Why Migrate?
Why business leaders should care about migrating to SAP S/4HANA?
SAP S/4HANA offers significant strategic advantages that modern businesses need to remain competitive and agile in today's digital economy.
Key Business Benefits
- Better speed to market with rapid addition of new apps and functions
- Streamlined operations via embedded analytics and automation
- Improved app performance through modern code, automatic updates, and baked-in security
- Enhanced business agility with flexible deployment options
- Cost-efficiencies through process automation and deployment choices
- Integration with AI and ML on the SAP platform
- Lower hardware/software maintenance and improved TCO
Financial Impact
Reduce TCO through simplified IT landscape, integrated processes, and automated operations.
Strategic Value
Gain competitive advantage through real-time analytics and intelligent business processes.
Innovation Ready
Future-proof your business with a platform ready for emerging technologies and continuous innovation.
Expert Guidance Makes the Difference
Engaging a certified partner for performing SAP S/4HANA migration will help you achieve the desired business outcomes while minimizing risk and maximizing ROI.
Plan Your S/4HANA MigrationPros & Cons of S/4HANA Migration
Benefits and challenges of SAP S/4HANA migration
Understanding both the advantages and challenges of SAP S/4HANA migration is crucial for creating a balanced business case and effective implementation strategy.
Benefits
- Access to latest technologies (AI, chatbots, IoT)
- Real-time analytics on consolidated data
- Simpler UI and faster updates
- Quarterly automatic updates and process automation
- Faster period-end financial closings
Key benefit: Accelerated business processes and real-time decision making
Challenges
- Data corruption/validation risks during migration
- Choosing the right architecture (cloud vs on-prem)
- Balancing standardization with necessary customization
- Organizational change resistance and training needs
- Lack of in-house skills to manage migration
Key challenge: Managing complexity while minimizing business disruption
Balance Your Migration Strategy
A stitch in time saves nine. A certified SAP partner helps you choose the right S/4HANA migration approach to maximize benefits while effectively mitigating challenges.
Talk To An ExpertMethods to Migrate
SAP S/4HANA migration approaches
Organizations that move their ERP to S/4HANA can choose from four strategic methods: Greenfield, Brownfield, RISE with SAP, or Landscape Transformation — each designed for different business contexts and goals.
Greenfield Migration
Fresh start implementation
Fresh implementation ideal for migrating from legacy/non-SAP systems or implementing a first ERP. Delivers all S/4HANA advantages through complete rebuild.
Key advantages:
- →Lower TCO and faster speed-to-innovation
- →Elimination of infrastructure constraints and dependencies
- →Customizable, scalable, and compatible approach
- →Optimization of infrastructure and business processes
Brownfield Migration
Preserving legacy components
Upgrade existing SAP systems while preserving legacy components. Gradual, cost-effective approach with less disruption to business operations.
Key advantages:
- →More affordability with selective migration
- →Freedom to use existing on-premise infrastructure
- →Eliminates re-implementation and process disruption
- →Improves existing technology while reusing functional code
RISE with SAP
Business-Transformation-as-a-Service
Subscription-based Business-Transformation-as-a-Service bundling SAP's top assets for cloud transition with minimal risk.
Key advantages:
- →Sustainable, innovative path for cloud migration
- →Maximizes value while reducing transformation risks
- →Saves migration costs with bundled services
- →Long-term sustainability with operational resilience
Landscape Transformation
Consolidating multiple systems
Consolidate multiple SAP and non-SAP ERP systems into one global S/4HANA system. Ideal for harmonizing business processes across complex environments.
Key advantages:
- →Performance optimization with secure implementation
- →Improved functionality and agility with compliant infrastructure
- →Supervised implementation reduces downtimes and risks
- →Uninterrupted data transfer and IT process modernization
How to choose the right SAP S/4HANA migration approach?
- 1.Evaluate your current system to assess migration readiness and custom code volume
- 2.Review the architecture to gauge the impact of migration on your business landscape
- 3.Analyze the future state to envision what your new ERP should accomplish
- 4.Consider timeline constraints and required business outcomes
Every organization's journey to SAP S/4HANA is unique. Our SAP experts can help determine which approach aligns best with your business objectives.
Talk To Our SAP ExpertDeployment Options
SAP S/4HANA Cloud vs. On-Premise Deployment
The two primary SAP S/4HANA deployment options each offer distinct advantages based on your organization's specific requirements, compliance needs, and growth strategy.
Cloud Deployment
- Built on SAP HANA, SAP's high-performing, in-memory database
- Seamlessly integrates multiple business applications
- Powered by SAP CoPilot, Machine Learning, and predictive analytics
- Highly desirable for small and medium businesses seeking rapid innovation
- Lower upfront infrastructure costs with subscription-based pricing
- Regular automatic updates and streamlined maintenance
Best for:
Organizations prioritizing agility, rapid deployment, and minimal IT overhead
On-Premise Deployment
- Built on SAP's in-memory database, SAP HANA
- Full control over systems, networks, data, and security
- Can be managed internally by your organization
- Complete control over HANA database, applications, and servers
- Suitable for organizations with strict compliance and latency requirements
- SAP outsourcing partner can handle deployment and maintenance
Best for:
Organizations with complex compliance requirements or extensive customizations
Making the right deployment choice
Consider these factors:
- Business size and geographic distribution
- IT resources and infrastructure capabilities
- Customization requirements and integration needs
- Regulatory compliance and data sovereignty
- Total cost of ownership (TCO) considerations
Partnering with a certified SAP consultant allows you to create and follow a well-crafted S/4HANA deployment strategy tailored to your specific business needs.
Business Imperatives — Points to Consider
Business imperatives to consider when migrating to SAP S/4HANA
Beyond technical migration, organizations must address these critical data management imperatives to ensure successful S/4HANA implementation and long-term business value.
Comprehensive Strategy
Develop a data management strategy encompassing all environments, workloads, and applications your business may use, both now and in the future.
Data Fabric
Implement a data fabric that enables consistent governance and seamless access from any infrastructure, regardless of where data resides.
Hybrid-Ready Platform
Select a data platform purpose-built for hybrid environments with unified architecture to ensure high performance and lower total cost of ownership.
Key Technical Considerations
- Full-featured data platform: Implement a platform that allows data to be stored and moved anywhere it's needed, supporting the flexibility modern enterprises require.
- Data mobility & protection: Ensure SAP workload data can move freely while maintaining the highest levels of protection and compliance.
- Consistent governance: Apply identical data governance rules regardless of where data is stored, processed, or analyzed.
- Future-proofing: Design your data architecture to accommodate future expansions, integrations, and emerging technologies.
Critical Reminder
Data management decisions made during your S/4HANA migration will have far-reaching implications for your organization's agility, compliance posture, and total cost of ownership.
Schedule Data Strategy AssessmentBest Practices — Next Steps
Best practices for accelerating SAP S/4HANA Migration
The c-suite can accelerate migration and time to value for SAP S/4HANA by establishing policies that enable digital success and innovation.
Change resilience
Set the tone for your organization and employees to become change-resilient. Help them understand how SAP S/4HANA will allow the company to quickly and easily manage software changes big and small, and evolve into a fully cognitive enterprise.
Hybrid/multicloud strategy
Adopt a hybrid or multicloud strategy that prioritizes critical workloads to become cloud-ready and facilitates optimal workload placement. One of the top benefits of a hybrid cloud is the ease of migration across public cloud and premises environments.
Save development time
Replacing cumbersome versions of SAP Business Suite with flexible SAP S/4HANA allows businesses to free up developers' time, so they can focus on innovative products and services that will provide a competitive edge.
Planning and accountability
Ensure the availability of team members and budget when planning SAP S/4HANA implementation. Be sure all business leaders are accountable for meeting deadlines and assigning resources to the project; for example, assessing workloads, establishing governance policies, testing interfaces.
Engage a certified SAP partner
Choosing managed and professional services from certified SAP partners will ensure you achieve greater business value, faster from SAP S/4HANA migration. Engaging an SAP partner allows you to improve and optimize the performance of SAP and predictably manage IT costs.
Six steps to ensure success with SAP S/4HANA Migration
Get the senior leadership on the same page
Align budget and staff resources
Engage a certified SAP partner
Set timelines for key milestones
Track your project's progress
Communicate regularly with employees
Ready to leverage these best practices for your S/4HANA migration? Our experts can help you develop a tailored approach.
Let's Discuss Your ProjectCost & ROI
Investments & Returns
Understanding both cost elements and return on investment factors is crucial for building a compelling business case for SAP S/4HANA migration.
Cost Considerations
Direct Costs
- Software licensing and capital infrastructure investment
- Implementation, integration, and application migration
- Maintenance and support of applications, hardware, and networks
Indirect Costs
- Change management, training, and user adoption programs
- Staff resources to design, build, and manage the transition
- Business disruption and productivity impacts during migration
Cost planning tip: Build a comprehensive multi-year TCO model that includes both implementation and ongoing operational costs.
Return on Investment
Financial Benefits
- Working capital improvements through faster processing
- Operational cost reduction from process automation
- Lower maintenance and service costs across applications
- Procurement, transportation, and logistics optimization
Business Impact
- Increased revenue through improved operations and service
- Reduction in revenue loss due to stock-outs and delays
- Higher customer retention from reliable operations
- Process harmonization across business units and regions
Want to understand the specific ROI potential for your organization? Our financial analysis team can prepare a customized assessment.
Request ROI AnalysisOur Process — How we approach
Simplifying the migration to SAP S/4HANA
Our SAP experts follow a set of tried and tested practices when planning our clients' S/4HANA migration roadmap.
Migration Methodology
Analyze & Plan
Analyze the right deployment option (On-Premise or Cloud) that fits your business requirements and budget. Evaluate if cleansing of data is required to avoid the risks of licensing and downtimes.
Roadmap Creation
Create a detailed business roadmap to provide end-to-end technical support for seamless data migration in S/4HANA. This establishes clear milestones and accountability.
PoC & Sandbox
Create SAP Sandbox environment initially as a proof of concept (POC) to test the workarounds in real-time. This validates the approach and cutover strategy without business disruption.
Execute & Migrate
Methodical and systematic execution from planning to migration, that is, successful migration of legacy SAP system to SAP S/4HANA following the validated roadmap and procedures.
Support & Maintain
Provide ongoing support and maintenance to ensure that your SAP S/4HANA environment functions without glitches. Continuous optimization based on real-world usage patterns.
Analyze & Plan
Select deployment option and evaluate data-cleansing needs based on your specific business context.
PoC & Sandbox
Create sandbox POC to validate approach and cutover strategy with minimal business risk.
Execute & Support
Methodical execution, go-live support and ongoing maintenance for sustainable success.
Need a proven methodology for your S/4HANA migration? Our team can guide you through each step of the process.
Schedule a Discovery CallSuccess Stories — Case Studies
SAP S/4HANA migration — client outcomes
Our team has successfully guided numerous clients through their S/4HANA migration journey, delivering transformative business outcomes while minimizing disruption.
Migration from legacy ERP to SAP S/4HANA
Helped a global manufacturer and supplier of processed food items, to seamlessly migrate from their legacy system to SAP S/4HANA.
Key Outcomes:
- Faster GST adaptation with 100% legal & statutory compliance
- Sustained business continuity during the entire transition phase
- Migration covers all taxable scenarios and requirements
Migration from SAP ECC 6.0 to SAP S/4HANA
A leading manufacturing heating equipment firm, enhanced their sales and purchase processes and streamlined their finance models by migrating from SAP ECC 6.0 to SAP S/4HANA.
Key Outcomes:
- Seamless integration with third-party software, such as bank process servers for payment processing and EBRS
- Upgraded from ECC to S/4HANA to fulfill the business requirements
- Streamlined workflows by importing catch-up transports from non-HANA systems to HANA systems
SAP S/4HANA implementation for improved business automation
By implementing SAP S/4HANA, a leading business in the Exploration and Production Industry achieved a process-driven solution to handle day-to-day operations with less personnel intervention, reduced paperwork, and enhanced preventive maintenance.
Key Outcomes:
- Optimized resource utilization and improved user experience
- Better analysis of costs and profitability with enhanced payroll and costing systems
- Real-time actionable insights with accelerated financial processes
- Single integrated system across legal entities to achieve short-term revenue goals
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