Transform Your SAP Landscape with a Clean Core Approach

Future-proof your SAP environment with AI-driven best practices, deep SAP BTP expertise, and our unique AppHaus methodology.

At Mindset, we believe a truly transformative SAP environment is one where your core remains clean, agile, and ready for the future—without compromising on innovation or user excellence. Our Clean Core Offering empowers your organization with a holistic approach that combines advanced SAP BTP capabilities, a continuously evolving AI best practices framework, and our renowned AppHaus design philosophy to deliver not just a clean system, but a truly great one.

Embracing a Clean Core Mindset

As SAP landscapes evolve, many organizations struggle with legacy customizations that create technical debt, hinder upgrades, and increase maintenance costs. Our Clean Core approach redefines how you extend and optimize your SAP environment by ensuring that:

Upgrades are Seamless: Custom modifications are isolated from your core ERP system, allowing upgrades to be smoother, less disruptive, and more cost-effective.
Business Processes are Optimized: We recognize that “dirt in your core” often begins with inefficient business processes. Our methodology transforms both your technical and operational landscapes.
Systems are Future-Ready: With a clean core, your organization can swiftly adapt to new technologies, including cloud migrations and next-generation innovations.

Our AI & SAP Best Practices Framework—Beyond a Chatbot

Our AI capabilities are not limited to a single chatbot interface. Instead, we’ve built a comprehensive framework of AI and SAP best practices that we update on a monthly basis. This framework is tailored for various customer environments and is designed to balance safety, cost, and risk while continuously training our teams on the most effective approaches. Key elements include:

Monthly Updates & Training: Our framework is refreshed every month to ensure our strategies reflect the very best practices and keep our teams at the forefront of SAP innovation.
Tailored Recommendations: Every customer environment is unique. Our framework delivers customized best practices based on deep industry insights and extensive project experience.
Balanced Approach: We carefully calibrate our recommendations to minimize risk, optimize cost, and uphold the highest safety standards—without compromising on innovation.
Integrated Process Automation: Our AI supports automated defect management, test data creation, and enforcement of coding best practices—significantly reducing manual tasks and enhancing system reliability.

The AppHaus Advantage—Designing for Greatness

Our AppHaus approach is at the heart of what makes our Clean Core Offering stand out. More than just a methodology, AppHaus is a philosophy that combines human-centered design with technical excellence. This ensures that every solution we develop is not only compliant but exceptional. With AppHaus, we:

Prioritize User Experience: Every interface, process, and extension is designed with the end user in mind for an intuitive, engaging, and productive experience.
Integrate Innovation with Practicality: Our designs are both forward-thinking and grounded in real-world usability and operational excellence.
Foster Collaborative Innovation: We work closely with your teams to co-create solutions that are clean, great, and uniquely tailored to your needs.

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Our Approach to Clean Core Transformation

1. Assessment & Advisory

We begin with an in-depth evaluation of your current SAP landscape. Our experts identify challenges—such as excessive customizations, inefficient integrations, and potential failure points—and develop recommendations that:

Map out a clear path to Clean Core compliance
Align with your business objectives and future cloud migration plans
Incorporate our monthly updated AI best practices framework

During this stage, we also advise on process optimization, risk and cost management, and extensibility reviews—ensuring you have a concise roadmap to modernize your SAP environment.

2. Implementation & Mitigation

Once we’ve assessed your landscape and defined clear recommendations, we focus on:

Mitigating Unsafe Implementations: Identifying and refactoring any high-risk or non-compliant custom code.
Applying Simple or High-Priority Improvements: Resolving quick wins that immediately reduce technical debt and streamline operations.
Preparing for Future Upgrades: Positioning your organization for a smoother S/4HANA migration or next S/4HANA upgrade.

This phase leverages side-by-side extensions on SAP BTP, best-practice coding standards, and AI-driven tools to eliminate technical pitfalls and ensure your SAP system is stable and agile.

3. Continuous Improvement

Our commitment doesn’t end once initial improvements are in place. Through continuous improvement, we:

Automate Best Practice Enforcement: Our AI framework continuously monitors system modifications and provides real-time recommendations to maintain Clean Core principles.
Offer Customized Training: Monthly sessions that keep your team updated on new AI-driven techniques, emerging SAP best practices, and safe extension methodologies.
Optimize for Long-Term Success: Ongoing support refines processes, optimizes code, and keeps your SAP landscape ready for future innovations and enhancements.

Proven Success: The Merit Energy Case Study

As highlighted in the ASUG 2024 Merit Energy case study, our Clean Core methodology enabled Merit Energy to overcome significant challenges associated with SAP S/4HANA customizations. By implementing our Clean Core strategies and leveraging our evolving AI best practices framework, Merit Energy achieved:

Streamlined Upgrade Processes: Reduced time and effort required for major system upgrades.
Enhanced System Stability: Lowered technical debt and ensured long-term system reliability.
Improved Business Outcomes: Faster decision-making and increased innovation through a cleaner, more agile SAP environment.

The Benefits of a Clean, Great SAP System

Partnering with Mindset means you’re not just cleaning up your SAP system—you’re transforming it into a robust, future-ready platform that drives real business value. The benefits include:

Painless Upgrades & Lower Maintenance Costs

Reduced Downtime: Isolated modifications ensure smoother, more efficient upgrades.
Cost Savings: Lower rework and debugging expenses by adhering to standardized best practices.
Enhanced Performance: Fewer errors and improved overall system reliability.

Increased Productivity & Operational Efficiency

Automation of Manual Tasks: AI-driven processes reduce manual intervention in defect management and testing.
Empowered Teams: Regular training on our evolving AI framework keeps your team ahead of industry trends.
Better Business Outcomes: Streamlined processes lead to faster time-to-market and more informed decision-making.

A Future-Proof, Great SAP Environment

Scalability & Agility: Our Clean Core approach and AppHaus methodology ensure your SAP environment can easily adapt to future innovations.
Customized for Your Needs: Recommendations are tailored to balance safety, cost, and risk for your specific environment.
Industry-Leading Practices: Ongoing updates and training on our AI framework guarantee that you benefit from the very best in SAP and AI integration.

Ready to Elevate Your SAP Environment?

Mindset’s Clean Core Offering is more than a service—it’s a transformation strategy that integrates deep SAP BTP expertise, an evolving AI best practices framework, and the innovative spirit of our AppHaus approach. Join forward-thinking organizations like Merit Energy who have already experienced the benefits of a clean, great SAP system.

Contact us today to schedule a consultation and learn how we can tailor a Clean Core solution to drive your digital transformation forward.

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