Many companies use SAP® for their business activities. The creation, processing and distribution of SAP® managed documents plays a key role, for example in document and verification processes, accounting, logistics, maintenance, production and sales. SAP® offers core functions for printer management in the SPAD transaction. However, output management for SAP® is the perfect complement to this.

Why do companies need output management?

With an output management system, companies can administer and monitor all output processes via a centralized, device-neutral system. With Enterprise Output Management from SEAL Systems, you can keep an eye on business processes, trends and technologies today and in the future. For an output management system to work really efficiently in SAP environments, various factors have to work together – from security and automation to performance and vendor neutrality. Let’s take a closer look at which factors these are.

High availability and performance

Reliable output management must function smoothly even under heavy load. After all, important documents and processes must not come to a standstill. Our technical basis is the highly innovative architecture of the PLOSSYS® Output Engine. Self-scaling services in containers always adapt to the processing load. If the load drops, resources that are not required are released and dormant services begin their update process. While active services reliably process one job after another. With high availability of over 99.9 percent, maintenance windows and downtimes are a thing of the past with the PLOSSYS® Output Engine.

Maximum security

Especially in sensitive business areas, it is crucial that documents are processed and output securely – without unwanted access or data loss. With our output management for SAP®, you can protect your information from creation to output. The components communicate securely via HTTPs, TLS and IPPs, among others. This ensures that the output reaches the output channel assigned to it and the output system used by it. Authentication using OIDC identity providers (e.g. KeyCloak) or Active Directory/ADFS ensures that each user role only has access to the clients and functions authorized for it. And the output is also protected. With pull printing/secure printing every output job takes the right route to its authorized recipient. Visible information in the margin or in the document (stamp, watermark) provides additional information about who ordered the job and whether the document is up to date. No room for error. For maximum compliance in all your document-based business processes.

Comprehensive automation

Collect, prepare and send business process-related information and documents in SAP®: 100% digital, on paper or both in parallel. The process output for SAP® from SEAL Systems brings all individual objects together in sequence and generates the appropriate format for the selected output channel. If necessary, native application formats from PLM, Office and CAx are converted into ISO-standardized PDF/A format on-demand. Fully automated. This saves time, frees you from repetitive work and ensures consistently high quality for your business documents. Proven by our customers for decades. We support the following SAP modules and transactions.

Simple administration

PLOSSYS® Output Engine processes device-type-dependent formats such as SAPGOFU/SAPOTF, PostScript, PCL, ZPL, PostScript-PDF, SAPWIN and XML/RDI. All output channels and media (multi-channel) can be used: electronic directories and filing structures, e-mail, web portal, printers and plotters (PostScript, PCL) as well as label printers (spool-only). Naturally with a return channel to SAP. Queues and their parameters are conveniently managed in Printer Management. Queues are created, stopped, deleted and redirected. The required queue is quickly found using a filter. Administration couldn’t be simpler!

Central monitoring and accounting

Without an overview of the print and output processes, errors are difficult to detect and rectify. A failed print job can bring production to a standstill. This makes meaningful dashboards and reports with valuable information about system usage and system status all the more important. We consistently collect and log this information in logging with SEAL Elastic Stack. Central accounting provides information on system usage in relation to a company unit, locations or departments. This means you have all important operating data and usage information centrally in one place – the single point of truth. With our output management for SAP®, you can continuously improve your output processes, ensure their stability, conserve natural resources and save costs. Central monitoring and accounting are the basis for high IT service quality, trouble-free IT operations and continuous optimization.

Manufacturer neutrality – today and in the future

Whether Canon, HP, Lexmark, Zebra or Rowe – manage all devices centrally, regardless of type and brand. In heterogeneous IT landscapes, different devices and systems need to be reliably integrated. A vendor-neutral solution creates flexibility and long-term investment security. The IT administration then uses a central configuration to preset processing parameters by default, such as duplex and black/white printing. The end user is only shown the output parameters for selection that the respective device has. A uniform look and feel for everyone. Whether one-vendor or multi-vendor strategy – with Enterprise Output Management from SEAL Systems you remain independent in the long term.

Output Management for SAP® with SEAL Systems

With SEAL Systems as your partner for output management for SAP®, you can prepare your data (conversion, stamping, scaling), spooling and control your output channels. It also offers a wide range of functionality covering all aspects of your print infrastructure and processes. SEAL Systems has been an SAP Silver Partner for decades and our interface for SAP BC-XOM, which connects your SAP® with output management, was recently re-certified.

Advantages at a glance

• Zero Downtime: Integrated load balancing and updates during operation.
• Single Point of Truth: Zentrales Monitoring, Logging und Accounting.
• Secure: Secure end-2-end communication between SAP, the clients and the output system
• Compliant: Transparent and stringent output production processes with consistent quality.
• SAP compatible: Standard interfaces with SAP, supports IT operations on S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition (RISE) and ECC/R3.
• Technology neutral: Output systems from all common manufacturers are supported
• Efficient: Fewer routine manual tasks, time savings thanks to maximum automation.

Find out more about Output Management for SAP® and our solutions!