Analyzing Current Processes and Identifying Improvement​

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to analyze SAP ERP processes to enhance decision-making and transformation.

Introduction

Analysing as-is Business and Technical Architecture, Dependencies, and Risks

This activity as part of the Discover phase, outlines a plug-and-gain approach for enhancing SAP ERP processes. It emphasizes the ability to discover and analyze these processes simultaneously, enabling quick insights and data-driven decision-making. This phase supports businesses in understanding their value potential and crafting a solid business case for transformation projects. Key steps include initiating the transformation, achieving fast insights, and validating the business case.

SAP Signavio provides in-depth insights into your existing SAP ERP data, uncovering the current state and identifying opportunities for process discovery and improvement, such as:

  • Process execution visibility
  • AI-powered recommendations
  • Performance benchmarking
  • Value discovery
  • Digital single source of truth
  • Benefit from content
  • Current process performance insights

Transformation Strategies

  • Visibility into true process execution

    Gain insight into your organization's processes to identify bottlenecks. Process flows act as a roadmap, enabling faster, informed decisions. Visualized workflows help quickly pinpoint areas for action and prioritize effectively.

    Visibility into true process execution
  • Get AI-powered recommendations

    SAP offers over 900 AI-powered recommendations to help you unlock the full potential of your SAP ecosystem efficiently.

    Get AI-powered recommendations
  • Run performance benchmarking

    Conduct performance benchmarking to compare yourself with peers, gaining valuable insights for improvement.

    Run performance benchmarking
  • Run value discovery

    Identify key areas for high value and improvement to enhance your transformation journey.

    Run value discovery
  • Create digital Single source of truth

    Establish a centralized digital source of truth for your transformation projects using SAP Signavio to manage and streamline processes effectively.

    Create digital Single source of truth.
  • Benefit from our content

    Leverage over 50 years of SAP project expertise to quickly adopt proven content and best practices that enhance your success.

    Benefit from our content.
  • Understand current process performance

    Assess your current processes to identify inefficiencies and deviations, which will help refine your transformation strategy.

    Understand current process performance.

Granular and Deep Analysis

Following the discovery phase the transformation journey emphasizes the importance of conducting detailed and thorough analysis to understand process realities in various sectors or regions. Key actions include combining discovery with analysis, using SAP ERP for analysis, delving deeper into individual processes, and performing extensive investigations. These steps aim to equip individuals with insights for informed decision-making and preparedness for future actions.

Use discovery results for deeper dives into high-priority areas, ensuring precise transformation strategies:

  • Gain comprehensive insights into individual processes
  • Uncover your improvement potential
  • Develop and document BPMN models out of analysis
  • Compare actual process execution against the "best possible" way
  • Simulate impact of changes
  • Measure process performance

Analysis Transformation Strategies

  • Gain comprehensive insights into individual processes

    Get detailed insights into specific processes and their execution throughout your organization. Obtain a comprehensive overview of process management, revealing how processes are truly carried out in practice.

    Gain comprehensive insights into individual processes.
  • Uncover your improvement potential

    Analyze your current process to identify areas for improvement and transformation gaps.

    Uncover your improvement potential
  • Develop and document BPMN models out of analysis

    Create and document BPMN models to represent your current processes, streamlining development to reduce reliance on external consultants and accelerate transformation with accurate models.

    Develop and document BPMN models out of analysis
  • Compare actual process execution against the "best possible" way

    Evaluate current processes against the ideal methods. Use mining techniques to create accurate digital models of these processes, represented in Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN).

    Compare actual process execution against the “best possible” way
  • Simulate impact of changes

    Use digital twins to simulate scenarios and understand the impact of changes on time, cost, and bottlenecks. This helps prevent misallocations and ensures efficient resource usage before implementing changes.

    Simulate impact of changes
  • Measure process performance

    Assess your process performance using KPIs and scoring to optimize impact and make adjustments as necessary. Use performance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and support a data-driven value proposition.

    Measure process performance