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What is SAP S/4HANA Implementation?
SAP S/4HANA is the current enterprise ERP solution provided by SAP. SAP S/4HANA Implementation covers the deployment and configuration of the solution. Currently deployment methods include system conversion (sometimes called a brownfield deployment), new implementation (greenfield deployment), and selective data transition.
Steps to a successful SAP S/4HANA implementation include evaluating tools, SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit, data volume management, custom code conversion, landscape selection, infrastructure evaluation, security overview, and performance monitoring. It is also important to determine whether extensibility or customization will be used to make modifications to the solution to support organizational needs.
What is SAP S/4HANA Implementation?
SAP S/4HANA is the current enterprise ERP solution provided by SAP. SAP S/4HANA Implementation covers the deployment and configuration of the solution. Currently deployment methods include system conversion (sometimes called a brownfield deployment), new implementation (greenfield deployment), and selective data transition.
Steps to a successful SAP S/4HANA implementation include evaluating tools, SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit, data volume management, custom code conversion, landscape selection, infrastructure evaluation, security overview, and performance monitoring. It is also important to determine whether extensibility or customization will be used to make modifications to the solution to support organizational needs.
Key Considerations for SAPinsiders:
- How do you decide which of the different deployment models for SAP S/4HANA makes the most sense for your organization? SAP supports three different deployment models for SAP S/4HANA: a system conversion that takes the data and configuration from your existing SAP ECC system and moves them into SAP S/4HANA; a new implementation that brings no existing configuration information into the new system; and a selective data transition that brings configuration information from the existing system but allows data to be moved selectively into the new SAP S/4HANA implementation. This paneldiscusses the benefits of each of these approaches, so you can determine which is best for you.
- It’s important that you prepare your data for an SAP S/4HANA implementation. When moving to SAP S/4HANA, it’s important to understand your existing data landscape. Where is your data located? How much do you need to bring into SAP S/4HANA? How do you prepare your data for the move? How do you determine whether your data is actually clean? And how can you ensure that the move is successful. This event session walks you through the process of getting your data ready for an SAP S/4HANA implementation and provides best practices for making sure that the implementation goes smoothly.
- More than just doing the deployment, it is important to make sure that your organization has the right skills in place for your SAP S/4HANA implementation. What skills should you focus on as you prepare for the move to SAP S/4HANA? Are change management skills a necessity? What skills do you need to leverage SAP S/4HANA once it has been implemented? What are the best steps to prepare for the move to SAP S/4HANA? What does an organization need to do in the broader sense to prepare for an SAP S/4HANA implementation? This panel discussion covers these points to help you ensure that you are fully prepared for your next implementation.
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The Essential SAP Basis Roles in RISE with SAPSep 12, 2025 — The cbs SAP Basis team is essential for organizations transitioning to SAP S/4HANA under RISE with SAP, providing continuous support through planning, go-live, and post-go-live phases to ensure optimal system configuration, operational excellence, and strategic collaboration.
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How Roche Refocused the World’s Largest SAP S/4HANA Project with SAFe®Oct 22, 2025 — SAP S/4HANA deployments can stall or fail because of complexity, competing priorities, or a lack of alignment between business and IT. This makes it vital for every organization to understand how they should approach an SAP S/4HANA project from the start to provide the best possible opportunity for success. This includes understanding why large SAP S/4HANA projects can stall or lose momentum, how challenges can be avoided, and how leaders should recognize when it is time to pause and reset. Most important is having strategies that will help ensure business and IT teams are aligned during a complex, global transformation project.
Roche experienced these challenges when the company found that progress in their own SAP S/4HANA project had been minimal after the first year. Instead of pushing ahead, the leadership team paused, evaluated, and restarted with a new strategy powered by SAFe® practices. The change transformed a stalled project into a steady delivery across 95 countries and 260 affiliates, making it one of the largest and most successful SAP S/4HANA transitions worldwide.
Watch this session to hear how Roche was able to turn setbacks into success and the lessons that you can apply to your own SAP S/4HANA moves.
By watching this session, you will:
- Understand the factors that caused Roche’s original SAP S/4HANA project to stall and the decisions behind the reset.
- Identify the steps Roche took to refocus, simplify scope, and regain momentum.
- Apply Roche’s lessons to reduce risk and accelerate progress in your own SAP S/4HANA deployments.
- Outline leadership actions that strengthen alignment between business and IT during global ERP transformations.
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AP Quick Wins Alongside Your ERP MigrationAug 29, 2025 — In organizations where IT and finance operate separately, S/4HANA migration presents a chance to sync operations, with AP automation playing a pivotal role in enhancing efficiency and strategic capabilities, enabling rapid value realization within 90 days while reducing costs and complexities for ERP deployment.
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Customer Data Center Deployment of SAP Cloud ERP on The RiseAug 22, 2025 — SAPInsiders are increasingly adopting SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition. More are choosing a customer data center option over the public cloud. In response, SAP has partnered with Intel, Dell, HPE, and Lenovo to offer SAP Cloud ERP - Customer Data Center option.
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SAP Partners with Dell to Bring Cloud Agility to Your Data CenterAug 6, 2025 — SAP, in collaboration with Dell Technologies and Intel, has introduced a deployment option for RISE with SAP that merges cloud flexibility with data control, enabling companies to modernize their SAP environments while ensuring compliance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
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SAPinsider Research Webinar Deployment Approaches to SAP S/4HANA 2025Sep 10, 2025 — Watch the webinar where SAPinsider Analyst, Robert Holland walks through the latest findings on SAP S/4HANA deployment trends and timelines.
The first productive release of SAP S/4HANA, version 1511, is just a few months shy of being 10 years old. In that time the market has changed significantly, especially over the last 12-18 months. Despite the launch of RISE with SAP in 2021, and SAP's push towards cloud ERP in general, most SAPinsiders have followed a more traditional approach in terms of both licensing and deployment. This has largely involved perpetual software licenses installed in on-premise infrastructure. However, SAP S/4HANA Cloud adoption only represented a relatively small proportion of the SAP S/4HANA customer base.
This year that has changed. For the first time there is significant movement in the SAP S/4HANA market and the upcoming end of mainstream maintenance is driving that change. A majority of SAPinsiders are now focused on deploying SAP S/4HANA as quickly as possible.
Watch the webinar to dive deep into the rapid changes over the las year in the reasearch data. We explore why the race to deploy SAP S/4HANA before 2027 has become more serious.
Watch now to explore the full data analysis and receive recommendations for your own plans.
- Understand the how SAPinsiders are deploying SAP S/4HANA and the environments they will use.
- Explore the factors that are having the biggest impact on deployment timeline.
- Learn about the infrastructure that is planned for those SAP S/4HANA deployments. -
- See what role SAP Cloud ERP is playing moving forward.
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Deployment Approaches to SAP S/4HANA 2025Jul 31, 2025 — The first productive release of SAP S/4HANA, version 1511, is just a few months shy of being 10 years old. In that time the market has changed significantly, although that change has been accelerating over the last 12-18 months as against changing steadily over time. Despite the launch of RISE with SAP in 2021, and SAP's push towards cloud ERP in general, most SAPinsiders have followed a more traditional approach in terms of both licensing and deployment. This has largely involved perpetual software licenses installed in on-premise infrastructure, although there has been a shift towards more of these deployments being in infrastructure-as-a-service environments in the private or public cloud. Despite not being new, it was originally launched not long after SAP S/4HANA itself, SAP S/4HANA Cloud has seen an increase in adoption over the years particularly due to the connection with RISE with SAP. However, that SAP S/4HANA Cloud adoption only represented a relatively small proportion of the SAP S/4HANA customer base.
This year that has changed. For the first time there is significant movement in the SAP S/4HANA market and the upcoming end of mainstream maintenance is driving that change. A majority of SAPinsiders are now focused on moving to SAP S/4HANA as quickly as possible. More than a third plan on deploying SAP S/4HANA Cloud through either RISE with SAP or GROW with SAP. And nearly a quarter of SAPinsiders now report that they will not complete a transition to SAP S/4HANA until after 2027. The combination of these factors, along with other data from the research, shows a market that has changed rapidly over the last year.
This year's research also explored the deployment model that SAPinsiders plan to use. The emphasis on getting to SAP S/4HANA quickly means that more organizations than in the last few years are considering a system conversion, or brownfield, deployment. However, SAPinsiders must weigh this approach against the work that they will have to do after deployment to achieve a cleaner core.
The findings indicate that the race to deploy SAP S/4HANA before 2027 has become more serious, and that many SAPinsiders have realized that this goal is not readily achievable. However, for those that have been properly preparing, there is still time.
Download the benchmark report to read the full data analysis and receive recommendations for your own plans.
- Understand the how SAPinsiders are deploying SAP S/4HANA and the environments they will use.
- Explore the factors that are having the biggest impact on deployment timeline.
- Learn about the infrastructure that is planned for those SAP S/4HANA deployments.
- See what role SAP Cloud ERP is playing moving forward.
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NetApp Becomes NFL’s Official Intelligent Data Infrastructure ProviderJul 28, 2025 — NetApp's multi-year partnership with the NFL aims to enhance digital transformation by providing intelligent data infrastructure, which reflects significant implications for SAP customers needing real-time analytics and hybrid cloud solutions, while highlighting the industry's shift towards advanced data architectures.
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There Is Life After Go-Live: cbs Strengthens SAP Operations with RUN & CAREJul 28, 2025 — Corporate Business Solutions (cbs) emphasizes the importance of integrating Application Management Services (AMS) early in SAP transformation projects through its RUN & CARE framework to ensure post-launch success and mitigate common disruptions.
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Why An SAP S/4HANA Transformation Starts with People, Not PlatformsJul 25, 2025 — As organizations face the approaching 2027 deadline to migrate from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, the focus should be on building organizational alignment through dedicated transformation teams and recognizing the need for phased migrations that leverage new business capabilities and technologies, rather than viewing the transition as a solely technical challenge.
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