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1. Improvements to the user experience
2. Simplified data model
3. Integration of data from multiple sources
4. Ability to create custom apps
5. Increased business agility
6. Improved data security
7. Reduced hardware costs

• Start by creating a high-level plan
• Understand your current landscape
• Identify different ways of moving to S/4HANA
• Conduct a feasibility analysis
• Are all the solutions and solutions available on ECC also available on S/4HANA?
• Identify the advantages of...

1. What is your current SAP system landscape?
2. How many systems do you have?
3. How many users do you have?
4. Which version of SAP are you currently running?
5. Do you have any custom developments in place?

1. What are your key user applications?
2. Which parts of your application landscape will be affected by this migration and what will be the impact on business processes in these areas?
3. Are there any processes that use non-SAP systems or data sources (e.g., Unix jobs, mainframe fil...

1. Reviewing business process flows;
2. Identifying pain points;
3. Understanding critical success factors;
4. Determining key process improvement opportunities;
5. Collecting requirements for future capabilities needed;
6. Discussing required changes or extensions to s...

There are two options: New implementation and System Conversion which are opted by the industries worldwide. While there is also a Bluefield Approach which involves Selective Data Transition. I would like to focus more on the below 2 approaches in this articles

1. First, learn about S/4HANA capabilities.
2. Next, identify what aspects of your current system won't work well and need improvement.
3. Then, decide which business processes are most important to transition first (i.e., what systems do you need up and running immediately after the ...

1. System Discovery : Locate all instances of your SAP landscape and connect them with KTern.AI's Digital Maps
2. Process Analysis : Identify high-risk areas where changes will need to be made - such as the finance or supply chain modules - by analyzing yo...

In order to address challenges in knowing your business impacts and the stakeholders involved, KTern.AI helps with its process mining that helps with providing detailed insights of your current l...

Every Business needs to update its technology and adapt to the changing needs and market conditions along with it are the challenges in moving to the new SAP S/4HANA Product Suite. The Idea focuses on how SAP ECC Systems can be transformed and the key steps involved during the transformation.

The second option is called System Conversion and involves converting an existing ECC system to S/4HANA (on premise or cloud). You can choose between In-Place conversion or Landscape Transformation which I will explain in further detail later in this blog series.