SAP software expects that your business processes are accordingly to industry standards so that system could be used efficiently.

In most SAP implementing projects, client end up re-engineering their business processes as well, along with implementing business software.

Implementing SAP without streamlining business processes is not a very ideal solution.

Before you implement SAP you need to perform blueprinting.

Blueprinting means:

• Defining company's "to-be" business processes.
• Identifying gaps between current state and the target
• Identifying how SAP's functionality could be mapped to the "to-be" business processes.
• Identifying the gaps between SAP's functionality and "to-be" business processes.