Second-Level Support and Third-Level Support
Definition and benefits SAP Support
Mainly the internal IT staff take over the maintenance, which could instead also push the further development of their own digital processes and applications. A resource conflict is inevitable. Especially if your company is also taking the first steps towards digital transformation and wants to switch from the SAP ECC ERP system to SAP S/4HANA in the near future.
The opportunities offered to us and our customers by these new technologies are still in their infancy. We expect a lot to happen in this area in the next few years. We're already showing where the journey is with our Built-in Support today. Support is integrated into the product via SAP CoPilot. Artificial intelligence ensures that the customer can talk to the system - keyword Conversational AI. In the background, the Digital Support Assistant uses the system context and other data to provide quick answers to technical customer questions. In the future, some questions will not even be asked, because the customer in the application already gets the necessary support and hints through his digital assistant to avoid possible problems. For SAP S4/HANA Cloud applications, we have been offering build-in support since this year's SAPPHIRE and are now expanding the range of services. We have already identified a number of scenarios where artificial intelligence can add significant value. Incident Solution Matching, a machine learning-based search for solutions, is already in operation within SAP and will soon be available to customers.
Experts on Demand
Then there is much to do before January 2020! The magic word is SAP Support Backbone - the reliable link to SAP. Whether the hot wire to the SAP Support Portal (e.g. hints), the EarlyWatch Alert Reports or the Maintenance Planner everything is located in the Support Backbone Infrastructure. This has been updated by SAP and changes must be made to their system!
The IBA Group employees certified by the Vendor ensure SAP support according to ITIL: They will identify customer requirements, build service portfolio, implement processes and functions that are important to companies (software service knowledge and configuration management, etc.), create responsibility mask (RACI), train users and ensure software service and infrastructure support. Our SLA offers multiple levels of support for systems and business applications.
"Shortcut for SAP Systems" is a PC application that simplifies or even enables many SAP support activities.
In close collaboration with your internal IT staff, our support experts can identify potential IT issues and help solve them before they become business issues.
With the introduction of SAP Cloud ALM, customers can select the most suitable SAP ALM solution for them, ensuring a fast implementation and optimal operation of their SAP solutions.