Introducing D&B for SAP^® R/3^®

The SAP and D&B alliance brings together the world's leading provider of client/server business applications solution and the global leader in providing business information. This strategic alliance embeds on-line business content with integrated business applications. The joint offering, D&B for SAP R/3, seamlessly integrates SAP™ R/3^® solutions and D&B business information for enhanced decision support.

From a strategic supplier standpoint, customers can use D&B information within R/3 to help streamline and consolidate their supplier base, leverage purchasing power across the organization, and assist in reducing purchasing costs. SAP customers are able to identify bad debts at an early stage, which can help improve their cash flow and minimize days sales outstanding (DSO). D&B for SAP Solutions encompasses three major services:

Data Rationalization Service

D&B also offers a Data Rationalization Service that consolidates, cleanses and eliminates redundant customer and vendor records that originate from a wide variety of sources and multiple formats. D&B Data Rationalization Service consolidates the customer and vendor information in your legacy systems to create consistent, integrated and enhanced master files. D&B's service can speed up data preparation during an ERP implementation phase or enhance master records after implementation to ensure that the customer has and maintains the most reliable customer and vendor master files within SAP Business solutions.

D&B for SAP^® R/3^®

The D&B for SAP™ Solutions certified SAP interface offers online access to D&B's business and financial information directly from your R/3 system. You'll benefit from the world's largest business database, providing demographic, risk and purchasing information. Information that includes bankruptcy filings, suits, liens and judgments, regulatory filings, payment and banking experiences, business registrations and more.

Availability of this service

Version 1.1 of 'D&B for SAP R/3' supports SAP R/3 versions 3.1 and 4.0 and is available in de Unites States, Germany, United Kingdom and France. Version 1.2, which supports SAP R/3 version 4.5, will be released during this year and will be available at the end of this year in other countries.

D&B Information Solutions for Customer and Supplier Management

D&B Information Solutions enable you to optimize your SAP R/3 investment through tighter supply chain management and a deeper understanding of your customer and vendor base. D&B can help you reduce your purchasing costs and improve the effectiveness of your risk assessment processes, with these three innovative solutions: