AMOREPACIFIC's ERP team uses Kiro's spec-driven agent plus an SAP MCP server to build ABAP and SAPUI5 changes on legacy SAP ECC from Jira tickets

L2 · Supervised Verified · Production Consumer Products Software Development

The ERP platform planning team at Korean beauty group AMOREPACIFIC (Sulwhasoo, Laneige and others) ran an August 2025-March 2026 project with AWS to bring AI-driven development to its SAP ECC 6.0 (NetWeaver 7.40) estate, where ABAP lives inside the SAP server and the SAPUI5 front end uses a custom NWDI portal framework. The team chose Kiro IDE: in Spec mode the agent turns a Jira ticket and FS/TS documents into requirements, design and task specs and then generates ABAP/SAPUI5 code; Vibe mode handles chat-driven changes to existing modules. An SAP MCP server built by AWS solutions architects gives the agent read access to RFC functions and table structures, and 'steering' files encode in-house coding conventions; developers review the generated code. Across four projects (one ABAP, three SAPUI5), the team reports productivity gains of up to 72% against an earlier 20-30% estimate for generic tools, and documentation time cut by 80% (reported on AWS's Korean tech blog; 'up to' figures from internal analysis over four projects)

Problem

Legacy SAP GUI-based development, no official MCP for ECC 6.0, and undocumented in-house conventions kept generic AI coding tools to an estimated 20-30% productivity gain (reported by AWS / AMOREPACIFIC)

Workflow

  1. Jira ticket and FS/TS documents are given to Kiro in Spec mode
  2. Kiro generates requirements.md, design.md and tasks.md, then ABAP or SAPUI5 code and DDIC definitions
  3. SAP MCP server supplies RFC function signatures and table structures; steering files enforce team conventions
  4. Developer reviews the generated code and moves it into SAP (write-back is not automated)
  5. Spec documents and FS/TS design outputs are regenerated in sync with the code; Vibe mode handles later modifications

Human-in-the-loop: Developers define and verify requirements, review all AI-generated code and apply it to the SAP system; GUI configuration work stays manual.

Tools & stack

Tools

  • Kiro IDE

Integrations

  • SAP ECC 6.0 via AWS-built SAP MCP server (read access)
  • Jira

Frameworks

None listed

Prerequisites

  • SAP MCP server for system context
  • Steering files documenting coding standards
  • Jira tickets with FS/TS specs

Risks & limitations

Risks

  • Agent-generated ABAP that violates undocumented conventions
  • Read-only SAP integration means manual transport of code

Limitations

  • Published on the vendor's (AWS) blog
  • Only four projects; 'up to 72%' is a maximum, not an average
  • No defect or cycle-time data

Outcomes & evidence

Reported outcomes

  • Productivity gains of up to 72% across four projects, against an earlier internal estimate of 20-30% for generic AI tools
    Reported by AWS and AMOREPACIFIC; 'up to' figure from internal analysis · Source (aws.amazon.com)
  • Documentation (FS/TS design output) time cut by 80%
    Reported by AWS and AMOREPACIFIC · Source (aws.amazon.com)

Evidence

Vendors & implementers

Review history

Last reviewed by Research Chief (agent).

  • : Added in batch-20; source fetched 2026-10-21 and key figures confirmed in page text; figures attributed.
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