A leading storage objects manufacturer and their SAP system integrator chose KTern to complete a faster SAP S/4HANA Assessment and define a roadmap to achieve stress-free conversion from ECC 6 to S/4HANA 2020.​

The Company

The client is a worldwide recognized reality for the design, manufacture, and marketing of products for the rational organization of space in the professional and consumer markets. Headquartered in Milan - Italy, they have been in business for more than 50 years with a mission of providing innovative solutions for the functional organization of space for home and professional.​

Currently using SAP ECC 6 EHP 7, they wanted to move to SAP S/4HANA. To conform with SAP best Practices, they needed to analyze their existing landscape, study the impact of moving to SAP S/4HANA, and generate a project plan for their SAP S/4HANA System Conversion which would involve the right timeline, effort, and resources. ​

KTern, an automated Digital Workspace built on the SAP Activate framework to automate and manage SAP S/4HANA Conversions from start to finish, was leveraged to complete the SAP S/4HANA Readiness Assessment.​

The Situation​

1. The client witnessed competitors moving to S/4HANA and started exploring the benefits of them moving to S/4HANA and when they should make the move​.
2. As the next step, they worked along with their system integrator to define a business case for the move to S/4HANA​.
3. Once the business case was ready, they wanted to draft a risk-free plan to move from ECC to S/HANA​.
4. To build the best plan possible, they realized that a lot of insights on the “as-is” system would be required​.
5. Estimations stated that it would take 20 man-days to complete their assessment and build the plan​.
6. The search was on to for automation-driven assessments to reduce the cost, time and effort required​.
7. After comparing multiple products and services, they finally chose KTern to fulfill their requirements​

How did KTern help?​

1. KTern was connected to the SAP ECC sandbox system with minimal configurations.
2. An automated assessment was executed to illustrate the technical, functional, and business process impact of moving from ECC to S/4HANA through a system conversion​.
3. Auto-recommendations pertaining to testing strategy, landscape & infra, and data archiving were provided​.
4. A S/4HANA migration blueprint incorporating the right plan, the right effort, the right cost, the right system sizing, the right project management, and the right quality was auto-generated​.
5. The complete assessment was completed in 3 days instead of 20 days​.

KTern-Driven Benefits​

1. “S/4HANAPEDIA” empowered project automation and governance​.
2. Cost and effort savings due to reduced resource deployment​.
3. Huge time savings due to the elimination of configurations and manual work. ​
4. Improved collaboration and efficiency among all project stakeholders​.
5. One product to control the project from start to finish​.

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