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SAP INS IDER  SPECIAL REPORT   |   IT TRANSFORMATION SERVICES

Reproduced from the Jul n Aug n Sep 2010 issue of SAPinsider  with permission from its publisher, WIS Publishing | sapinsider.wispubs.com

Various business scenarios — including mergers,

acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, or any

changes aimed at optimizing existing business processes

or consolidating systems — drive companies to undertake

major SAP landscape transformation initiatives to reduce

the complexity of their growing IT infrastructures.

The fundamental changes these scenarios bring have

far-reaching consequences for an enterprise and need to

 be reflected in a company’s organizational structure. For

example, in a merger, a company needs to account for

 business and legal aspects since the merger will likely

greatly impact the financial solution and other software

applications. The optimization efforts for such a project

need to meet operating cost requirements and be legally

compliant. With all of these requirements, the company

will likely need to harmonize its business processes, merge

the charts of accounts, or fully transfer clients to realize

the full restructuring objectives. That’s where SAP’sStructural Transformation Services come in.

  The System Landscape Optimization (SLO) group,

which focuses on seamlessly transforming corporate SAP

landscapes, has developed the SAP Landscape Transfor-

mation solution based on its vast experience. This solu-

tion includes technology, services, support, best practices,

and methodologies in one integrated approach for accel-

erating your business and IT transformation.

Holistically Address IT TransformationSAP Landscape Transformation bundles software and

service offerings to help holistically address transforma-

tion scenarios. The SAP Landscape Transformation

ramp-up phase is scheduled to begin in July and last

until November 2010, at which point it’s planned to be

available to all of our customers. For the first solution

release, the SLO group currently plans to include the

following themes to support transformation projects:

Leverage, Sell, Buy, and Restructure Scenarios —

These scenarios include a company code transfer to

quickly carve out legal entities as part of a share deal

transaction and to clean up the system by deleting

company codes that are no longer in use. The scenarios

also involve reorganizing the profit center based on key

data, enabling the organizational structure to more

quickly adapt to changing market requirements.

Unify and Transform Data Scenarios— These involve

converting charts of accounts to establish a group-widechart of accounts, implement a country-specific chart of

accounts, or restructure or merge accounts.

Consolidate and Reduce IT Cost Scenarios — These

involve a client transfer, with or without an upgrade.

  Also, the software’s planned scenario analysis function-

ality will help customers perform an upfront analysis to

determine the most suitable transformation scenario and

preparation method for their project. It will also enable

users to assess the required efforts and duration of the

transformation initiative, consolidate the system land-

scape, analyze processes, and adapt the system to fit

future business processes.

Furthermore, the software enables not only the applica-

tion of an individual strategy, but also a sequenced and

controlled approach when applying the technical trans-

formation packages. This step-by-step scheme can help

significantly increase ROI and reduce the overall project

duration, while minimizing system downtime. SAP Land-

scape Transformation aims to ensure minimal business

interruption throughout the project, while at the same

time heightening business process continuity and security.

Multiple SLO service offerings will also complement the

solution and enable customers and partners to realize

additional transformation requirements.

Prepare for Your Business TransformationThe SAP Landscape Transformation solution will help

customers build their transformation capability and

enable them to monitor their system landscape and real-

ize upcoming changes in a controlled fashion. This yields

a streamlined IT transformation process and a significant

reduction in overall project risk, duration, and costs. To

learn more, visit http://service.sap.com/sapLT .n

Marcus Wagner

Global Head

System Landscape

Optimization (SLO)

SAP Field Services

SAP

Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, and

ReorganizationsManage Business Change Through Landscape Transformation Initiatives

The SAP Landscape

Transformation

solution comprises

technical methods,a proven

knowledgebase,

and guidance

throughout a

project’s evaluation,

preparation, and

execution phases.