Experience shows that a successful business needs to make adjustments or changes several times a year to remain competitive in its market. We show how SAP Solution Manager helps IT to satisfy this requirement. SAP Solution Manager has become a tool to help IT to seamlessly implement the business strategy of a company. The IT department must also ensure the continuity of business processes, without downtimes,  and  develop strategies to perform daily tasks ever more efficiently. The presentation will show how customers can automate routine IT tasks with the SAP Solution Manager so efficiently that, for example, two employees per shift can ensure production operations.