Why Authorization Process Manager?

Applying the Authorization Process Manager tool is an effective way to realize significant sustainable resource and time savings.

 

Authorization Process Manager® is a SAP® Certified tool seamlessly embedded into SAP. The main operational differences from using it is listed in the table below. Authorization Process Manager saves a lot of work both in production support and in projects.

 

Task

Without APM

With APM

Transports sets

Multiple

1

Approvals

Multiple

1

Testing Sessions

Multiple

1

Contacts

Multiple

1

Corrections

Multiple

1

Ticket Updates

Multiple

1

Documentation

Multiple

1


Significantly enhanced workflows

The first illustration below show a typical role maintenance workflow using standard SAP SU53 (without using the tool) and the second illustration show  a role maintenance workflow using the tool. Using a standard SAP SU53 workflow, testers will have to await the authorization team every time they record an error. This causes a lot of stops in the testing process and hikes the average time to develop roles.