{"id":174,"date":"2020-02-12T09:34:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T09:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/51.75.254.207\/Club-Freelance\/?p=174"},"modified":"2022-10-10T16:23:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T15:23:24","slug":"secure-your-s-4hana-migration-team-before-costs-skyrocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-uk.mindquest.io\/?p=174","title":{"rendered":"Secure your S\/4HANA migration team before costs skyrocket"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your business is dependent on SAP\u2019s ERP software suite and you are still running on ECC, then we\u2019re probably not the first ones to tell you this \u2014 the clock is ticking. Yes. As of last week, SAP is officially extending free ECC support throughout 2027 and optional maintenance until 2030. But that\u2019s not that much extra time considering the hefty work the upgrade requires. How to secure your S\/4HANA migration, the Golden Opportunity for IT Professionals<\/a>?<\/p>\n

In any case \u2014 What perhaps you haven\u2019t
\nconsidered yet is that, with every month that passes, the migration\u2019s financial
\nimpact on your bottom line increases exponentially. <\/p>\n

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That is, of course, if like most companies, yours is not considering building S\/4HANA<\/a> capabilities in-house. According to a recent report<\/a> by Resulting IT, only 18% of managers admit to having put a focus on developing internal SAP expertise. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Bringing external personnel into your team to infuse a good dose of talent is one of the best-proven skill development strategies out there. However, you might want to take into account external factors that are sure to turn the process into a very time-sensitive matter. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a very simple equation:<\/p>\n

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Volume of work + Skills Shortage + High Percentage of Experts Retiring Soon = \u00a3 \u00a3 \u00a3 \u00a3 \u00a3 \u00a3 \u00a3<\/em><\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s break it down, to secure of your S\/4HANA migration.<\/p>\n

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Secure your S\/4HANA migration #1 – Volume of work and internal reluctance<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In recent years, we\u2019ve all gotten used to software updates taking just a few minutes or hours at most. Not surprisingly, a lot of companies think of the migration to S\/4HANA as a simple software update that will be ready over a weekend. Nothing further away from the truth. <\/p>\n

Read our article about The Value of SAP and SAP S\/4HANA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Moving to S\/4HANA requires a complete
\nredesign of your ERP environment and, in many cases, of your business dataflows
\nand reporting pipelines. That is a
\nsizable project, especially considering that the same Resulting IT report puts
\nthe ECC product set at around 400 million lines of code. Add that to the extensive
\ncustomizations most companies have implemented throughout the years, and you end
\nup with quite a thick book to translate into S\/4HANA.<\/p>\n

However, it is not in the technical details that the biggest challenges reside. As SAP co-CEO Christian Klein stressed in the company\u2019s most recent earnings call<\/a>, the biggest obstacles to S\/4 implementation are changing legacy business processes and gaining the acceptance of managers and employees. \u00a0 <\/p>\n

Undertaking the migration is a lengthy and resource-heavy process, but SAP has put in place all the tools your team will need. Now, convincing your organization to revisit its internal procedures and get used to a host of new tools \u2014 That\u2019s different. And it is precisely why the move to S\/4HANA demands a clear business case<\/a> to start with. Which, in turn, requires time and advance planning. <\/p>\n

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#2 – Widening skills gap and an ageing workforce<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Skill obsolescence is an unpleasant side effect of progress. Nothing new here, especially if we are talking about IT. Still, when it comes to S\/4HANA, the difficulties in finding talent that is well-versed in the new environment multiply.<\/p>\n

The aforementioned
\nreport also reveals a generalised lack of experience in the live or nearing
\ngo-live stages of the transition. Although 48% of SAP specialists declare
\nhaving been involved in S\/4 projects, a significant portion of these are
\nsolutions architects and therefore only have experience in the early
\nblueprinting stages of the project. Securing the services of consultants with operational
\nknow-how will be no easy feat. <\/p>\n

Couple that with the
\nfact that 40% of UK SAP experts plan to retire within the next 10 years, and we
\nare looking at the perfect storm.<\/p>\n

S\/4-savvy consultants surveyed in the report expect to charge between \u00a3650 and \u00a3749 per day. And that\u2019s not only true for external talent. Permanent employees with proven S\/4 skills will also benefit from the situation, with an estimated yearly salary of at least \u00a3100,000 and increased career prospects. <\/p>\n

In a nutshell \u2013 Migrating to S\/4HANA is a race against increasing employee costs as much as it is a race against the clock. If your organization plans on sticking to SAP solutions, it is a good idea for both your wallet and peace of mind to start procedures as soon as possible <\/p>\n

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DISCOVER OUR ULTIMATE S\/4HANA CAREERS GUIDE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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