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Discovery and Evaluation

Discovery and evaluation

ERP Solution Evaluation and Selection

Evaluating an ERP solution is a significant investment of time and resources, and the impact on the business can be substantial. Organizations need informed decisions about the scalability and suitability of an ERP solution before committing to delivery.

SCMNEXX helps organizations identify SAP solutions that fit their industry, operating model, processes, technology landscape, and business requirements.

Consultants reviewing business data during ERP discovery and evaluation

Package evaluation

Our Package Review, Evaluation, and Selection Services Offer:

The review gives stakeholders a clearer basis for comparing SAP options before scope, cost, and delivery momentum become difficult to change.

Thorough Assessment

Review available SAP solutions, relevant capabilities, dependencies, constraints, and implementation implications.

Informed Decision-Making

Use a structured evaluation process to compare fit, risk, effort, cost considerations, and operating impact.

Tailored Recommendations

Frame recommendations around the organization's specific processes, challenges, objectives, landscape, and change capacity.

SCMNEXX Discovery and Evaluation Services

Our Services Include:

Solution Envisioning

Define the intended SAP solution and its role within the organization.

Business Case and Cost/Benefit Analysis

Evaluate financial implications, expected benefits, assumptions, dependencies, and risks without treating the outcome as guaranteed.

Industry Best Practices Adoption

Assess relevant practices against the organization's actual processes, controls, customers, products, and operating constraints.

Business Process Analysis

Identify goals, objectives, process requirements, decision points, and useful performance indicators.

IS Planning for SAP Implementation

Develop an information-systems direction aligned with the implementation scope and operating model.

Gap Analysis and Fitment Analysis

Compare current systems and processes with future requirements to identify fit, gaps, dependencies, and decisions.

Migration Study

Evaluate practical paths for moving data, processes, custom capabilities, and users to the selected landscape.

Integration Study

Assess how the SAP solution must connect with existing applications, partners, data, and operational processes.

Project Scoping and Sizing

Define project boundaries, workstreams, dependencies, environments, skills, effort assumptions, and delivery sequence.

IT planning support

Define the future-state foundation

In addition to selecting an SAP solution and implementation strategy, the evaluation should help the IT team define the future application, infrastructure, and connectivity direction.

Future-State Application Architecture

Outline the application landscape required to support future business operations and goals.

Future-State Technical Infrastructure

Design the technical environment, security, integration, data, operations, and support model required for effective SAP use.

Business Case for Remote Connectivity

Evaluate the business, security, identity, device, network, support, and user needs for remote access to SAP applications.

Start with discovery

Start with the ERP selection, architecture, integration, or roadmap question that needs a fact-based evaluation.

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