Organizations need to transition to SAP S/4HANA as the 2027 deadline for SAP to cease support for its legacy ERP and other modules nears. It is projected that by 2027, approximately 17,000 SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) customers, representing about 49% of the total, will miss the upgrade to S/4HANA due to insufficient resources in the application management service (AMS) market.
The complexity of the transition increases with the level of establishment and integration of SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) within the company's operations. These include managing multiple integrations, navigating complex system landscapes comprising multiple ERP instances and custom scripts, and addressing the modernization of outdated automation strategies.
It is crucial for organizations to update current application and data workflows to adapt to new complexities, such as multi-cloud orchestration, to maintain performance during and after the transition. Without such flexibility, organizations risk facing fragmented automation strategies and silos, leading to complex custom integrations and scripting to manage cross-platform workflows. Given the substantial effort needed to migrate to SAP S/4HANA, companies need to set up their application and data workflow orchestration strategies and adopt a modern workflow orchestration platform to use SAP S/4HANA's full capabilities.
Control-M from BMC, available as both self-hosted and SaaS, orchestrates workflows across any infrastructure and includes a vast library of integrations with the latest technologies. As an SAP-certified solution, it streamlines and manages tasks across the entire SAP ecosystem, offering visibility into workflows from SAP and non-SAP sources, which reduces risks during SAP S/4HANA transitions. Control-M provides a single view for orchestrating all workflows, including file transfers, applications, data sources, and infrastructure. It ensures compliance, security, and governance while facilitating automation and integration during upgrades and migrations, thereby ensuring business continuity and cost reduction. Below are some of the benefits of using Control-M:
Reduced Project Time and Costs: Control-M streamlines workload management, enhancing visibility, and providing automation and flexibility during SAP S/4HANA migration. This ensures smooth business operations during migration, reducing both project time and costs. It enables comprehensive modernization alongside the SAP S/4HANA project, decreasing the need for future upgrades and allowing cost savings to be utilized in other business areas.
Reduced Integration Complexity: Control-M integrates with modern ERP systems like SAP S/4HANA, facilitating smoother data flows and communication across enterprise systems. By updating your workflow orchestration platform with Control-M and defining project deliverables and dependencies, organizations can gain a complete integration view, making the upgrade process simpler and reducing complexity.
Accelerated Automation and Operational Efficiency: Control-M provides advanced automation features, such as workflow automation, event-driven architecture, graphical scheduling and monitoring tools, and analytics. These capabilities streamline business processes, minimize manual effort, and enhance operational efficiency during SAP S/4HANA migration. The platform offers real-time visibility into enterprise operations, enabling better monitoring, management, and decision-making across various processes, transactions, and data flows.
Technology Stack Alignment and Scalability: Control-M aligns with the IT infrastructure roadmap, supporting organizational growth and scalability with new SAP S/4HANA functionalities. It provides scalability and flexibility options, laying a robust foundation for business needs and technological advancements.
A successful SAP S/4HANA migration relies on a robust platform that ensures reliable workflow orchestration, enhanced daily operations, and innovation. Modernizing with Control-M during an SAP S/4HANA migration can significantly expedite the digital transformation process, yielding faster ROI and improved business outcomes. Control-M's pre-built job types, templates, and extensive integration capabilities streamline deployment and configuration, and facilitate efficient workflow orchestration.
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