According to research results, 87 percent of SAP customers are currently busy modernizing their ERP structures. They plan to complete this process in the next four years — by 2025. For many companies, this is definitely a mammoth task. The fact is that due to the still existing home office situation, the entire transformation process is often carried out remotely. But there are no alternatives, because the digitization of existing ERP landscapes is a central element of every digitization concept. What is important here is the fact that with S/4HANA, a higher level of automation is possible and therefore better data quality is expected. According to Lünendonk, 76 percent of the companies surveyed see it this way. But the new digital business models that are made possible with S/4HANA are also a driving factor for change.

S/4HANA Migration Checklist

We have developed a checklist that archive managers can use to determine whether a company's data and document management is S/4HANA-ready. Winfried Althaus, managing director of KGS Software GmbH: “Anyone who thinks about what their archive should look like in the future before the transformation to S/4HANA saves not only time and nerves, but also costs. It is worthwhile to rely on the new CMIS interface standard now and to make your system landscape ready for the future. So why not create a single point of truth (SPoT) by using “intelligent documents” instead of continuing to rely on ECM systems? ”

If you want to know whether your company is ready for this pioneering step, the kgs S/4HANA readiness checklist will help. It covers a total of 10 important points, including GDPR requirements, in-memory databases, CMIS, retention periods and other important aspects.

The checklist is ready here now available for free download.