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SAP Contract Negotiation Fundamentals. A buyer side white paper.

SAP contract negotiation fundamentals across the broader SAP commercial framework. The SAP price list framework, the discount tier framework, the renewal escalator framework, the audit framework, the indirect access framework, the migration credit framework, and the eleven move buyer side framework.

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SAP contract negotiation fundamentals span the broader SAP commercial framework. The framework segments the broader SAP contract framework across the SAP price list framework (broader SAP price book framework), the SAP discount tier framework (broader SAP volume tier framework), the SAP renewal escalator framework (broader SAP annual escalator framework), the SAP audit framework (broader SAP LAW audit framework, broader SAP USMM framework), the SAP indirect access framework (broader SAP Digital Access framework), the SAP migration credit framework, the SAP support framework (broader SAP Standard Support framework, broader SAP Enterprise Support framework, broader SAP Product Support for Large Enterprises framework), the broader SAP cloud framework, the broader SAP RISE framework, the broader SAP S/4HANA framework, and the bespoke SAP contract framework at the upper customer scale. Read the related SAP services practice, the SAP knowledge hub, the SAP RISE and ERP cloud advisory, and the benchmarking practice.

What you will learn

  • How the broader SAP price list framework anchors the broader SAP commercial framework
  • How the SAP discount tier framework anchors the broader SAP volume framework
  • How the SAP renewal escalator framework anchors the broader SAP renewal commercial framework
  • How the SAP audit framework (LAW, USMM, Digital Access) anchors the broader SAP compliance framework
  • How the SAP indirect access framework anchors the broader SAP Digital Access framework
  • How the SAP migration credit framework anchors the broader SAP migration framework
  • How the SAP support framework (Standard, Enterprise, PSLE) anchors the broader SAP support commercial framework
  • The eleven move buyer side framework for SAP contracts

Table of contents

SAP Contract Negotiation Fundamentals

  • 1. Executive summary
  • 2. The SAP price list framework
  • 3. The discount tier framework
  • 4. The renewal escalator framework
  • 5. The audit framework
  • 6. The indirect access framework
  • 7. The migration credit framework
  • 8. The support framework
  • 9. The eleven move buyer side framework
  • 10. How we engage

Who this is for

Chief Information Officers, Vice Presidents of IT Procurement, SAP Center of Excellence leaders, SAP Program Directors, Procurement leaders running SAP contracts, and finance leaders running SAP commercial frameworks.

White Paper · SAP Contract Fundamentals

SAP Contracts: The fundamentals of buyer side SAP negotiation.

A buyer side framework on the fundamentals of SAP contract negotiation. The SAP commercial framework, the SAP price list framework, the SAP discount tier framework, the SAP renewal escalator framework, the SAP audit framework, the SAP indirect access framework, the SAP migration credit framework, and the buyer side moves.

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SAP contracts span the broader SAP commercial framework with material complexity at the renewal cycle. Redress reframed the framework around the customer actual SAP deployment framework, the actual price list framework, the actual discount tier framework, and the actual renewal escalator framework. Twenty seven percent saving against the broader SAP framework.

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