Enterprises leveraging SAP Digital Supply Chain (DSC) solutions are well-placed, but even the most robust out-of-the-box capabilities often require extensions to meet unique business requirements. This is precisely where SAP Build, a key part of the SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform), enters the picture.
SAP Build is not a replacement for traditional development or consultancy but an enabler of faster innovation, greater flexibility, and stronger alignment between IT and business functions.
SAP Build: The Unified Extension Platform for SAP BTP
SAP Build is SAP’s low-code/no-code development suite designed to let users extend, automate, and personalise SAP applications while keeping the clean core intact. It includes three primary capabilities:
- SAP Build Apps for creating mobile and web applications,
- SAP Build Process Automation for automating workflows and approvals,
- SAP Build Work Zone for designing user-centric digital workspaces.
What makes SAP Build compelling is its seamless integration with SAP BTP, giving organisations the confidence to innovate without compromising system integrity or upgrade paths.
Extending SAP Supply Chain with Confidence
In many supply chain contexts, unique requirements emerge that aren’t fully addressed by standard SAP functionality. These could be complex approval workflows, ESG data orchestration, or real-time goods movement processing. Traditionally, this would have involved time-consuming and resource-intensive custom development projects. SAP Build changes that.
By using SAP Build’s visual development environment and pre-built content, supply chain teams can build and adapt digital tools far more quickly. For instance:
- Sales and Operations Planning can be streamlined using SAP Build workflows to implement a “four-eyes” principle, ensuring plan approvals go through the right stakeholders without relying on manual interventions.
- Cross-system ESG reporting becomes manageable with dashboards and workflows that unify financial and non-financial data, while integrating with SAP’s Sustainability Control Tower and S/4HANA backend.
- Finished Goods Pricing apps built in SAP Build can help teams dynamically calculate product pricing based on raw material inputs and business rules – an example of how mobile-friendly tools can be tailored to specific processes.
- Goods Movement and Billing Integration can be enhanced through automation templates triggered by point-of-sale events and supported by Excel uploads from warehouse teams – all orchestrated without coding from scratch.
All of these examples are built upon a clean-core philosophy, ensuring long-term maintainability and SAP upgrade compatibility.
Pre-Built Content and Generative AI: A Game-Changer
One of the most attractive aspects of SAP Build is its rich library of pre-built content, much of it developed by SAP and its partner ecosystem. With over 600 packages across lines of business – including more than 50 for supply chain alone – users can hit the ground running.
The addition of generative AI capabilities accelerates this even further. Developers (and even business users) can generate workflows, modify templates, or request summaries using natural language. This reduces repetitive tasks and lowers the skill barrier to innovation.
For example, adding an email notification step to a workflow – once a developer’s task – can now be executed via a simple prompt. The AI assistant generates the necessary logic and integrates it directly into the automation flow.
SAP Build also delivers quantifiable efficiency. Its benefits translate to lower total cost of ownership, faster time-to-value, and more responsive supply chain execution.
How On Device Solutions Adds Value
At On Device Solutions, we help enterprises unlock the full value of SAP Build within their supply chain landscape. Our deep expertise in SAP BTP, enterprise mobility, and field operations makes us the ideal partner to guide your organisation through the journey of extension, automation, and digital transformation.
Whether you’re looking to pilot a low-code supply chain application, automate a critical workflow, or enable your teams with role-based digital workspaces, we can help you go further and faster.
If you’re exploring how to extend your supply chain solutions with SAP Build or want to accelerate time-to-value on SAP BTP, let’s talk.
Let’s make your enterprise supply chain smarter, faster, and more responsive—together.
Contact us today to get started.
