Why the SAP Clean Core message is proving problematic to land, for customers, it adds a further level of complexity (Adopting a new standard target operating model across the organisation is a major organisational change undertaking and will need significant business sponsorship and resource, leading to a reluctance to commit to SAP S/4HANA and RISE as for many this will be seen as an unnecessary and disruptive activity at a time when the global economy is rocking.

Here are our Business Innovation trends for 2024🎆

It's all about how AI 🤖 will improve

productivity ⌨️

and

working smarter 🧑‍💻

whilst sweating your current investment in tech / #SAP, we call this "Digital up-cycling" 🖌️

* Take a look at our alternate SAP ECC upcycling strategy

In the film Point Break, Keanu Revves and Patrick Swayze search to ride the mythical 50 year storm wave, with point break being the moment the wave hits land.

A consistent rule within the SAP universe is that every 4 to 5 years a customer will have to expend time and budget performing some type of SAP Upgrade. CIO’s will remember that when they moved to SAP ECC they were told they would never have to upgrade again !

The reality is that SAP tech is constantly evolving and you simply can’t second guess the next major jump in must have innovation driving business value, necessitating some form of major intervention over a four year term.

31st December 2025 is fast approaching……

At a time of global economic uncertainty and the impact of maturing AI technology, many SAP customers are hesitant to moving to SAP S/4HANA for myriad of reasons. Many existing SAP customers who have decided to stick with SAP ECC are now faced with the fast approaching 31st December 2025 maintenance deadline, whereby they will need to either migrate to SAP S/4HANA or Upgrade to SAP ECC Enhancement pack 6+.