Development / Programming

While SAP solutions do cater for the vast majority of business requirements, there are sometimes company-specific needs that can only be met through customized development and reporting. K5 is highly skilled in the area of customized development, reporting and process automation.

SAP Business Technology Platform

Custom Development on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) refers to the process of creating tailor-made applications, extensions, and solutions to meet specific business requirements and unique use cases. SAP BTP provides a comprehensive set of services, tools, and technologies that enable developers to build, integrate, and extend applications using cloud-based resources, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and more. Custom Development allows businesses to innovate and differentiate themselves by addressing their specific needs and delivering personalized experiences to users and customers.

Here are the key aspects of Custom Development on SAP Business Technology Platform:

  1. Business-Specific Solutions: Custom Development revolves around understanding the specific needs and challenges of a business and building applications that cater to those exact requirements. Whether it’s creating a new application from scratch or extending existing SAP solutions, the goal is to provide a tailored solution that aligns with the organization’s objectives.
  2. Agile and Iterative Approach: SAP BTP supports agile development methodologies, allowing developers to work iteratively and collaboratively with stakeholders. This iterative approach enables faster prototyping, quick feedback loops, and continuous improvement, ensuring that the final product meets evolving business needs.
  3. Integration Capabilities: Custom-developed applications can seamlessly integrate with existing SAP solutions and third-party systems, providing a unified and cohesive IT landscape. SAP BTP’s integration services enable data flow and communication between various applications, optimizing processes and enhancing efficiency.
  4. Innovative Technologies: Leveraging SAP BTP’s advanced technologies, such as AI, machine learning, IoT, and blockchain, opens up new possibilities for innovation. Developers can embed intelligent features and data-driven insights into their applications, making them more powerful and future-ready.
  5. SAP Fiori UX: Custom applications built on SAP BTP can follow the SAP Fiori design principles, ensuring a consistent and intuitive user experience. SAP Fiori provides a modern, role-based user interface that enhances productivity and user satisfaction.
  6. Multi-Cloud Deployment: SAP BTP supports multi-cloud deployment options, allowing businesses to choose the cloud infrastructure provider that best suits their needs and complies with their organizational policies.
  7. Security and Compliance: Security is a top priority when undertaking Custom Development on SAP BTP. The platform incorporates robust security measures to protect data and applications. Businesses must adhere to best practices and comply with relevant regulations to ensure data privacy and security.
  8. Data Analytics and Insights: SAP BTP’s data analytics capabilities enable businesses to gather, analyze, and visualize data from various sources. Custom-developed applications can leverage these insights to make data-driven decisions and optimize business processes.
  9. Lifecycle Management: SAP BTP provides tools for application lifecycle management, supporting tasks like version control, testing, and deployment. This facilitates the smooth development and maintenance of custom applications.
  10. Continuous Support and Improvement: After deployment, ongoing support and maintenance are crucial for the success of custom applications. SAP BTP’s support services and regular updates ensure that applications remain up-to-date and compatible with the evolving technology landscape.

In summary, Custom Development on SAP Business Technology Platform empowers businesses to create tailored and innovative applications that address specific business challenges and opportunities. By leveraging the platform’s capabilities, organizations can accelerate their digital transformation, streamline operations, and deliver exceptional experiences to their users and customers.

ABAP

We offer advanced ABAP development solutions in all SAP modules, focusing on providing superior user experience. Our developers have broad cross-module experience which allows us to understand your exact requirements and to deliver according to your expectations.

Workflow / BPM / Process Orchestration

Our passion is around streamlining business processes in order to help our customers achieve process transparency, governance, compliance, and efficiency. We achieve this through SAP’s workflow solutions such as SAP Business One Workflow, SAP ECC Workflow and SAP Process Orchestration Suite.

As an SAP Special Expertise partner, we offer a full range of services related to Business Process Management. Through process automation and the use of innovative technologies, we are able to help your organization benefit from massive cost savings. We work closely with SAP in building a strong awareness of what BPM is and how it can benefit African companies. We have a broad range of skill-sets, from BPM modelling, optimization, re-engineering and documentation, all the way through to process automation, business rules management, advanced user interface design, integration and mobile enablement. Examples of the services we offer include:

  • Formal curriculum training for customers (on-site and off)
  • One-on-one full day workshops tailored to your specific requirements
  • Proof of concept development
  • Return on investment calculations
  • New Process Orchestration implementations
  • Incremental milestone projects
  • Process Orchestration hosting

Integration

We have many years of integration experience, from fully custom integration scenarios, to standard ALE scenarios. We utilize SAP standard integration functionality where possible, and for the more advanced requirements we develop integration from the ground up to meet your needs.