Stakeholder Personas
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C-Suite
CEO / President
Finance
CFO / CAO
Technology
VP IT / CIO
Architecture
Enterprise Architect
Operations
COO / VP Ops
Programme
Program Leadership
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3-Year Total Value
Cost savings + avoidance + new capability
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Programme ROI
On total programme investment
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Total Investment
Phased across 3 waves, 36 months
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Months to ECC Cliff
SAP mainstream maintenance ends Jan 2027
3-Wave Transformation Programme
Value by Business Domain
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Finance Domain Value
Savings + avoidance + capability
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Procurement Value
PO automation, spend visibility, supplier analytics
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Total Investment
Phased, OpEx-based with RISE
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Programme ROI
Finance + Procurement combined
Finance & Accounting Value Breakdown
Investment Phasing
Before vs. After — Finance Outcomes
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Custom Objects
WRICEF items requiring clean-core remediation
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Active Interfaces
Integration points to rationalize on BTP IS
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IT & Platform Value
Cost savings + avoidance + new capability
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Process Compliance
vs 80%+ industry standard on S/4
BTP Platform Capabilities
Integration Suite
Pre-built adapters replace point-to-point interfaces. 118 integrations → governed API mesh.
Eliminates custom middleware technical debt
SAP Build (Low-Code)
Custom ABAP process apps replaced with no-code SAP Build Apps. Clean core discipline enforced.
Extension without modification
AI Core + Joule
Generative AI embedded in S/4 workflows. Work order creation, anomaly detection, demand forecasting.
SAP-managed AI, no custom model ops
Analytics Cloud (SAC)
Real-time reporting direct from HANA. Replaces BW batch delta loads and Excel dashboards.
Zero data latency from source to insight
Cloud Foundry / NEO Migration
Legacy NEO apps migrated to Cloud Foundry runtime. Supports containerised, cloud-native extension model.
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RISE with SAP
Single contract: S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition + BTP + managed services. CapEx → OpEx shift.
Cloud SLAs, SAP-managed upgrades
Integration Landscape Snapshot
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Active Interfaces
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3rd-Party Systems
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Data Volume
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Custom Objects
Total WRICEF items to classify and remediate
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Process Compliance
Current vs 80%+ S/4HANA standard target
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Retire Candidates
Objects that can be eliminated entirely
RISE CPE
Target Architecture
S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition + BTP
WRICEF Object Distribution
Estimated from assessment inventory
Reports and Interfaces typically represent 40–50% of custom objects. These are highest priority for BTP IS migration and SAP standard report adoption.
Recommended Action Distribution
Architecture Decision Records
Deployment Model
RISE with SAP — S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition. Managed infrastructure, cloud SLAs, SAP-owned upgrade cycle.
Avoids 18-month on-prem upgrade projects
Extension Strategy
Side-by-side extensibility via BTP. No modifications to S/4 core. All custom logic in BTP services.
Clean core discipline — upgrades stay clean
Integration Pattern
Point-to-point interfaces → BTP Integration Suite API mesh. Event-driven where possible (BTP Event Mesh).
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Data Architecture
Universal Journal (ACDOCA) as single source. HANA in-memory — eliminates secondary reporting indexes.
Real-time analytics without BW delta
AI/ML Platform
SAP AI Core for custom models. Joule generative AI embedded in S/4 UX. No separate MLOps stack needed.
AI-ready without building infrastructure
Migration Approach
Selective data migration (SDM) — not a lift-and-shift. Historical data in HANA warm storage. Clean start on S/4.
Avoids migrating legacy data debt
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Process Compliance
Current average across assessed processes
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Supply Chain Value
MRP Live + real-time ATP + demand forecasting
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Asset Management Value
Predictive maintenance + NPT reduction
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Annual NPT Cost
Preventable via predictive maintenance AI
Process Compliance — Operations Domains
Industry Benchmark
S/4HANA adopters in this industry consistently achieve 75–85% process compliance within 18 months of go-live. Current gap represents significant operational and compliance risk.
Operations Transformation Highlights
Supply Chain & Asset Value
AI Use Cases — Operations
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Total Investment
Across all 3 waves
36 mo
Programme Timeline
W1: Foundation · W2: Core Go-live · W3: Intelligence
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Objects to Remediate
WRICEF items across 3 workstreams
4
Key Risks Tracked
Maintenance cliff, integration debt, data, change