{"id":1049,"date":"2024-07-17T10:51:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T08:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pikon.com\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2024-07-18T10:22:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T08:22:10","slug":"s4hana-greenfield-implementation-best-practices-lessons-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/blog\/s4hana-greenfield-implementation-best-practices-lessons-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP S\/4HANA Greenfield implementation to be fit for the future"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1049\" class=\"elementor elementor-1049\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tContent\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__a95f83a\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__a95f83a\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of contents\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__a95f83a\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7609f0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7609f0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Decision-makers faced with the question of implementing SAP S\/4HANA in their company have two options: Either the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/blog\/brownfield-sap-s4hana-migration-conversion-step-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conversion<\/a> of the existing system landscape to the new SAP database or to adopt the Greenfield Approach, pretending the organisation has never used SAP before and start from scratch.<\/p><p>To give you a little help with your decision, in this article I will show you why and how we implemented SAP S\/4HANA with the Greenfield Approach based on a real project that we have implemented at one of our customers in the machinery industry.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fc9cae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fc9cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Initial Situation: Why SAP S\/4HANA was chosen to implement<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df9a1b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df9a1b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our customer is a global machinery and equipment manufacturer and market-leader in the pig-iron production. Their group activities include Engineering, Project Development and Supervision of the installation and commissioning of complete machinery and equipment components. In addition, a division of the group offers tailor-made services, especially in the field of integrated planning and interdisciplinary engineering for urban-development, high-rise building and infrastructure projects.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Management faced a major challenge in 2015: the company had been strategically reorganised with new business units that would each be answerable for their results. At that time, the organisation was processed in SAP ERP through different systems and clients, each with its own solutions, each of which was segregated from the others. To depict the new structures, a central SAP-ERP system was essential in order to facilitate the creation of centralised solutions covering all the different legal entities, and to drive the harmonisation of processes and routines.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since we at PIKON were already engaged as a long-standing consultancy partner with a thorough knowledge of business management processes, we were asked to support the customer during the <strong>blueprint<\/strong> and <strong>implementation phase<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6556ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c6556ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SAP S\/4HANA Greenfield implementation: decision factors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9414fbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9414fbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Welcome-to-HANA_127092420_S-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1849\" alt=\"Die Einf\u00fchrung von S\/4 HANA sollte eine bewusste und durchdachte Entscheidung sein.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Welcome-to-HANA_127092420_S-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Welcome-to-HANA_127092420_S-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Welcome-to-HANA_127092420_S.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc9684c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc9684c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most of our customer\u2019s subsidiaries have been using SAP ERP for many years now; but partly with <strong>different releases and clients<\/strong>. There were also subsidiaries that had not yet implemented SAP at all.\u00a0 Due to the <strong>heterogeneous system landscape<\/strong>, some regional subsidiaries were using a multiplicity of solutions and there was no standardisation at all. Consequently, our customer was struggling to cope with <strong>increased costs<\/strong>, not only in system admin, but also with the roll-outs of other projects. Moreover, the differing systems made co-operation between individual sites, who would often work together on a customer project, more difficult. This made our customer decide to implement SAP S\/4HANA (Version 1511), adopting the Greenfield approach.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc8c0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6dc8c0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Implementation S\/4HANA: lessons-learned<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdab54c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdab54c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The S\/4HANA implementation was carried out according to the SAP Activate method. It comprises the following phases, which are designed to make the implementation process structured and efficient:<\/p><ul><li>Discover<\/li><li>Prepare<\/li><li>Explore<\/li><li>Realise<\/li><li>Deploy<\/li><li>Run<\/li><\/ul><p>The &#8220;Discover Phase&#8221; marked the start of the first project activities with the aim of working out the benefits and potential of an S\/4HANA implementation. The focus here was on gathering information on the topic, creating a business case and empowering the project team for the upcoming project.<\/p><p>This was followed by the &#8220;Prepare Phase&#8221;, which marked the start of the project. The project team was now put together, a concrete project plan was defined and the necessary infrastructure for the systems and tools was made available. A kick-off was also planned and organised.<\/p><p>The two project phases described are very similar for the various migration scenarios of an S\/4HANA implementation. They are therefore not discussed in detail here. The first differences only emerge in the &#8220;Explore phase&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ace59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12ace59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Explore phase: business blueprint, slot leads, key users and communication concept<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f0ccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16f0ccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Global Business Blueprint\u00a0vs Local Business Blueprint<\/strong><\/p><p>In the case of a Greenfield implementation, we recommend you pay special attention to the Explore phase. The aim is to define the requirements and business processes. At PIKON, we document these in a central document, the Global Business Blueprint, which describes the company&#8217;s business processes, requirements and specifications for the implementation of S\/4HANA.<\/p><p>The blueprint serves as a guide for system configuration and development and ensures that all business requirements are captured and taken into account. This has the advantage of bringing clarity to the scope of the project at a relatively early stage: organisational structures, processes and functions and also possible enhancements to the SAP Standard can be discussed relatively early in the project.<\/p><p>At our customer, our S\/4HANA project therefore also began with the creation of a global business blueprint. In addition, there was also a local business blueprint for each company, in which deviations from the global business blueprint were described.<\/p><p>In our customer\u2019s project e.g. the company\u2019s policy prescribed that deviations from the Global Business Blueprint would be permissible only where there were <strong>legal<\/strong> <strong>requirements<\/strong> in particular countries (e.g. Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic) which needed to be implemented in the SAP system. These were then described separately in the <strong>Local Business Blueprint<\/strong>. Otherwise, deviations from the global blueprint, e.g. requests for changes to processes\/functionalities, had to be approved by a steering committee. This ensured that all companies used the same processes (standardisation and harmonisation was one of the objectives) and that deviations were only possible in exceptional cases (e.g. if it was a competition-critical process).<\/p><p>At the end of the Explore phase, when the final concept has been finalised, a validation of the project plan and the associated cost estimate for the implementation is recommended.<\/p><p>In addition to these more technical activities, particular attention was paid to the people in the organisation during this phase. We are convinced that a project is always successful if, in addition to the business aspects and IT, the people who work with the system are involved in the project at an early stage and are able to contribute.<\/p><p><strong>Why the human factor was a critical success factor<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6cee65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6cee65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"849\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Faktor-Mensch_123224679_S-e1721201433793.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1850\" alt=\"Der Faktor Mensch spielt bei der Einf\u00fchrung von S\/4 HANA eine entscheidende Rolle.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Faktor-Mensch_123224679_S-e1721201433793.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Faktor-Mensch_123224679_S-e1721201433793-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Faktor-Mensch_123224679_S-e1721201433793-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Faktor-Mensch_123224679_S-e1721201433793-600x263.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d0a37f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d0a37f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dda3f68\" data-id=\"dda3f68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a300dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a300dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Right from the start of the project, slot-leads and key users who would be involved at the blueprint phase, and who would help define the requirements of the new system, were designated for each subsidiary. This approach ensured a high level of acceptance right from the beginning of the project. We informed the slot-leads and key users on a regular basis about the project progress. Moreover, we created a communication template, in which all the items for project communications were included. This also set out communication guidelines, to ensure that the lines of communication would function in a co-ordinated manner throughout the company.<\/p><p>Such a communication concept offers you<\/p><ul><li>a solid basis for cooperation between the individual subsidiaries,<\/li><li>an opportunity to win acceptance of the project from the staff at an early stage,<\/li><li>an opportunity to address and clarify any remaining issues as early as possible.<\/li><\/ul><p>The Explore phase was followed by the Realise phase: the aim of this is to implement the blueprints.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af8e01c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af8e01c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The \u201eRealize Phase\u201c of the SAP S\/4HANA Implementation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df81a7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df81a7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In terms of Project Management, an implementation of S\/4HANA is similar to an SAP ECC implementation. Even though there is a new database technology and there are new data structures, the general procedure to run this project has not changed that much.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As traditionally done in the implementation of an ERP system, we have gone through the following steps for the implementation of SAP S\/4HANA at our customer:<\/p><ul><li>Customisation of the S\/4HANA system according to the blueprint<\/li><li>Functional testing by PIKON consultants<\/li><li>Development and implementation of extensions and customisations<\/li><li>Two integration tests, with the integration of all subsidiaries. We conducted these tests within the individual modules and processes (e.g. FI, CO, PS, etc). Once this was done, we did cross-functional tests. These are tests of an end-to-end process through all modules and processes (i.e. from sales, through the project execution, to project controlling).<\/li><li>User Acceptance Test: our focus was to depict the processes, and to integrate individual modules and departments.<\/li><li>data migration test<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is also worth mentioning that we conducted the tests centrally at the headquarters. This did admittedly involve a great deal of organisation, since a large number of participants needed to be coordinated together. However, the effort was well worthwhile. The various employees who would in future be working together on a particular project got to know each other. The cross-departmental tests provided an opportunity to clarify any open issues on the spot, with everyone taking part.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c16599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c16599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Well-considered enhancements to custom developments as a critical success factor<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-483a4da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"483a4da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Together with our customer, we paid special attention to custom developments. We find again and again we find that our customers can never benefit from the full potential for optimisations of an SAP S\/4HANA migration, unless the necessary adjustments to custom developments are properly analysed. The adjustments required in this customer situation emerged after an analysis which entailed the following questions:<\/p><ol><li>First and foremost, have database reading operations been optimised, or are further improvements still required here?<\/li><li>Are there any errors in the current code, such as implicit classifications that emerge only after the migration?<\/li><li>Are there any structures, objects or modules used that will no longer exist in this form after the implementation of S\/4HANA?<\/li><\/ol><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If performance does not play a vital role, will custom developments still run on S\/4HANA? Therefore, a review relating to points 2 and 3 should be carried out. The ability to run programs that are a legacy from \u201cold\u201d structures could if necessary be achieved using compatibility views. These will continue for example to make \u201cold\u201d tables available.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e56791 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e56791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Deploy phase: the go-live<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fd4585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fd4585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After the realise phase, the go-live was prepared and the cut-over activities started. This is where the final data migration to the production system took place. The go-live took place in April 2017. Further roll-outs followed over the next few years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e7e5e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9e7e5e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Run phase: ongoing operations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e492e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e492e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The run phase marks the end of the actual project. It ensures stable and efficient system operation as well as continuous improvements. In this specific case, these tasks were taken over by the customer&#8217;s IT department. We at PIKON only provide support here if required.<\/p><p>Finally, it should be mentioned that these phases are iterative and need to be customised depending on the project requirements and the needs of the company. For our customer, this approach was coherent and led to a successful S\/4HANA implementation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c5d8a1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c5d8a1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11406aae\" data-id=\"11406aae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d9a9994 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d9a9994\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The implementation of SAP S\/4HANA with a Greenfield Approach offers many opportunities to optimise your historically-evolved processes and to get more standardised processes, thereby making your organisation higher-performing and fit for the future. Don\u2019t waste this opportunity. Before you start your own SAP S\/4HANA implementation, we recommend you allow time for a reflective phase in order to put the spotlight on these matters.<\/p><p>Our reflection questions provide orientation and impetus for internal discussion. We shed light on the following areas<\/p><ul><li>Systems, structures, data<\/li><li>processes<\/li><li>IT and corporate strategy<\/li><\/ul><p>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/doc\/checkliste-your-way-to-digital-transformation-with-sap-s4hana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our reflection questions<\/a> here and discuss with us how the initial situation for an S\/4HANA implementation in your company is shaping up.<\/p><p>Or arrange your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/doc\/sap-s-4hana-migration-greenfield-hybrid-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">workshop on the greenfield approach<\/a> or the workshop from our range that suits your situation:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5bc556 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"e5bc556\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4759f0d\" data-id=\"4759f0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f4b7d9 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f4b7d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0068fd\" data-id=\"c0068fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea779c8 no-table-of-content elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ea779c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">S\/4HANA workshop offers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fd74c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-34007 elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"2fd74c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5011\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5011\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Your Roadmap to SAP S\/4HANA<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5011\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5011\"><p><strong>Understand the Opportunities, define your Path<\/strong>: Are you just starting out with S\/4HANA? We will give you an initial overview.<br \/>You will learn about the innovations in S\/4HANA in logistics, accounting and the user interface. In addition, migration scenarios and appropriate project approaches.<\/p><p>Time required: 1 day<\/p><p><a class=\"cta-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/doc\/sap-s-4hana-starter-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5012\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5012\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Your future System Landscape<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5012\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5012\"><p><strong>Architecture, Integration, Cloud Strategy:<\/strong> The workshop provides guidance and a basis for decision-making regarding the future IT system landscape in your company. Together with you, we develop the target vision and provide specific recommendations for the next steps.<\/p><p>Time required: 8 hours (remote or in person) plus approx. 30 minutes preliminary discussion.<\/p><p><a class=\"cta-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/doc\/your-future-system-landscape-architecture-integration-cloud-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5013\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5013\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Successful data migration in the SAP S\/4HANA project<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5013\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5013\"><p>Learn about the strategic, technical, and organisational success factors of an S\/4HANA data migration and develop your own migration strategy and roadmap.<\/p><p>Time required: 8 hours (remote or in person)<\/p><p><a class=\"cta-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/doc\/successful-data-migration-in-the-sap-s-4hana-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5014\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5014\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Your Project with the SAP Activate Methodology<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5014\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5014\"><p><strong>From Theory to Practice<\/strong>: In this workshop, you will learn the project approach according to SAP Activate and gain an overview of the necessary time and resource planning.\u00a0<\/p><p>Time required: 8 hours (remote or in person) plus a 30-minute preliminary meeting (remote).<\/p><p><a class=\"cta-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/doc\/your-project-with-the-sap-activate-methodology-from-theory-to-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5015\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5015\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">S\/4HANA Migration-Workshop: Greenfield-\/Hybrid-Approach<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5015\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5015\"><p>The S\/4HANA implementation &#8220;on the greenfield&#8221; is already set for your company?<br \/>In the workshop, we develop together with you the appropriate roadmap with time and budget planning and address topics such as data transfer, preliminary work, etc.<\/p><p>Time required: 1 &#8211; 2 days, depending on individual arrangement.<\/p><p><a class=\"cta-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/doc\/sap-s-4hana-migration-greenfield-hybrid-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5016\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5016\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">S\/4HANA Migration-Workshop: Conversion<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5016\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5016\"><p>You have decided on Conversion as the scenario for your migration? 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