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Like your physical spine, which supports your body and the nerve connections needed to walk, twist, and move, ERP is what enables your business to function. It does this by linking the people, processes, and data in your organization for optimal productivity, keeping all projects flowing, providing insights, and more.As with any backbone \u2013 physical or digital \u2013 excessive rigidity and brittleness isn\u2019t a good thing. It\u2019s dangerous for any organism, be it a person or an enterprise. Backbones need to bend and flex in an instant, handle changing workloads, and adapt to support new positions required by sports and everyday activities.When they’re brittle, they can\u2019t adapt or flex. They’re prone to injury and harder to heal once damaged. They can even break, putting all or part of your body or organization out of commission.Business leaders with brittle ERP systems are keenly aware of this fact. It\u2019s why they live in fear of process change. The typical mindset is: \u201cWhy risk breaking something that\u2019s technically still working?\u201dThe fear of process changeFor example, in our work with thousands of banks and insurance firms around the world, we see lots of large institutions that still operate as big, brittle \u201cblack boxes\u201d of legacy ERP systems, automation, people and paper, manual handoffs, and outdated infrastructure.Few processes are documented, and the people who built the customizations left the company years ago, so no one really understands how work gets done today.This makes process transformation incredibly risky. Department heads are afraid that even a small process change in another line of business could have catastrophic effects on their downstream processes.All of this results in a kind of process \u201cbrittleness\u201d that can foster active resistance to innovation \u2013 at a time when financial institutions and insurance firms must embrace it.      ERP modernization: The enterprise adapts and evolves                Cloud ERP gives businesses the agility they need to focus, identify, and realize meaningful change for customers.      Modern business requires rapid changeToday, we live in a world of continuous change. Businesses are being charged with restoring the environment, harnessing the latest technologies, meeting ever-increasing customer demands, responding to continuing geopolitical and supply chain issues, and more.In response, companies are having to transform and innovate business models, products, and services to create new revenue streams, operate more sustainably and profitably, and deliver differentiating customer, supplier, and employee experiences.This requires a flexible, adaptable ERP backbone based on best practices and full transparency into how your processes currently operate.Business process change transformation solutions help by enabling you to:Understand what your processes look like today \u2013 the good, the bad, and the ugly \u2013 including where steps are manual and where interdependencies between functional areas areIdentify what you can do better \u2013 for example, by digging into performing KPIs (such as days sales outstanding, credit rating, cash on hand, and time to pay invoice) and performance levels in key areasMake change recommendations using automated insights and process intelligence \u2013 from quick fixes that will have a material impact on process performance to end-to-end process overhaulsCollaborate cross-functionally to map out how to improve or transform processes so you can optimize operations, innovate, and differentiate your businessProvide recommendations on how to best utilize and deploy prebuilt workflows that come with an enterprise software solution to support non-differentiating processes      Not your father’s ERP: A blueprint for digital transformation                With an intelligent ERP, a company can embark on a digital transformation strategy to set them up for the future of business \u2013 in five steps.      SAP Signavio: Transform with confidenceBy providing real-time process transparency based on facts, intelligent insights, and best practice\u2013based recommendations, business process transformation solutions help you de-risk process change.Put simply, you can go from no to yes \u2013 from fear-based inaction to confident, low-risk action.At SAP, we\u2019re using business process transformation software \u2013 specifically, the SAP Signavio portfolio \u2013 to de-risk entire ERP migrations.Customers on digital transformation journeys can go from rigid, legacy ERPs to a flexible, agile cloud solution with confidence because SAP Signavio helps them:Prepare for migration (with detailed process discovery)Visually map out processes from end to end \u2013 both standardized and customized \u2013 so departmental silos can easily collaborate on themDevelop transparent process models to drill down into process operations, so they can identify and resolve bottlenecks and other issues with the company’s process frameworkBy modernizing ERP, companies are putting the fear factor behind them. They’re agile, flexible, and ready for whatever’s next.  Cloud dreams?Make them a reality.Get started with a free trial HERE."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"2023","item":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/2023\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"04","item":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/2023\/\/04\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"13","item":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/2023\/\/04\/\/13\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Process change: How to transform enterprises without fear","item":"https:\/\/www.the-future-of-commerce.com\/2023\/04\/13\/process-change-sap-signavio\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]