With the release of the new SAP ECC 6.0 version some time back, many organizations which have implemented SAP R/3 are now planning upgrading to the new version. A brief evolution of SAP ERP will help provide a good starting point.
PiL can be your partner if you are planning to enhance your organization’s IT capabilities by upgrading to the latest version of SAP. PiL helps organization find answer to common questions like:
Why should the organization upgrade to ECC 6.0 ?
What capabilities are present in ECC 6.0 over and above SAP's previous ERP versions?
It may be noted that Upgrade to ECC 6.0 involves three major approaches, each with its own set of benefits & ROI. PiL can help realize all the three upgrade approaches for your organization:
Technical Upgrade
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Enhancement of SAP from technical perspective, focus
on risk mitigation & sustainability of existing SAP Solution
Functional Upgrade
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Focus lies on addressing custom modifications and
returning them to SAP standard code
Strategic Upgrade
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Major re-engineering / implementation of new strategic
business applications
PiL follows the Upgrade methodology recommended by SAP itself. It comprises following steps:
1. Defining the functions that would deliver specific strategic advantages to your organization and help you realize key objectives
2. Quantifying the potential cost savings and value enhancements SAP ERP can help you achieve
3. Performing a business-case analysis to evaluate the proposed expenditure and project the ROI
4. Developing an implementation strategy to support timely realization of program benefits
To ensure fulfillment of above mentioned preliminary steps, PiL follows ERP Upgrade in three separate phases
Planning Phase
Building Phase
Running Phase
Aim
Define a transition & upgrade strategy and develop a corresponding project plan
Implement the upgrade with minimum cost & disruption to existing business
Incremental improvement in total costs & value
Key Deliverables
Current IT Structure Future Business direction IT structural changes to be performed Type of upgrade Project Budget Project Time
Update customer-specific programming Testing business processes for ensuring working New business processes operation Performance & load testing Train users, prepare roles & security authorizations
Utilize the learning curve to reduce time & cost of operation by repeated improvements
