The least expensive weeks of an ECC to S/4HANA migration are the ones before any partner is under contract. Much of what an implementation team will ask for in its first month, your own people can produce in advance, using tools SAP already provides to customers on maintenance. Done well, this homework shortens scoping, sharpens […]
Ask an ECC team how many custom objects they run and someone will produce a number within the hour. Ask which of those objects still earn their keep, and the meeting usually goes quiet. That silence is where most S/4HANA timelines are lost. Converting a near-vanilla ECC system is a known quantity; SAP and its […]
As of this month, SAP ECC customers on enhancement packages 6 through 8 have roughly 15 months of mainstream maintenance left. December 31, 2027 is fixed, and SAP has spent the last few years closing doors rather than opening them. Most of the CIOs I speak with accept the date. Where they go wrong is […]
