Britehouse Specialist SAP Division offers the Application Management House (AMH) support capability with a flexible pricing option that allows customers to control their SAP support costs.
Customers purchase a bundle of support points based on current requirements and budget, instead of having a fixed price contract. Customers have the option to decide on how to use these points and pay accordingly on a monthly basis.
Fifty percent of the monthly support points can be carried forward to the next month – perhaps to allow for a month end run - and 50% of next month’s allocation can be used in the current month. A percentage of the value of unutilised points at the end of each quarter, is refunded as a rebate.
The number of points used for a support call could vary by as much as 40% depending on the complexity and urgency of the support call. The ability to plan requirements and monitor usage will therefore save costs.
A web based call logging system provides customers with a real-time view of support activity and points used and allows customers to drill down into the detail, to identify problem areas such as identifying gaps in user skills. In this case further user training could reduce the number of support points that are taken up with basic queries.
Depending on priorities, customers can use support points for enhancement and optimisation initiatives that will improve the business or create new opportunities, without incurring additional consulting costs.
The Application Management House support consultants have extensive experience that spans all SAP solutions across different industry sectors.
Support consultants transfer their knowledge and skills to internal support people and are incentivised to drive improvements in the customer’s business, for example by suggesting process improvements or additional use of system functionality.
Benefits and Differentiators:
- Total control of support costs and usage
- Bundled flexible pricing options.
- Cost savings with carry-over points and rebates.
- Complement internal resources.
- Real-time web-based logging system with support activity history.
- Periodic reporting and feedback.
- Specialised support team with industry experience.
- Assistance with optimising internal support processes.
- Knowledge and skills transfer to internal support people.
- Assistance with business enhancement and optimisation.
For more information contact:
amh@pebbletree.co.za
