no foolproof method for doing so. You can rely on Astrology and read Nostradamus book "Les Prophéties," a collection of quatrains that he claimed contained predictions ab...

SAP Partner Webinars for Construction and Real Estate

SAP is continuously enabling all Construction and Real Estate Partners to create a collaborative ecosystem, extend its market reach, enhance product offerings, and provide better support and services to customers around the world. We are managing a P...

RFI's or Navigating the Art of Waiting

Idle time refers to periods during which resources, such as equipment, machinery, labor, or facilities, are not actively engaged in productive work. Idle time can occur for various reasons and can have both planned and unplanned aspects - one being R...

Transcript Blog: SAP's Industry Cloud Special Edition- Engineering, Construction, and Operations

To kick-off a new series focusing on SAP’s Industry Cloud, Josephine Monberg interviews Johnny Clemmons, Global Head for the Engineering, Construction, and Operations Industry at SAP and Donald Wachs, Head of Industrial Equipment and Manufacturing ...

Transcript Blog- The Global Impact of COVID-19 on the Engineering , Construction and Operations Industry

On this episode of Industry Insights by SAP, Josephine Monberg interviews Shenaz Bilkis, Global Industry Director, Construction & Real Estate at SAP. Shenaz discusses the short and long term impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the EC&O industry a...

“The only source of knowledge is experience” Albert Einstein – Share your experiences with us and win the SAP Innovation Award 2019!

In times where buildings and infrastructure projects are becoming even larger and more complex, engineering and construction companies need digital technologies to stay competitive - the need for smart buildings and infrastructures is often the bas...

A Hard Hat Is Not Enough: IoT Is Saving Lives In Qatar

Construction sites are dangerous places, but SAP and SK Solutions are keeping this one in Qatar safe and secure with software designed to saves lives. Standing on a roadside in Qatar where camel once passed, I watch hundreds of trucks roll by. I am...

Discover the world of digital construction and real estate

What are your plans for May? SAPPHIRENOW 2017 is taking place in Orlando, Florida from May16-18. Construction and real estate firms should be checking our agenda as it is full of interesting topics around digital transformation, project management an...

SAP Cloud for Real Estate Announced

On September, 12-13, the 11th International and 19th German SAP Conference on Real Estate Management 2016 brought together SAP customers, partners and interested parties to exchange the latest trends and to get a glimpse of new innovations in the ind...

The Construction Industry will be at SAPPHIRE NOW 2016

The Commodore 64 , introduced in 1982, remains the best-selling single personal computer model of all time and I believe this to be so because it was priced right, readily available, and arrived at an inflection point for its market. SAP S/4HANA, al...

How to Attract and Retain Skilled Construction Workers

By Luke MarsonIt’s no secret that the construction industry is facing an unprecedented shortage of skilled workers. The industry’s worker exodus during the financial crisis of the 2000s and retiring baby boomers leaves “70% of construction CEOs conce...

Digitalization and Industrialization in Construction

Digitalization and Industrialization of the construction process facilitated by topics like BIM and Lean Construction are supposed to drive the transformation of this industry. The result will be an integrated project delivery network in the construc...

Run Financials Add-on for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA 1.0 with EC&O

Do you plan to run the Financials Add-on for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA 1.0 together with SAP ERP system on the same system?The Financials Add-on can be combined with a subset of enhancement package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0 software components a...

How to do Collaboration and Invoicing with Subcontractors

SAP helps companies to procure services with optimizing the collaboration between involved business partners and the invoicing with specific requirements like advance payment, stage payment, cumulative values, retention handling.SAP JAM is a secure, ...

In this people-centric business, who's with you for the long haul?

I'm always impressed to see the plaques recognizing 25, 30, and sometimes 50-year employees of construction firms. People are the core of a construction company, and their collective experience and reputation is critical to winning new work and deli...

Zachry Construction, B4 Consulting, & SAP Host Microforum at SAPPHIRE NOW 2014

At this year's SAPPHIRE NOW, I had the honor of hosting a microforum alongside Ranjeet Gadhoke from Zachry Construction and Juan Moore from B4 Consulting. The session was titled Growing and Optimizing Construction Operations and we discussed Zachry'...

Day Hour Systems

Gentlemen,Here is and idea merging existing mobile technology with data management to make existing business more profitable. Many companies offer equipment rental management programs, however by merging them with mobile telemetry technology, it wou...

Intelligent Data at the Mall: How Mall Owners and Retailers Are Using Data to Boost the Bottom Line

The biggest challenge facing the retail mall owner isn’t found within the mall’s physical corridors, retail spaces, or food courts. It isn’t occupancy rates, aging facilities, or security. Instead, for commercial real estate owners, the single bigges...

ENR FutureTech Wrap-Up

My colleague, Aasawari Kakade, and I attended the ENR FutureTech West conference in San Francisco last week. It was a great opportunity to hear from industry experts and thought leaders, and network with the record-setting 320 attendees from North A...

SAP Commercial Project Management Generally Available

SAP Commercial Project Management, a new application extending SAP Business Suite with project-management specif capabilities, is now generally available.Read the official announcement on SAP Newsroom.A dedicated section will be available on sap.com ...

“Project Cost is the matter of Market and Revenue is the matter of Reality” however “Project Margin is the matter of Project Control”

Recently I got the opportunity to present our SAP solutions to a big civil contractor in Dubai. I was having a discussion around project management with its CEO. He was giving the insight about Dubai construction market and was sharing the challenges...

CH2M Hill Runs SAP

Did you know global engineering & infrastructure firm CH2M Hill runs SAP for financial planning & consolidation? You can hear all about it first-hand from their employees here. What tools are you using for planning & consolidations in your firm? A...

Step aside Crystal Ball – Predictive Analytics Steals the Show at ENR FutureTech

Last week, I attended the ENR FutureTech East conference in New York City. It was a great event and the most relevant FutureTech yet to the SAP solution portfolio. In fact, the agenda might as well have been pulled directly from an SAP industry pro...

Day & Zimmermann Runs Sybase ASE

Here's a great article from ASUG about one of our EC&O Executive Advisory Committee members, Day & Zimmermann, and their migration from Oracle to Sybase ASE. They are always doing great things with SAP and making the most of our innovative solutions...

MILLS Runs SAP... And it's about to run ETM!

It's almost there...Mills is the market leader in providing specialized engineering services in Brazil. With more than 40 units spread across 13 States in the country, it has the largest geographical presence in the segment and has more than four tho...

Cloud computing, jet engines, and the construction company that feeds inmates

I've spent the last 3 days at our headquarters in Newtown Square, PA, participating in our Executive Advisory Council meetings. It's been great to talk with executives from our top EC&O customers around the globe to gain insight into their opportuni...

Customer Webinar for SAP Commercial Project Management on Sept. 11, 2013

SAP Commercial Project Management supports companies in managing the lead-to-cash scenario for the entire project business, covering processes for selling, planning, execution and monitoring of projects. This solution is an extension to the SAP Busin...

US Construction Spending Is Down....Will Demolition Spending Go Up?

Looking at the construction industry headlines recently, I often wonder when the US economy, barely growing by most main indicators, will begin to boost the anemic construction industry.Yes, there are some bright spots (Hotel Construction Sees a Mode...

SAP Intelligent Building Forum Approaching Fast

Excitement is growing rapidly at SAP in anticipation of our first intelligent building forum. It has been encouraging to see the support we have from our partner community in establishing an open dialogue on this subject. This is going to be an int...

Intelligent Buildings = Intelligent Business

This is the summer for SAP Intelligent Building Solutions. SAP for EC&O is getting more involved in the Smart Building movement.During next weeks Realcomm / IBcon event, SAP will be Educational Track Sponsor and Exhibtor. Realcomm is the defacto co...

Al Hamra Real Estate Runs SAP!

Congratulations to our friends and colleagues at Al Hamra Real Estate on the successful implementation of full-scope SAP for all of their operations! See the press release here.

SAP Interface software for Weighbridges

Hi ,It is always challenging to interface external device to SAP in the manufacturing sectors. Weighbridge place vital role in all manufacturing industries where all incoming & outgoing materials are weighed & billed.and There are many no of weighbri...

Completing the Facility Lifecycle with Integrated 3D and Business Data

This is the final post in a series on how the intersection of 3D and business data can be leveraged throughout the lifecycle of a facility. Part 1 can be found here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.Once a building or facility has been turned over from ...

Design Thinking for Construction

Constructech recently featured a great article about putting customers first to achieve stunning innovation. This is exactly how SAP works with our customers to do truly amazing things! Specifically, we leverage Design Thinking to develop Customer ...

Chimirec Group - ERP in SME | Customer Feedback

Financial management & business processes with multi-company operation with EoZen Waste Management, the Sap All-in-One industry specific vertical solution for waste management. The Chimirec Group is specialized in the collection and treatment of haza...

Building Intelligence – What is the Smart answer?

Building Intelligence, the internet of things, machine to machine – these concepts of making our buildings smarter and providing the ability to save money and drive shareholder value is sweeping not only the nation, but the world. This topic is floo...

Q: How Many Comm. Real Estate Industry Technology Solution Providers Have a Chief Sustainability Officer?

A: I know at least one. SAP.So, I was just sitting down to write up a blog on the upcoming SAPPHIRE NOW 2013 in Orlando. There are many excellent changes this year that I wanted to share. But, I was sidetracked while scanning and reading some industr...

Cost Estimation creates Big Data

I've traveled extensively around the world over the past year and have met with dozens of Engineering, Construction, and Facility Operations companies in every region. One theme, or systemic issue, that seems to be top of mind for the Operations side...

Enterprise Mobility in Construction

A colleague recently sent me this Wall Street Journal article on the rising popularity of enterprise mobility, including some examples in the construction industry. The article mentions the frustration that developers have writing apps for multiple ...

Construction Industry Headlines Tell the Same Slim Margin Story

One doesn't have to read far into the news to see a familiar story across the North American and European construction industry. I've seen companies report annual margins increase from 3 to 3.3% in for 2011 to 2012, and this is a positive sign. Real...

Help Wanted Ads Tell the Truth: Construction Firms Need Mobile Application Platform

Recently, I was searching on the internet, researching technology trends impacting the EC&O industry landscape. I came across several job postings from construction firms in search of IT experts in mobile architecture. With a quick glance, these jo...

Tenants and Landlords collaborate to improve Real Estate Operations

What if we could collaborate between the owner operators, their corporate and retail tenants and the real estate services companies? Can you imagine the improvement in understanding of how system solutions impact these relationships? For many years...

Leveraging BIM and Business Data During the Construction Phase

This is part 3 in a series of blog posts on how the intersection of 3D and business data can be leveraged throughout the lifecycle of a facility. Part 1 can be found here and Part 2 can be found here.As a building project moves from preconstruction ...

Choosing a Device is Not a Mobility Strategy

This week I've been taking advantage of a quiet period and cleaning up my inbox in preparation for 2013. One of the items I came across is this webcast from earlier in the year regarding mobile strategy for construction companies. There's some grea...

Webcast Insider Speaks Out - Is ERP a viable platform for Commercial Real Estate?

I recently had a chance to give a presentation in a webinar hosted by Realcomm and delivered to the commercial real estate community. This was a great opportunity to get SAP Real Estate some additional exposure as well as gain insight into what othe...

The Intersection of BIM and Business Data in Preconstruction

This is part 2 in a series of blog posts on how the intersection of 3D and business data can be leveraged throughout the lifecycle of a facility. Part 1 can be found here.In my experience, many construction companies are using BIM models in preconst...

Brand new: SAP User Experience Community

Very recently launched, the community aims to bring together IT Leads, Line of Business heads, designers, partners, customers and others in the broader SAP ecosystem to discuss and share ideas about bringing new and beautiful user experiences to SAP ...

The Intersection of 3D and Business Data Is Real!

One thing I find especially interesting about my job is the ability to work with specialists in various non-construction industries to share best practices and identify areas in which our real estate and construction customers can learn from companie...

EC&O Customers Share Insight and Best Practice in UK Based Forum

As it was, the Royal Academy of Engineering in London was an appropriate setting for the 2012 EC&O Industry Value Network Forum. Drawing on customers and prospects from around the UK and other parts of EMEA, the interaction, exchange and information...