The Fast Implementation Track Approach to Data Migration

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA is more than a technical upgrade – it’s a strategic business move. This next-generation ERP offers the chance to reimagine how your business runs, streamline outdated processes, and unlock new capabilities. It’s also becoming unavoidable: SAP will end mainstream support for ECC, making the move to S/4HANA essential for stability and compliance. After that date, companies sticking with legacy systems will be left without official support – “in the dust,” as Iftekhar Hossain puts it. Beyond support, SAP is focusing all innovation on S/4HANA, meaning new features (especially around AI and analytics) will only be available to S/4HANA users. Delaying migration could put your organisation at a competitive disadvantage as others leap ahead with modern capabilities.

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Implementing S/4HANA Without A Vision

📌 A Common Mistake When Implementing S/4HANA

Picture this. You approve a major project to upgrade your company’s ERP system to SAP S/4HANA. The budget is signed off. The consultants are on board. The IT team is ready. Everything seems set for a smooth transition.

Then, reality hits.

Six months in, no one can agree on the project’s direction. The IT team wants to rebuild the old system in the new one. The finance team expects automation, but they still see manual workarounds. The warehouse staff struggle with new screens that slow them down instead of speeding things up. Meetings turn into battles over priorities. Delays mount. Costs rise.

What went wrong?

You didn’t have a clear vision.

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SAP Activate vs ITIL 4

What They Do and Why You Need Both

Many businesses struggle with SAP projects. Some systems never go live. Others launch but cause problems later. IT teams often inherit systems they didn’t help design. Users complain. Costs rise. Nobody wins.

This happens when SAP projects and IT service management don’t connect.

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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.

Consultants

When a Toxic Leader Derails an SAP Project

A 5-Step Playbook to Regain Control—Even When You Have No Authority

You check your inbox. Another email about the procurement delays.

You already know what it says. Your team is stuck.

As the project manager for Saption Consulting, the IT service provider leading the S/4HANA implementation at Uniqcorn Beverages, you’re responsible for ensuring smooth project execution. But now, a serious problem threatens to derail progress:

Consultants

The Chaos When Skipping Proper Onboarding

The Stress of Starting Without Guidance

I remember joining an SAP project where no onboarding process existed. No introductions, no guidance—just a vague expectation that I’d somehow “figure things out.”

Barely two weeks into my contract, I was suddenly asked to deliver a presentation on core master data for Supply Chain Management—to the end client, no less. Sounds straightforward? Not quite.

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The Data Migration Nightmare That Could Have Been Avoided

Introducing the concept of a Target Operating Model (TOM)

“Have you ever stepped into a project and immediately sensed disaster? That’s exactly what happened when I replaced someone who had burned out… only to realize I was on the same path.”

I walked into the project full of optimism, but that didn’t last long. My task? Deduplicate 10,000 business partner addresses.

The catch? Excel was the only tool.

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Data Cleaning for Beginners

Where Do You Start with Data Cleaning?

You’ve just been handed a dataset and told to clean it up before it can be used for reporting, analysis, or migration. There’s just one problem—you’ve never done this before.

Maybe you’re a project manager overseeing an IT system migration, and your team tells you the data needs cleaning before it can be loaded. Maybe you’re a data analyst trying to build a dashboard but keep running into errors because the numbers don’t add up. Or maybe you’re an SAP consultant working on an ERP implementation and hearing phrases like “deduplication,” “data validation,” and “standardisation” for the first time.

At this moment, you likely have a lot of questions:

What does ‘cleaning data’ actually mean?
How do I know what needs fixing?
What’s the right order to follow?
How do I avoid making the data worse?

If this sounds familiar, you’re in the right place.

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Achieving the Impossible

What SAP Professionals Can Learn from DeepSeek

When DeepSeek launched its breakthrough AI model, it sent shockwaves through the tech industry. A small, scrappy startup managed to dethrone giants like OpenAI, achieving the same performance at a fraction of the cost. What made DeepSeek so disruptive wasn’t just the technology—it was the radical approach: focusing on what mattered most and cutting out everything else. Their achievement raised a vital question: Do we overestimate the importance of size, resources, and complexity in achieving success?