UNLOCKING

POTENTIAL
CONVERSION TO
SAP S/4HANA®
 Organizations today need to perform in an always-on, digitally-
connected and data-driven world. Operating in real time is no
longer an aspiration, it’s a necessity.

In this fast-changing business environment, enterprises must

engage with their customers in new and more meaningful ways.
And they have to act at speed to capture opportunities and
find new ways to develop and deliver products and services.
They are under pressure to be faster, smarter, more agile and
connected: to become an intelligent enterprise.

As a result, the enterprise systems that run the business need

to be able to adapt and scale on the fly and support a broad
range of differentiated capabilities—using new technologies
like in-memory computing, machine learning, AI, microservices,
predictive analytics and cloud—to bring it in line with these new
demands. SAP S/4HANA® provides a platform that is well suited
to the demands of the intelligent enterprise.

CONVERSION TO SAP S/4HANA—

NOT "IF" BUT "WHEN"
With all the available and planned Organizations that want to get ahead
SAP innovations now focused on SAP of the curve, and operate at the leading
S/4HANA, and given the product edge of technologies, can start re-
support and maintenance plans, the platforming now, ready to incorporate
need to convert is a given. But how innovations as they become available
can organizations balance current SAP later on. Others, who want to assess the
systems, timetables and resources to maturity of solutions prior to adoption,
determine the best route forward? can still benefit from starting on their
conversion journey now, and move
There is no one-size-fits-all solution forward at their own pace as their
for conversion. Accenture’s approach requirements develop.
recognizes that priorities vary
and each organization needs to With our product knowledge, proven
determine the right timetable for its methodologies, assets and conversion
specific resourcing and scheduling capabilities, we are well equipped to help
requirements. Organizations that make organizations on their journey to capture
the move early however, stand to get the value of SAP S/4HANA. We can help to
the most out of applications expressly build the business case, plan the journey
designed for the digital age and are and define the conversion roadmap end-
the first to benefit from SAP S/4HANA to-end. We take into account the variables
innovations as they become available. of each organization’s existing systems,
architecture and technology and help
them to navigate risk.

2 | Unlocking potential
SAP S/4HANA
CONVERSION PATHS
Some organizations—for example At the beginning of a project, we assess
those running earlier versions of SAP® the current SAP system and the steps
software that have few elements that required, including whether to maintain
can be reused in an SAP S/4HANA existing databases or move to a new
environment—may elect not to convert, version. Taking a phased approach
but instead to opt for a “greenfield” makes it possible to manage the
installation that requires data migration conversion costs in line with planned
from the old system into a completely budgets and timetables (see figure 1).
new SAP S/4HANA environment.
All organizations converting to SAP
However, for many others, a S/4HANA need to comply with several
“brownfield” conversion is a likely path: technical and functional requirements.
These include a dual-stack split,
1. Brownfield - Upgrading live conversion to Unicode and activation of
systems and reusing existing system SAP New General Ledger. We work with
elements selectively. organizations to help them understand
the changes they need to make to
comply with these requirements. Equally,
2. Smart brownfield - Creating a shell we help them to identify existing system
copy of the leading system with elements that do not need to change,
existing implemented processes helping save time and money.
and perform SAP System Landscape
Optimization (SLO) tool-based
migration of a selected or the full
data scope.

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FIGURE 1: Brownfield conversion paths to SAP S/4HANA

BROWNFIELD CONVERSION SMART BROWNFIELD (HYBRID) APPROACH

Perform upgrade with standard SAP Create a shell copy of the leading system with existing
upgrade/migration tools, with process implemented processes and perform SAP SLO
improvements in a subsequent step tool-based migration of a selected or the full data scope

SAP ERP 6.0 EHP 0..8 NON-Unicode or

SAP ERP X SAP ERP Y
UNICODE & AS ABAP only < SAP ERP 6.0
TODAY

Any DB Any DB Any DB Create Any DB

shell copy
DMO*

ERP 6 EHP 7 SAP ERP X

SAP HANA Any DB

DB
SAP S/4HANA

Selective or full data migration

conversion

Selective�data migration
SAP S/4HANA
• DMO* • SUM* Upgrade
Enterprise Management
• Adjust configuration & • Adjust configuration &
custom code to match custom code to match
MOVE TO SAP S/4HANA

innovations & innovations &

simplifications simplifications

SAP HANA
DB

Merged configuration &

merged development
TARGET

SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA

Enterprise Management Enterprise Management

SAP S/4HANA
Enterprise Management

SAP HANA SAP HANA

DB DB

*DMO: Database **SUM: Software Update SAP HANA

Migration Option Manager upgrade Decommission DB Decommission
TRANSFORM

BUSINESS INNOVATION & INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISE

TRANFORMATION POWERED BY SAP S/4HANA

4 | Unlocking potential
CONVERSION &
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS
SAP has developed on-premise and capabilities and capacity. We can help
cloud editions of SAP S/4HANA to carefully evaluate each solution
and multiple routes to conversion against the needs of the organization.
are feasible. Experience gleaned
from hundreds of SAP HANA and Clients can also opt for SAP S/4HANA
SAP S/4HANA projects equips Cloud Edition, a software-as-a-service
us to support clients in choosing (SaaS) solution that SAP hosts,
the right option for them. maintains and updates on a regular
basis. This solution is often used in a
When opting for SAP S/4HANA two-tier architecture with cloud edition
on-premise edition, the client instances for subsidiaries that are
maintains the software on their own integrated with a central SAP S/4HANA
infrastructure. Alternatively, they system at a higher organizational level.
can host SAP S/4HANA on-premise
edition on a public, hybrid or private Accenture can help organizations
managed cloud (see figure 2). select the best route to deploy SAP
S/4HANA to the cloud based on
SAP S/4HANA on-premise edition can their unique circumstances and
be deployed on a public cloud solution ambitions. Once the most appropriate
such as Amazon Web Services, Google route is decided, Accenture can
Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure. accompany them on their journey
While we can recommend a public to cloud and provide managed
cloud solution, each option has distinct services on the cloud solution.

FIGURE 2: SAP S/4HANA cloud deployment options

PUBLIC CLOUD PRIVATE CLOUD

AMAZON WEB SERVICES ACCENTURE PRIVATE CLOUD

GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM HYBRID ACCENTURE | HEWLETT PACKARD
MICROSOFT AZURE ENTERPRISE

ELASTIC WORKLOADS FIXED WORKLOADS

Public cloud benefits Private cloud benefits

Speed Consumption Performance Private security

Scale In-company Existing

regulatory investment

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 WHY ACCENTURE?
Whatever the conversion path Our SAP S/4HANA conversion
and timetable, Accenture has the approach brings all conversion
knowledge, experience and tools to activities together, accelerating all the
support each organization on its end- technical steps required by applying
to-end SAP S/4HANA journey. industrialized processes. The end-
to-end conversion process goes
For a client seeking to convert to SAP from designing and sizing the SAP
S/4HANA in a complex, customized S/4HANA landscape, through planning,
or high-risk environment, Accenture procuring, deploying and testing of
provides the knowledge, experience, every aspect.
capabilities, methodologies, assets
and tools to help reduce conversion
effort, cost and risk. This enables
organizations to get more from
their journey to SAP S/4HANA,
in an accelerated timeframe.

ACCENTURE MYCONCERTO
Accenture myConcerto powers enterprise transformation and SAP S/4HANA
conversion - from business case to roadmap to delivery, helping companies make
the right investments, navigate complexity and realize value quickly.

myConcerto is an insight-driven, digitally integrated platform that orchestrates

the power of new SAP solutions and technologies, and Accenture’s industry
and functional expertise—methods, tools, solutions, capabilities—to create
exponential business outcomes.

The journey starts with design thinking to identify specific business challenges
and differentiators, and intelligent diagnostics that assess current systems,
processes, data and architecture against leading industry practices. This leads to
a personalized, data-driven business case and roadmap to unlock value faster.

myConcerto automatically sets up the transformation program environment and

provisions our preconfigured solutions for agile, continuous delivery. From there,
myConcerto becomes the engine to deliver with agility and speed, measure the
value, and continuously innovate to stay future-proof.

6 | Unlocking potential
 We deploy playbooks, diagnostics, The standardized processes we apply in
analysis tools, best practices and pre- and post-conversion activities can
learnings from completed conversion significantly improve the conversion
projects to help significantly reduce process compared with a traditional
manual effort and enable a more migration approach. Additionally,
efficient and effective conversion our SAP S/4HANA conversion factory
(see figure 3). industrializes conversion efforts
through a centralized, dedicated team
of technical and functional experts.

FIGURE 3: Accenture assets for accelerated SAP S/4HANA conversion

PRE-CONVERSION CONVERSION POST-CONVERSION

ACCENTURE ACCELERATED SAP S/4HANA CONVERSION

Brings together all methodologies, assets and tools to industrialize the conversion process

ACCENTURE SYSTEM ACCENTURE PROFILER TABLES & VIEWS

DIAGNOSTICS FOR SAP S/4HANA – ACTIVATION CHECK
Provides insights on the current AUTOMATIC CODE CORRECTION Ensures that all new tables and views
usage of the system and its degree of Offers automatic code remediation delivered with SAP S/4HANA are
customization, providing focus on to address incompatibilities. present and useable.
the critical areas of the system.
TABLE RECORDS
ACCENTURE FUNCTIONAL CONSISTENCY CHECK
IMPACT ANALYSIS TOOL Detects any entries missing in key
Determines the relevance of each database tables after the conversion.
SAP S/4HANA simplification to
provide a basis for the functional FINANCE CONVERSION CHECK
efforts and the business process Validates the conversion of financial
redesign needed for the conversion. data into the�SAP Universal Journal.

ACCENTURE PROFILER DATA ARCHIVING & AGING POV

FOR SAP S/4HANA Provides guidance on when and how
Assesses the compatibility of custom to use�data archiving and data aging
objects with SAP S/4HANA. functionalities�in SAP S/4HANA.

CUSTOMER/VENDOR INTEGRATION
DECISION ASSISTANT
Reports customer and vendor number
range overlaps, and insights on
existing master data and transactions
to expedite Customer-Vendor
Integration (CVI) implementation.

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FOR MORE INFO
MUTHU MARAN
Global lead—SAP S/4HANA Conversion
muthu.maran@accenture.com

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