SAP Cloud ERP - Brownfield Business Scenario
Information Sheet of the premium engagement business scenario: SAP Cloud ERP - Brownfield Télécharger le documentCustomer Challenges Premium Engagement
Approach Business Outcomes
• High maintenance and upgrade
costs
• Difficulty innovating on the
existing system
• No AI processes implemented,
or existing AI processes are
prone to errors and
cumbersome
• Understand and control impact
on solution landscape
• Vendor support for a Brownfield
journey to SAP Cloud ERP Private,
reducing risks, streamlining efforts,
and ensuring a successful migration
• Proven methodologies, expert
oversight, continuous improvement,
and post-go-live support
• Reduce risk, accelerate value, and
ensure best practices throughout the
transformation journey
• Faster time-to-value, lower risk, and
a secured SAP Cloud ERP Private
transformation
• Lower TCO via reduced
infrastructure, licensing, and
maintenance costs, especially if
combined with cloud infrastructure
• Business and IT teams get ongoing
guidance for long-term success
Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run
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S C E N A R I O F O U N D A T I O N & M O D U L E S
OBJECTIVES OUTCOMES
Essentials Support of the conversion project in all
key planning activities, defining the
project scope and a transition road map.
Basic safeguarding is provided at major
milestones.
Critical aspects of the planning phase are
identified and mitigated, vendor’s
expertise and experience easily available
throughout the engagement to ensure
success.
Conversion
Prototyping
Leverage prototyping results for a ‘real’
conversion project.
Fast and agile approach leads to
reduction of time and effort of the solution
design phase of the conversion project.
Operations Setup:
Preparation
Guidance on platforms and tools for
implementation and operations advisory.
Road map and recommendations for a
successful handover from “build” to “run”.
A skillful SAP-centric operations
organization in place that works based on
efficient processes.
Custom Code Evaluate the impact of change on your
custom code and receive guidance
through SAP’s intelligent custom code
management.
Tailored strategy for decommissioning
obsolete custom code. Smooth
completion of all required code
adjustments.
Master and
Business Data
Conversion
Check master data conversion readiness,
reduce business data volume, and
analyze financial data quality.
Expert guidance for how
Customer/Vendor to Business Partner
should be realized. Reduction of data
volume for faster conversion and
minimized downtime.
New Analytics and
Data Solution
Design
Implement and integrate new strategic
SAP products for analytics and enterprise
data solutions, including SAP Business
Data Cloud.
Understand and realize the benefits and
concepts of SAP’s latest analytics and
data management solutions.
Business Process
Intelligence
Insights to understand and analyze
process inefficiencies while deriving
actions to improve and automate.
Detailed analysis of business processes to
identify optimization opportunities.
Hybrid Cloud
Infrastructure and
Integration
Technical architecture, platform design,
and integration design services to support
project plans.
Validation and assurance of the technical
platform architecture and interface design,
HD/DR design and data center strategy.
Functional Design
and Configuration
Functional design and documentation of
your target solution, including security
design, UX activation and design, and test
planning.
Build a solution that is as close to
standard as possible fulfilling your
business needs.
Keep the Core
Clean with SAP BTP
Implement SAP Business Technology
Platform and leverage SAP Integration
Suite and SAP Extension Suite for agile
development while keeping the core
clean.
Custom extensions are built in line with
SAP’s best-practice extension strategy to
maintain a clean core.
Cybersecurity and
Compliance
Tailored service plans and effective
system hardening measures of for SAP
systems to better support security
governance.
Target security architecture
recommendations, including a security
road map, a security strategy that is
focused on operational efficiency and
strategic initiatives.
End-to-End
Safeguarding
Minimize the risks of a conversion project
by ensuring technical and functional
integrity while optimizing technical
performance.
Optimization of core business processes
with critical interfaces regarding
performance, data consistency, exception
management, and scalability.
Operations Setup:
Implementation
Upskill IT teams, improve operations
processes, increased transparency, and
setup of tools and platforms for
operations excellence after production
start.
Readiness visibility of the IT support
organization to support the new solution.
Business
Optimization
Reduce business process complexity
while promoting an efficient management
of custom code.
Optimized performance and configuration,
reduced complexity and increased
customer code quality.
Leverage
Innovations and
new Capabilities
Leverage real AI impact with a prioritized
list of innovation opportunities embedded
in your solution and explore the full range
of Intelligent Enterprise capabilities
through your innovation roadmap.
Automate processes to reduce repetitive
manual work and minimize human errors,
transform business-relevant AI use cases
into scalable solutions, and improve the
performance, reliability, and efficiency of
AI deployments.
Project
Management and
Organizational
Management
Holistic transformation insights, project
management coaching, and change
management ensure effective delivery of
complex programs.
Early risk identification, proactive
mitigation, expert project management,
and organizational change management
drive successful adoption and reduce risk.
Solution Adoption
and Enablement
Expert guidance defines enablement
strategy, identifies learning needs, and
implements SAP Enable Now for training
content.
Enable users with SAP WalkMe, SAP’s
advanced e-learning and performance
support suite, ensure successful end-user
enablement, and develop flexible,
customer-specific training content.
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Approach Business Outcomes
• High maintenance and upgrade
costs
• Difficulty innovating on the
existing system
• No AI processes implemented,
or existing AI processes are
prone to errors and
cumbersome
• Understand and control impact
on solution landscape
• Vendor support for a Brownfield
journey to SAP Cloud ERP Private,
reducing risks, streamlining efforts,
and ensuring a successful migration
• Proven methodologies, expert
oversight, continuous improvement,
and post-go-live support
• Reduce risk, accelerate value, and
ensure best practices throughout the
transformation journey
• Faster time-to-value, lower risk, and
a secured SAP Cloud ERP Private
transformation
• Lower TCO via reduced
infrastructure, licensing, and
maintenance costs, especially if
combined with cloud infrastructure
• Business and IT teams get ongoing
guidance for long-term success
Discover Prepare Explore Realize Deploy Run
9 10 11
S C E N A R I O F O U N D A T I O N & M O D U L E S
OBJECTIVES OUTCOMES
Essentials Support of the conversion project in all
key planning activities, defining the
project scope and a transition road map.
Basic safeguarding is provided at major
milestones.
Critical aspects of the planning phase are
identified and mitigated, vendor’s
expertise and experience easily available
throughout the engagement to ensure
success.
Conversion
Prototyping
Leverage prototyping results for a ‘real’
conversion project.
Fast and agile approach leads to
reduction of time and effort of the solution
design phase of the conversion project.
Operations Setup:
Preparation
Guidance on platforms and tools for
implementation and operations advisory.
Road map and recommendations for a
successful handover from “build” to “run”.
A skillful SAP-centric operations
organization in place that works based on
efficient processes.
Custom Code Evaluate the impact of change on your
custom code and receive guidance
through SAP’s intelligent custom code
management.
Tailored strategy for decommissioning
obsolete custom code. Smooth
completion of all required code
adjustments.
Master and
Business Data
Conversion
Check master data conversion readiness,
reduce business data volume, and
analyze financial data quality.
Expert guidance for how
Customer/Vendor to Business Partner
should be realized. Reduction of data
volume for faster conversion and
minimized downtime.
New Analytics and
Data Solution
Design
Implement and integrate new strategic
SAP products for analytics and enterprise
data solutions, including SAP Business
Data Cloud.
Understand and realize the benefits and
concepts of SAP’s latest analytics and
data management solutions.
Business Process
Intelligence
Insights to understand and analyze
process inefficiencies while deriving
actions to improve and automate.
Detailed analysis of business processes to
identify optimization opportunities.
Hybrid Cloud
Infrastructure and
Integration
Technical architecture, platform design,
and integration design services to support
project plans.
Validation and assurance of the technical
platform architecture and interface design,
HD/DR design and data center strategy.
Functional Design
and Configuration
Functional design and documentation of
your target solution, including security
design, UX activation and design, and test
planning.
Build a solution that is as close to
standard as possible fulfilling your
business needs.
Keep the Core
Clean with SAP BTP
Implement SAP Business Technology
Platform and leverage SAP Integration
Suite and SAP Extension Suite for agile
development while keeping the core
clean.
Custom extensions are built in line with
SAP’s best-practice extension strategy to
maintain a clean core.
Cybersecurity and
Compliance
Tailored service plans and effective
system hardening measures of for SAP
systems to better support security
governance.
Target security architecture
recommendations, including a security
road map, a security strategy that is
focused on operational efficiency and
strategic initiatives.
End-to-End
Safeguarding
Minimize the risks of a conversion project
by ensuring technical and functional
integrity while optimizing technical
performance.
Optimization of core business processes
with critical interfaces regarding
performance, data consistency, exception
management, and scalability.
Operations Setup:
Implementation
Upskill IT teams, improve operations
processes, increased transparency, and
setup of tools and platforms for
operations excellence after production
start.
Readiness visibility of the IT support
organization to support the new solution.
Business
Optimization
Reduce business process complexity
while promoting an efficient management
of custom code.
Optimized performance and configuration,
reduced complexity and increased
customer code quality.
Leverage
Innovations and
new Capabilities
Leverage real AI impact with a prioritized
list of innovation opportunities embedded
in your solution and explore the full range
of Intelligent Enterprise capabilities
through your innovation roadmap.
Automate processes to reduce repetitive
manual work and minimize human errors,
transform business-relevant AI use cases
into scalable solutions, and improve the
performance, reliability, and efficiency of
AI deployments.
Project
Management and
Organizational
Management
Holistic transformation insights, project
management coaching, and change
management ensure effective delivery of
complex programs.
Early risk identification, proactive
mitigation, expert project management,
and organizational change management
drive successful adoption and reduce risk.
Solution Adoption
and Enablement
Expert guidance defines enablement
strategy, identifies learning needs, and
implements SAP Enable Now for training
content.
Enable users with SAP WalkMe, SAP’s
advanced e-learning and performance
support suite, ensure successful end-user
enablement, and develop flexible,
customer-specific training content.
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
96338enUS (25/05)
© 2025 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. All rights reserved. See Legal Notice on www.sap.com/legal-notice for use terms, disclaimers, disclosures, or restrictions related to this material.
SAP Cloud ERP - Brownfield Journey
A Business Scenario powered by premium engagements from SAP
2 3 4 5 6 7
8
10
We support you transform with a lean and fast approach when moving
your SAP ERP system to the Cloud.
12 13 14 15
11
12
13
16
E
1
14
15
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