{"id":1219,"date":"2018-03-05T14:56:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T13:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pikon.com\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:41:50","slug":"stability-agility-s4hana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/blog\/stability-agility-s4hana\/","title":{"rendered":"Stability vs Agility with SAP S\/4HANA &#8211; The perfect balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1219\" class=\"elementor elementor-1219\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_width_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_padding_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;element_pack_global_tooltip_border_radius_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true}}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b060c86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b060c86\" 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-7a590384\" data-id=\"7a590384\" 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-2a838cd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a838cd7\" 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;\">ERP systems have been experiencing a revival in the last few years. Years ago, discussions about ERP systems were seen as outdated because so many organisations worldwide already had an ERP system in use and could only see little potential for further improvements. But today, in times of digital transformation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/en\/solutions\/sap-s-4hana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAP S\/4HANA<\/a>, the ERP system is back in the spotlight as a \u201cdigital backbone\u201d. That is exactly what it is &#8211; and it will remain so in future. It achieves vertical integration between strategy and operative business. For example, this happens in the\u00a0process of strategic planning, which provides specific targets for operative sales and production planning. However, it also links an organisation\u2019s business departments to each other. This is ensured through processes, where sales, production, procurement and controlling are combined.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The greatest ERP challenge, but also a great deal of potential for further improvements lies in the selection of the right and correct process types in SAP ERP (e.g. make to stock production, batch manufacturing, pre-planning on a component level, configurable products, individual and project manufacturing) and the appropriate customising. However, at the same time, many CIOs ask themselves:<\/p><blockquote><p><strong><em>Should I migrate to S\/4HANA? If yes, when is the right time and what is the right scenario?<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h2><strong>How S\/4HANA makes your business processes and reporting significantly faster<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Basically, SAP S\/4HANA offers great advantages and opportunities for the reorganisation and redesign of structures in accounting. Thanks to the conversion from the two-circuit to the one-circuit system and thanks to the new central table \u201cUniversal Ledger\u201d, the need for coordination at month-end closing has been reduced drastically (e.g. in future, the search for differences between CO-PA and FI is dispensed with (the component for the market and sector profit and loss account)). This is one concrete example of how SAP S\/4HANA makes financial processes significantly faster.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">SAP S\/4HANA Embedded Analytics integrates operative reporting into the business process. On the basis of a SAP S\/4HANA virtual data model (Core Data Services), key figures will be easier to define and to calculate in future. However, the most important benefit for the users is that they are now shown the necessary key figures when processing a transaction. This happens with the SAP FIORI Apps, which set a new standard for both the user friendliness and user experience of an ERP system.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For instance, in the procurement process the selection of suppliers is always playing a big role. In future, thanks to S\/4HANA, buyers can be provided with all relevant KPIs on suppliers (deadline adherence, quality grades, conditions, utilisation of framework contracts etc.) directly in the purchasing process.<\/p><h2><strong>New ways to design your logistics processes with SAP S\/4HANA Embedded Analytics<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although SAP S\/4HANA has not changed much to the way how the ERP logistics modules work, Embedded Analytics offers new possibilities to design your logistics processes in SAP S\/4HANA. With Embedded Analytics, data (KPIs) and business processes grow together. This is also a big step towards data based automation of business processes.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are often asked by our customers whether SAP S\/4HANA makes their own Business Warehouse architecture redundant. Our opinion on this is clear and concise: NO, please keep it! Especially for inter-system reporting, for the analysis of unstructured data and for strategic reporting, whereas the majority of operative reporting is carried out directly in S\/4HANA through Embedded Analytics.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following image shows this architecture. It forms a stable framework for the illustration and analysis of processes and data.<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Architecture-SAP-S4HANA-SAP-BW4HANA-to-analyse-your-business-processes-and-data-2.jpg\" alt=\"Architecture SAP S4HANA SAP BW4HANA to analyse your business processes and data\" width=\"945\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Architecture-SAP-S4HANA-SAP-BW4HANA-to-analyse-your-business-processes-and-data-2.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Architecture-SAP-S4HANA-SAP-BW4HANA-to-analyse-your-business-processes-and-data-2-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Architecture-SAP-S4HANA-SAP-BW4HANA-to-analyse-your-business-processes-and-data-2-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/p><h2><strong>Design Thinking as a strategy for innovation<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aside from having a stable digital framework, a big challenge for organisations is also to continuously improve their processes and develop new ideas through process innovation. Because of that, a big trend nowadays, is to install a so-called process laboratory. We believe that this goes hand in hand with the Design Thinking approach, a concept allowing ideas and innovations to be developed and tested quickly.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following image illustrates the different phases of innovating business processes with Design Thinking:<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Design-Thinking.jpg\" alt=\"Design Thinking to innvate your processes and solutions\" width=\"945\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Design-Thinking.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Design-Thinking-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pikon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Design-Thinking-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Design Thinking is a creative process using empathy and experimentation to arrive at innovative solutions for improving your business processes, developing new applications and solutions, etc. By using Design Thinking, you make decisions based on what your target group (stakeholders, key users, \u2026) really want instead of relying on historical data or making risky bets based on instinct instead of evidence.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Design Thinking starts with understanding and empathising with the current situation of the target group in the first step. Then, it is important to ask what the user really needs, what will help them, what their greatest pain point and requirement is. On this basis, as many ideas as possible are collected during the Ideating phase. Then, a prototype is built for one or more ideas. Initially, this is only the visualisation of the idea in the form of sketches and drawings. Eventually, the first contours of an innovation emerge. This can be for instance a new business process or a new software application.<\/p><h2><strong>Agile software development in the SAP Cloud Platform<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I recommend to initially develop these applications outside of your digital backbone (e.g. your central ERP system). Instead, this can be done, for example within the SAP Cloud Platform. In doing so, data and features of S\/4HANA (e.g. as BAPI\u2019s) can be used. New functions can be developed to automate, simplify or complete processes within SAP S\/4HANA. Step by step, this initiative results in new integrated SAP S\/4HANA Apps.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For one of our customers, we have recently developed an integration solution within the SAP Cloud Platform Integration. This solution allows non-SAP-systems to communicate with SAP ERP for the calculation of services. Together with our customer, we have presented this solution and a demo at the DSAG annual SAP user congress in Bremen, Germany. Please contact us to learn more about this solution and to get a demo.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks to the rapid ERP evolutions with SAP S\/4HANA but also thanks to the SAP Cloud environment, SAP now offers the right means to achieve the perfect balance between agility and stability. Whether ERP basic processes in S\/4HANA, via Embedded Analytics and BW\/4HANA or innovation applications in the SAP Cloud Platform, all of these tools form the basis to move away from the old water fall model and become more agile without disturbing the stability of an ERP as a digital backbone.<\/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-81fac25 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"81fac25\" 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-964bcd2\" data-id=\"964bcd2\" 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-f9a037d elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9a037d\" 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-74be8c3\" data-id=\"74be8c3\" 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-c2eb009 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c2eb009\" 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-77c5678 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-34007 elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"77c5678\" 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-1251\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1251\" 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-1251\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1251\"><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-1252\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1252\" 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-1252\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1252\"><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-1253\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1253\" 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-1253\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1253\"><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-1254\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1254\" 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-1254\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1254\"><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-1255\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1255\" 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-1255\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1255\"><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-1256\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1256\" 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-1256\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1256\"><p>You have decided on Conversion as the scenario for your migration? 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