Informa Connect

Starting point

INFORMA D&B is part of the CESCE group and supplies commercial, financial and marketing information on companies and entrepreneurs. Founded in 1992, Informa D&B has become the undisputed leader in the sale of business and marketing information on the Spanish market.

In 2006, Informa took over Dun & Bradstreet Servicios de Información, forming Informa D&B and finishing a process that started off in 2004, when it acquired Dun & Bradstreet’s business in Spain and Portugal. As a result, Informa D&B became part of the D&B Worldwide Network, the largest global business information network on the market.

Informa D&B has the most comprehensive database of Spanish commercial, financial and marketing information, covering:

  • 5.3 million Spanish entrepreneurs
  • More than 3.9 million companies with online ratings
  • More than 8 million balance sheets
  • More than 11.4 million directors
  • More than 1.9 million companies with business links
  • More than 150,000 data records updated on a daily basis

INFORMA D&B’s national business information database receives more inquiries than any other in Spain, with:

  • More than 130,000 customers and 3 million users
  • More than 7.5 million pages visited per month on www.informa.es
  • More than 95% of financial institutions and more than 85% of companies in the Ibex 35 trust Informa D&B

Quick handling and process integration are of key importance.

However, things look quite different in practice:

  • Information has to be retrieved over the Internet or telephone
  • The complete process is managed manually (entry of inquiry data, …)
  • Multiple inquiries because information is not centrally available
  • Retrieved information is not assigned to the SAP customer record
  • In most of the cases, information is only available on paper
  • etc.

Requirements of an integrated business information management tool with Informa D&B
and SAP

Management of the complete process directly within the SAP system:

  • Submitting inquiries to Informa D&B
  • Selection of information product
  • Retrieval of information
  • Management of information
  • Automatic retrieval of research results
  • Monitoring service
  • History of retrieved information
  • Comprehensive reporting tools
  • Customer transparency at all organizational levels – all departments, such as sales, dunning department, etc., need to have access to the information at any time in order to optimize processes and avoid risks

Solution: Informa Connect for SAP

Informa Connect for SAP supports all stages of the external information management process, from the retrieval of information into your system to the automatic management of Informa information.

Features of Informa Connect for SAP

  • Direct connection to the Informa database
  • Inquiries directly from within SAP
  • Information reports completely managed in SAP
  • History of retrieved information
  • Mailbox
  • Supports SAP mail and e-mail
  • Integration into the SAP customer master record
  • Integration into the SAP credit master data
  • Alert lists
  • Alert system

Technology

Informa Connect is add-in software for SAP

  • Own namespace
  • Programming language ABAP/4
  • No modification of the SAP system
  • Implementation via SAP transports
  • Multilingual versions
  • No additional hardware required
  • No third-party software required
  • SAP authorization concept
  • Easy to implement