ASAP Focus methodology and the initial implementation experience

“Creativity is making the complicated simple.”

Charles Mingus

Imagine being faced with piles of bricks, sand, cement, pipes and wires and attempting to build a house? A complicated and time-consuming pastime in the offing.

Being faced with the full scope and richness of the SAP R/3 product can be a little like that. Making the decision about which components to use, how to use them and the order in which they are deployed can also be a complicated and time-consuming pastime. One way sometimes tried to overcome this problem is to replicate existing processes and systems. This will usually not bring about any improvement in efficiency and usually incurs additional time and effort to achieve.

Imagine if the power of SAP R/3 could be deployed as a pre-configured solution using best practice business processes based on the experience of thousands of organisations. If only this could also come fully tested and documented, imagine how quickly and painlessly it could be put in place.

“Necessity” they say, “is the mother of Innovation”. Today that old adage has taken a new meaning – and a new urgency. In every sector of global industry and commerce, the necessity of competition is fast becoming the mother of business innovation. Across a wide range of business activities, being competitive is what makes the difference between market survival and failure. And fast, safe and predictable projects in the mid-market segment have become a critical competitive advantage.

That’s why SAP has made a substantial investment in developing a methodology and a suite of tools to speed up and simplify the implementation of its software products. ASAP Focus Methodology is the right approach because it fits the timelines and budgets of midsize enterprises choosing to implement their SAP Business All-In-One solutions in weeks rather than months. Our methodology ensures that you can implement SAP Business Al-In-One solutions to boost productivity, reduce costs, increase business adaptability, and bolster your competitive position without putting your business or your customer at risk.

ASAP Focus Methodology relies on a SAP Business All In One foundation concept: reducing complexity through the use of pre configured, pre tested and pre documented business processes. This allows the customer to preview and understand his entire system from a process perspective, from the first day of implementation and to validate it using his own data.

See previous blogs in this series for more details

1) “An SAP ERP solution for as little as £150K? Tell me more”

2)Introduce the Baseline Foundation Concept

3)Describe Growth potential addressing IP, Royalty and digital issues