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SAP Strategy, Architecture, and Governance
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Introducing:
ENSEAD Advisory
1st edition, April 2013
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Value Proposition
ENSEAD Advisory :
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Has a deep understanding about what makes SAP
Strategies, Architectures, and Governance structures
best-in-class
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Has the experience and expertise to put SAP strategy
into action successfully
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Works with you to arrive at an optimal balance
between the business demands for agility, value for
money, and stable SAP operations
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Works off industry standards complemented by SAP
specifics and advanced insights
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Fresh ideas and the brightest
resources, sourced from a private crowd.
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ENSEAD Advisory works with
…during every stage of the SAP
you towards excellence in…
Solution and Services Lifecycle:
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Managing SAP-related investments
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Governing SAP-rich solution landscapes
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Defining and selecting SAP-rich solution
alternatives
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Implementing SAP-rich solutions
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Running SAP-rich solutions
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In pursuit of excellence: Services
ENSEAD Advisory Services Oversight
Managing SAPrelated
investments
Governing SAPrich solution
landscapes
Defining and
selecting SAPrich solution
alternatives
Implementing
SAP-rich
solutions
Running SAPrich solutions
Project and Programme Management
Interim Management
Enterprise and Solution Architecture
Quality Assurance (Audit, Assess, Stage Gates)
Risk management
o Business case
development
o Value
management
o Requests for
Proposal
o Financial control
o TCO optimisation
o Roadmap planning
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o Consulting-as-aService
o IT Process
improvement
o IT organisation
development
o Soundboarding
o Agile/SCRUM
o Continual Service
Improvement
o Architecture-as-aService
o SAP Expertise-ondemand
o Data management
o Analytics
o Security
o Second opinion
o Integration
o Requests for
Information
o Technical Platform
o Project preparation
and initiation
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o Infrastructure
o Competence Center
o Upgrade efficiency
improvement
o Mediation
o (Out)sourcing
o Tool selection
o Training
o Landscape
optimisation

Trusted advisor to some of most reputed
companies in the world.
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Why work with ENSEAD Advisory
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Trusted advisor to some of the largest and most
reputed companies in the world
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Tangible results, identified and delivered millions
of savings for clients already
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Deep knowledge of SAP, sourced from a private
crowd
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Continually advancing the wheel by combining
SAP knowledge with wide ranging and deep
understanding of IT good practice and industry
standards
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Affordable, as the firm is lean as can be and knows
very little overhead
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Decades of experience shared through ENSEAD
Insights and other social media like Facebook
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Subcontracted by tier one high-end consultancies
to bring specific knowledge and expertise to the table
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A tap into thought leadership complementing industry standards.
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The IT Function Reference Model (IT-FRM)
Many SAP customers still struggle with designing
an SAP organisation capable of meeting the
omnipresent business demand for both agility
and stability, while delivering best value for
money and facilitating instant change.
An SAP organisational unit capable of efficiently
servicing, supporting, and maintaining SAP whilst
also enhancing and further improving existing
functionality, and delivering projects in parallel.
To this end, ENSEAD Advisory has developed the
IT Function Reference Model that knows five
main building blocks:
• Plan
• Service
• Change
• Run, and
• Govern
The IT Function Reference Model was already
successully used for identifing a multimillion
savings potential through restructuring the SAP
governance model and SAP landscape.
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The SAP-rich Solutions and Services
Delivery Reference Model (part of SLIM-F)
The SAP Solution & Services Lifecycle Management
Framework (SLIM-F) by ENSEAD Advisory knows
four main stages:
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Plan & Prepare
Design & Build
Test & Deploy
Service & Operate
The rationale for projects is determined during the
Plan & Prepare stage. The ENSEAD Advisory
approach to delivering SAP-rich Solutions and
Services is lied down in a Delivery Reference
Model. It is based on the following principles:
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Projects are structured into area’s of responsibility
in such a way that accountabilities are clear and
personal
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Solution designing & building is clearly separated
from acceptance testing & deploying
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The SAP-rich Solution includes the integrated
application populated with the required data, as
well as the platform and underlying infrastructure,
while adjacent systems remain to behave as usual
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With ENSEAD Advisory, you won’t paint
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Case study: Assessment of as-is SAP architecture and governance
structure, produce to-be plus Roadmap, for global manufacturer
Objectives
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Assessment of pain points in the current SAP architecture
and the associated governance structure
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Architect an advanced to-be SAP architecture with
accompanying governance structure, and
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Produce the roadmap for realisation.
Approach
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Root-cause analysis of as-is architecture and issues through
desk research and a series of interviews
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Gather further technical platform requirements
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Prepare alternative solutions taking the combined issues
and requirements into account.
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Selected viable alternatives were discussed during a
workshop with all stakeholders present
Result
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Issues found are in future-proof-ness of the SAP
architecture, Testing and Training productivity, and Operational
Cost
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Recommendations given on data copying, Ch Mgt tooling, etc.
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Technologies
Roadmap produced, working to arrive at stage 1
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SAP ECC, SAP PI, SAP EP, SAP BW, SAP SolMan, SAP
GRC, SAP TDMS, HP SM, HP PPM, Information Builders
WebFOCUS, HP, MaxDB

Case study: SAP Strategy & Architecture development and
implementation for one of the largest beverages companies
Objectives
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Enable future business growth by moving away from countrydriven IT and adopt a global approach to IT
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Implement globally standardised business processes for the backoffice and regionally centralised for the mid-office, supported by a
mixture of new global and regional SAP
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Select the right software products, obtain EA Board approval, and
define the implementation strategy and roadmap
Approach
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Conceive the to-be Solution Architecture including e.g.
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Business Functions / IT Functionality Mapping
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Functionality / Installable Components Mapping
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Systems Integration Platform View
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End User Interaction View
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Installable Components / Hardware Partitioning
Mapping
Produce the Implementation and Transitioning Roadmap
Solution Architecture and Roadmap successfully delivered
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Non SABMiller Users
Client Layer
CITRIX
SAP NetWeaver
Business Client
Crystal Reports
Designer
SAP NetWeaver
Business Client
SAPGUI
Browser
SAPGUI
Portal Layer
Global SAP
Portal
Regional SAP Portal
Application
Layer
SAP BI/BO
Windows Remote
Desktop
SAP mDSD*
SAP CRM Mobile*
Infor AS, DP, AP
SAP ERP
SAP CRM
SAP BI/BO
Infor DP (Collaborate)
JDA
SAP ERP
SAP ERP SD Portal
SAP CRM Internet
Sales
* SAP mDSD and CRM Mobile are terminal-based applications that integrate with a back-end system
(ERP or CRM). They are considered independent aplications in all of the RS architecture documents.
Results
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Trusted 3rd parties
(BPO)
SABMiller Users
Technologies
Solution was build as architected and roll-out is currently in
progress
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SAP ECC, SAP DSD, SAP CRM, SAP SRM, SAP EP, SAP PI,
SAP BW/BO (ABAP / Java), SAP MI, SAP BCM, INFOR, I2,
BOA, and Simatic, IBM, Oracle

Case study: Architecting upgrade to SAP BusinessObjects BI
4.0, a HANA Proof of Concept, and more, for a global agriculture
firm
Objecives
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SAP analytical systems (‘EBI’) support crucial business reporting
and the Global IT Leadership needed to:
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Improve the ability to get SAP BW based EBI solutions
delivered in time, on budget, and to stakeholder
satisfaction
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Increase SAP BW systems operational stability and reduce
change-related incidents
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Better align EBI projects to the overarching Architecture
Vision
Approach
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Continuously review all EBI related Project Initiation
Documents (PIDs), including e.g. Integral Profitability and
Performance reporting, Spend Analytics (Purchasing), GRC
AC, HR and CRM-related reporting
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Produce EBI Solution Architecture documents covering all
architectural layers including security and governance, as
well as organisational change management aspects
Results
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PID quality significantly improved, EBI projects run better
Delivered the solution architecture for e.g. an SAP
BusinessObjects BI 4.0 implementation and an SAP HANA
Proof of Concept. These are now in-flight
Technologies
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SAP ECC, SAP MDM, SAP CRM, SAP BW/BWA, SAP
BO, SAP HANA, HP, Unix, MS, Oracle

Case study: SAP infrastructure and upgrade strategy and
roadmap for leading FMCG company
Objectives
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All corporate functions, production and distribution centers
run on SAP, new SAP projects are being planned, and
operational SAP systems are nearing eol. Heterogeneous
systems and infrastructure. DR issues to be solved. IT cost
to be better contained and a strategy is needed that serves
both business projects and upgrade projects needs, and does
not jeopardise operations
Approach
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Assess SAP architecture
Understand project portfolio and complexities through
interviews
New infrastructure tender including improved DR set-up
Develop upgrade strategy
Prepare integrated Roadmap taking dependencies into
account
Present back to CIO
Results
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Harmonization of heterogeneous systems completed
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Upgrades done without issues
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Technologies
Harware migration succesfully executed
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SAP R/3, SAP XI/PI, SAP BI/BW, SAP SRM, SAP
CRM, SAP EP, TREX, TIBCO, AspenTech
MES, HP, Linux, Oracle

Best-positioned to help you get and stay in control over the
SAP-rich Solution & Services Lifecycle.
Im
possible is an opinion.
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Best-positioned to help you
get and stay in control over
the SAP-rich Solution &
Services Lifecycle.
Impossible is an opinion.
www.ensead.com
SAP Strategy, Architecture, and Governance
info@ensead.com | +31 (0) 487-502238