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Despite all of the talk about the new economy, higher education and research institutions still live by the old rules. Students expect services, taking their tuition funds to the institution that values them most. Budgets must be lean, yet agile enough to reflect changing requirements. Grant applications and disbursements must be closely managed to ensure that no funding opportunity is lost. With these realities, higher education and research institutions need proven solutions, the kind that only an experienced solution provider like SAP can provide.

SAP for Higher Education & Research delivers online information access to all members of the university community, new learning architectures, and efficiency-enhancing technologies, such as workflow, student life cycle, and self-service applications. In the business office, SAP for Higher Education & Research provides activity-based costing, intelligent procurement and materials management, and integrated information systems, as well as campus management for student management.

The SAP for Higher Education & Research industry portfolio helps university organizations modernize and achieve new efficiencies using Web based administration. These benefits which is already being realized by numerous higher education and research institutions worldwide which include new efficiencies delivered by fully integrated management processes and workflows, improved decision support delivered by business systems that enable service-oriented administration, transparent costs and more effective resource utilization, and enhanced communications made possible through linked systems.

mySAP Enterprise Portal offers a wide range of functions that enable online access to personalized information. Critical to developing a university's Internet presence, mySAP Enterprise Portal simplifies the configuration of portals and also handles such basic functions as registration, security, personalization, and incorporation of content and services. The solution also supports role-based information processing with access control.

For example, teachers can develop curricula; administrators can track applications, admission, and registration activities; students can plan a course of study; and marketers can manage campaigns. Users can access portals via PCs, or - using mySAP Mobile Business - with mobile devices, expanding the capabilities of the wireless campus. In addition, the Unification Portal offers open, widely distributed portal solutions that integrate seamlessly with enterprise applications, single user sign-on, a dynamic user interface, and the most innovative design and function within a portals product.

mySAP Supplier Relationship Management (mySAP SRM) streamlines and accelerates the procurement and administration of consumable, indirect materials, such as the books and supplies that are typically procured by university organizations. Purchasing, inventory management, and invoice verification functions enhance the efficiency of your procurement processes, reducing costly maverick buying and increasing the efficiency of the processes required for procuring goods and services. Through mySAP SRM, your institution can handle requirements planning, support purchasing and invoice verification, coordinate inventory management, and manage warehouse stock on the basis of both quantity and value. The solution is integrated throughout the mySAP Business Suite.