IDES Business Processes

All the business processes in IDES are complete business processes. They include all the logistical functions you require (Purchasing, Inventory Management, Production, Sales and Distribution), integrated into Accounting. In addition to the Financial Accounting functions, you can also use Controlling functions based on overhead costs, costing and profitability analysis. The processes are complemented by Human Resource Management functions and concluding management reports.

IDES contains fully integrated and documented scenarios for the following industry solutions: SAP Aerospace & Defense, SAP Automotive, SAP Banking, SAP Chemicals, SAP Consumer Products, SAP Engineering & Construction, SAP High Tech & Electronics, SAP Pharmaceuticals, SAP Retail und SAP Service Provider.

IDES online documentation can be accessed directly from the Q&A db (Question & Answer database) in ASAP. It is therefore possible, directly from a group of Questions in the Q&A db, to analyze the possibilities in IDES and to present them live in the system.

Each product and product line represents a specific type of planning and shop floor control. IDES contains all the resources required for manufacturing all kinds of products. These resources are assigned to the products in question in bills of material and routings. Fully integrated processes are in place in IDES for producing and selling the following products:



The Financial Accounting and reporting functions available in IDES comply fully with legal requirements. The hierarchical structure of the IDES corporate group illustrates this ideally.

The subgroups function according to the same principle but also take into account the business practices and legal regulations that prevail in their own specific region.

Depending on the company in question, controlling in the IDES system involves scenarios ranging from simple cost accounting structures to a fully rounded controlling model that includes overhead costs, product costs and profitability analysis. The quantity flows and value flows for Europe are handled in conjunction with closely related components such as Production Planning and Materials Management. They mirror processes involving the planning, performance and evaluation of business processes. Profitability Analysis and Enterprise Controlling also provide you with flexible, online reporting tools for conducting contribution margin analyses on the basis of market segments, and analyses of internal and external success factors.