SAP Build Process Automation Expands with UiPath Integration

SAP Build Process Automation now integrates the UiPath Platform as an SAP Solution Extension, forming a unified tool for automation across complex IT landscapes.

UiPath, an enterprise automation and AI provider, announced the integration of its platform with SAP Build Process Automation as part of SAP Solution Extensions. This collaboration aims to offer companies a broader approach to automating processes across both SAP and non-SAP systems, with an emphasis on scalable, end-to-end automation. Through this integration, SAP users gain an enhanced automation experience that merges UiPath’s advanced capabilities with SAP’s comprehensive ecosystem, enabling companies to handle complex workflows and streamline processes that span multiple systems.

With UiPath now embedded in SAP Build Process Automation, SAP aims to provide customers with increased functionality to support digital transformation across the organization. By reducing operational costs and simplifying process automation, the solution targets users managing diverse IT infrastructures. For SAP customers, this integration could result in accelerated cloud migrations, improved operational efficiency, and enhanced resource optimization, aligning with SAP’s mission to enable digital transformation at scale. The inclusion of UiPath also addresses the growing demand for adaptable automation solutions that facilitate seamless operation across various systems, helping businesses meet strategic goals with simplified workflows.

Integration of UiPath with SAP Build Process Automation

This collaboration extends SAP Build Process Automation’s capabilities, incorporating UiPath’s tools within SAP’s established automation portfolio, including process mining, iPaaS, and RPA. Together, these tools allow businesses to adopt a real-time, adaptable approach to automation, continually refining workflows to improve transparency and efficiency across operations. By integrating UiPath, SAP supports customers aiming to manage complex digital landscapes, offering greater insights and flexibility for more streamlined business management.

The combined SAP-UiPath solution also accelerates migration to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud by simplifying data management and synchronization between legacy systems and the cloud. Automation plays a key role in preparing data for migration, reducing deployment risks and expediting timelines. This aligns with SAP’s ‘clean core’ strategy, which prioritizes efficient and controlled migration processes that enhance operational readiness and data accuracy. For SAP customers, this means a smoother path to cloud adoption, supported by the automation benefits that UiPath brings to large-scale transformations.

The integration further supports industry-specific innovation, enabling SAP customers to implement best practices across major workflows. Common processes like Lead to Cash, Source to Pay, and Recruit to Retire often involve numerous applications, creating complexity. The SAP-UiPath partnership simplifies these workflows by establishing a ‘digital thread’ that links operations across applications, legacy systems, and productivity tools. With this connectivity, businesses can operate more efficiently and maintain consistency in crucial processes, positioning themselves to respond more effectively to changing market demands.

Michael Ameling, SAP’s Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer for SAP Business Technology Platform, highlighted that this integration supports scalable, cross-system automation strategies, providing customers with robust tools for end-to-end automation. Graham Sheldon, Chief Product Officer at UiPath, added that the integrated solution promotes trust and compliance within SAP environments, enhancing business outcomes with UiPath’s AI-driven automation tools.

Impact on SAP Users

SAP’s enhanced automation platform with UiPath addresses the specific needs of enterprises managing mixed IT systems. By providing an end-to-end automation layer across SAP and non-SAP applications, this solution allows users to streamline operations and manage complex workloads effectively, with less reliance on custom code. Additionally, prebuilt solution accelerators enable rapid deployment, reducing the time needed to implement automation across processes.

Scheduled for release in October 2024, the integrated solution offers SAP customers an advanced toolkit designed for scalable, adaptable automation. Through this collaboration, SAP and UiPath intend to support businesses in their digital transformation efforts, aligning with SAP’s goal of a flexible, governable framework that helps customers achieve their strategic objectives.