How to Improve Integration Processes

Don’t Skip This Step in Your Partnership Program: Signing partners is the easy part. Integrating with their systems and training their teams? That’s where the magic happens. Too many companies sign partnership deals and then neglect the integrations. One leader I spoke with had to explain to his CEO that without integration, the partners couldn’t sell the product. The CEO didn’t buy it—and it cost the partnership program. Your partners won’t sell something that doesn’t work with their systems. Here are 4 actionable steps to help you start building integrations that work: 1. Engage with Partners Early to Understand Their Needs Before jumping into development, sit down with your partners and understand the specific systems and tools they use. This avoids unnecessary delays caused by building integrations that don’t align with their processes. 2. Collaborate with Product Teams on a Clear Integration Roadmap Work closely with your product and engineering teams to develop a roadmap that details when and how integrations will be built. Ensure it’s aligned with the overall partnership goals and prioritized based on impact. 3. Test, Iterate, and Improve with Pilot Integrations Start small by launching pilot integrations with select partners to work out any kinks. This will allow you to troubleshoot issues and refine the integration process before scaling across all partners. 4. Invest in Partner Training and Documentation Integration is only part of the equation. Make sure your partners know how to use your product effectively once the integration is live. Provide easy-to-understand documentation, training sessions, and ongoing support. Successful partnerships require integrated systems to deliver mutual value. By engaging partners early, collaborating with your product team, running pilots, and investing in training, you’ll set your program up for long-term success.

Architecture - SAP Build Process Automation Integration and Extension What if your entire business process stack could think, act, and adapt - without extra effort? Most businesses don't realize this until it's too late: ↳ The real cost isn’t in building processes ↳ It’s in trying to scale them across systems, teams, and tools What starts as a simple task quickly turns into hours of manual routing, disconnected approvals, lost insights, and outdated data structures. And suddenly - your automation turns into administration. 𝗦𝗼, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? → By rethinking how your architecture supports both automation and human-driven workflows → By embedding integration and intelligence into your process backbone → By unifying your app layer, task orchestration, and identity access through one framework 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝗔𝗣 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀: 1. 𝗦𝗔𝗣 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 - Brings secure and consistent identity access across all entry points - Ensures SAML2/OIDC handshakes and SCIM-based provisioning stay connected 2. 𝗦𝗔𝗣 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲 - Powers decisions, actions, process logic, and visibility in real-time - Uses business content and automation blocks to reduce setup friction 3. 𝗦𝗔𝗣 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗭𝗼𝗻𝗲 - Centralized space for apps, forms, alerts, and the SAP Task Center - Offers seamless end-user interaction with backend logic 4. 𝗦𝗔𝗣 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 - Enables event-driven, API-centric, and app-level integrations - Connects with 3rd party systems, SAP S/4HANA, and on-premise tools 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹? Stop wasting time maintaining what should be flowing. Let your architecture do the heavy lifting. Your process shouldn’t just run - it should evolve with every click, every connection, and every change. 𝗣.𝗦. Save this if you’re tired of juggling integrations and ready to automate with intention. Save 💾 ➞ React 👍 ➞ Share ♻️ Follow Alok Kumar for all things related to SAP and business innovation.

Your customers want your app to integrate with everything else they use. Instead of designing individual integrations for each application, you should build 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 that work with multiple applications of the same type. For example, the integration logic is often similar between different CRM, HR, or project management tools. Let’s take an #integration that creates a task in an external app as an example. Rather than focusing on how to create a task specifically in #JIRA, #Asana, or one of dozens task management tools, concentrate on developing a method to create tasks in any application that supports tasks as objects. By developing a single integration solution for an entire category of applications, you can significantly shift your process and iterate on your integration portfolio 10x faster than before. Integration.app leverages the power of #AI to create a new integration experience. It revolves around the concept of "universal integrations," allowing you to build integrations that work seamlessly across entire categories of apps in 1-go.