Industry Solution-Real Estate Management

Making optimal use of the potential in the real estate and housing sectors with SAP Real Estate Management
Companies in the real estate and housing sectors are faced by a variety of challenges. The crucial question for them is whether or not they are sufficiently well equipped to deal with future demand-related situations. The principal objective in such scenarios is the management of properties with maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
The first step is to turn the spotlight on inventory levels, corporate statistics and projects. Business processes must be both cost-effective and integrated. This calls for close collaboration and intensive contact with both customers and partners, which in turn helps speed up the processes that ensure optimal utilization of the real estate offerings.

Solution Concept
SAP Real Estate Management: for your benefit – and profit
With "SAP Real Estate Management", backed up by the consultative services and add-ons of The Information Management Group (IMG), enterprises can face up to the challenges which the future holds. Thanks to a new, flexible object and database structure, coupled with numerous specific line-of-business functions, the solution is ideally tailored to the requirements of commercial and private real estate companies and the corporate use sector.

The modular structure supports tailormade solutions for process reengineering
SAP Business Information Warehouse supplies predefined reports and permits the analysis of cost, revenue and customer structures, thus establishing the basis for effective corporate planning and control. The integrated SAP Project System (PS) supports project management with offer creation, invoicing, and deadline and process coordination. The solution can also be used for the planning of marketing campaigns and for publicizing available properties in the internet.
The core processes include such functions as contract management, rent bookkeeping, rent adjustment and service charge settlement. Automatic runtime or resubmission rules ensure that deadlines are met punctually. Other processes supported include maintenance and inspection, management of external services, and building technology matters. For controlling purposes, the solution provides cost units for the posting of revenues and costs and also actual, target and commitment figures.

IHplus
With IHplus, IMG has reengineered SAP Real Estate Management with a powerful focus on corporate requirements; in particular, the mapping of all maintenance processes supports the solution's all-round benefits. Here the key factors are expansion and integration of the two modules Plant Maintenance (PM) and Material Management (MM).

IMG's IHplus consists of the following components:

Maintenance optimization
Electronic tradesman integration
Insurance integration
Controlling

Through the use of these components, savings of more than 50 percent in costs, time and other outlay can be achieved compared with conventional solutions.

IHplus ensures transparency in the most important processes and thus also in the interrelationships between all parties involved in the processes. This is made possible by the optimization of the input templates, processing via the internet in the form of a B2B application, and the entry of performed services on the basis of standard price catalogs.
The four IHplus components can be used either individually or collectively.

Procedural model – The method behind the success
IMG invariably makes use of the proven PROMET® methodology, which encompasses all areas of implementation.
This tool-based system ensures the perfect timing and execution of all functions. The method is based on a phase concept that provides for the creation of a major plan for a project and at the same time for the achievement of "quick wins", with the result that the first functions can be utilized productively after just a few weeks. PROMET is compatible with SAP's "Accelerated SAP" project schedule and can be integrated by means of it.

Our know-how – practical and practice-based
IMG's real estate template, specially designed for that line of business, produces usable processes within a very short space of time. The IMG consultants are specialists and in most cases were active in the real estate sector for many years themselves. Depending on actual requirements, consulting consists of process and infrastructure analysis, strategy definition, concept development and implementation – even during actual operation. The consultative services are rounded off with feasibility studies, project and change management, coaching, training, system design, documentation and programming.

Templates
IMG uses its proven "template concept" in order to speed up the introductory phase for the standard Real Estate solution. This involves a preset line-of-business package tailored to the needs of the real estate and housing sectors and essentially based on the SAP standard.

The completely modular system documentation of a template includes process descriptions, user department know-how, background information on processes, system settings and a detailed introductory guideline and notes for customizing. As a result, the startup phase of projects can be shortened, know-how cannot get lost, and there is less pressure on the IT Hotline and IT Service.