Accenture and SAP Japan Launch a Program to Fundamentally Transform the Common Sense of Core System Implementation Approaches
Accenture and SAP Japan have launched a new program to compress the time and investment required for ERP implementations by shifting to AI-driven standard processes.
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[Tokyo, April 24, 2026] Accenture Japan Ltd (hereinafter "Accenture") and SAP Japan Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "SAP Japan") will fully launch a new program that compresses the investment scale and implementation period in the introduction of enterprise core systems. Based on the premise of evolving into AI-driven operations, the purpose is to accelerate the speed of transformation for Japanese companies by fundamentally reviewing the conventional method of renewing core systems, which tends to be long-term and large-scale. This program will be deployed in the Japanese market as part of the global program "ADVANCE" of both companies.
In recent years, while AI is being incorporated into the core of corporate activities and operations, many companies have continued to have a structure where investments swell and implementation periods prolong by customizing core systems (adding add-ons) to meet business requests. However, in a world where AI makes judgments, processes, and autonomously runs business operations, the conventional approach of accumulating "customizations based on the premise of human operation" itself can become a hindrance to transformation. What is required from now on is a paradigm shift: focusing on the minimum necessary requirements and data for management decisions and AI operations, making the system operational in a short period, and redirecting the created investment capacity and time toward business process re-engineering (BPR) and AI utilization.
The implementation of the core system is positioned not merely as an IT project, but as a transformation that advances management, business, and operations in an integrated manner. By designing and promoting business reform (BPR), change management, and operational design in an integrated way from the initial stage of implementation, transformations with an eye toward value creation after go-live are realized in a short period. Essential for achieving this is the perspective of making five elements function as one: the power of human resources, organizational collaboration, standardized business processes, highly reliable data that can be utilized by AI, and a robust system infrastructure that supports them. As a result, the goal is to break away from excessive investments and long-term projects for core systems, achieving a state where the generated investment capacity and time can be reallocated to BPR and AI utilization.
Features of this program
Design of implementation approach based on AI premise
By narrowing down to the requirements and data necessary for management decisions and AI operations, it shifts from the conventional add-on premise. The core system is launched in a short term as a "prerequisite foundation" for AI value creation.
Implementation centered on standard processes utilizing SAP's cloud technology
Centered on SAP® Cloud ERP, utilizing SAP® Business Technology Platform, SAP® Business Data Cloud, etc., it promotes implementations that maximize standard processes. It suppresses constructions that tend to be complex, realizing the compression of investment scale and implementation period.
End-to-end transformation promotion including business reform and operational design
By combining Accenture's knowledge in business process re-engineering (BPR), change management, and operational design with SAP's BTM (Business Transformation Management), it provides integrated support from conceptualization to implementation, post-go-live establishment, and value creation.
Updating the implementation process on the premise of AI utilization
Utilizing AI technology and SAP Integrated Toolchain for testing, verification, and migration tasks, it promotes the automation and labor-saving of repetitive tasks. While ensuring quality, it aims to improve the efficiency of the entire implementation process.
Strengthening the execution system in the Japanese market
Accenture boasts about 1,200 certified engineers, the largest number in Japan in the SAP public cloud domain, and under a dedicated system in collaboration with SAP Japan, it supports rapid implementation and continuous evolution regardless of industry or scale.
Comment from Masaru Hamaoka, President and Representative Director, Accenture Japan Ltd
"In an era where AI takes on the core of operations, the speed of corporate transformation depends on how quickly and without waste the core system can be launched. This program is an initiative to compress investment and time, creating a state where companies can reallocate resources to business reforms and AI utilization. Accenture's 'Reinvention Service' lies in designing and implementing management, business, data, and operations as one without separating them. In collaboration with SAP Japan, we will support the transformation of Japanese companies from the execution side."
Comment from Yoshiro Horikawa, President and Representative Director, SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
"Through further collaboration with Accenture, I am highly honored to be able to provide new cloud services utilizing SAP's public cloud to customers across a wide range of industries and scales. Through this initiative, an environment has been prepared where businesses of any size can rapidly implement a business foundation that utilizes advanced technologies such as generative AI. By fusing SAP's cloud technology and Accenture's deep knowledge in business reform, the decision-making power and business efficiency of Japanese companies..."
In recent years, while AI is being incorporated into the core of corporate activities and operations, many companies have continued to have a structure where investments swell and implementation periods prolong by customizing core systems (adding add-ons) to meet business requests. However, in a world where AI makes judgments, processes, and autonomously runs business operations, the conventional approach of accumulating "customizations based on the premise of human operation" itself can become a hindrance to transformation. What is required from now on is a paradigm shift: focusing on the minimum necessary requirements and data for management decisions and AI operations, making the system operational in a short period, and redirecting the created investment capacity and time toward business process re-engineering (BPR) and AI utilization.
The implementation of the core system is positioned not merely as an IT project, but as a transformation that advances management, business, and operations in an integrated manner. By designing and promoting business reform (BPR), change management, and operational design in an integrated way from the initial stage of implementation, transformations with an eye toward value creation after go-live are realized in a short period. Essential for achieving this is the perspective of making five elements function as one: the power of human resources, organizational collaboration, standardized business processes, highly reliable data that can be utilized by AI, and a robust system infrastructure that supports them. As a result, the goal is to break away from excessive investments and long-term projects for core systems, achieving a state where the generated investment capacity and time can be reallocated to BPR and AI utilization.
Features of this program
Design of implementation approach based on AI premise
By narrowing down to the requirements and data necessary for management decisions and AI operations, it shifts from the conventional add-on premise. The core system is launched in a short term as a "prerequisite foundation" for AI value creation.
Implementation centered on standard processes utilizing SAP's cloud technology
Centered on SAP® Cloud ERP, utilizing SAP® Business Technology Platform, SAP® Business Data Cloud, etc., it promotes implementations that maximize standard processes. It suppresses constructions that tend to be complex, realizing the compression of investment scale and implementation period.
End-to-end transformation promotion including business reform and operational design
By combining Accenture's knowledge in business process re-engineering (BPR), change management, and operational design with SAP's BTM (Business Transformation Management), it provides integrated support from conceptualization to implementation, post-go-live establishment, and value creation.
Updating the implementation process on the premise of AI utilization
Utilizing AI technology and SAP Integrated Toolchain for testing, verification, and migration tasks, it promotes the automation and labor-saving of repetitive tasks. While ensuring quality, it aims to improve the efficiency of the entire implementation process.
Strengthening the execution system in the Japanese market
Accenture boasts about 1,200 certified engineers, the largest number in Japan in the SAP public cloud domain, and under a dedicated system in collaboration with SAP Japan, it supports rapid implementation and continuous evolution regardless of industry or scale.
Comment from Masaru Hamaoka, President and Representative Director, Accenture Japan Ltd
"In an era where AI takes on the core of operations, the speed of corporate transformation depends on how quickly and without waste the core system can be launched. This program is an initiative to compress investment and time, creating a state where companies can reallocate resources to business reforms and AI utilization. Accenture's 'Reinvention Service' lies in designing and implementing management, business, data, and operations as one without separating them. In collaboration with SAP Japan, we will support the transformation of Japanese companies from the execution side."
Comment from Yoshiro Horikawa, President and Representative Director, SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
"Through further collaboration with Accenture, I am highly honored to be able to provide new cloud services utilizing SAP's public cloud to customers across a wide range of industries and scales. Through this initiative, an environment has been prepared where businesses of any size can rapidly implement a business foundation that utilizes advanced technologies such as generative AI. By fusing SAP's cloud technology and Accenture's deep knowledge in business reform, the decision-making power and business efficiency of Japanese companies..."