Simplifying SAP Upgrades using UPTRAK
Most of the Upgrade tools available in the market are built on SAP RBE (Reverse business engineer) utility where-in the data analysis is sliced and diced and presented differently by the competitors.
SITA CORP UPTRAK is the only Service in the market with enhanced scalability to provide significant time, cost savings and improved qualitative/quantitative analytics in a SAP upgrade project attributed to its, and the analysis will be completed in 10 hours to 2 days depending on size of the landscape:
- Comprehensive upgrade error analysis,
- Code remediation, and object prioritization by complexity
- User-exit analysis,
- Technical objects performance analysis,
- Replaceable batch data load programs with suitable SAP Standard BAPI/Function Modules before upgrade
- Highly effective test plan by business criticality and optimization
- Effective security objects analysis and improved testing plan as per upgrade needs
- Obsolete functions, database tables, security objects and ability to navigate to the exact code line to fix the error
- UNICODE errors in the custom code
Are a few to quote our differentiation compared with other tools.
SITA Approach using UPTRAK
- Deploy UPTRAK tool in production or production like environment for the analysis
- Creation of complete database of objects with error analysis
- Graphical representation of data by severity, complexity
- Identifying the objects by module and prioritizing the remediation, testing plan by business criticality
- Unit and Integration Testing plan optimization
- SPAU & SPDD inconsistency analysis
- Listing of obsolete transactions, database tables, structures, function modules, security objects
- Complete analytics would be available to business within SAP and no need to generate an external data sets for analysis or study
- Identifying the enhanced business functionalities and creating a delta list of processes for further study to implement
- Instant visibility to work efforts and estimation and opportunities to engage the business users optimally and reduce the cost and effectively utilize the resources
- Before & After upgrade comparison of remediation efforts
- Detailed study of interfaces and identifying the business complexity and recommend the compatibility issues, provide the solutions
- Validation & Compliance recommendations
Business Drivers for SAP Upgrades
- SAP ERP 6.0 is the "go-to" release until at least 2012 providing mainstream maintenance until March 2013 and extended maintenance until 2016.
- Audit related or Regulatory requirements like IFRS etc., for which new GL is necessary
- Business challenges and business user demand for new functionality to improve operational excellence, enable innovation, and support new business models
- SAP provides updates for legal changes as part of the mainstream or extended maintenance agreement for SAP ERP. However, with previous releases of SAP R/3, the outdated underlying software technology may impede the implementation of effective solutions for meeting current compliance standards.
- With its integrated solutions for governance, risk, and By upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0, you can stay up-to-date with the underlying technology and ensure business continuity and system stability, compliance etc.,
- SAP ERP 6.0 facilitates a unified, cross-company framework that correlates and aligns all activities.
SITA CORP’s Accelerators
- Reusable templates like Project Plan, Cutover plan, Test Scripts, End to End scripts, checklists which are evolved from years of Implementation & Upgrade experience and by industry vertical focus
- Best practices and bench marking processes for comparing before & after upgrade.
- Available training documentations with train the trainer approach and ability to provide trainings specific to business user needs, business specific process etc.,
Delivery Highlights
- Upgrade to the SAP ERP application
- Collaborative approach, finite scope, recommendations and Jump start
- Create high-level project plan, Milestone reporting
- Increase confidence in project’s success
- Power users and end users training
- New functionality and changes documentation and involve the business users at every critical juncture
- Knowledge transfer to support team members
A Strong Partnership with SAP:
SITA CORP has long-standing relationships with SAP with huge knowledge repository, highly skilled human capital worldwide that has resulted in cost-saving approaches to SAP implementations Upgrades and continued improvements to methodologies and processes. Guided by experiences with customers, SITA CORP has developed a number of proprietary tools, mobile technological solutions and accelerators that contribute significantly to compressing project timelines mitigate the potential risks and delivering high quality SAP solutions.
SITA CORP Approach That Makes Upgrades Easy, Quick and Painless
Experts from SITA CORP can help you get the most out of your SAP solution upgrade. Getting the job done right and making it happen quickly and effectively with no or minimal impact is critical for the upgrade and with our proven delivery methodologies, we achieved and achieving the competency excellence by:
- Working with you and your executive and business community to develop the business case for the upgrade.
- Providing R/3 Enterprise experience and expertise that will allow you to gain true business benefits from the upgrade, such as reducing IT total cost of ownership, integrating the legacy systems onto SAP, extending your current footprint of SAP solutions, minimizing the cost of projects, consolidating skills, and more.
- Applying best-in-class tools and solutions to accelerate the implementation and to mitigate risk.
- Combining proven methodologies, proprietary tools and highly experienced people to address security, technology, project management, functionality and business process, infrastructure, dual maintenance, learning and change management.
- Offering a comprehensive total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis
- Analyzing capacity requirements for the upgraded environment and accurately sizing the hardware configuration for business needs.
- Assuring that measurable knowledge transfer occurs.
- Delivering on-time and on-budget providing 24 X 7 worldwide support through the SITA CORP Support
- Center for SAP Applications where dedicated support engineers help customers resolve issues related to any SAP functional, technical, basis & administration, security, testing related issues.
