light circles

SAP S/4HANA Migration

Insight

S/4HANA: Switch to the Next-Generation ERP System!

Many companies already use SAP ECC or another SAP ERP system. How does the changeover succeed from one or more SAP systems that have been further developed for many years and often exist separately from each other? And not only do the systems have complex structures, the business processes are also not harmonised, highly complex and often supported by individual system adaptations and interfaces that were still required years ago. Against the backdrop of the digital transformation, these established processes are now reaching their limits in many cases and stand in the way of true innovation.

Die digitale Welt von SAP S/4HANA


Let's take the next big step for your ERP system into the digital world of SAP S/4HANA together and enjoy the following benefits of your new SAP system:

  • Real-time planning
  • Real-time processing
  • Binding delivery commitments
  • Combined transactions and analyses
  • Agile production & procurement
  • Integrated Warehouse
  • Real-time inventory management
  • Simplified data model

7 Days

faster closing process at the end of the month

Up to 44%

faster order lead times

Up to 50%

reduced billing time

2 days

approval of investment expenditure

Up to 24x

faster evaluations

Up to 97%

punctual delivery

Coop Danmark

Case Study Coop

Coop Danmark - Largest S/4HANA transformation in the Nordics

Coop wanted to face new digital challenges: a modern shopping app, self-checkout, staffless point of sales possibilities, increased involvement of local producers and locally adapted and differentiated assortments, serving multiple sales channels and fulfilment options or even technical support to optimize the carbon footprint. 

Transformation

In 5 steps through the S/4HANA migration

1. Innovation for your business

  • Alignment of your strategic business model with S/4HANA innovations
  • Identification of the utilisation potential of new business processes through S/4HANA
  • Creation of an initial roadmap to S/4HANA
Innovation for your business

1. Design roadmap

  • Recording of the current system landscape to define the target landscape
  • Technical analysis (e.g. custom code)
  • Analysis of the process landscape
Design roadmap

1. Commitment to your business

  • Identification of training needs
  • Finalisation of the roadmap incl. time and budget
  • Planning of further activities after the conversion to raise the innovation potential
Commitment to your business

1. Application of your systems

  • Implementation of pre-conversion measures
  • Implementation of the company's own developments
  • Implementation of the technical and functional S/4HANA conversion
  • Go-live support
Application of your systems

1. Innovation for your business

Implementation of new business processes on the new S/4HANA platform
Innovation for your business

1. Innovation for your business

  • Alignment of your strategic business model with S/4HANA innovations
  • Identification of the utilisation potential of new business processes through S/4HANA
  • Creation of an initial roadmap to S/4HANA
Innovation for your business

1. Design roadmap

  • Recording of the current system landscape to define the target landscape
  • Technical analysis (e.g. custom code)
  • Analysis of the process landscape
Design roadmap

1. Commitment to your business

  • Identification of training needs
  • Finalisation of the roadmap incl. time and budget
  • Planning of further activities after the conversion to raise the innovation potential
Commitment to your business

1. Application of your systems

  • Implementation of pre-conversion measures
  • Implementation of the company's own developments
  • Implementation of the technical and functional S/4HANA conversion
  • Go-live support
Application of your systems

1. Innovation for your business

Implementation of new business processes on the new S/4HANA platform
Innovation for your business

1. Innovation for your business

  • Alignment of your strategic business model with S/4HANA innovations
  • Identification of the utilisation potential of new business processes through S/4HANA
  • Creation of an initial roadmap to S/4HANA
SAP S/4hana Innovation für Ihr Business

1. Design Roadmap

  • Recording of the current system landscape to define the target landscape
  • Technical analysis (e.g. custom code)
  • Analysis of the process landscape
Design SAP S/4hana Roadmap

1. Commitment to your business

  • Identification of training needs
  • Finalisation of the roadmap incl. time and budget
  • Planning of further activities after the conversion to raise the innovation potential
SAP S/4hana Commitment for your Business

1. Application of your systems

  • Implementation of pre-conversion measures
  • Implementation of the company's own developments
  • Implementation of the technical and functional S/4HANA conversion
  • Go-live support

 

 

SAP S/4hana application of your systems

1. Exploit innovations

  • Implementation of new business processes on the new S/4HANA platform
Take advantage of SAP S/4hana

1. Innovation for your business

  • Alignment of your strategic business model with S/4HANA innovations
  • Identification of the utilisation potential of new business processes through S/4HANA
  • Creation of an initial roadmap to S/4HANA
SAP S/4hana Innovation für Ihr Business

1. Design Roadmap

  • Recording of the current system landscape to define the target landscape
  • Technical analysis (e.g. custom code)
  • Analysis of the process landscape
Design SAP S/4hana Roadmap

1. Commitment to your business

  • Identification of training needs
  • Finalisation of the roadmap incl. time and budget
  • Planning of further activities after the conversion to raise the innovation potential
SAP S/4hana Commitment for your Business

1. Application of your systems

  • Implementation of pre-conversion measures
  • Implementation of the company's own developments
  • Implementation of the technical and functional S/4HANA conversion
  • Go-live support

 

 

SAP S/4hana application of your systems

1. Exploit innovations

  • Implementation of new business processes on the new S/4HANA platform
Take advantage of SAP S/4hana
Switching to SAP S/4HANA: A Guide for Retail CIOs

Download Whitepaper

Switching to SAP S/4HANA: A Guide for Retail CIOs

Time is pressing for the SAP S/4HANA migration, as maintenance for the current SAP ERP system expires at the end of 2027. So far, however, it is still the most widely used SAP system for 79% of companies. Are you one of the 88% of retailers who are still undecided about the best path to SAP S/4HANA and how best to approach the project? Then get some tipps for your move to SAP S/4HANA in our whitepaper.
Download S/4HANA for Retail & Consumer Products

Download Conversion Package

S/4HANA Lean Conversion for Retail and Consumer Products

We have successfully delivered large scale transformations, all over Europe, across many well-known brands who want to derive extensive business return and agility,  just like you do.
S/4HANA Lean Conversion

KPS Instant Transformation

SAP S/4HANA migration with KPS - your benefits at a glance:

Strategy and definition for S/4HANA Migration

Strategy and definition

Definition of the future, innovative system and process landscape based on our many years of expertise in wholesale and retail as well as in the consumer goods industry
S/4HANA Transformation

Transformation

Determination of the appropriate transformation scenario with the experience from more than 100 transformation and migration projects
KPS Design Center

KPS Design Center

Latest SAP S/4HANA end-to-end processes in the KPS Design Center with the most extensive system landscape for retail and consumer goods industry

 

SAP S/4HANA Custom Conversion Method

Customised conversion

Customised conversion method with combinable modules based on the successful Instant Transformation® method
KPS Conversion App for SAP S/4HANA

KPS Conversion App

KPS Conversion App for process-oriented planning
SAP S/4HANA Remote realisation

Remote realisation

Remote realisation in the KPS Conversion Factory for fast and economical implementation
Fixed prices for Lean Conversion

Fixed prices for Lean Conversion

Fixed prices for Lean Conversion and optional add-on modules
Strategy and definition for S/4HANA Migration

Strategy and definition

Definition of the future, innovative system and process landscape based on our many years of expertise in wholesale and retail as well as in the consumer goods industry
S/4HANA Transformation

Transformation

Determination of the appropriate transformation scenario with the experience from more than 100 transformation and migration projects
KPS Design Center

KPS Design Center

Latest SAP S/4HANA end-to-end processes in the KPS Design Center with the most extensive system landscape for retail and consumer goods industry

 

SAP S/4HANA Custom Conversion Method

Customised conversion

Customised conversion method with combinable modules based on the successful Instant Transformation® method
KPS Conversion App for SAP S/4HANA

KPS Conversion App

KPS Conversion App for process-oriented planning
SAP S/4HANA Remote realisation

Remote realisation

Remote realisation in the KPS Conversion Factory for fast and economical implementation
Fixed prices for Lean Conversion

Fixed prices for Lean Conversion

Fixed prices for Lean Conversion and optional add-on modules
Katrin Wischhusen in an interview about S/4HANA

Interview

S/4HANA Migration for Retail & Consumer Goods

Around 80 per cent of SAP customers are currently in the process of switching to S/4HANA.

In the area of conflict between innovation and technical conversion, we have developed a solution for our customers that takes both aspects into account.

Our methods and toolsets offer budget security and implementation in the shortest possible time.

We have successfully implemented numerous S/4HANA projects with our customers. You benefit from this experience.
Dr. Michael Mirz Vice President KPS AG

Request a workshop with us at the Design Center. On site or via live streaming to the whole world. We would be happy to advise you on your upcoming S/4HANA transformation!

Contact

Image for the article intro information

Katrin Wischhusen, Managing Partner KPS

show less show more

  • Email:

    info@kps.com

  • Social Media:
    LinkedIn  

    Xing

  • Expert for:
    SAP S/4HANA Programm Management, Business Process Optimization, SAP Implementation

Wissen

FAQ SAP S/4 HANA

SAP S/4HANA is a real-time ERP solution that succeeds SAP's former flagship product: SAP ERP.

The S in the product name stands for Simple, 4 for the fourth generation product and HANA for the underlying database technology.

It depends very much on the customisation. In any case, SAP S/4HANA is expected to set up a new licence agreement, new hardware and a transformation project tailored to the specific company. In this way, it ensures the greatest success and maximum durability.

In order to switch to SAP S/4HANA, individual adjustments must always be made. Although it is an individual matter, there are pre-scripted paths for it.

One can start with different approaches:

  • Greenfield approach: Here you literally start on a greenfield site. Here, SAP S/4HANA is set up as the ERP from scratch. This is advantageous if the existing ERP has grown over the years and become extremely complex as a result. If SAP S/4HANA is newly implemented, unnecessary costs can be drastically reduced due to historical complexity. The new installation is based on best-practice processes; existing data and extensions can be adopted.
  • Brownfield approach: Here, not only are all settings, data and configurations retained, but the existing ERP is also converted. It is therefore an extremely extensive upgrade rather than a new installation. This variant requires fewer resources and is less cost-intensive. Here, Nagarro ES' approach also deliberately provides for a technical conversion first, in which the system is transformed to SAP S/4HANA. The second step is then about leveraging the enormous innovation potential of SAP S/4HANA.
  • Other approaches: These were each developed for specific situations and fall somewhere between Brownfield and Greenfield. The shell approach, for example, is close to brownfield; it reuses large parts of the ERP and adds a few new adjustments. In the Mix&Match approach, on the other hand, large parts of the ERP are set up with new adaptations and the smaller part of the existing ERP is adopted.

KPS uses international standards and best practices (ISTQB, modular testing, etc.) in SAP and e-commerce projects. KPS positions test management as a project management discipline. The test managers have in-depth industry knowledge and thus implement a test management strategy adapted to the customer-specific situation. 

Quality assurance is an essential part of software development. It includes any systematic process to determine whether a service or product meets predefined requirements. In SAP projects, non-functional (load, stress tests, etc.) and functional types of tests are used (component tests, integration tests, acceptance tests).

First of all, S/4HANA does not have the same main functions as SAP ECC and SAP Business Suite. But the main difference between the two systems is that SAP ECC also runs on Oracle databases, while S/4HANA only works on HANA.

More Insights

Everything that is important and becomes important.

Sofortiger Einblick in die Mode-Lieferkette

Instant Insight

Supply chains and value chains in the fashion industry are changing rapidly.

The challenges for companies are growing every day. In the fashion industry, companies are coming under increasing global competitive pressure combined with advancing digitalisation. So-called digital pure players are becoming increasingly important and setting new accents. In addition, vertical suppliers are almost omnipresent - they are simply omnipresent on all available channels.
SAP Commerce moves to the cloud

Instant Insight

Transformation is not routine

Although a highly standardised logic guides the process, each cloud migration is an individual event with company-specific implications. Therefore, it is crucial to never let the transformation become a routine. Let yourself be guided every step of the way! Get vigilant support even in the period after the cloud platform goes live - Hypercare services offer a high level of security.
Change management

Instant Insight

Early enablement of managers determines success

Our goal is to ensure that the right employees are qualified "just in time". Business representatives are the first to know and understand the method and the target solution in principle. Key users as the later multipliers in the company will be the next. Testers, employees for the migration, support staff in IT - the most diverse target groups require differentiated qualification paths that need to be orchestrated in a concept.

Privacy settings

We use cookies on our website. Some of them are essential, while others help us to improve this website and your experience. With your consent, we use cookies to analyse the usage of our website.

We also use cookies for marketing to help us measure the success of our marketing efforts. In the settings you will find detailed information about the individual cookies, and you can refuse the use of cookies.

You can change or revoke your selection at any time on any KPS.com page in the footer under Privacy Settings.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper functioning of the website.

  • Cookie Banner
    Cookie Name: kps-privacy-settings
    Value: PrivacyLevel_0#a
    Storage duration: 4 weeks
    Description: Cookie is required to save cookie settings. This is a purely technical cookie.

HubSpot:

  • Cookie Name: __hs_opt_out
    Storage duration: 6 months
    Description: Cookie is used by the opt-in privacy policy to ask the visitor to accept cookies again. This cookie is set when you give visitors the choice to disable cookies. It contains the string "Yes" or "No".
  • Cookie Name: __hs_do_not_tracking
    Storage duration: 6 months
    Description:: This cookie can be set so that the tracking code does not send any information to HubSpot. It contains the character string "Yes".
  • Cookie Name: __hs_initial_opt_in
    Storage duration: 7 days
    Description: This cookie is used to prevent banners from being displayed every time visitors visit your website in strict mode. It contains the string "Yes" or "No".
  • Cookie Name: __hs_cookie_cat_pref
    Storage duration: 6 months
    Description: This cookie is used to record the categories a visitor consented to. It contains data on the consented categories.
  • Cookie Name: __hs_gpc_banner_dismiss
    Storage duration: 180 days
    Description: This cookie is used when the Global Privacy Control banner is dismissed. It contains the string "yes" or "no"
  • Cookie Name: __hs_notify_banner_dismiss
    Storage duration: 180 days
    Description: This cookie is used when the website uses a Notify consent banner type. It contains a boolean value of True.
  • Cookie Name: hs_ab_test
    Speicherdauer: End of session
    Description: This cookie is used to consistently serve visitors the same version of an A/B test page they’ve seen before. It contains the id of the A/B test page and the id of the variation that was chosen for the visitor.
  • Cookie Name: <id>_key
    Storage duration: 14 days
    Description: When visiting a password-protected page, this cookie is set so future visits to the page from the same browser do not require login again. The cookie name is unique for each password-protected page. It contains an encrypted version of the password so future visits to the page will not require the password again.
  • Cookie Name: hs-messages-is-open
    Storage duration: 30 minutes
    Description: This cookie is used to determine and save whether the chat widget is open for future visits. It is set in your visitor's browser when they start a new chat, and resets to re-close the widget after 30 minutes of inactivity. If your visitor manually closes the chat widget, it will prevent the widget from re-opening on subsequent page loads in that browser session for 30 minutes. It contains a boolean value of True if present.
  • Cookie Name: hs-messages-hide-welcome-message
    Storage duration: 1 day
    Description: This cookie is used to prevent the chat widget welcome message from appearing again for one day after it is dismissed. It contains a boolean value of True or False.
  • Cookie Name: __hsmem
    Storage duration: 7 days
    Description: This cookie is set when visitors log in to a HubSpot-hosted site. It contains encrypted data that identifies the membership user when they are currently logged in.
  • Cookie Name: hs-membershem-csrf
    Storage duration: End of session
    Description: This cookie is used to ensure that content membership logins cannot be forged. It contains a random string of letters and numbers used to verify that a membership login is authentic.
  • Cookie Name: __cfruid
    Storage duration: End of session
    Description: This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider based on their rate limit policies. It expires at the end of the session. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies.
  • Cookie Name: ___cfuvid
    Storage duration: End of session
    Description: This cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN provider based on their rate limit policies. It expires at the end of the session. Learn more about Cloudflare cookies.
Functional cookies

Functional cookies are used by third parties or publishers to display personalised advertisements. They do this by tracking visitors across websites.

External media

Content from video platforms and social media platforms is blocked by default. If cookies from external media are accepted, access to this content no longer requires manual consent.

Changing privacy settings

Imprint

Data protection statement