UiPath partners with SAP for enhanced automation solutions

UiPath has announced the integration of its platform with SAP Build Process Automation, which will be offered as part of the SAP Solution Extensions.

This integration is expected to enhance enterprise-wide transformations by enabling customers to automate business processes across both SAP and non-SAP systems. The combined offering aims to facilitate cost-saving and prompt deployment of enterprise-wide automations, allowing SAP customers to modernise their operations, including migrating key business systems to the cloud.

The collaboration promises to deliver significant benefits through a comprehensive approach to automating end-to-end processes. Customers will be able to optimise business processes in real time, taking advantage of SAP's enterprise automation solutions, including iPaaS, process mining, and RPA.

The integration simplifies and accelerates migration to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Customers can expedite this migration by leveraging automation to prepare, clean, and synchronise data, thereby reducing risks associated with go-live and supporting a clean core strategy.

Additionally, the collaboration is set to foster rapid and sustained innovation by facilitating the creation of industry-compliant best practices and end-to-end processes across SAP and other applications. This enables the connection of enterprise applications, productivity tools, and legacy systems into one cohesive digital framework.

Michael Ameling, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP SE, commented, "Customers are keen on a holistic approach to automating end-to-end processes that accelerates their business. We're excited to welcome the market-leading capabilities of UiPath into the SAP Build Process Automation solution. As an SAP solution extension, we can provide customers with the critical ability to scale and deploy enterprise automation across their entire organisation."

Echoing these sentiments, Graham Sheldon, Chief Product Officer at UiPath, stated, "Our combined offering is unique in the market. UiPath Platform within the SAP Build Process Automation solution delivers a seamless experience for SAP users to create, execute, and monitor automations from a single platform. This allows them to achieve transformative business outcomes, accelerate their automation journey, and gain added trust and compliance within their automation programs."

The integrated solution is set to be available in October 2024. It aims to deliver true end-to-end automation across varied IT landscapes and improve efficiency and productivity, while reducing the long-term total cost of ownership with a governed, supportable approach that moves custom code to the automation layer. Customers will also benefit from faster implementations by leveraging prebuilt solution accelerators.