SAP’s “Clean Core” strategy refers to the principle and practice of keeping the core SAP system (SAP S/4HANA) free from custom code or modifications that can make upgrades and maintenance difficult.
In practice, it means:
- No modifications to SAP standard code and objects:
- Keep custom logic outside of the core SAP system (S/4HANA)
- Extend processes using other options
The benefits to the IT organization are substantial.
- Enhances core SAP stability, upgradeability, and scalability
- Reduces TCO
- Aligns with SAP’s RISE offerings and strategy
Unfortunately, the SAP RISE strategy has a significant drawback from a business perspective. Your business stakeholders will complain that you put them in a straitjacket and they won’t be able to do anything that makes the business special and competitive.
The options (BTP, Build, Cloud Application Model) to extend the processes, enhance the core SAP objects, and support business practices that make your organization special can be complicated and challenging to manage.
Many SAP customers find that ZFlow is an excellent solution for adopting the SAP Clean Core strategy without introducing risk to business processes. ZFlow cross-functional workflow model and no-code extensibility easily support enhancing SAP objects, introducing new business objects and process models that complement key and standard processes in SAP.