SAP S/4HANA Migration

End of mainstream maintenance for SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA

Although SAP has communicated that their support on SAP ECC or SAP ERP 6.0 will run until 31 December 2027, it is important to know that only a few enhancement packs of SAP ECC are eligible for this extended maintenance period. This means that the support for any other version of SAP ECC will end on 31 December 2025.

Also if you are already using SAP S/4HANA, you need to take some things into account:

Which release did you opt for and until when can you benefit from extended maintenance?
Should you choose for extended maintenance or rather opt for customer specific maintenance? And when should you take action?

At Delaware, we want to make sure our customers are fully informed about their SAP ERP support options. Download the e-book below and learn everything you need to know about your options.

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Safe, simple and cost-efficient migration

Transitioning to S/4HANA is essential in order for businesses to remain faster, smarter, more agile and more innovative than their competitors. We've helped over 50 customers migrate to S/4HANA and change for the better. As 1 of only 11 SAP Platinum Partners, you can guarantee that you'll be in safe hands. We offer a variety of options for transitioning, allowing you to maintain flexibility and achieve a seamless migration, whether that be a light-touch upgrade, or a full transformation.

Upgrade or transformation?

Choosing the migration option that suits your business is crucial as you embark on your SAP S/4HANA journey.

Is a total transformation required, or would a technical upgrade be sufficient to meet the needs of your organisation?

A technical upgrade involves minimal disruption to the day-to-day operations and processes of your business.

Advantageous if your current system and processes are working well, or, if your existing infastructure is coming to end of life, but is still meeting the needs of your business - and the goal is and the primary goal is to incorporate new features, improve security, or address specific technical limitations.
A functional upgrade allows you to deploy the new capabilities of SAP S/4HANA such as the modern, intuitive user interface and enhanced reporting, with minimal disruption.

With the option of staged adoption, you can incrementally improve your system over time (E.g. by adopting S/4HANA's business and financial processes) and train your user base as you go.
A targeted tranformation allows you to keep the best, but change the rest. You'll keep processes that are currently working for your business, but migrate to S/4HANA to leverage the new capabilities where required.

This approach is medium impact and training will be required for users that will be adopting S/4HANA business processes, to ensure they get the most out of the new system.
A total transformation is required if your current business processes are no longer fit for purpose and your business model has changed significantly since the original implementation of your ERP system.

If your business has customised the current solution and it is now difficult to support, with a high cost of ownership, then a full transformation will give you the opportunity to leverage SAP's best practices.

A full transformation will require the involvement of a large number of your business resources, and your entire user base will need to be trained on SAP S/4HANA to ensure that the new business processes are adopted throughout your organisation.

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The transition to SAP S/4HANA is a major mile and stepping stone, as it will allow us to better prepare for the digital future.
The strong complementary between Delaware and Cosucra in terms of project management was the driving force behind the successful migration.

Dries Beck, Digital Projects Manager at Cosucra

Expedite excellence with SAP S/4HANA

Enhance operational efficiency with streamlined, simplified and automated business processes that boost productivity and reduce costs.

Accelerate innovation with S/4HANA’s simplified data model and the exceptionally intuitive SAP Fiori user experience.
Unlock valuable insights with powerful in-built analytics and reporting capabilities that empower you to make informed, data-driven decisions.
Boost responsiveness with real-time access to critical data, any time, anywhere.

Why Delaware?

We offer a range of services to help your business leverage the full capability of SAP S/4HANA, including:

Fixed cost migration and 5 years support and maintenance included in your migration contract.
Value add beyond the migration with free training on your new SAP system and seamless integration with Microsoft Teams.
SAP S/4HANA accelerators: a set of advanced tools and techniques developed in-house, designed to streamline and expedite the migration process.
The flexible option of selective data migration - which allows you to retain the data you need from your current system while efficiently archiving any unnecessary data.
Extensive knowledge and experience to help you extend your solution stack with SAP's Business Transformation Platform (BTP).