What Is SAP LeanIX?

Today, SAP LeanIX is one of the core solutions of SAP’s business transformation management offerings. How did it develop into this strategic and important product for C-suite executives? Let’s first go back in history to understand where SAP LeanIX came from. SAP LeanIX History LeanIX was founded in 2012 by André Christ and Jörg Beyer in Bonn, Germany. Both had worked for years in a global logistics company and had built bridges between consulting, IT, and business users. A recurring pain point in their work was delayed strategic decision-making due to lack of information and documentation in the IT management discipline. Multiple consultants would spend months researching and interviewing IT and business colleagues to create an accurate and complete inventory of applications and IT infrastructure in use, only to find that by the time this information was to be used for decision making, it was already outdated. In addition, enterprise architecture back in that time was an ivory tower discipline with little connection to the business side of the company. Frameworks and tools were made for specialists and industry experts, and it was challenging to find a united language for cross-de...