Make the Switch to SAP S/4HANA with AI-powered CeleRITE

⇨ The migration deadline from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA is approaching in 2027, prompting organizations to consider the urgency of transitioning despite concerns over costs and complexities.

⇨ CeleRITE, an automation platform by Applexus Technologies, offers a structured methodology and AI-driven tools that simplify and expedite the SAP S/4HANA migration process, addressing configuration, code, data, and access control.

⇨ Utilizing CeleRITE can reduce migration costs and duration by up to 50%, providing organizations with efficient migration options and significant savings while aligning with their specific requirements and timelines.

Outdated processes, constrained innovation, a customized core – this is a reality for many organizations that are running SAP ECC. However, while some have decided to modernize their business systems and processes by adopting SAP S/4HANA, most are still contemplating on making the switch. The reasons? From big concerns like change management, cost implications, and the complexities of the existing infrastructure, to the comfort of running ECC and a customized core that finally works for them, organizations are still looking for more instances of value from the massive task of transitioning to SAP S/4HANA.

However, the 2027 deadline for transitioning from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA is fast approaching. The time at hand for making such a change is short and organizations need to accelerate the migration process. In fact, according to a SAPinsider research, the single biggest external factor affecting plans to migrate to SAP S/4HANA for SAP ECC customers is the approaching end of maintenance, while the single biggest factor preventing them from moving to SAP S/4HANA is the high cost associated with the migration project.

While the path forward presents various challenges and opportunities, a key option is to choose a solution that fast-tracks and automates the move to SAP S/4HANA. Ideally, a solution that simplifies the transition for SAP users, making the shift more efficient and smoother.

Automating the SAP S/4HANA Migration Process

Applexus Technologies’ CeleRITE is one such automation platform that integrates automation capabilities with a structured migration methodology to accelerate the SAP S/4HANA transition and landscape modernizations. Irrespective of the migration approach – Brownfield, Selective Transition, or Greenfield, CeleRITE simplifies the SAP S/4HANA migration process by addressing four main components of the migration process: configuration, code, data, and access control.

CeleRITE offers a comprehensive toolset for detailed analysis and effective implementation which comprises:

CeIeRITE’s Config Synchronization Studio uses native AI to streamline configuration migrations, enabling precise configuration carve-outs at multiple levels. It generates detailed reports on configuration discrepancies and tracks configuration changes. The reports include configuration analysis, carve-out possibilities, comparison of solutions, and transformation impacts.

CeleRITE Code Transformation Studio leverages native AI to automate 70-80% of custom code remediation and provides insights for modernizing and optimizing custom code. It identifies suitable candidates for BTP to achieve a Clean Core objective and provides an analysis of existing RICEFs, alignment of code for carve-outs, remediation requirements, and documentation.

CeIeRITE’s Data Transition Studio offers selective data migration, which allows moving data to SAP S/4 by business unit, business process and several other categories.  It is also a powerful tool to manage data volumes, lower ownership costs, optimize system sizing, and minimize operational downtime. The Data Transition Studio’s data profiling, cleansing, carve-out, and transformation features will simplify any SAP migration project.

CeleRITE Access Control Migration Studio analyzes current roles and authorizations and identifies impacted users and roles due to the SAP S/4HANA migration. This includes providing suggestions for roles optimization, automated role retrofit and remediation.

CeleRITE analysis capabilities are offered in various assessment packages for customers to get a fact-based recommendation on the right approach, roadmap and budget for their SAP S/4HANA transformation.

Conclusion

Managing SAP S/4HANA migrations presents substantial challenges and complexities. Applexus CeleRITE, enhanced by native AI, offers seamless SAP S/4HANA migrations as it automates the most repetitive and time-consuming aspects of a complex migration, providing an expedited process with considerably less risk. It reduces migration costs and duration by up to 50%, making it an effective solution for cost-conscious organizations. CeleRITE’s carveout and consolidation capabilities enable migration options previously unavailable, such as gradual integration of new SAP S/4HANA functionalities, migration of individual legal entities, regions, or processes, and the consolidation of the right components into a single new SAP S/4HANA solution. The result is an efficient and flexible migration to SAP S/4HANA that aligns with organizational requirements and timelines and provides significant cost savings.