Elastic Suite is a globally adopted wholesale ecommerce solution designed to bring shared success to brands and their retail partners through collaborative commerce and digital merchandising. Our powerful B2B ecommerce platform transforms your wholesale business, from transactional to transformational, by integrating ERP systems and backend data with sales reps, retailers and distributors.
SAP is the global leader in business software solutions including enterprise ERP systems. 80% of all transactions are related to the systems and it’s the dominant enterprise solution because of its integrated, cross-functional automated data processing. The integration between Elastic Suite and SAP is only natural, as Elastic provides specialized B2B ecommerce solutions to some of the world’s leading enterprises
By implementing Elastic’s digital selling solutions with enterprise ERPs customers can unlock a fully integrated wholesale commerce system that will ultimately lead to increased sales revenue. Elastic has developed purpose-built integration solutions for SAP S4, HANA, and all other SAP versions.
Bringing powerful ERP data into Elastic
The underlying benefit of a fully-integrated solution is a continuous and efficient B2B ecommerce for profitable growth. The integration is implemented specifically for the wholesale ecosystem, customized for each brand’s unique points of chaos. The efficiencies and insights that come with the data sync are endless.
Seamless integration
With the SAP Adapter for Elastic, the management of B2B content becomes a seamless extension of the ERP with a true out-of-the-box solution. Once integrated, SAP data flows automatically to Elastic.
Fixed cost implementation
The rollout of the adapter is done on a fixed-cost basis. Our project managers work with your team to identify what data fields are necessary for B2B sales and should be accessible inside of Elastic.
Single source of data
The adapter utilizes a single source of data that flows through the integrated platforms. This eliminates islands of information, creating the highest level of efficiency and preventing errors that come with maintaining multiple data sources.
Hands-off standardization
Elastic’s approach to integration provides true hands-off standardization for both platform management and worry-free maintenance. With user education and IT support, both brands and buyers enjoy a streamlined wholesale commerce process.
Speed to market
Because Elastic is already fully adapted and integrated with SAP, deployment is quick. In most cases, the rollout is measured in months, not quarters. Additionally, we have nearly two dozen SAP clients using the adapter technology.
Enhanced reporting
By combining sales, orders and inventory, Elastic and SAP provide a high level of visibility into key B2B commerce metrics. This creates greater data confidence and validation that business leaders need to understand their channel and wholesale growth.
Integrated process flow
The SAP Adapter for Elastic allows for complete functionality within the ERP’s architecture. The customized API provides genuinely seamless integration between all relevant SAP functions and B2B sales tools hosted by Elastic.
Leading enterprises use SAP + Elastic
Enterprise success story
A leading multi-brand enterprise that uses Elastic Suite’s B2B ecommerce and digital catalogs solutions also uses SAP’s AFS and S4 HANA. This allows them to fully customize the wholesale consumer experience by using their robust SAP integration for automated and highly configurable data syndication, multiple real-time inventory refreshes throughout the day, streamlined and customizable order delivery service, and the ability to refresh site data on-the-fly, for critical updates that do not interrupt the ordering in Elastic.
Because this enterprise is constantly growing and starting or acquiring new brands, they are utilizing (upgrading) multiple instances of SAP, all of which are able to be integrated using Elastic’s SAP adapter.
In addition to the ability to connect PIMs, DAMs, and other content software to the downstream server, a fully automated browsing and ordering experience creates the most powerful B2B commerce experience available on the market.
Dedicated SAP Support
Most brands on SAP are enterprises with advanced levels of selling. Because of these unique points of chaos, Elastic has developers and data engineers dedicated to the inputs and outputs of SAP.
This allows for in-house customization of data feeds that match the unique needs of our customers. We can integrate deeper and faster so that brands can begin using Elastic’s complete selling suite sooner and utilize all aspects of their data.
But beyond complex integrations and data feeds, our dedicated SAP team translates to a deep understanding of enterprise wholesale sales and how Elastic can help streamline cross-functional processes.
About Elastic Suite
Designed to help brands and retailers connect, transact and ultimately, grow revenue, Elastic Suite optimizes every step of the wholesale process. B2B ecommerce is taken from transactional to transformational by bringing together ERP and backend data to empower sales reps, retailers, and distributors.
Elastic’s ecommerce solutions include features like enhanced product detail pages, collection builders, assortment planners, visual merchandising, order creation and management, and real-time inventory tracking, just to name a few! With over 20 years of experience, we’ve been building and integrating systems for leading enterprises across the globe.
Conclusions
Brands that have invested in enterprise ERP solutions, like SAP, need a powerful B2B ecommerce solution to match on a global scale. Elastic Suite’s SAP Adapter provides a streamlined solution for enterprises to scale and grow.
The Elastic Suite implementation architecture team’s 20 years of experience and expertise is deeply rooted in fully understanding the unique business needs of our clients. We know that not every ERP is set up the same way and that there are unique and nuanced use cases for Elastic for each and every client. We pride ourselves on taking a consultative approach to understand each brand’s wholesale objectives and how we can effectively enable their team’s success.
A customized, two-way data sync between Elastic and SAP provides productivity for sales reps to sell deeper and broader into the product line. Data insights, and real-time inventory and order tracking provide the most relevant information for customer success to better service retail partners. Elastic’s streamlined approach to SAP integration provides a product-based scalable solution for enterprises to take their entire wholesale ecosystem to new heights.
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