SAP S4HANA migration

SAP S/4HANA migration: a step-by-step approach, at your pace

SAP S/4HANA migration is the move from a, SAP ECC that runs on-premise on a database other than SAP HANA, to SAP’s next-generation SAP S/4HANA business suite (either on-premise, or hosted in the cloud ).

SAP’s next-generation business suite, SAP S/4HANA is much more than an IT tool. It has the potential to transform your organisation’s entire business strategy. It enables real-time data-driven decision-making and unlocks the power of breakthroughs such as AI, machine-learning and IoT. Thanks to SAP HANA in-memory data technology, SAP S/4HANA offers unparalleled data processing and visualisation capabilities.

Hesitating about making the move? Good news: you can migrate at your pace, and select the best approach for your business. Our experienced team is standing by to help.

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Why move now?

SAP will no longer support its existing ERP business suite in 2027 – requiring users to move to the HANA in-memory platform. While migrating to SAP S/4HANA is inevitable for SAP customers, the potential costs, complexity and duration of a migration project may be daunting.

When it comes to the approach and pace of your migration, your business has options. Replatforming today – rather than at the last minute – offers even greater flexibility.

Reap the benefits of SAP S/4HANA

Even better, you’ll be able to harness all the advantages of a proven next-generation ERP system before your competitors do. Count on:

  • gaining real-time business insights, for informed decision-making, optimised processes and better services.
  • working in a faster, more agile way thanks to SAP S/4HANA’s simplified data model and the exceptionally intuitive SAP Fiori user experience.
  • accelerating innovation, as the central HANA core combines traditional ERP with CRM, EWM, transportation management and more, and ground-breaking cloud applications such as SAP C4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, Concur, SAP Fieldglass and SAP Ariba.
  • harnessing the latest technologies, such as IoT, big data, blockchain, machine learning and beyond.
  • simplifying and streamlining your combined move to the cloud (if using an on-premise platform).

Note that an increasing number of new SAP applications will only be available on SAP S/4HANA.

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Agristo puts sustainable innovation in the driver’s seat with S/4HANA

Discover how Agristo, a fast-growing, digitally ambitious multinational specialising in potato products, migrated to SAP S/4HANA from SAP ECC – and achieved a complete business transformation.

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Big bang or phased approach? Discover our migration colours

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to migration. You can start from scratch, the greenfield approach, which features a complete redesign of your business processes. A brownfield migration enables you to bring your core ERP structure and historical data with you. A BLUEFIELD™ migration approach, in collaboration with SNP, unlocks greater data migration flexibility and speed.

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Introducing RISE: SAP’s subscription service for S/4HANA

SAP makes S/4HANA Cloud even more accessible by bundling a number of tools into a monthly subscription service:

  • user rights for S/4HANA Cloud OR S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition
  • tools used to assess and migrate to S/4HANA
  • access to business process intelligence
  • credit value for SAP Business Technology Platform (aka SAP Cloud Platform), SAP’s PaaS
  • SAP Business Network starter pack
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Why choose delaware?

  • Our FAST-2-S/4 solution is a SAP qualified partner package.
  • We are SAP experts and S/4HANA users: we implement the full SAP solution portfolio and are working with SAP on a co-innovation program to help shape the cloud edition of S/4HANA.
  • We offer S/4HANA accelerators: tools and techniques that we have developed in house to streamline and shorten your migration process.

  • delaware has a S/4MOVE Global Competence centre focusing on exchanging best practices and setting up international quality standards and a Global Delivery centre to speed up the implementation and make it more cost friendly.
  • Our team has completed more then 26 (and counting) successful S/4HANA migrations in a range of different industries.