Addressing the growing demands and expectations of consumer friendly experiences using technology in the workplace, SAP has released a collection of apps named as SAP Fiori which are simple, easy-to-use and provide a user experience for broadly and frequently used SAP software functions, across a variety of devices such as desktop, tablet and smartphone.
The first release of SAP Fiori includes 25 apps designed for workflow approvals, information lookups and self-service tasks.It includes apps for the manager, employee, sales representative and purchasing agents. Vishal Sikka, Member of the Executive Board of SAP AG, Technology and Innovation said, "We are on a mission to renew the experience across all of our applications. Users demand simplicity and ease of use, and SAP Fiori brings this experience to our customers. SAP customers can adopt SAP Fiori immediately and bring instant value to all their employees."
SAP Fiori was developed by working closely with over 250 customers to improve and simplify the business functions for the various users to understand in a better way. Early users of SAP Fiori have reported tremendous business benefits, including increased employee productivity and satisfaction, reduced work completion time and increased adoption of business processes.
SAP Fiori is a collection of apps that can be used on mobile devices and desktops using browsers that support HTML5. It leverages responsive design, the concept of making apps sensitive to the form factor of devices with a single user interface. These apps can be as a collection of apps with a single launchpad, as multiple Web apps and they can be consumed from SAP or third-party portals.
