SAP Compatibility Packs Expired, and the Hidden SAP System Risks Most Enterprises Discover Too Late
Introduction Core processes will remain unchanged with the compatibility packs in place. Many SAP teams think of compatibility packs as a way to secure the stability of core processes throughout their S/4HANA journey. However, the moment SAP Compatibility Packs expire, this reality changes rapidly. What you count upon, stable interdependencies that enable business processes to […]
SAP Business-IT Alignment Secrets: Why It Breaks Performance Without Warning
Intorductionn I find that most enterprises consider SAP Business-IT alignment to have been achieved when a certain business requirement is documented and IT systems are implemented. However, of course, alignment is not a single activity but a continuous process of synchronisation. Performance breakdowns seem to strike without warning — even in organizations with mature SAP […]
Why SAP systems break even with strong risk mitigation
Introduction It is a general misconception among most of the enterprises that implementing SAP operational risk mitigation controls would be sufficient to ensure there are no failures in their system. However, that is not the reality. Some organizations have built robust governance frameworks, monitoring tools, compliance controls, and yet find themselves with SAP system breakdowns, […]
S/4HANA Strategic Roadmap Secrets: The Difference Between Success and Silent Failure
Introduction: An S/4HANA transformation can start with a technically sound system and still move in the wrong direction if the roadmap does not connect business priorities with technical decisions. For instance, choosing a migration approach before assessing data quality, custom code, business processes, integrations, and future architecture can create decisions that become expensive to reverse […]
SAP System Decommissioning Secrets That Quietly Drive Up Enterprise Costs
Introduction Most enterprises believe that when an SAP system goes into maintenance and is no longer actively used, it also ceases to be a cost. And do not forget that even retired or partially decommissioned SAP systems still need infrastructure resources, licence fees, maintenance efforts and integration dependencies. In a multitude of enterprise landscapes, these […]