Understand the cost
S/4HANA was once a set of pre-packaged business processes,
but is now so much more. And it requires so much more of you, too.
Not just CIOs and IT decision makers. But, as with any digital
transformation project, your entire C-suite and every line of business.
Evaluating the S/4HANA solution and making it work alongside your existing
IT takes everyone. And a lot of time, effort, and work.
Of course, you’ll already know that staying where you are could cost you a lot more.
Gartner predicts that, between 2021 and 2023, the sudden rush to adopt could drive
up the cost of implementation. The fastest businesses will snap up the best resources.
And by next year alone, Gartner expects cloud ERP enterprise application
implementation labor will cost 60% more.
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The technical upgrade to S/4HANA could be three months. Business process
changes, customization, and quality assurance could take another 15 to do properly.
Add a looming deadline and the threat of inflated prices, and the faster you get
going, the better.
But with several paths to take – including migration, implementation, and
greenfield – IT teams that go it alone are looking at 12- and even