We map each process from start to finish, measure where time and money are lost, and design a simpler version with your team. The result: fewer handovers and approvals, and a process SAP can run as standard.
Process first
redesign the work before you automate it
End to end
from the first request to the final payment
Measured
KPIs agreed up front: cycle time, cost and approval steps
Co-designed
your people and ours, on SAP best practice
Automating a broken process just makes the mistakes happen faster. We fix the process first, with the people who run it, then let SAP run it as standard.
Our co-innovation method
Four steps, repeated with every SAP release: discover, co-design, build and scale.
Which process slows you down?
Choose an end-to-end process to see where time and money are typically lost, and how we redesign it.
Order to cash
The problem
- Orders re-keyed from email and spreadsheets
- Credit checks and approvals holding orders
- Invoices disputed and paid late
What we deliver
- One order channel with validation at entry
- Credit rules applied automatically, exceptions only to people
- Invoices right first time, with fewer disputes
- Collections prioritised by risk and value
- SAP best practices
- SAP Signavio
- S/4HANA and SAP Cloud ERP
The result: Orders shipped and cash collected faster, with fewer handovers.
Procure to pay
The problem
- Purchases made outside contracts
- Long approval chains
- Invoices matched by hand
What we deliver
- Guided buying from agreed catalogues and contracts
- Approval rules based on value and risk
- Automated invoice matching with exceptions to people
- Supplier self-service for orders and payments
- SAP best practices
- SAP Ariba
- SAP Signavio
The result: More spend on contract and suppliers paid on time.
Record to report
The problem
- A close that takes too many days
- Manual journals and reconciliations
- Consolidation in spreadsheets
What we deliver
- A redesigned close calendar with clear owners
- Automated accruals, journals and reconciliations
- Consolidation in SAP Group Reporting
- Close progress visible in one cockpit
- SAP best practices
- SAP Group Reporting
- Advanced Financial Closing
The result: A shorter, predictable close the CFO can see.
Plan to produce
The problem
- Plans changed by phone and whiteboard
- Materials missing when the line is ready
- Quality checks on paper
What we deliver
- One planning cycle from forecast to production
- Capacity-aware schedules
- Quality checks built into production steps
- Shop-floor confirmations in real time
- SAP best practices
- SAP IBP
- SAP Digital Manufacturing
The result: Realistic plans and fewer surprises on the shop floor.
Hire to retire
The problem
- Hiring and onboarding run by email
- HR data re-entered in several systems
- Managers waiting for simple answers
What we deliver
- One hire-to-onboard flow from offer to day one
- Employee data entered once
- Manager and employee self-service
- Payroll inputs checked before each run
- SAP best practices
- SAP SuccessFactors
- SmartRecruiters
The result: Faster hiring, cleaner HR data and fewer HR tickets.
How we redesign a process
Discover
Workshops and system data show how the process runs today.
You get: A current-state map
Measure
Baseline the KPIs and find where time and money are lost.
You get: A clear baseline
Co-design
Design the new process with your people on SAP best practice.
You get: A future-state design
Implement
Configure SAP, change policies and train people.
You get: The new process live
Sustain
Track the KPIs and improve with every release.
You get: Results that last
What you get
Current-state maps
How each process really runs today, including the workarounds.
Future-state design
A simpler process, aligned to SAP best practice.
KPIs and targets
Cycle time, cost per order, approval steps and more, agreed up front.
Change plan
What changes for people, policies and systems, and in what order.
Controls built in
Approvals, segregation of duties and audit designed into the process.
Business case
The value of the change, so leadership can decide with confidence.
Related: Process Discovery & Mining (SAP Signavio) · Fit-to-Standard & Best Practices · Our Co-Innovation Approach · Hire process consultants
Start with one process
Spend one day with us mapping a single process. You keep the map, whatever you decide next.
Frequently asked questions
Why redesign processes before implementing SAP?
Because automating a broken process only makes the mistakes faster. A simpler process also fits SAP best practice better, which means less customisation and smoother upgrades.
How do you find where time is lost?
Through workshops with the people who run the process, and process mining with SAP Signavio on real system data.
Which processes do you redesign?
End-to-end processes such as order to cash, procure to pay, record to report, plan to produce and hire to retire.
How do we start?
With a one-day Process Discovery Workshop on a single process. You keep the map, whatever you decide next.