SAP Implementation Concepts LATEST
SOLUTION 2024/25 EDITION
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Types of SAP conversions
a. Brownfield (conversions from ECC SAP 6.0)
b. Greenfield (clients in earlier versions or non-SAP systems), small
to mid-size companies mostly
Types of Implementation
a) On-Premise (on-prem)
b) Any Cloud
c) SAP Private Cloud
d) SAP Public Cloud
On-Premise (on-prem) Implementation
- client owns and manages hardware (servers, network) and software.
Longest time to implement, highest cost, most flexibility.
Any Cloud Implementation
- client doesn't own hardware (managed by cloud provider), owns
software. Medium-high cost, large sized companies.
SAP Private Cloud
- client doesn't own hardware, has some control over the software (no
programming and limited configs). Medium cost, large to medium sized
companies.
SAP Public Cloud
- client doesn't own hardware, and software almost fully managed by
SAP, client can do minimal config. Lowest cost, mid to small-sized
companies, shorter time to implement (out of the box).
SAP Activate
SAP Implementation Methodology
Define "Phase"
A synchronized collection of deliverables which require formal
acceptance by project governance bodies.
Describe the 6 phases of an SAP Project
a. The company should discover business benefits it will gain through
the project
b. The project team should be assembled and prepared to undertake the
project
c. The functionality of the SAP solution should be explored by the
project team to identify gaps
d. Required changes in systems, data and organization should be
implemented or realized
,e. All changes should be deployed, switching the organization to new
or up-dated business processes based on new or modified systems
f. Support and optimization of deployed changes is necessary to
ensure smooth running of new or updated business processes.
What are the 6 phases of an SAP Implementation Project Plan
a) Discovery
b)Prepare
c)Explore
d)Realize
e)Deploy
f)Run
Discovery Phase
-CFO, CIO, SAP Project Manager (PwC), SAP Team.
-Determine what is in scope for the client's SAP system, which
business processes will be implemented in S/4 and which will not.
-Customer familiarizes with benefits of SAP HANA AND SAP S/4 HANA,
completes scope questionnaire (i.e. sales team, procurement team,
production team) to define which business functions will be performed
in SAP - Sales, Procurement, Production, Finance (if not in SAP, then
what system will be used?).
-Deliverables: Timeline, Budget and Scope Enter in Jira.
Prepare Phase
-SAP Project Manager (PwC), SAP Team, PMO team.
-Initial planning and preparation.
1. Resources
2. Project Structure
3. Training Project Team
4. Project Rules: How do we raise risk? When do we report?
5. Deliverables: Project Questionnaire to gauge mindset - Project
Logistics, Project Cadence: How many people we need on project team
biz side and consulting side? who are the people?, resources needed?
for how many hours do we need the people per week/phase? who will be
in team on biz side and consulting side, set up right training for
the people on the project, request practice systems for team members,
is training for the project team necessary?
Explore Phase
-SAP Project Manager (PwC), PwC SAP Team, Business SAP Team, PwC and
Biz PMO team.
1. A deep dive into all business processes that will be implemented
in SAP.
2. Project Structure.
3. Project Rules: How do we raise risk? When do we report?
4. Deliverables: Functional consultant with business hold fit to
standard workshops to obtain the information.
,a. Detailed business processes in scope for each module: fit/gap
analysis
Blue-printing
- Performed during Explore phase -How clients run processes now and
in the future. "As-is" vs "To-be."
- Change impact analysis and change impact heat map.
- Consultants own this activity.
Realize Phase
- Critical phase to keep teams on track.
- Build and test an integrated business and system environment, data
is loaded, adoption activities occur, and operations are planned.
- Ensure system is built in accordance with blue-print.
- Dependencies from planning phase used to help allocate resources.
- Mitigation plan on cadence of communication.
- Shift in timelines may occur. Delays or budget issues may fall on
either business or PwC/SAP depending on root cause (PMO keeps notes
updated on why something is late).
People, activities and reporting in Realize Phase
a. Security Consultant: Database security/GUI, assigns security roles,
reports on security activities status. Web security/Fiori.
b. Configuration Consultant: Turns functionality on/off on fields
(required/optional/hidden)
c. Programmer or Tech Consultant: Creates new programs for existing
SAP programs
d. Training Consultant: Do we have what we need for training? System
ready? Who needs training? How many courses? How many sessions?
i. How many courses were delivered?
ii. How many attended?
iii. How many were successful?
Run Phase
- Establish a safe and efficient operation of the newly created
solution. Business is using the system.
1. Technical Consultant: Updates/Upgrades, fixes provided by SAP.
SAP Modules
FI = External Accounting
CO = Internal Accounting/Managerial Accounting
MM = Materials Management
EWM = SAP Extended Warehouse Management.
SD = Sales & Distribution.
LE = Logistics Execution
PP = Production
QM = Quality Management
D2O = Design to Operate (End-to-end business process)
, L2C = Lead to Cash (End-to-end business process)
S2P = Source to Pay (End-to-end business process)
FI = External Accounting
- General Ledger Accounting: G/L
- Accounts Payable: AP
- Accounts Receivable: AR
- Asset Accounting: AA
- Bank Accounting: BL
CO = Internal Accounting/Managerial Accounting
- Budgets: how each department (cost center) is spending money.
How did department (10) spend on office supplies in 2021. How much
revenue did product line A generate?
MM = Materials Management
- Procurement/Purchasing - company purchases from vendor
- Inventory Management - Keeping track of inventory/stock
EWM = SAP Extended Warehouse Management.
- Keeps track of inventory at the bin level, gives exact instructions
on where to find the inventory within the warehouse structure.
- For more "demanding" warehouse processes
- Provides end-to-end support for supply chain processes
SD = Sales & Distribution.
- Sales activities:
1. Contracts
2. Quotations
3. Orders
4. Invoices
LE = Logistics Execution
- Scheduling and processing inbound and outbound deliveries
a) Things coming in from vendors into the warehouse - put goods in
bins, unpacking
b) Organizing the inbound transportation
- Things going out to customers
a) Shipping things out to customers - picking things from the bin,
packing
b) Organizing the outbound transportation
PP = Production
- Production = Manufacturing
1. Setting up forecasts
2. Building to forecast
QM = Quality Management
- Checking the quality of an item when
1. It comes in from a vendor
2. Goes out to a customer
