SAP S/4HANA Conversion – an investment

SAP S/4HANA Conversion project is an investment.

The objective of this blog post is to discuss writing a business case for the conversion project and to highlight the very useful BSR tool from SAP.

A business case is required for all projects and a SAP S/4HANA Conversion project is no different.

The main purpose of a business case is to prove to stakeholders that the product being pitched is a good investment and to secure business buy-in.

So our business case for SAP S/4HANA Conversion project needs demonstrate:

• How the investment aligns with strategic goals of the company
• How SAP S/4HANA will support our business goals
• Key business benefits of moving to SAP S/4HANA

SAP is there to assist with this task also, with their very useful BSR (Business Scenario Recommendation) tool to help create a business case for moving to S/4HANA 1909.
This is free of charge for customers on SAP Maintenance.

You can access BSR from here www.sap.com/next-generation-bsr

Here’s the BSR How-To-Guide
https://d.dam.sap.com/a/AREDtXr/Next-Generation_BSR_How_To-V28.pdf

Top Business Cases

Below chart is from a SAP sponsored survey showing top Business cases for moving to SAP S/4HANA so far, report can be found on the SAP S/4HANA Movement site, see reference.

image: Top 6 Business Cases for Moving to SAP S/4HANA
image source: “SAP S/4HANA and the opportunity for IT” see reference

Transition to S/4HANA is a challenge, however there are some excellent practical guides and tools from SAP, BSR is one of them and is the source of information for this article, enjoy ?

reference:
http://www.sap.com/jointhemovement
image source: https://www.sap.com/products/s4hana-movement.case.html  > Make the case > SAP S/4HANA and the opportunity for IT (document)
https://www.sap.com/documents/2020/01/6c96c37a-7d7d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.html