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SAP S/4HANA Consulting Services

SAP S/4HANA consulting services for clean implementation, controlled ECC migration, functional optimisation, data migration, integrations, testing, and managed support — delivered with SAP Activate, Clean Core principles, and experienced consultants focused on practical delivery risk.

SAP S/4HANA strategy, ECC migration, implementation, and support across the US, UK, and Australia.

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SAP Activate Methodology,Experienced SAP Delivery Team

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Is Your S/4HANA Investment Delivering What It Should?

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ECC maintenance deadline nearing with no S/4HANA migration plan?

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Too many S/4HANA options, risks, and decisions?

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Custom ABAP, integrations, or data quality blocking upgrade readiness?

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Already on S/4HANA but still not getting business value?

What We Do

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Right-sized partner, senior consultants

A right-sized SAP consulting partner with senior consultants close to design, configuration, migration, testing, and go-live.

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SAP Activate — the SAP-recommended delivery structure

We use SAP Activate to structure S/4HANA delivery from business case through go-live and continuous improvement: Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, Run.

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Clean Core by design

We minimise custom code, use SAP BTP for extensions, and keep the S/4HANA core maintainable and upgrade-ready.

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Multi-geography delivery

US, UK, and Australia delivery with onshore SAP functional leads and global technical capacity.

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Data migration done properly

We manage data migration with extraction, profiling, cleansing, mapping, validation, dry runs, and reconciliation.

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RISE with SAP when it fits

We evaluate RISE with SAP based on infrastructure, licensing, compliance, integrations, and operations — not as a default recommendation.

Our Services & Capabilities

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S/4HANA Strategy & Advisory

We assess your SAP landscape, readiness, and business needs, then define the S/4HANA roadmap: greenfield, brownfield, or selective; RISE with SAP; phasing; budget; risk; and change impact.

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Implementation & Transformation

We implement S/4HANA with SAP Activate across blueprinting, landscapes, roles, configuration, custom development, data migration, integrations, testing, training, cutover, and go-live.

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Migration & Upgrade (ECC → S/4HANA)

We manage ECC to S/4HANA migration through brownfield conversion, greenfield reimplementation, or selective migration — including code remediation, data cleansing, integration redesign, and cutover control.

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Functional Consulting

Our SAP functional consultants configure and optimise FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, EWM, PM, QM, and related S/4HANA business processes.

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Integration & Data Migration

We connect S/4HANA to CRM, e-commerce, banking, EDI, 3PL, reporting, and non-SAP systems, and migrate data through profiling, cleansing, mapping, validation, reconciliation, and protection controls.

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Process & Application Optimisation

We optimise S/4HANA by reducing customisations, activating Fiori, enabling embedded analytics, and aligning to Clean Core principles so the platform delivers value beyond legacy ECC processes.

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Testing, Cutover & Go-Live

We run unit, integration, UAT, regression, and performance testing with cutover rehearsals, reconciliation sign-off, go/no-go checkpoints, and production-ready go-live execution.

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Managed Support & Continuous Improvement

After go-live, we provide L1/L2/L3 support, monitoring, configuration changes, user support, enhancements, release governance, quarterly reviews, and continuous optimisation.

Need broader ERP guidance (including D365 and non-SAP)?

Migration Approaches: Greenfield vs Brownfield vs Selective

Criteria Greenfield (New) Brownfield (Conversion) Selective (Hybrid)

Approach

Fresh S/4HANA implementation

Convert existing ECC system

Migrate selected data/processes

Best for

Process redesign, clean start

Minimal disruption, preserve config

Complex landscapes, phased approach

Customisations

Rebuilt from scratch (if needed)

Carried forward (code remediation)

Selectively carried or rebuilt

Data

Fresh load (cleansed)

Converted in place

Selectively migrated

Timeline

6–18 months

4–12 months

6–15 months

Risk

Higher (new build)

Lower (familiar system)

Medium

Process improvement

Maximum opportunity

Moderate

Selective

The right approach depends on your landscape complexity, process improvement goals, and timeline. The strategy phase determines this objectively — not a sales conversation.

SAP Modules & Technology Capabilities

Functional Modules

Module Business area What we deliver

FI (Financial Accounting)

GL, AP/AR, asset accounting, bank accounting

Configuration, month-end close, financial reporting

CO (Controlling)

Cost centres, profit centres, internal orders

Cost allocation, planning, variance analysis

MM (Materials Management)

Procurement, inventory, vendor management

Purchase-to-pay, MRP, inventory optimisation

SD (Sales & Distribution)

Sales orders, pricing, shipping, billing

Order-to-cash, pricing rules, shipping integration

PP (Production Planning)

MRP, production orders, capacity, scheduling

Plan-to-produce, BOM, shop floor execution

EWM (Extended Warehouse)

Warehouse operations, picking, packing

Warehouse optimisation, RF, labour management

PM (Plant Maintenance)

Equipment, preventive maintenance, work orders

 

Asset management, scheduling, cost tracking

S/4HANA Finance

Universal journal, real-time, group reporting

Simplified finance, analytics, consolidation

Our Delivery Methodology: SAP Activate

We deliver every SAP S/4HANA engagement using SAP Activate — the methodology SAP designed specifically for S/4HANA implementations. Six phases, each with defined deliverables, quality gates, and exit criteria:

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Discover

Understand your business, assess your landscape, define the scope and approach. Deliverable: Business case, migration approach, and programme charter.

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Prepare

Set up the project: team, timeline, environments, governance, and quality management plan. Deliverable: Project plan, risk register, and environment readiness.

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Explore

Design your S/4HANA: Fit-to-Standard workshops, gap analysis, process documentation, and blueprint sign-off. Deliverable: Solution design document (blueprint).

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Realize

Build and configure: system setup, custom development, data migration, integrations, and iterative testing. Deliverable: Configured and tested S/4HANA system.

5

Deploy

Execute cutover: final data load, go/no-go decision, go-live, and hypercare support. Deliverable: Production S/4HANA system, live and supported.

6

Run

Transition to operations: handover to support, continuous improvement, and optimisation. Deliverable: Stable system with managed support and improvement plan.

It starts with Discover — a free SAP assessment. No obligation.

Platform & Technology

Category Capabilities

S/4HANA editions

S/4HANA Cloud (public) · S/4HANA Cloud (private) · S/4HANA On-Premise

SAP Fiori / UX

Fiori Launchpad · Standard Fiori apps · Custom Fiori development · SAP Build

Integration

SAP Integration Suite · SAP BTP · APIs · RFC · IDoc · EDI · OData

Analytics

SAP Analytics Cloud · Embedded analytics · BW/4HANA · SAP Datasphere

Extension platform

SAP BTP · RAP (RESTful ABAP) · CDS views · Fiori Elements · Side-by-side extensions

Migration tools

SAP DMLT · SUM · NZDT · SNP CrystalBridge · Custom migration tooling

Process intelligence

SAP Signavio (process analysis, where appropriate) · SAP Build Process Automation

Cloud infrastructure

SAP RISE · Azure · AWS · GCP · Managed hosting (selection during strategy)

Case Studies

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Manufacturing company, 3 plants, 600+ users, SAP ECC 6.0.

ECC approaching end of maintenance — 500+ custom developments, fragile integrations, and data quality concerns making migration feel impossible.

SAP Activate methodology. Selective migration: custom code remediation (500 → 180 objects), master data cleansing programme, integration redesign, phased cutover across 3 plants. Clean Core principles applied.

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Distribution company, replacing legacy ERP with SAP S/4HANA.

Outgrown legacy ERP — no real-time inventory visibility, manual financial consolidation, and disconnected warehouse management. First SAP implementation.

Greenfield implementation using SAP Activate: FI/CO, MM, SD, and EWM. E-commerce and banking integrations via BTP. Fiori UX for warehouse floor. 9-month programme.

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Chemical company, S/4HANA live but running like ECC.

S/4HANA implemented but not leveraging modern capabilities — legacy processes copied over, Fiori unused, embedded analytics inactive, and custom reports still running.

Optimisation engagement: Clean Core assessment, Fiori app activation (45 apps), embedded analytics configuration, custom report retirement (replaced with standard), and user retraining.

Industries We Serve

Manufacturing

Production planning, quality, multi-plant, MRP, shop floor

Distribution & Wholesale

Inventory, procurement, warehouse, logistics

Chemical & Process

Batch management, compliance, formula, HSE

Retail

Merchandise, supply chain, POS integration Claims processing, document classification, underwriting AI

Financial Services

Central finance, group reporting, regulatory compliance

Energy & Utilities

Asset management, plant maintenance, work orders

Professional Services

Project systems, time management, resource planning

Public Sector

Funds management, grants, public procurement

From a focused S/4HANA optimisation to a full greenfield implementation across multiple plants, countries, and business units.

Insights

Blog

Greenfield vs brownfield — how to choose your S/4HANA migration path

Blog

Custom code remediation — the hidden 40% of every S/4HANA migration

checklist

S/4HANA readiness checklist

guide

Planning your ECC to S/4HANA migration

If You're Still on ECC in 2026, the Clock Is Running

SAP ECC mainstream maintenance for many Business Suite 7 customers is scheduled to end on December 31, 2027, with optional extended maintenance available through 2030 for eligible customers. That makes S/4HANA planning a current priority, not a future task. S/4HANA is also an opportunity to simplify processes, reduce custom code, improve analytics, modernise user experience, and align finance, supply chain, and operations around cleaner data. If planning has not started, the next step should be a readiness assessment.

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ECC mainstream maintenance —timelines should be confirmed against SAP’s latest official lifecycle guidance before publishing.

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Custom code remediation is the hidden 40% — most ECC systems have hundreds of custom objects that need assessment, remediation, or retirement before migration

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Clean Core is SAP’s architectural direction — minimise custom code in the core, extend via BTP, and keep the system upgrade-ready; this is how SAP wants you to run S/4HANA
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RISE with SAP bundles infrastructure, licensing, and tools — right for some organisations, not for others; evaluate based on your operational model, compliance needs, integration landscape, and commercial terms.

Is Your SAP System Ready for S/4HANA?

Moving from SAP ECC to S/4HANA is more than a technical upgrade. It is an opportunity to assess custom code, simplify business processes, improve data and analytics, and establish a cleaner core for future innovation. A structured readiness assessment helps identify migration dependencies, remediation requirements, integration considerations, and the right transformation approach before the migration begins.

Frequently Asked Questions

We provide SAP S/4HANA strategy, implementation, ECC migration, functional consulting, integration, data migration, optimisation, testing, go-live, and managed support using SAP Activate.

Yes. We assess your ECC landscape and recommend brownfield, greenfield, or selective S/4HANA migration based on risk, complexity, data, and business priorities.

We cover FI, CO, MM, SD, PP, EWM, PM, QM, PS, and S/4HANA Finance, with configuration, process design, custom development, and integration support.

Yes. Every S/4HANA engagement follows SAP Activate: Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy, and Run.

Cost depends on scope, modules, complexity, data volume, and rollout model. For pricing calculators, use a daily consulting rate of $400–$600.

Typical ranges: brownfield 4–12 months, greenfield 6–18 months, selective 6–15 months, depending on complexity, custom code, data, and rollout scope.

Brownfield converts ECC in place. Greenfield builds S/4HANA fresh. Selective migrates chosen data and processes. The right choice depends on risk, timeline, and improvement goals.

We assess custom ABAP, remediate S/4HANA incompatibilities, retire unused code, and support Clean Core to reduce upgrade risk.

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