SAP gives its enterprise tools an upgrade

German business software maker SAP on Monday delivered its first "enhancement package" for MySAP ERP, an enterprise resource planning suite. The package, which is available to users of mySAP ERP 2005 as part of their maintenance agreement, includes add-ons for human capital management and financial applications.

The package provides new service-level agreements and employee interaction center analytics, on the human resources side, and better functionality for credit and collection management on the financial. side, the company said. Among its industry-specific changes are features for demand management and point-of-sale integration technologies for the retail industry and integration of manufacturing execution systems for the manufacturing industry.