Unlocking New Possibilities: bpExperts and Simplifier Join Forces

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bpExperts is thrilled to announce a collaboration with Simplifier. The Simplifier low-code platform is an ideal fit for bpExperts' portfolio. Going forward, bpExperts will be able to solve the challenges of its customers to an even greater extent and create custom-fit solutions. The partnership focuses on leveraging the existing synergies of both companies to benefit customers by combining the strengths of a low-code approach with a structured enterprise BPM methodology.


Pillars of the partnership:

Increase Efficiency: Combining bpExperts' Business Flows framework, and their process expertise with Simplifier's intuitive low-code platform, the digitalization initiatives can be scaled and integrated into a holistic business transformation approach.

Accelerate Digital Transformation: As digital transformation has become essential, this collaboration provides organizations with the tools and insights needed to accelerate their digital journey and establish long-term business ownership.

Empower Innovation: The partnership fosters innovation by offering customized solutions that adapt to evolving business needs.


Key Benefits for Clients:

Streamlined Processes: Customers benefit through optimized processes, resulting in cost savings and improved productivity.

Scalable Solutions: The collaboration provides scalable solutions to meet the individual needs of each customer.

Expert Guidance: Customers can leverage bpExperts' consulting expertise to align their processes with industry best practices.

About Simplifier

We support companies to digitize business processes efficiently and sustainably: Our low-code platform enables our customers to create business and IoT applications with ease and minimal programming effort. All processes can be used optimally as we seamlessly integrate existing system landscapes, machines and plants.   

Beyond offering the best technical solutions, we also provide systematic support to implement a successful low-code strategy. Simplifier draws from years of experience and best practices: This unique combination of low-code technology and expert knowledge is exactly what our customers benefit from. 

At Simplifier, we are incredibly honored that a wide range of companies place their trust in us and choose us as a partner for their digital roadmap. Key to this is to maintain a steady dialogue: We can therefore truly understand our customers' needs and develop our platform accordingly.

Our portfolio of customers includes medium-sized, enterprise level and international companies such as SAERTEX, Alnatura, Brückner Maschinenbau, AGRANA, Rolls-Royce Power Systems and REWE.  

We aim to expand our already strong market position in Europe by working closely with our shareholders PwC and Possehl. Through our continuously expanding partner network, we want to support companies worldwide. We are passionate about what we do and we welcome you to learn more about Simplifier and join us on our journey to drive digitalization.

About bpExperts

bpExperts is a renowned name in the realm of business management and business transformation, for their business transformation framework business flows, a comprehensive End-to-end oriented process repository and set of methods to efficiently manage SAP HANA initiatives.

Looking Ahead:

As companies continue to navigate an ever-changing landscape, the combined efforts of bpExperts and Simplifier provide them with the tools and support they need to thrive and maximize their potential.

Stay tuned for more updates on how this partnership will empower organizations to reach new heights of success.

 

Contact Information:

For inquiries and more information about this collaboration, please contact:

Dr. Russell Gomersall, Partner bpExperts, russell.gomersall@bpexperts.de

Florian Rühl, Vorstandsmitglied, digitalisierung@simplifier.io

HANA migration - On the procrastination of getting your business involved

Dr. Russell Gomersall

While talking to customers preparing for their HANA journey, I often hear a commitment from the IT departments to involve the business. To a point, everyone agrees that it is inevitable. However, the question of when and how to involve the business is disputed. It is obvious that the business will have many questions, while the project management will not be ready to give answers, yet. Open points during the project inception will involve aspects such as brown vs. greenfield, budgets, duration, and approach. 

 

This often leads to procrastinating to involve the business. Sometimes, there is a 'shadow project' for preparation. This neglect of open communication frequently results in duplicate efforts with business and IT initiating parallel investigations that are hard to merge later on. 

 I suggest involving the business as early as possible. 

 Open communication is key, and identifying and involving key stakeholders from both sides will work better the earlier you join forces with them. 

 

It is advisable to set up your own 'business readiness' stream with clear objectives to gather relevant information on current strategic guidelines, operating models, and an inventory of related end-to-end scenarios and their business processes. 

 

As the basis for decisions on brown vs. greenfield, an analysis of pain points and key requirements is essential to effectively challenge the status quo and identify value drivers for the HANA initiative. 

 

Besides gathering crucial information as input for planning and early decisions, timely activation of the business will have a fundamental, positive impact on change management during your project. 

 

So, if you haven't involved your business yet, I suggest you start tomorrow and set up your first alignment. 

 

As bpExperts, this is what we focus on. Using Business Process Management as a true management methodology, we help introduce a process-centric approach, bridging the gap between business and IT, as well as between strategy and operations. 

 

We care, we act, we deliver. 

 

Contact me
 

Dr. Russell Gomersall

Partner

E-Mail: russell.gomersall@bpexperts.de

Phone: +49 151 222 344 96

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Why is it important to assess process maturity prior to S/4 HANA transformation?

Dr. Ikemefuna Allen

Building a good business case before embarking on an S/4 HANA transformation is crucial for several reasons. It helps ensure that the transformation aligns with the organization's broader strategic goals and objectives. It also allows you to clearly articulate how the S/4 HANA implementation will support and enhance these goals. A robust business case helps in estimating and justifying resource allocations, as well as assessing risks and quantifying expected improvements in efficiency, productivity, and customer satisfaction. 

 

In building a business case, knowing where your operations stand in terms of maturity will give you a clear baseline against which you can measure desired improvements made through the S/4 HANA transformation. The maturity assessment will help you identify gaps in your current processes that need to be addressed. These gaps could be in data quality, process efficiency, compliance, or technology usage. The maturity assessment will reveal how well current processes are integrated with existing technology, providing a roadmap for what needs to be updated or changed in the S/4 HANA transformation. 

 

A thorough assessment that shows gaps and areas for improvement in processes can help in securing stakeholder buy-in, a critical factor in the success of any transformation project. The insights from the assessment provide concrete data and context that justify the investment. Moreover, knowing the maturity level of your processes will help you better estimate the effort and cost involved in the transformation, as gaps are identified and prioritized to focus on areas that need the most attention. 

 

The maturity assessment can highlight dependencies between processes and other business functions. Understanding these can help mitigate risks during the HANA transformation. The assessment can reveal areas where additional training or change management efforts will be required, helping you prepare your team for the upcoming changes. 

In summary, assessing process maturity is a necessity for aligning goals, mitigating risks, optimizing resource allocation, and ensuring the success of your S/4 HANA transformation. It provides a strategic and operational roadmap aligning your processes with organizational objectives. 

 

We at bpExperts can guide you through all the steps for performing a process maturity assessment by providing: 

  1. A Process Maturity survey 

  2. Advisory and support for survey respondents 

  3. Evaluation of survey results and diagnosis of process maturity 

  4. Detailing of action items and the roadmap required to achieve desired process maturity 

For inquiries on the maturity survey and how to conduct an assessment for your organization, please feel free to contact me. 

Contact me
 

Dr. Ikemefuna Allen

Senior Manager

E-Mail: ikemefuna.allen@bpexperts.de

Phone: +49 162 28705 38

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Insights - Business Transformation Day 2022 - Schloss Krickenbeck

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On November 10, 2022, the Business Transformation Day with top Key Note speakers, insightful customer presentations, as well as interesting short presentations by selected partners (SAP SE, Software AG, msg services GmbH) took place in the beautiful premises of Schloss Krickenbeck.

This year, Mr. Russell Gomersall, one of the managing partners of bpExperts, moderated the Business Transformation Day. After a short welcome to the participants, he presented the highlights of the last 10 years of bpExperts annual events. Getting customers to network and talk together has a long tradition at bpExperts. Openly discussing each other’s business transformation journey, which methodologies and tools were applied, and most of all, how the participants have ‘managed change’ within their organization in order to sustain the ‘process driven way’. For many participants also a comfortable feeling, that they are not alone with their day-to-day struggles. Over the years many Use Cases have been the same. But the challenges and pressure that today’s business transformation initiatives are confronted with are higher than ever. The complexity of new operating models, expectations towards digitalization, the complexity of hybrid application landscapes, the growing relevance of compliance, all under time and budget constraints have a great impact on all aspects of the business transformation initiatives. The Key Notes clearly show how over the years the participants have grown to an astonishing maturity with these challenges.


Key Notes

During the morning session, the following practical presentations and insights were contributed by

  • Mr. Caspar Jans, (Software AG)
    “How does an Enterprise Management System help you steer through these challenging times?”

  • Mrs. Corinna Frank, (PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG),
    “ARIS in a hybrid setup. The best of both worlds?”

  • Mr. Thomas Göbel, (Evonik Superabsorber GmbH)
    “Carve-Out readiness based on an End-To-End Process house.”

  • Mr. Michael Becker, Vaillant GmbH
    “Enterprise Process Model Development within a Digital Transformation Program.”

Round Table

After the lunch break we organized a Knights of the Round Table get-together: In Schloss Krickenbeck’s infamous ‘Rittersaal’ (see pictures below), we offered multitude roundtable topics, and facilitated the subsequent discussions around the Key Notes, and additional presentations from our partners Software AG, SAP SE and msg services GmbH.

The Knights of the Round Table covered the following topics :

Many thanks therefore to all guest which made this event special by sharing their experience and thoughts and last but not least a special thanks to our great customers and partners.

Hope to meet you soon again!

Business Transformation Day - Schloss Krickenbeck

After such a great event and exclusive presentations, there was no shortage of celebrating our 10th anniversary of bpExperts. Here is a small excerpt but do not worry the rest of the photos are well sealed ;)