February 2025 – Page 2 – Make F.I.T. Your Purpose

C-suite

Clean Core Pathway

Getting Ready for S/4HANA

Moving to S/4HANA may seem intimidating and, therefore, quickly leads to procrastination in making strategic decisions.

The fundamental choice you have to make:

Transition to standard SAP (“Clean Core“) or
Like-for-like move and keep all the custom developments (“Lift and Shift“)?

Both choices have pros and cons.

What if you can apply the best of both worlds, combining “Clean Core” with “Lift and Shift”?

It is an option hardly discussed but very feasible. Read on to find out why.

Consultants

The Shift in SAP Consulting

Industry Trends & Challenges

Big consulting firms are slowing down. Clients are cutting budgets. They no longer want expensive, open-ended advisory work. They expect results.

Hiring at top firms has dropped. McKinsey, Bain, BCG, and Accenture posted fewer than 250 UK jobs in 2023. In 2021, they had over 1,700. Consulting isn’t dying, but it’s changing.