S/4HANA & core ERP
S/4HANA programs need more than an S/4HANA keyword.
Conversion, greenfield or selective data transition: the approach decides which functional, migration and technical experience the program needs, and when.
- 01Assess
- 02Convert or build
- 03Migrate data
- 04Cutover
- 05Stabilize
Where the experience sits, and who it means.
Select an area to see the roles it usually calls for, or a role to see the areas behind it.
Where the experience sits
Roles it usually means
S/4HANA, area by area.
The specifics behind each part of the landscape, and the roles each one usually needs.
Transition approach
The route to S/4HANA shapes the team before anything else does.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- S/4HANA solution architect
- Conversion lead
- Cutover manager
Finance core
The Universal Journal changes how finance and controlling are configured and reconciled.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- S/4HANA solution architect
- FICO consultant
Logistics core
Sales, materials and production run on simplified data models in S/4HANA.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- S/4HANA solution architect
- SD / MM consultant
Procurement
Source-to-pay across S/4HANA purchasing and SAP Ariba.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- SD / MM consultant
- Procurement / Ariba consultant
Data and cutover
Migration, reconciliation and cutover decide whether go-live holds.
Specifics
Roles in this area
- Conversion lead
- Data migration lead
- Cutover manager
Trace it through a business process.
Illustrative relationships, not a client system architecture. Select a process to trace it through.
- SD consultant
- FSCM consultant
- RAR specialist
- Order-to-cash solution architect
Order-to-cash problems often surface in finance. Fixing them usually needs SD and FSCM in the same conversation.
Questions worth asking before the shortlist.
Is this a conversion, greenfield or selective transition?
A conversion lead and a greenfield solution architect are different hires, even when both have S/4HANA on the CV.
Which simplification items hit your custom code?
Custom code remediation decides how much ABAP capacity the program needs, and when.
Who owns business partner conversion?
Customer / vendor integration is often the first conversion blocker. It sits between finance, logistics and data.
Who has run a cutover weekend?
Cutover and reconciliation need people who have been in the room at go-live, not only in the planning.
Connected expertise
SAP capabilities
How teams usually engage us for S/4HANA.
One specialist, more capacity inside your practice, or a connected team for a phase.
Specialist hire
Contract or permanent. One role where the SAP detail decides the hire.
Fits whenA program is blocked on one hard-to-find skill, like an FI-CA lead ahead of cutover.
Team augmentation
Functional and technical capacity inside your own SAP organization.
Fits whenYour practice owns delivery and needs more people on a known plan.
Project team
A connected group around one workstream or phase.
Fits whenSeveral related skills need to start together, like PP, QM and EWM for a plant rollout.
Defined delivery
A scoped body of SAP work with agreed outputs, under SOW.
Fits whenThe output can be specified up front and you want accountability for the deliverable.
Tell us where the S/4HANA work gets difficult.
Tell us the process, the landscape and when you need people in place. We’ll come back with questions about the detail.
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