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ABAP is a powerful language for building sophisticated applications. But as any developer is painfully aware, even the most carefully written and tested programs can wind up terminating with a runtime error, producing unexpected messages, returning incorrect results, or causing application performance problems. here Eric Sodtke Erik Sodtke studied physics at the Justus-Liebig University in…
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SAPinsider Benchmark Research – ERP Migration and Transformation 2026The move to SAP S/4HANA continues to accelerate. While this has largely been driven by a need to transition to a fully supported product before the end of mainstream maintenance in 2027 and a growing number of organizations planning to use cloud-based ERP, this year’s data has also revealed that access to generative AI in SAP systems, in addition to SAP’s announcements on AI, are having a considerable impact on the overall transition.
While there has been rapid growth in the number of organizations that have deployed SAP S/4HANA over the past year, a significant proportion of respondents (36%) are still in the process of implementing, evaluating, or building a business case for the transition. A further 4% report that their project is on hold, while 5% currently have no plans for SAP S/4HANA.
SAPinsider has not previously listed SAP S/4HANA Cloud as a separate answer choice when tracking the move to SAP S/4HANA, and the fact that nearly as many respondents (26%) reported that they were using this version compared to a more traditional SAP S/4HANA deployment (29%) provides some interesting insights. First, it confirms the fact that many early adopters of SAP S/4HANA have been transitioning to a RISE with SAP (now SAP Cloud ERP Private) contract as their existing versions have ended mainstream maintenance.
It also shows that those moving to SAP S/4HANA now appear more likely to be moving to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. This is likely due to the challenges with securing traditionally licensed SAP S/4HANA contracts.
However, the fact that 55% of respondents report that they have completed an SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud deployment does not mean that these organizations have completed a transition. Since many organizations have complex existing landscapes, some may continue to run multiple systems in parallel to ensure that everything is working correctly before making a final switch to the new software. Larger customers may also be running multiple ERP instances, and a single SAP S/4HANA deployment does not mean that all their systems have transitioned. An SAP S/4HANA deployment may also represent just a proof of concept or a pilot project while the organization evaluates
the solution.
Just over a third of the survey’s respondents (34%) report having completed a transition to SAP S/4HANA due to these factors. This is consistent with overall numbers that SAPinsider has been tracking over the last five years, showing continued growth in adoption.
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