A forty-six page operational framework for continuous SAP license optimization. The eight disciplines that, in combination, reduce run-rate licence cost by eighteen to twenty-seven per cent across the contract life — without renegotiating a single contract.
The CIO accountable for run-rate IT cost, and the IT finance leader who owns the SAP cost line in the technology budget. The framework is the operational discipline.
The SAM leader operating the continuous optimization function. The chapter-by-chapter protocol is the operational manual for the function.
The procurement category lead responsible for SAP commercial outcomes. The optimization-to-renewal chapter is the negotiation preparation framework.
Internal audit reviewing SAP cost discipline as part of broader IT cost-governance work. The baseline measurement methodology supports the audit conclusion.
We ran the optimization framework for four quarters before the renewal conversation began. By the time SAP arrived at the table, our run-rate had already moved nineteen per cent. The renewal pricing was negotiated against the new run-rate, not the old one.
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