Getting Guidance on Harmonizing Processes

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to examine how SAP Signavio Plug and Gain can help you harmonize your processes.

Harmonizing Processes

In this lesson, you’ll focus on getting practical guidance for harmonizing your business processes. You’ll learn why process harmonization is valuable for your business, where it makes the most sense to apply it, and how Plug and Gain by SAP Signavio can support you every step of the way.

Why Harmonizing Processes?​

When it comes to harmonization, it’s important for you to understand exactly what it means and the benefits it can bring to your organization. Harmonization is all about taking a close look at the different process variants and deciding on a single target variant. In larger harmonization projects, this means streamlining and aligning all process variants according to the target variant.

You’ll probably notice a variety of process variants when you look closely at how your teams work. This is completely normal—different teams naturally develop their own ways of working based on their experiences, habits, and individual needs. As an SAP customer, you’re likely familiar with these multiple approaches to getting things done in the system.

Streamlining process variants and aligning them with a target process is essential for an organization’s success, as it promotes efficiency, compliance, and cost savings. Moreover, when contemplating a transition to S/4HANA, streamlined processes are a prerequisite for a successful SAP S/4HANA transformation.

Let’s now explore how plug and gain by SAP Signavio can support you in harmonizing your processes.

How Plug and Gain Supports Process Harmonization?

The figure shows different capabilities to support process harmonization such as best run Score, process discovery analysis, process variant analysis and deeper analysis on harmonizing processes.

Plug and gain offers various capabilities to support process harmonization, including but not limited to the following:

  • Best Run Score provides gives insights into the effectiveness of a process or specific process step.
  • Process Discovery Analysis shows how processes are actually executed, with adjustable views based on need.
  • Process Variant Analysis shows which process variants exist and how well they perform.​
  • Deep Dive Analysis offers comprehensive analysis for different end-to-end processes to aid in process harmonization.

Watch the video to have a look at harmonization potential within plug and gain by SAP Signavio.

Summary

Plug and gain by SAP Signavio…​​

  • provides insights into harmonization potential, the main metric is the Best Run Score​.
  • provides a clearer view on the actual process execution using the Process Discovery and Process Variant analysis, available in SAP Signavio Process Intelligence.
  • provides deeper understanding on harmonization per end-to-end process provided in additional analysis package​.

Next, let us examine the deep dive analysis in detail.