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Companies acing mergers,acquisitions, divestitures, orinternal reorganizations needinnovative business solu-tions to help them alignorganizational structuresand processes within theirsystem landscapes. TheSystem Landscape Optimi-

zation group rom SAPConsulting oers transor-mation services to help youalign your SAP solutions to

your needs.

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4 Key Service Areas That MeetYour Business Needs

5 Leverage Scenarios orBuy, Sell, and Restructure

6 Harmonize and Uniy Data8 Consolidate and Uniy

Landscape 9 Technical Optimization Services10 The System Landscape

Optimization Group10 More Inormation

11 Quick Facts

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Evolving business needs and changes toorganizational structures due to merg-ers, acquisitions, spin-os, or reorgani-zations require companies to adapttheir system landscapes. The SystemLandscape Optimization groups trans-

ormation services help you align yourSAP solutions to your needs. You cannot only harmonize data and optimizeprocesses, but you can also consolidateand centralize disparate IT solutions.The result: lower costs and reliable, accu-rate data or continued business success.

The System Landscape Optimizationgroup rom SAP Consulting has a longhistory o success. During more than18 years, its experts have perormed

thousands o landscape transormationservices. With its comprehensive ser-vice suite, the group oers an integralapproach that encompasses all possi-ble change scenarios, SAP solutions,releases, and industries.

Moreover, you can tailor the groupsservices speciically to meet your indi-vidual requirements, no matter howcomplex your transormation needs.

To help you successully realize yourtransormation scenario, the groupsexperts guide you through every phaseo the transormation project rom

selecting the best approach, setting upa project plan, and implementing a blue-print to helping you design your systemlandscape in a structured way.

For recurring, less complex transorma-tion needs, you can also use the stan-dard SAP Landscape Transormationsotware, which oers a highly stan-dardized set o transormation solutions

The System Landscape Optimi-

zation group has exceeded the

expectations of Ajinomoto. And

the partnership with SAP pro-

vides valuable support and flex-ibility in project implementa-

tion and daily operations.

Alexandre Telles, Systems Manager, Ajinomoto

do Brasil Ind. e Com. de Alimentos Ltda.

Figure 1: System Landscape Optimization Groups Service Portolio

Leveragescenarios orbuy, sell,and restructure

Realize mergersand acquisitions

Reorganizebusiness units

Harmonize anduniy data

Uniication orinancials andcontrolling inSAP ERP

Uniication orlogistics andoperations inSAP ERP

Convertcurrencies

Consolidateand uniylandscape

ManageSAP SystemLandscapeConsolidation andHarmonization

OptimizeSAP ERPHuman CapitalManagement

ImplementSAP Test DataMigration Server

IntegrateSAP SystemLandscapeArchivingConsulting

ImplementSAP NetWeaverInormationLiecycleManagement

or the SAP ERP application and enablescompanies to plan, analyze, sequence,and realize projects on their own.

Key Service Areas That Meet YourBusiness Needs

The groups service suite is designedto enable and support adaptation dur-ing the liecycle o all SAP solutionsand is grouped into three categories:Leverage scenarios or buy, sell,

and restructure Services to helpalign organizational structures andprocesses at the system level atercorporate restructuring

Harmonize and uniy data Servicesto help ensure alignment with indus-

try best practices and IT strategiesthat require data harmonization andprocess optimization

Consolidate and uniy the land-scape Services to help reduceIT complexity, operation costs, andsystem administration

Figure 1 illustrates the portolio o ser-vices that are encompassed in thethree categories.

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high-perormance plant-merge service

to help merge several plants within onecompany code. I the respective plantsare located in dierent company codes,it is advisable to use the groups plant-reallocation service beorehand to acil-itate the transer.

The groups plant-reallocation servicehelps you separate a designated busi-ness segment or business area rom acompany by reallocating the plantorganizational unit to which it belongs.To do this, you assign the plant to a

new company code. Optionally, you caneither reallocate sales and purchasingorganizations or split them into newones. A major advantage o this ser-vice is that it does not require anychanges to logistics processes, thussupporting process continuity. Figure 3illustrates a typical scenario.

Harmonize and Uniy Data

Constantly changing global marketsdemand that international companiesidentiy business requirements andintegrate them into their daily businesspractices. Successully operating yourbusiness under these conditions placesnew demands on your system land-scape. You have to optimize businessprocesses and ensure consistent andstreamlined data structures throughoutthe company. To meet these objec-tives, you oten need to align the com-panys inancials and logistics data. The

System Landscape Optimization groupprovides proven services to help yourealize the required changes at the sys-tem level.

Aligning Financials and ControllingDataCompanies have to deal with regionaldisparities and must be able to handlemultiple languages and comply withstate- and country-speciic tax regula-tions. In order to increase the transpar-

ency o their overall inancial processes,

companies oten decide to introducemore widely accepted standards, suchas generally accepted accounting prin-ciples (GAAP) or International FinancialReporting Standards (IFRS). This otenrequires the ull alignment o data

structures and processes, resulting incompany-wide uniication activities.

Your uniication eorts may requirea groupwide naming convention orcontrolling objects to establish cross-company controlling within your group,or you might wish to simpliy an out-dated cost-center structure. To eecteither one, the names o cost centers,proit centers, activity types, internalorders, statistical key igures, and other

controlling objects may need to bealigned. A conceptual redesign couldalso require replacing your existingoperating concern structure.

The System Landscape Optimizationgroups services help companies ina reliable and cost-eective way to

Figure 3: Typical Restructuring Scenario Company-Code Split and Plant Reallocation

Source situation Target situation

Salesorganization

Companycode 1

Plant1

Plant2

Companycode 1

Salesorganization

Companycode 2(new)

New salesorganization

Plant2

Plant1

The merger itself was

flawless and met all qual-

ity standards. In fact, the

implementation ended up

15% below the estimated

budget.

Christian . Kristensen, IS Delivery

Manager, Grundos

Project: Merger o three controlling

areas into a single one



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harmonize and uniy the inancial and

controlling data used by the SAP ERPapplication. The services not only sup-port companies in introducing standardinancial guidelines by using prescrip-tive standards, but they also help toincrease eiciencies, reduce costs, andoptimize processes.

Optimizing Logistics and OperationsThe demands o operating a globalbusiness and meeting customer expec-tations require more eiciency. Makingthis happen entails optimization and

uniication o internal processes andoverall operations rom procurementto production, logistics, and customerrelationship management. In order toachieve ull data consistency, you needto synchronize your various applica-tions such as advanced planning andoptimization, supply chain manage-ment, and sales and distribution. Eachapplication has to use the same uniquebusiness data, including serial num-bers, material numbers, and business

partner inormation. In addition, the his-

torical development o systems, suchas multiple data migrations rom dier-ent source systems, oten results inredundant entries o inormation aboutyour customers, vendors, and otherbusiness partners. In order to reducesystem complexity and data administra-tion eorts while enhancing your dataquality and streamlining your datastructures, it is advisable to clean upyour data records and merge therespective duplicate records into asingle one.

Responding to changing buying pat-terns o customers is another importantaspect. In order to secure continuousbusiness success, companies seek tooptimize and streamline their productportolios. Your system landscape hasto relect all major changes. For example,your companys product hierarchy hasto be aligned accordingly to dierenti-ate your products. This can be realizedbyredesigning your product hierarchy

(see the example in Figure 4), which

must then also be relected in the data

or aected products, sales and pur-chase orders, and pricing.

Converting Currencies in Your SystemLandscapeYour company may handle severalcurrencies across its IT landscape.I business-driven changes or legalrequirements necessitate changes tothe currencies your company uses,the System Landscape Optimizationgroup oers well-proven services tohelp you realize numerous types o

currency conversions: Converting the companys irst local

currency in all sotware componentso the SAP ERP application

Introducing, changing, or deletingparallel local currencies

Changing group currencies as well ascurrencies or controlling areas, oper-ating concerns, and so on

I your objective is to introduce morewidely accepted standards such as

GAAP or IFRS and improve inancial

Figure 4: Example o Realizing Changes to a Product Hierarchy at the System Level

Product hierarchy current assignment

Materialnumber

SP01

Classiication

Electrical devices

Household appliances

Dishwasher

Structure(technical)

00001

00002

00000002

Product hierarchy new assignment

Materialnumber

SP01

Classiication

Electrical devices

Household appliances

Structure(technical)

Dishwasher

Design collection

00001

002

00003

00001

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Depending on your objectives, thegroup can help you to, or example, setup a multiclient system or simpliyingor centralizing your system landscapeor to merge several clients rom dier-ent systems into a single client. This

reduces the number o systems andclients and results in a well-structuredSAP system landscape that is eicientto manage.

The groups process-data migrationservice can help you move large quan-tities o selected data between sys-tems and also to an application runningon a higher release level. You candetermine the appropriate businessprocess elements such as sales

orders, purchase orders, open items,

and serial numbers which will then beselected in your SAP ERP, SAP Cus-tomer Relationship Management, orSAP Supplier Relationship Manage-ment applications and transerred tothe designated target location. Using

this service, you can transer data ei-ciently, selectively, and cost-eectively.Figure 5 shows an example o thisscenario.

In general, the combination o specialtechnical unctions and conversionrules used by the System LandscapeOptimization group enables you to notonly saeguard all historical data butalso to maintain all document lows.

reporting and accountability, you mayneed to combine several consolidationand harmonization approaches. Thegroups experienced consultants canhelp with their extensive transormationknowledge to compose an integral and

consistent solution including appropri-ate conversion and migration servicesand techniques according to your indi-vidual requirements.

Consolidate and Uniy LandscapeYour current distributed system land-scape may result in increasing adminis-trative overhead. To lower total cost oownership (TCO) and achieve an eec-tive centralization o your IT landscape,the group can support you with a wide

range o services.

Figure 5: Schematic View o Process-Data Migration Service

Source system Target system

Master and transactiondata, number ranges

User data and authorizations

Application settings and organizationalstructure

Openitems

Companycode 1

DDIC ABAP

Purchaseorders

Companycode 2

Applicationdata

Customizing(customerdependent andindependent)

Repository

Applicationdata

Customizing(customerdependent andindependent)

Repository

Serialnumbers

Companycode ...

...Salesorders

Master and transactiondata, number ranges

User data and authorizations

Application settings and organizationalstructure

Openitems

Companycode 1

DDIC ABAP

Purchaseorders

...Salesorders

Serialnumbers

Companycode 2

SystemLandscape

Optimizationtechnology

Companycode 3

DDIC = ABAP dictionary

Existing in target Transerred completely rom source to target Migrated in target

Partly selected in source and transerred to targetRemains in source



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To help customers cost-eectivelymanage their data while complying withlegal requirements or long-term dataretention, the group oers speciicservices orimplementing the SAPNetWeaver Inormation Liecycle

Management component. Theseservices help you to analyze yourarchiving strategy, apply retention poli-cies, extract data in system decommis-sioning scenarios, and transer knowl-edge or legal case management andbusiness warehouse reporting.

The group can also help to build upnonproductive system landscapesbased on reduced data volume extract-ed rom your production system quickly

and cost-eectively. Services can helpwith implementing and coniguringSAP Test Data Migration Server sot-ware or SAP ERP implementationsand other solutions or speciic indus-tries such as utilities, banking, andinsurance. Because business-relevantand up-to-date test data can be madeavailable at any time, you can beneitrom improved quality o developmentand training activities.

Technical Optimization Services

To help you minimize the impact o atransormation project on your dailybusiness, the group oers varioustechnical optimization services. Withthe help o these complementary ser-vices, you can realize a smooth transerprocess. For instance, the groups min-imized downtime service can alleviateworries about interrupting your busi-

ness processes and helps to reducedowntime during the actual conversionor migration.

I your company requires support ortuning hardware and perormance

during the realization phase, the groupalso provides well-proven services tohelp in this area.

In order to successfully

complete a migration se-

curely in such a short

time, a comprehensiverange of data migration

tools and methodologies

was required. The System

Landscape Optimization

group had everything

we needed.

Eiichi Tanaka, General Manager or

Planning and Development, IS Division,FamilyMart Co. Ltd.

Project: Data migration during SAP ERP

application upgrade

The group also guides the restructur-ing o solutions or human capitalmanagement (HCM) rom SAP bymerging, splitting, and redeining organi-zational structures as well as transerringHCM data quickly and securely between

SAP sotware systems. Furthermore,the services help to veriy the consis-tency and continuity o migrated HCMdata and support correction runs andretroactive accounting activities.

Services also support data archivingacross an entire SAP solution environ-ment, helping you relocate and storelarge data volumes. These servicesallow a measurable reduction in data-base growth rates and data mainte-

nance costs and provide a uniorm andsecure method o data removal andmanagement across your SAPsolutions.

The System Landscape Optimi-

zation group of SAP Consulting

offered the expertise and experi-

ence required to get the job

done and in the defined timeframe too. For us, it was crucial

to keep downtime to an abso-

lute minimum.

Verena Holz, Project Manager,

HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschat

Project: Consolidation o the IT environment by

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The System LandscapeOptimization Group

Over the last 18 years, the SystemLandscape Optimization group hasengaged in more than 10,000 migra-

tion, harmonization, and consolidationprojects worldwide. The group oexperts provides both a high degree ostandardization and the lexibility to ul-ill special customer requirements.

For all its services, the System Land-scape Optimization group uses proven,standardized methodologies and tool-based technologies. Prior to the pro-ductive conversion, each projectincludes multiple test conversions car-

ried out in a copy o the productionsystem to help ensure data security,consistency, and integrity.

More Inormation

For more inormation about the serviceportolio o the System LandscapeOptimization group and customerprojects, please visit us at

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SummaryBusiness-driven changes to corporate structures such as mergers, acquisitions, and reor-ganizations require the adaptation o your existing SAP system landscape. And the highvalue o accurate and reliable data may demand data harmonization and process optimiza-tion. In addition, consolidating disparate IT solutions and centralizing system landscapes canhelp cut costs. The System Landscape Optimization group rom SAP Consulting can helpyou reach these objectives.

Business Challenges Adapt SAP system landscapes to relect mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures Align organizational structures and processes at the system level to meet the needs o

corporate restructuring Align with best practices and IT strategies to realize data harmonization and process

optimization Reduce IT complexity and centralize disparate IT solutions

Key Features

Leverage scenarios or buy, sell, and restructure Align organizational structures andprocesses at the system level ater corporate restructuring

Harmonize and uniy data Align with best practices and IT strategies or data harmoni-zation and process optimization

Consolidate and uniy landscape Reduce IT complexity, operation costs, and systemadministration

Business BeneftsHigh-quality work and data security via the expertise o highly experienced consultants

with necessary knowledge to complete complex transormation tasksComplete service oering rom project management to a detailed technical solutionGreater lexibility to modiy a live SAP solution quickly and align it with new business

needs without interrupting daily businessFast, cost-eective solutions using proven methodologies and technologies to acceler-

ate transormation and reduce costs

For More InormationFor more inormation about the System Landscape Optimization groups services oerings,

visit us atwww.sap.com/services/slo.

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