Digitization Push Through Pandemic: Remote Implementation Is The New SAP Workflow

The worldwide shutdown caused by the coronavirus led to an acceleration of digitization in all areas – While the population is heralding the “New Normal,” long-term changes are emerging for companies.

In a study on digitization in working life, 60 percent of those surveyed stated that the pandemic had increased the digitization of their work. The pressure on companies is increasing: To survive in the market, where even minor delays in the process can already bring a decisive disadvantage, they must constantly optimize themselves. The general efficiency of internal workflows is just as important as reducing costs or saving resources. When digitizing companies, it is essential to develop a sustainable strategy that will enable companies in all sectors to take a step towards process optimization thanks to remote implementation, regardless of location. What precisely this workflow should look like is explained in more detail below.

Corona has accelerated the transition to remote work and the ​​​​digitalization of companies. But the IT professionals in the industry see a need to catch up in the German market. To keep up with the increasing pressure of digitization, the strategy for remote implementations towards the step towards “intelligent enterprise” should be combined with the advantages of the hybrid working model in cooperation with customers in different industries worldwide. The result is that automation and digitization projects with, for example, S4HANA or SAP Ariba, which generally take one to two years, can be completed in just six months. Using widely used or custom project management methodologies,

Processes, Methods, And Regulations As Cornerstones

SAP projects have long included the option of remote implementation, and the pandemic has further strengthened the willingness to do so. The ideal remote strategy is customer-specific project management methods and agile development processes. Constant productivity monitoring in the form of daily, weekly, or monthly checkpoints and status calls provides the necessary overview. In addition, customers should be advised on introducing home office rules. This is how the basic structure of the strategy is built. Certified SAP consultants, software developers, UX designers, and DevOps specialists must be available at all times for the successful digitization of a company thanks to the remote approach to avoid errors and ensure the project’s success.

Offshore And Nearshore Are The New Onsite

As cloud adoption becomes the norm, all future SAP projects should be remote. The question arises as to where the remote implementation is managed. This requires professional hardware and software: laptops, monitors, means of communication, conference rooms, and stable internet both onsite and in-home offices are just as important as experts, consultants, and developers who speak the same language as the customer. SAP’s vision for Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation of the global economy has led to a strategy that pushes companies to use the S/4HANA cloud and other cloud-based SAP applications instead of on-premise implementations.

Technology partners should therefore develop other service models in addition to the classic onsite implementation offer to further advance the remote workflow. With ‘offshoring,’ the entire development cycle of a solution is taken over from requirement to implementation and support. Also, hybrid solutions will be phased in, allowing the onsite team to work with the offshore development team and customer representatives. There are also ‘nearshoring’ models when customers are representatives of a company from the neighboring country who would like to use the services of certified SAP professionals. These adaptable models guarantee a location-independent, short training period and time savings thanks to the accelerated project structure.

Also, hybrid solutions will be phased in, allowing the onsite team to work with the offshore development team and customer representatives. There are also ‘nearshoring’ models when customers are representatives of a company from the neighboring country who would like to use the services of certified SAP professionals. These adaptable models guarantee a location-independent, short training period and time savings thanks to the accelerated project structure.

Also, hybrid solutions will be phased in, allowing the onsite team to work with the offshore development team and customer representatives. There are also ‘nearshoring’ models when customers are representatives of a company from the neighboring country who would like to use the services of certified SAP professionals. These adaptable models guarantee a location-independent, short training period and time savings thanks to the accelerated project structure.

The Remote Control Becomes The New Workflow

With the introduction of cloud-based software-as-a-service packages for ERP systems and other business processes over the last decade, the potential for remote implementation and maintenance of most companies’ IT management has skyrocketed. As cloud-based systems replace on-premises ERP systems in the future, maintenance of these systems will increasingly be done remotely, so it doesn’t matter if IT experts are onsite. From a purely technical point of view, implementing new ERP systems can already be done remotely. Critical drivers for legacy moves to Presence were customer expectations for system integrators to be onsite and end-user product training.

The experience, the project management, The approach, and projects carried out in SAP Ariba, S4HANA implementation, and mobile application development show that remote execution also contributes significantly to the customer’s budget by reducing travel expenses and successfully solving problems in a remote format to save. As expressed in the figures, savings of 10 to 15 percent of the total budget are possible – to the advantage of the customer. For the move to global transformation, it is essential that complex implementations can be done remotely.

This includes training in cloud-based ERP software systems and location-independent access to trained specialist staff. Significantly save the client’s budget by reducing travel expenses and successfully solving problems in a remote format. As expressed in the figures, savings of 10 to 15 percent of the total budget are possible – to the advantage of the customer. For the move to global transformation, it is essential that complex implementations can be done remotely. This includes training in cloud-based ERP software systems and location-independent access to trained specialist staff. Significantly save the client’s budget by reducing travel expenses and successfully solving problems in a remote format.

As expressed in the figures, savings of 10 to 15 percent of the total budget are possible – to the advantage of the customer. For the move to global transformation, it is essential that complex implementations can be done remotely. This includes training in cloud-based ERP software systems and location-independent access to trained specialist staff. That complex implementation can be done remotely. This includes training in cloud-based ERP software systems and location-independent access to trained specialist staff. That complex implementation can be done remotely. This includes training in cloud-based ERP software systems and location-independent access to trained specialist staff.