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In this part of the blog series, we will conduct an exploration of End-to-end Processes, by addressing questions such as what an end-to-end process is and which end-to-end processes are available in the online solution?
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End-to-End Processes
End-to-end processes can be described as a chain of process steps or subprocesses that support the realization of a business outcome, starting from the beginning to the conclusion of a process in your business. These processes comprise several steps or phases and often extend across different departments or functional areas within an organization.
In a nutshell, viewing end-to-end processes enables business decision makers to drive continuous improvement, enhance operational efficiency, and achieve better business outcomes because the system proposes correction and innovation recommendations based on the latest technology to improve a specific process where it identified blockers, causing inefficiencies.
Once logged to your analysis, you can access the various end-to-end processes by clicking on “End-to-end Processes” on the left Menu.
SAP Signavio Process Insights, discovery edition displays seven end-to-end processes: Idea to Market, Source to Pay, plan to Fulfill, Lead to Cash, Acquire to Decommission, Governance, and Finance.
Overview of End-to-End processes
Finance: It includes various processes such as planning to optimize financials, recording financial transactions, managing invoices and payments, and overseeing treasury functions.
Source to Pay: It encompasses all stages involved in procuring goods or services within an organization, starting from the initial sourcing activities through to the final payment to suppliers.
Lead to Cash: It refers to the entire sequence of activities involved in converting a lead into a cash transaction. It encompasses all stages of the sales process, from initial lead generation and qualification to order fulfilment, invoicing, and payment collection.
Plan to Fulfill: This process refers to refers to the entire sequence of activities involved in planning and optimizing fulfilment of customer orders. It encompasses all stages of the order fulfillment process, from procure to receipt, make to inspect, deliver product or service to fulfill and managing fulfillment.
Acquire to Decommission: This process includes the management of procurement and asset management all the way to the disposal or retirement of assets a company owns.
Governance: Involves compliance and regulations such as health security at work, environmental consideration, manage governance, risk, and compliance with the respective law your company is based in.
Idea to market: It covers the whole process from planning to introducing a product or solution to the market. The main parts in this End-to-End process involved are R&D and Marketing. The scope for this end-to-end process is rather limited in SAP Signavio Process Insights, discovery edition.
Keep in mind that the information depends on your SAP ERP system and industry you are operating in.
To narrow down the business content and recommendations displayed on each screen, select one of the modular processes (29 in total) provided for each end-to-end process.
Modular Processes
Modular processes are specific components or segments within an end-to-end business process that can be individually analyzed, optimized, and managed. They represent distinct stages or subprocesses that contribute to achieving the overall business outcome. In the context described, modular processes are the detailed steps or activities within each of the broader end-to-end processes, such as Lead to Cash, Source to Pay, and others.
If you select the end-to-end process Source to Pay as your entry point you will see the corresponding modular processes which are Source to Contract, Plan to optimize Fulfillment, Procure to Receipt, Invoice to pay, and Manage suppliers and collaboration.
Once you click on the modular process “Invoice to Pay” in the end-to-end process Source to Pay, you will find in-depth information based on your analysis for this modular process (screenshot below). You can navigate further insights into Process Flows, Performance Indicators, and Innovation Recommendations. On this note, there is no correction recommendation for this specific performance indicator available.
In conclusion, this blog introduces End-to-End processes and modular processes.
For busy readers – Key take aways
- SAP Signavio Process Insights, discovery edition outlines 7 End-to-End processes and 29 modular processes.
- End-to-End Processes are comprehensive processes within a business that lead to a particular outcome, spanning various functional areas. The result of the analysis identifies and addresses inefficiencies in your processes and suggest improvement opportunities for process efficiency.
- Modular processes are specific components within an end-to-end process that can be individually analyzed, optimized, and managed. They represent distinct subprocesses that contribute to achieving the overall business outcome.
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