Every third-party application, RPA tool, and integration that touches SAP creates licence liability — regardless of whether end users ever see SAP. This white paper maps the complete exposure landscape, delivers a risk assessment methodology, and provides the negotiation framework that has reduced SAP audit claims by 60–90% across 85+ Redress engagements.
Actionable intelligence from 85+ indirect access engagements and $3.4 billion in managed SAP spend.
Complete inventory of indirect access risk vectors: CRM integration, e-commerce, RPA, EDI, custom portals, BI/analytics, IoT, middleware, and AI — with financial exposure ranges for each.
All nine SAP document types analysed with pricing ranges, volume calculation methodology, and a dual-model comparison framework to determine whether Named User or Digital Access licensing costs you less.
A four-step framework for quantifying your indirect access exposure: integration inventory, user population analysis, document volume quantification, and dual-model financial calculation.
What triggers an SAP audit, how the GLAC team operates, the four audit stages, and the specific defensive strategies that prevent SAP from building leverage during the process.
Settlement authority tiers, counter-position strategies for the five most common SAP claims, and the dual-model leverage technique that drives 60–90% claim reduction.
10 critical data points you must gather before engaging SAP — covering RFC connections, IDoc volumes, CRM users, RPA bots, EDI partners, and document creation counts.