{"id":1567,"date":"2023-07-03T13:11:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T13:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/sap-s-4hana-why-the-switch-is-worthwhile\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T07:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T07:52:30","slug":"sap-s-4hana-why-the-switch-is-worthwhile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/en\/sap-s-4hana-why-the-switch-is-worthwhile\/","title":{"rendered":"Switching to SAP S\/4HANA: Does it pay off?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-font-size:28px;--awb-line-height:33px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;DIN Alternate Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><em>SAP has made a decision that will bring profound changes for its<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesschau.de\/wirtschaft\/unternehmen\/sap-50-jahre-jubilaeum-101.html\"><em>more than 400,000 customers<\/em><\/a><em> . Starting in 2027, the support for the old ERP system SAP ECC will expire. Many of these companies fail to recognize the opportunity that this accelerated migration to SAP S\/4HANA presents. There is too much fear of the supposedly long and complex implementation, which seems to offer hardly any added value, and the associated costs. Read here to find out why this view is too short-sighted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"Two men are looking at a project plan.\" title=\"digital-business-planning-online-network-businessmen-use-smart-tablet-digital-online\" src=\"https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/digital-business-planning-online-network-businessmen-use-smart-tablet-digital-online.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/digital-business-planning-online-network-businessmen-use-smart-tablet-digital-online-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/digital-business-planning-online-network-businessmen-use-smart-tablet-digital-online-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/digital-business-planning-online-network-businessmen-use-smart-tablet-digital-online-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/digital-business-planning-online-network-businessmen-use-smart-tablet-digital-online-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/digital-business-planning-online-network-businessmen-use-smart-tablet-digital-online-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/digital-business-planning-online-network-businessmen-use-smart-tablet-digital-online.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-font-size:24px;--awb-line-height:26px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">&#8220;SAP is forcing customers to switch to S\/4HANA. &#8221; When the German software company announced that it would end support for its predecessor system, SAP ECC 6.0 at the end of 2027, this statement caused a lot of insecurity among customers. CIOs and IT managers had to ask themselves numerous questions considering the planned transition to the new system: <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;DIN Alternate Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><ul>\n<li>Can all business processes be mapped in SAP S\/4HANA?<\/li>\n<li>Should we go for a brownfield or greenfield approach?<\/li>\n<li>How do we provide the necessary personnel resources?<\/li>\n<li>Does the S\/4HANA project leave investment volume for other digitization projects?<\/li>\n<li>And most importantly, is the switch worth it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many people forget the most important aspect while considering implementing new technologies: A modern, intelligently integrated ERP maps the material, information and value flows in real time and is, in a sense, the &#8220;digital twin&#8221; of every company. Therefore, it\u2019s its digital backbone and thus the foundation for every technological development!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h5 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;DIN Condensed Bold &quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;\">Adaptability has never been more important<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;DIN Alternate Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Due to the aftermath of the Corona crisis, geopolitical tensions, and the consequences of climate change: numerous external factors are forcing companies to become more agile in the current business environment. Especially in order to meet changing customer demands and mitigate supply chain disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>They see new technologies, such as in-process optimizers, artificial intelligence, or predictive planning, as possible solutions. For these purposes, however, companies need reliable insights generated from high-quality data and a high processing speed. And these requirements are simply not yet available in most organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h5 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;DIN Condensed Bold &quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;\">Data silos reduce innovative strength<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;DIN Alternate Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>New technologies, such as Big Data, AI, Internet of Things (IoT), and Intelligent Enterprise, are constantly entering the market and promise to give companies a major competitive advantage. And many CIOs feel the pressure to implement these technologies at all costs \u2013 even if the company&#8217;s level of digitization may not allow it yet.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-left:10px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:var(--awb-custom_color_5);--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:5px;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"--awb-font-size:28px;--awb-line-height:33.3px;--awb-text-color:#000000;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;DIN Alternate Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>Many people forget one central aspect when they think about introducing new technologies: A modern, intelligently integrated ERP maps the material, information and value flows in real time and is, in a sense, the &#8220;digital twin&#8221; of every company. In this role, it is the digital backbone and thus the basis for every technological development!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;DIN Alternate Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>That\u2019s because the reality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigdata-insider.de\/unternehmen-bekommen-datensilos-nicht-in-den-griff-a-320391d6943eacb129bd4e200ab745da\/\">in three out of four organizations<\/a> currently still looks like this: Some of the data is only available in an analog format, is stored in isolated spreadsheets, or doesn\u2019t provide the quality that would allow it to be further processed for deeper insights. Interfaces are hard to find, not to mention end-to-end processes in an integrated system. It is precisely this lack of digitization and harmonization that makes knowledge expansion (insights) and effective cross-divisional collaboration difficult to achieve. Companies are thus depriving themselves of the ability to innovate or work innovatively.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h5 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;DIN Condensed Bold &quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;\">Data silos lead to isolated solutions<\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;DIN Alternate Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p><strong> <\/strong>However, these facts don&#8217;t stop them from implementing new technologies in the hope of keeping pace with the competition. At best, newly implemented but poorly integrated solutions work reasonably well. At first glance, they do what they promise, but they do not deliver any significant added value for the company.<\/p>\n<p>Often, however, they are useless, swallowing up enormous sums of investment and those responsible have difficulties understanding why the project failed. In the worst case, the systems do &#8220;something&#8221; \u2013 and it turns out only after a while (and significant economic consequences) that the delivered output is simply wrong. That\u2019s because of the insufficient data quality with which the systems are fed.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, the consequence is an IT landscape that is made up of many isolated solutions and has no disruptive effect on the company&#8217;s market position.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" title=\"close-up-businessman-with-digital-tablet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/close-up-businessman-with-digital-tablet.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/close-up-businessman-with-digital-tablet-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/close-up-businessman-with-digital-tablet-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/close-up-businessman-with-digital-tablet-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/close-up-businessman-with-digital-tablet-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/close-up-businessman-with-digital-tablet-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/close-up-businessman-with-digital-tablet.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-five\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h5 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:&quot;DIN Condensed Bold &quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;\"><strong>Opportunities of the S\/4 transformation<\/strong><\/h5><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;DIN Alternate Bold&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><p>If companies are faced with the choice between investing in technology trends, or in the S\/4 project, they must be aware of one fact: without a solid foundation in the shape of a modern ERP system, with fully integrated end-to-end processes, all innovative digitization projects will fall short of expectations.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, this also means that the S\/4HANA transformation presents a huge opportunity. Companies now have the unique opportunity to completely rethink processes and even adapt their business model.<\/p>\n<p>New technologies, such as SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning) enable, among other things, gross sales and production planning, forecasting, or demand planning. They can be seamlessly integrated into SAP S\/4HANA and have an enormous impact thanks to in-memory database technology. This not only ensures greater innovative strength, but also resilience and adaptability in times of ongoing change.<\/p>\n<p>How can your company benefit from SAP S\/4HANA? Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.in3-group.com\/en\/services-2\/advisory\/\">Trusted Advisors<\/a> will give you their independent expert assessment and advise you on how to build the digital backbone of your company.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consulting","category-project-management"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Switching to SAP S\/4HANA: Does it pay off?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SAP is pushing the switch to SAP S\/4HANA - and seems scary at first. 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