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SAP AVC Strategy Workshop

The SAP AVC Strategy Workshop is designed for companies that want to strategically evaluate, optimize, or migrate their existing or planned variant configuration to SAP S/4HANA AVC. The workshop focuses on analyzing the current process and system landscape, developing a target architecture, and defining a roadmap for the sustainable use of AVC. It combines management, process, and system perspectives.

About the content
Typical participants
  • Business and IT decision-makers
  • Project managers
  • Process owners for sales, product management, engineering, or manufacturing
  • SAP architects
  • Transformation managers
Requirements for workshop participation
  • Basic understanding of SAP variant configuration (LO-VC or AVC)
  • Overview of the current enterprise architecture (SAP ERP or S/4HANA)
  • No technical modeling knowledge required
Workshop duration
  • 16 hours (structure 0.5 – 1 – 0.5 days)
Language
  • German or English (by arrangement)
Workshop format and materials
  • In-person or online workshop (interactive format)
  • Preliminary questionnaire for current state analysis
  • Presentation materials, workshop minutes, and action recommendations as PDFs
  • Optional: Follow-up session for in-depth discussion or roadmap alignment
Content of the workshop
  • Overview of SAP AVC strategy, architecture, and integration with SAP Variant Configuration and Pricing Service (CPS)
  • Assessment of the current variant configuration landscape
  • Target architecture development: processes, data, systems, roles
  • Migration paths and transformation approaches (e.g., from LO-VC to AVC)
  • Integration strategies (CPQ, Commerce, PLM, ECTR)
  • Governance, modeling guidelines, and quality management
  • Definition of a roadmap including quick wins and next steps
  • Discussion of individual company requirements
Minimum participants and pricing
  • 2.100 EUR per consultant per day plus travel expenses