Institute for International Research

SAP offers the industry�s only Innovation Management solution supporting Front End, Stage Gate, and Portfolio Management that is pre-integrated with existing HR, financial, and project management systems. This open integration enables robust portfolio monitoring -- highlighting cost, schedule, and other KPI overruns without reliance on re-keying or custom-building costly integration. It streamlines the complete product development process ensuring effective concept due diligence, capturing of cross-organization input with integrated market information, presenting optimal portfolio options, and allocating resources only to the most promising items in your portfolio. The SAP Innovation Management offering is a packaged composite solution, powered by SAP NetWeaver, and part of SAP New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI).