Business Strategy 

Definition

In this substructure, you can gather information on your enterprise’s general business strategy. Using questions and customer input templates, you are able to, for example, analyze your business strategy, describe your corporate culture and give details of your competitive and market position. The information you enter here is of strategic importance to your enterprise and integral in mapping your enterprise specific requirements to the SAP System.

The most important Collaborative Business Scenarios are located at level of the Business Strategy substructure.

Use

The customer input template at level of the substructure Business Strategy covers the main strategic areas in your enterprise. The information you enter here is essential for drawing up your Business Blueprint. The customer input template for the Business Strategy substructure is made up of the following sections:

CI template section for Business strategy

Content

  1. General Enterprise Strategy

Describe in as much detail as possible the customer's general enterprise strategy (corporate culture, strategic goals, the most important business drivers, and so on).

  1. Enterprise positioning

Describe in as much detail as possible the customer’s group structure and the relationship within this group structure, for example, holding companies or subsidiaries.

  1. Markets

Describe the customer’s market position and strategy in as much detail as possible.

  1. Competitive situation

Describe the customer’s competitive position and strategy in as much detail as possible.

  1. Product strategy

Describe the customer’s product strategy in as much detail as possible.

  1. Marketing strategy

Describe the customer’s marketing strategy in as much detail as possible.

  1. Procurement strategy

Describe the customer’s procurement strategy in as much detail as possible.

  1. Production strategy

Describe the customer’s production strategy in as much detail as possible.

  1. Sales strategy

Describe the customer’s sales strategy in as much detail as possible.

  1. Customer Service

Describe the customer’s approach to customer service in as much detail as possible.

  1. Asset management Strategy

Describe the customer’s approach to fixed asset management in as much detail as possible.

  1. Financial accounting

Describe the customer’s approach to financial accounting in as much detail as possible.

  1. Internal accounting

Describe the customer’s approach to controlling in as much detail as possible.

  1. Project-specific information

Enter any project-specific information that has not been covered in the sections above.

 

You can find information on how to fill out the template under Working with customer input templates.