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Business process transformation is no longer optional; it is a prerequisite for competitiveness in a digital economy. RISE with SAP provides a comprehensive pathway to S/4HANA Cloud, while SAP Signavio delivers the analytical and design capabilities needed to understand, optimize, and govern processes. When combined, these solutions enable organizations to move beyond technical migration and achieve true operational excellence.
If you treat process knowledge as a first‑class asset in your RISE with SAP journey, SAP Signavio becomes the control tower that shortens time‑to‑value. Below we unpack concrete practices, pitfalls, and accelerators – no platitudes – so your transformation delivers measurable outcomes within months.
Establishing a Data-Driven foundation.
Most projects take months trying to figure out what the business’s processes are. By providing a fact-based starting point, SAP Signavio Process Insights fosters a significantly reduced time.
Organizations can use insights derived from ingesting ERP data (ECC or S/4HANA) and returning ready‑made diagnostics aligned to end‑to‑end processes, including benchmarks, as well as recommended fixes. These findings enable businesses to prioritize initiatives based on quantifiable business impact, ensuring that early efforts deliver tangible value. An initial data upload of 50GB to SAP Signavio Process Insights is part of the RISE with SAP Business Process Starter Pack – use it as the single source of truth to prioritize value.
Deep analysis and Process mining.
RISE with SAP is designed to deliver business transformation, not merely a system conversion. Without understanding root causes of inefficiencies, organizations risk migrating flawed processes into S/4 HANA, which undermines the purpose of a clean core and future agility.
SAP Signavio Process Intelligence applies process mining techniques beyond identifying issues by uncovering bottlenecks, reworking loops, and compliance gaps. By correlating event logs with master data, businesses gain context-rich insights that inform targeted interventions. This analytical rigor prevents superficial fixes and ensures that automation efforts address systemic inefficiencies rather than isolated symptoms.
Designing future-state processes.
The purpose of designing to-be processes goes beyond efficiency. It is fundamental in order to realize the full value of RISE with SAP. Rather than starting from scratch, organizations can leverage SAP Signavio Process Explorer, which provides industry best practices and fit-to-standard process models.
These resources accelerate design cycles and maintain alignment with SAP’s clean-core principles, ensuring that the target operating model is compatible with RISE’s clean core mandate and avoiding costly customizations. Furthermore, integrating designed process models with enterprise architecture tools such as LeanIX provides traceability between process changes and system landscapes and overall reduces implementation risk.
From insight to execution.
Insights must translate into action. SAP Signavio integrates with SAP Build Process Automation, enabling organizations to operationalize insights and trigger workflows directly from analytical findings. This closed-loop approach ensures that identified improvements are implemented swiftly and monitored for impact, thus aligns with RISE’s promise of continuous innovation. By embedding automation within a governed framework, businesses can achieve continuous optimization rather than one-off enhancements.
Governance and continuous improvement.
Sustainable transformation requires structured governance. Without adequate governance, organizations risk losing visibility into whether transformation objectives are being met which can lead to scope creep, compliance issues, missed value realization.
SAP Signavio’s Process Transformation Manager links objectives to measurable performance indicators, providing real-time visibility into progress and ensures that every process improvement aligns with business outcomes promised under RISE. Collaboration Hub facilitates stakeholder engagement, ensuring that decisions and approvals remain transparent. This governance model transforms process management from an ad hoc activity into a disciplined, value-driven practice.
RISE with SAP and SAP Signavio together enable a transformation journey that is data-driven, design-led, and execution-focused. By combining rapid diagnostics, deep analysis, best-practice design, and integrated automation, organizations can achieve measurable improvements in efficiency, compliance, and customer experience. The key is to treat process excellence as a continuous discipline – supported by governance, clean-core principles, and a culture of collaboration.
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