BWXT selects Redress Compliance. Independent buyer side SAP advisory across the SAP renewal cycle.

BWXT Technologies has selected Redress Compliance as the independent buyer side advisory and negotiation partner across the SAP estate. The engagement covers the SAP named user framework, the engine licensing framework, the indirect access framework, the FUE conversion framework, the S/4HANA migration framework, the RISE framework, the SAP audit defense framework, and the broader SAP renewal cycle. The engagement is anchored to the customer's actual SAP estate rather than the publisher's preferred broad SAP framework, with the cumulative effect that the SAP framework matches the customer's actual SAP estate. Read the related SAP advisory practice, the SAP knowledge hub, and the SAP RISE negotiation guide.

The engagement intersects with five principal commercial dimensions across the SAP estate.

1. Named user framework. Segments the SAP user framework across the named user segmentation.
2. Engine licensing framework. Segments the SAP framework across the engine licensing populations.
3. Indirect access framework. Segments the SAP framework across the integration populations.
4. FUE conversion framework. Handles the conversion of the SAP ECC named user framework to the S/4HANA Full Use Equivalent framework.
5. S/4HANA migration framework. Anchors the broader SAP estate across the S/4HANA migration cycle.

The five dimensions compound across the SAP estate, with the cumulative effect that the SAP framework runs as the load bearing SAP licensing conversation at the renewal and migration cycle.

About BWXT

BWXT Technologies is a leading US group operating across the nuclear and advanced manufacturing framework. The group runs a substantial SAP estate across the customer's actual user population, the customer's actual engine framework, the customer's actual integration framework, and the customer's actual broader SAP framework. The group runs the broader SAP framework alongside the broader IT framework, the broader manufacturing framework, and the broader nuclear framework. The customer engaged Redress Compliance ahead of the next SAP renewal cycle, with the engagement framework anchoring the broader SAP estate at the renewal cycle.

The customer's broader SAP framework typically segments the user population across the SAP named user framework, the engine licensing framework, the indirect access framework, the FUE conversion framework, and the S/4HANA migration framework. The framework intersects with the customer's broader IT framework on the SAP licensing dimension, with the cumulative effect that the SAP framework runs alongside the broader IT framework. Read the broader SAP knowledge hub for the broader SAP framework and the SAP EAM and Industry Engine pillar for the broader engine framework.

Scope of engagement

The engagement covers the broader SAP framework across the customer's actual SAP estate. The framework anchors the SAP estate across the named user framework, the engine licensing framework, the indirect access framework, the FUE conversion framework, the S/4HANA migration framework, the RISE framework, the SAP audit defense framework, and the broader SAP renewal cycle. The engagement is structured around the multi phase advisory framework that anchors the customer's actual SAP estate at the renewal cycle.

The first phase is the scoping phase, which scopes the SAP estate, anchors the named user segmentation, anchors the engine licensing segmentation, and identifies the immediate commercial moves at the next SAP renewal cycle. The second phase is the negotiation phase, which handles the SAP renewal conversation across the named user framework, the engine licensing framework, the indirect access framework, the FUE conversion framework, and the broader SAP renewal cycle. The third phase is the management phase, which handles the broader SAP framework across the renewal cycle, the audit cycle, and the broader management posture. Read the related SAP contract negotiation service and the SAP license management services.

The named user framework

The named user framework is the principal commercial framework at the SAP estate. The publisher licenses the SAP framework against the customer's named user population, with the named user framework anchored to the named user segmentation across the customer's actual user estate. The framework typically segments the named user population across four principal named user populations.

• SAP Professional Use. Anchors the framework against the customer's professional user framework.
• SAP Limited Professional Use. Anchors the framework against the customer's limited professional user framework.
• SAP Productivity Use. Anchors the framework against the customer's productivity user framework.
• SAP Self Service Use. Anchors the framework against the customer's self service user framework.

The cumulative effect of the four named user populations is the SAP named user framework that runs across the customer's actual user framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad named user framework. Read the broader SAP advisory practice for the broader named user framework.

The engine licensing framework

The engine licensing framework is the second principal commercial framework at the SAP estate. The publisher licenses the SAP engine framework against the customer's engine population, with the engine licensing framework anchored to the engine segmentation across the customer's actual engine estate. The framework typically segments the engine population across four principal engine populations.

• SAP industry engine framework. Anchors the framework against the customer's industry engine framework across the SAP IS Utilities, SAP IS Oil and Gas, SAP IS Retail, SAP IS Banking, SAP IS Healthcare, and SAP IS Public Sector populations.
• SAP application engine framework. Anchors the framework against the customer's application engine framework across the SAP Treasury, SAP Banking, SAP Insurance, and broader application engine populations.
• SAP database engine framework. Anchors the framework against the customer's database engine framework across the SAP HANA database engine population.
• SAP integration engine framework. Anchors the framework against the customer's integration engine framework across the SAP PI, SAP PO, and broader integration engine populations.

Read the broader SAP EAM and Industry Engine pillar for the broader engine framework.

The indirect access framework

The indirect access framework is the third principal commercial framework at the SAP estate. The publisher licenses the SAP indirect access framework against the customer's integration framework under the SAP digital access framework, with the digital access framework anchored to the document creation framework across the customer's actual integration framework. The framework typically segments the integration framework across four principal integration populations.

• SCADA integration framework. Anchors the framework against the customer's SCADA integration framework across the supervisory control framework, the data acquisition framework, the historian framework, and the broader SCADA framework.
• Work order integration framework. Anchors the framework against the customer's work order integration framework.
• API integration framework. Anchors the framework against the customer's API integration framework.
• File based integration framework. Anchors the framework against the customer's file based integration framework.

Read the broader SAP digital access licensing framework for the indirect access framework.

The FUE conversion framework

The FUE conversion framework is the fourth principal commercial framework at the SAP estate. The publisher converts the SAP ECC named user framework to the S/4HANA Full Use Equivalent framework at the S/4HANA migration cycle, with the conversion framework anchored to the FUE classification framework across the customer's actual user population. The framework typically segments the FUE classification framework across four principal FUE classifications.

• Advanced Use FUE. Anchors the framework against the SAP Professional Use framework, the SAP Functional Use framework, and the broader Advanced Use framework.
• Core Use FUE. Anchors the framework against the SAP Limited Professional Use framework, the SAP Productivity Use framework, and the broader Core Use framework.
• Self Service Use FUE. Anchors the framework against the SAP Self Service Use framework, the SAP Worker framework, and the broader Self Service Use framework.
• Developer Use FUE. Anchors the framework against the SAP Developer Use framework, the SAP Modeller framework, and the broader Developer Use framework.

Read the broader SAP RISE migration readiness checklist for the FUE framework.

The S/4HANA migration framework

The S/4HANA migration framework is the principal commercial framework at the SAP renewal and migration cycle. The publisher anchors the S/4HANA migration framework against the SAP ECC framework end of mainstream support deadline, with the migration framework producing the migration trajectory across the customer's SAP estate. The framework typically segments the migration trajectory across three principal migration paths.

• Brownfield migration path. Migrates the SAP ECC framework to the S/4HANA framework against the customer's existing data framework.
• Greenfield migration path. Migrates the SAP ECC framework to the S/4HANA framework against the new data framework.
• Bluefield migration path. Migrates the SAP ECC framework to the S/4HANA framework against the selective data framework.

The migration framework intersects with the broader SAP estate on the named user dimension, the engine licensing dimension, and the indirect access dimension, with the cumulative effect that the migration framework runs alongside the broader SAP estate at the migration cycle. Read the broader SAP ECC to S/4HANA migration playbook for the migration framework.

Why BWXT selected Redress Compliance

BWXT Technologies selected Redress Compliance for the independent buyer side framework across the SAP estate. The framework anchors the SAP estate against the customer's actual user framework, the customer's actual engine framework, the customer's actual indirect access framework, the customer's actual FUE conversion framework, the customer's actual S/4HANA migration framework, and the customer's actual broader SAP framework rather than the publisher's preferred broad SAP framework. The cumulative effect is the SAP framework that matches the customer's actual SAP estate rather than the publisher's preferred broad SAP framework.

The framework is anchored to one hundred percent buyer side posture. Redress Compliance does not represent SAP, does not resell SAP, does not implement SAP, and does not have any commercial relationship with SAP. The framework runs across more than five hundred SAP engagements with the eleven vendor practice covering Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, Salesforce, IBM, Broadcom, AWS, Google Cloud, ServiceNow, Workday, Cisco, and the GenAI vendors. Read the related Vendor Shield program, the SAP audit defense service, and the broader SAP knowledge hub.

How we engage

• SAP scoping. Six week engagement that scopes the SAP estate, anchors the named user segmentation, anchors the engine licensing segmentation, and identifies the immediate commercial moves at the next SAP renewal cycle. SAP advisory practice.
• SAP renewal negotiation. Renewal negotiation engagement that handles the named user framework, the engine licensing framework, the indirect access framework, the FUE conversion framework, and the broader SAP renewal conversation across the renewal cycle. SAP contract negotiation service.
• SAP S/4HANA advisory. Advisory engagement that handles the FUE conversion framework, the RISE framework, and the broader S/4HANA migration framework across the migration cycle. SAP S/4HANA advisory service.
• SAP audit defense. Audit defense engagement that handles the indirect access framework, the engine licensing framework, and the broader SAP audit framework across the audit cycle. SAP audit defense service.
• Vendor Shield. Always on multi vendor management posture that covers the SAP framework alongside the broader enterprise software estate. Vendor Shield.
• Run the calculator. The SAP RISE TCO calculator sizes the SAP framework against the customer's actual user and asset framework.