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Expense Report Approval

The document discusses an expense report approval application built for a large energy company to allow managers to approve or reject employee expense reports via their BlackBerry mobile devices. The goal was to improve the approval process and increase productivity by providing mobile access to the SAP ECC backend system. Infosys developed a browser-based mobile solution using technologies like Mobile Webdynpro Java, SAP NetWeaver WAS, and SAP BAPIs to interface with the SAP ECC system. The new application provided a convenient mobile interface and lowered processing times, enhancing productivity by allowing approvals from anywhere.

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Expense Report Approval

The document discusses an expense report approval application built for a large energy company to allow managers to approve or reject employee expense reports via their BlackBerry mobile devices. The goal was to improve the approval process and increase productivity by providing mobile access to the SAP ECC backend system. Infosys developed a browser-based mobile solution using technologies like Mobile Webdynpro Java, SAP NetWeaver WAS, and SAP BAPIs to interface with the SAP ECC system. The new application provided a convenient mobile interface and lowered processing times, enhancing productivity by allowing approvals from anywhere.

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SAP Expense Report Approval application

for a leading Energy company


Client Background
Client is a large electricity supply company and was looking at building an
expense report approval application.
Nov 2010
2 | Infosys Case Study
Background/Business Drivers
The Expense Report Approval application
is an always connected application with
SAP ECC backend system. It was to provide
managers, easy access for approving/
rejecting expense reports submitted by the
employees, via, their BlackBerry handheld
device.
The goal of building this application was
to get the functionality of approving/
rejecting expense reports via mobile
handheld
The other perceived benefit was the
improvement in the process and productivity
by providing an additional channel of
access. The application was to provide a
convenient user interface via the BlackBerry
for approximately over 100 users.
Infosys Case Study | 3
Infosys provided a browser based SAP mobile
solution since the data/approval process was
at the SAP ECC.
The mobile application was built using Mobile
Webdynpro Java and the application itself was
deployed on SAP Net Weaver WAS. This was a
thin client application.
The application used SAP BAPIs for interfacing
with the SAP backend (ECC)
The following technologies were involved in the
solution
- SAP NetWeaver WAS
- Mobile Webdynpro Java
- SAP ECC (R/3)
Infosys Solution
Lower processi ng ti me and enhanced
productivity
The application provided a convenient user
interface via the mobile handheld (alternative
to the portal interface) for approving/ rejecting
expense reports irrespective of where the
manager is located and thus lowering the
process time.
The manager can approve or reject an expense
report at the click of a button after viewing the
expense report details submitted by his employees.
Impact/Benefits

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