The SAP S/4HANA Value Starter program focuses on WHY move now to SAP S/4HANA. The program fosters the understanding of the incremental value that customers will gain by implementing SAP S/4HANA and offers customers a tailored value case. 

SAP wants to support customers on how to build a value assessment and convey the understanding of the incremental value of SAP S/4HANA based on outside-in ‘Welcome Package’ prepared free-of-charge by SAP for each customer.

The SAP S/4HANA Value Starter program consists of four essential parts:

1. Welcome Package with customer-specific Point of View Teaser based on 360° Analysis
2. Preparation and Information Call for onboarding the customer with SAP experts to set the focus for the upcoming SAP S/4HANA Value Starter Engagement
3. SAP S/4HANA Value Starter Engagement, a 3 x ½ days engagement, in which SAP enhances the results from the Welcome Package with the insights from remotely offered workshop sessions
4. Case for Change: Finally, SAP hands over the outcome of the engagement in a one hour closing session. The outcome document consists of the customer-specific financial benefits plus improvement potentials linked to value drivers and incremental capabilities coming with SAP S/4HANA.

In your Preparation & Information Call you will learn about the S/4HANA Value Starter Engagement.
Delivery experts explain to you in detail the content, the structure, and the expected result.
Furthermore, we discuss your current stage of the transformation to SAP S/4HANA.
Participation on the Preparation & Information Call before registration to Value Starter Engagement is mandatory.

We are offering regularly Preparation & Information Calls for different regions and different languages . Check our Preparation and Information Call section webpage.

The first requirement is to participate in the Preparation & Information Call. There we will explain how to request the mandatory Process Discovery. To learn more about your specific situation, we will ask you to fill out a Qualtrics survey.

The engagement is free-of-charge. The program starts with the Preparation & Information Call (1 hour), the engagement lasts 3-half days and ends with a closing session (1 hour).

The engagement helps stakeholders that need to justify the SAP S/4HANA transformation to the management. Typical roles that take part are division head (e.g. Head of Finance), business representative, business process owner and key user.

SAP is running the SAP S/4HANA Value Starter Engagement depending on the region every week or twice a month.

NO - The engagement requires no additional charge to any customer that wants to go from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA as long the customer has an active maintenance contract.

NO - It is available to any customer that wants to go from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA regardless of the type of maintenance and as long as the maintenance contract is active.

Case for Change: Finally, SAP hands over the outcome of the engagement in a one hour closing session. The outcome document consists of the customer-specific financial benefits plus improvement potentials linked to value drivers and incremental capabilities coming with SAP S/4HANA.

Customers will get clear recommendations on the next steps that will help them to proceed with the SAP S/4HANA transformation.

No. A complete business case considers benefits and cost. During the engagement, we focus on the benefits. You can complete the business case (cost calculation) afterwards within the SAP Value Lifecycle Manager.

Please contact s4hana.value.starter@sap.com and visit www.sap.com/s4hana-starter.