Transform Your Operations with SAP Implementation Services

SAP is one of the most comprehensive platforms that suites every business function, be it analytics or ERP, or from automation to supply chain management. While it is imperative to move from your legacy systems and adopt new technologies and ERP platforms, you need a right technology partner to leverage the full benefits of SAP implementation. Korcomptenz, with over two decades of ERP consulting, implementation and support offers custom SAP implementation solutions that help you leverage the complete benefits of the SAP suite.

The Right Approach to SAP Implementation Services

SAP is well integrated compared to other ERP systems, though its range of features outplays many of them. When embarking on a technology shift to the SAP suite of solutions, the key aspects that you need to identify with your SAP Implementation service provider are below.

Aligning the Shift

It would be best if you considered your current technology stack assess your current requirements that need to be immediately met and pave the way for future inclusions as your business grows. For a seamless transition, you need to consider following expectations.

Is your choice determined by:

1. Legacy Technology Stack is unable to fully support your business requirements

2. Lack of proper analytics and availability of on line information/data that affect decision-making

3. High Upfronts with on-premises deployments

4. Reduce duplication n manual efforts 

5. Transparency and visibility of business operations and data alignment 

6. A near future shift to expansion and adopt best practices with business AI 

7. Interconnectivity issues in your technical stack

8. Need to use AI, ML, NLP, amongst other modern technologies integrated with business operations 

9. Need to optimize and automate business functions

10. A need to stay competitive and in tune with what your peers are adopting

11. Security and Compliance Issues 

Once you have the above questions answered, you now have a definite set of objectives that need to be met with SAP Implementation services. Depending on your requirements, you can choose to move your entire ERP system to SAP S/4HANA or choose other SAP platforms such as IBP, BTP, SAC and Ariba, amongst others.

Dealing with existing Data and Application

While SAP seamlessly migrates data from legacy to Sap S/4 with their innovative Tools and applications, there are a few scenarios that might need to be chosen from the below options in an SAP S/4HANA implementation.

• Greenfield SAP S/4HANA Implementation: This is an implementation model that provides best practices process with improvements from Korcomptenz and makes a fresh start with SAP S/4HANA. Korcomptenz has tools and experience of migrating legacy data to SAP for continuation of your business operations. GROW with SAP is a dedicated offering that helps net new customers to S/4HANA in an accelerated deployment pathway.

• Brownfield SAP Implementation: A Brownfield implementation model migrates yours existing SAP older version to S/4HANA. RISE with SAP is SAP's dedicated offering to move Brownfield implementations to a public cloud-hosted deployment.

• Bluefield SAP Implementation: The Bluefield implementation is a hybrid approach, where you selectively move certain parts of your process to adopt SAP S/4 process and certain processes to run in SAP S/4 as they run before in  customized ECC.

SAP provides well integrated Data operations with other application through API, enabling easy access to your existing data. SAP makes data management simpler with integrated processes and data which needs interfaced just once. It has Master data which integrates with Business processes. Data transparency ensures seamless movement of data with On-line availability with SAC or Datasphere.

The Right Platform

Once you have identified what works best for you, you need to factor in the kind of deployment from the options below. Cloud-based SAP implementation costs come with low upfront costs and flexible packages, suiting new net customers.

• Public cloud deployment

• Private cloud deployment

• Hybrid Approach (Some SAP Applications solely work on the cloud as a Software-as-a-Service deployment)

The Right Team

It is often seen that organizations do not have the complete in-house capabilities to migrate to SAP. You can choose the right implementation services partner who will handle the entire exercise with their skilled and experienced resources in an SAP support services offering, augmenting your in-house capabilities.  You also get to benefit from a choice of onshore, offshore, or hybrid models, which also include post-implementation support based on your unique needs. This does away with resource crunching, as your team can focus on more strategic tasks.

Automation and Innovation

SAP offers a wide range of tools and solutions to automate your manual processes, value existing processes, and optimize them to increase efficiency and productivity. You can explore many new SAP applications that work on analytical-driven insights to optimize processes or remodel them using SAP Signavio, and other SAP applications that work with AI and ML embedded features.

While SAP S/4HANA predominantly uses a Fit-to-Standard methodology, you also get the choice of customizing the application to suit your business model, which is where you need a competent and reliable SAP implementation services partner.

Governance and Security

SAP offers a wide range of robust security services that protect your data and applications from malicious threats. They are constantly updated to be in tune with the latest defenses to Cybercrime. Your SAP Implementation services partner can also implement your custom Governance and Security model to ensure seamless operations.

Compliance

The SAP suite of solutions is designed to be compliant with many statutory regulatory norms such as HIPAA, ISO, and other vertical-specific standards such as those from FDA to Pharma and Life Sciences industries. Your SAP implementation service partner can customize your deployment to ensure seamless compliance, as per your dynamic organizational needs.

Change Management

Change Management is a strategic part of SAP implementation services and needs to be factored into right from the beginning of the exercise. There is a need for a consensus-driven approach across all stakeholders in the organization so that users at all levels get used to the new technology implementation, ensuring perfect adaptability. The change also needs to be aligned with your current and future growth, which is often dealt with specialized resources from your SAP implementation services partner.

Training

Training your users on the new technology platform requires much more than classroom training. SAP Implementation Service providers use a blend of classroom training and virtual tools such as WalkMe and Onscreen so that users are virtually navigated step-by-step on using the new application.

Post-Go-Live Support: Many SAP Implementation service partners offer post-go-live support, where a team of external resources with the right domain expertise will augment your in-house team. SAP support services offer flexible packages, which do away with the need to hire and train resources and save costs.

Else, you can also opt for SAP managed services, so that you have continuous support and maintenance in flexible packages.

Conclusion

While the above set of practices needs to be precisely adhered to a successful SAP implementation, you also need to ensure your organizational readiness for the transition. SAP implementation costs, time, resources, and alignment play a prominent role, needing a thorough assessment and strategy from your SAP implementation partner to ensure complete ROI. You also need to factor into the type of SAP managed services model that your implementation partner provides, for seamless operations.

The KOR Advantage

 Korcomptenz, with its two decades of ERP consulting, development, and support services ensures that your SAP implementation accelerates your path toward digital transformation. We are a GROW with SAP and RISE with SAP accredited solution partner with rich experience across various industry verticals. Do contact us for more information, and our team of experts will be glad to help.