FOX Business Group
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Selected work

Complex work.
Visible outcomes.

Representative examples of FOX delivery across transformation, engineering, testing and optimization.

SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS

Complex work.
Clear roles.
Real progress.

Each story explains the challenge, FOX’s role, the work delivered, and the progress or outcomes to date. Active engagements are clearly identified.

01
Global miningIn progress

Governing testing across a global HCMS transformation

The engagement

FOX is supporting a phased, multi-country SuccessFactors program by establishing the testing model, coordinating functional and regional execution, governing defects, and improving delivery visibility through Azure DevOps reporting and automation.

The broader program spans Employee Central, recruiting, onboarding, performance and goals, learning, succession and development, reporting, analytics, payroll, time and integrations across multiple countries.

FOX’s role

Global Test Lead and SAP® advisory consultant, embedded in the client team alongside a broader client- and partner-led program.

What FOX did

  • Created the global test model, entry and exit criteria and role-based governance
  • Coordinated regional and functional workstreams across countries and modules
  • Structured SIT and UAT cycles, scheduling and readiness checkpoints
  • Governed Azure DevOps test plans, test cases, execution and defect flow
  • Introduced automation for recurring governance and reporting activities

Architecture and technology

SAP SuccessFactorsEmployee CentralTalent & RecruitingOnboardingPayroll & TimeAzure DevOpsIntegrations

Progress to date

  • Global testing structure and governance established
  • SIT and UAT execution coordinated across regions and workstreams
  • Test-case, defect and status reporting standardized
  • Automation introduced for recurring governance and reporting activities

Engagement in progress — information reflects the current delivery phase. FOX specialists contributed within a broader client- and partner-led program.

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02
UtilitiesIn progress

Leading integration delivery across complex HCMS programs

The engagement

FOX consultants are providing integration leadership for separate global HCMS and SuccessFactors programs at major Canadian utilities. The work involves coordinating SAP, SuccessFactors and third-party system dependencies within large, multi-workstream transformation environments.

FOX’s roles

Integration leads supporting two major Canadian utility programs, working alongside client and prime implementation partner teams.

What FOX did

  • Governed interface architecture and cross-system design decisions
  • Maintained integration inventories, ownership and dependency mapping
  • Coordinated business, implementation-partner and technical teams
  • Made integration risks, requirements and delivery activities visible to program leadership

Architecture and technology

SAP SuccessFactorsSAP Integration SuiteSAP ERPEnterprise identityThird-party systems

Progress to date

  • Integration leadership embedded within program delivery
  • Cross-system dependencies and design decisions governed
  • Business, implementation-partner and technical teams coordinated
  • Integration risks, requirements and delivery activities made visible

Anonymized capability story covering two active programs. Interface counts, delivery percentages and program outcomes are not published until documented.

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03
Public sectorMulti-phase and ongoing

Creating a governed path through SAP modernization

The engagement

FOX has supported a major public-sector SAP modernization program through enterprise architecture, integration governance, solution planning, custom-code quality management and coordination across multiple business and technical domains.

The work includes S/4HANA® readiness, shared-landscape architecture, SAP BTP integration, SAP Cloud ALM planning, Microsoft Entra ID integration, technical risk management and coordination with third-party systems.

FOX’s roles

SAP architecture and technical integration leadership, embedded in client teams and supporting prime implementation partners across multiple phases. Enterprise architecture and technical integration responsibilities are held by distinct FOX specialists.

What FOX did

  • Produced modernization architecture and transition roadmaps
  • Established integration governance, specification review and standards
  • Delivered Microsoft Entra ID integration for enterprise identity
  • Planned SAP Cloud ALM adoption and custom-code quality management
  • Tracked integration risks, issues and cross-project dependencies

Architecture and technology

SAP S/4HANASAP BTPSAP Integration SuiteMicrosoft Entra IDSAP Cloud ALMCustom Code Migration

Progress and outcomes

  • Modernization architecture and transition roadmaps developed
  • Integration risks, actions and decisions governed
  • Common technical and development standards established
  • Custom-code quality and clean-core controls introduced
  • Cross-project dependencies made visible to program leadership

Multi-phase program in progress. FOX specialists contributed within a broader client- and partner-led program.

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04
Financial servicesCompleted

Upgrading S/4HANA while modernizing how it is operated

The engagement

FOX provided architecture and delivery leadership for an SAP S/4HANA 2020-to-2023 Private Edition upgrade. The work included readiness analysis, Fiori-impact assessment, staged landscape deployment, automated-testing readiness and post-upgrade modernization planning.

FOX’s role

SAP solution architecture and technical leadership, working alongside client platform and functional teams across the upgrade and the ongoing modernization program.

What FOX did

  • Ran readiness analysis and Fiori impact assessment
  • Prepared automated-testing readiness and regression scope
  • Planned and executed staged landscape deployment
  • Established SAP Cloud ALM for planning, tracking and testing
  • Defined clean-core and post-upgrade optimization actions

Architecture and technology

SAP S/4HANA 2023 Private EditionSAP Cloud ALMSAP FioriSAP BTPAutomated testing

Outcomes

  • SAP S/4HANA 2023 transition completed
  • Upgrade validation and testing approach structured
  • Production releases aligned with clean-core practices
  • SAP Cloud ALM and modern BTP services incorporated into the operating roadmap
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05
Financial servicesCompleted assessment

Making SAP BTP consumption visible and actionable

The engagement

FOX reviewed SAP BTP accounts, tenants, environments and service consumption to identify redundant services, unexpected charges and opportunities to right-size the landscape.

The assessment covered Integration Suite, Cloud Foundry, legacy Neo services, non-production environments and support-service costs.

FOX’s role

SAP architecture and advisory, acting as the direct consulting provider for an independent assessment.

What FOX did

  • Analyzed service consumption across subaccounts and environments
  • Reviewed tenant and subaccount structure and account model
  • Isolated redundant Neo and Cloud Foundry services
  • Rationalized non-production systems and dormant environments
  • Reviewed SAP support services and entitlement alignment
  • Recommended a governance, monitoring and chargeback model

Architecture and technology

SAP BTPSAP Integration SuiteCloud FoundryNeoS/4HANA landscapeFinOps governance

Opportunities identified

  • Approximately $780,000 in potential annual savings
  • Redundant services and environments isolated
  • Subaccount consolidation opportunities identified
  • Ongoing SAP BTP financial-governance model established

Figures represent potential savings identified by the assessment, not savings achieved. Realized savings depend on client implementation of the recommendations.

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06
Financial servicesCompleted strategy and business case

Designing a simpler, future-ready SAP landscape

The engagement

FOX assessed a fragmented legacy SAP environment and developed a future-state strategy for consolidating finance, procurement and lending capabilities on SAP S/4HANA under RISE with SAP.

The work included landscape analysis, architecture, licensing and infrastructure modelling, risk assessment, financial analysis and a phased proof-of-concept roadmap.

FOX’s role

SAP enterprise architecture and transformation advisory, acting as the direct consulting provider to client technology and finance stakeholders.

What FOX did

  • Analyzed the legacy landscape and mapped unsupported components
  • Designed the future-state S/4HANA and RISE with SAP architecture
  • Modelled licensing, infrastructure and subscription cost scenarios
  • Assessed transformation risk and mitigation options
  • Developed a phased proof-of-concept and transition roadmap

Architecture and technology

SAP S/4HANARISE with SAPSAP BTPFinance & ProcurementLendingLandscape architecture

Modelled transformation opportunities

  • SAP footprint rationalized from approximately 50 instances to 11
  • Significant maintenance and infrastructure reductions modelled
  • Annual subscription-cost reduction opportunities identified
  • Unsupported components mapped to modern SAP cloud services
  • Phased transition roadmap developed to reduce implementation risk

These figures are strategy and business-case projections. Implementation, migration and realized savings have not been verified as delivered outcomes.

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Delivery model

A five-stage operating model.

From framing the real problem to leaving the client stronger — each engagement moves through five deliberate stages.

  1. 01

    Challenge

    Understand the business problem, constraints and desired value.

  2. 02

    Decisions

    Align priorities, scope, delivery model and investment choices.

  3. 03

    Architecture

    Design the future state, integrations, controls and roadmap.

  4. 04

    Delivery

    Execute with governance, specialist capability and knowledge transfer.

  5. 05

    Outcome

    Achieve measurable value and leave the client stronger.

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