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E3 Category: TippS/4Success

The migration to S/4 Hana brings many challenges, and success can only be assured through optimized business processes. Every month, we explain how to organize and optimize project management with plenty of tips.

An S/4 project at the customer's is only successful if the expectations of management and users are met. Therefore, the numerous SAP facts should be critically scrutinized right at the beginning of a project.
In all ERP transformation projects, the focus is on the business processes, whether there are changes or not. With S/4, this is necessary at least because of the new SAP technologies or the possibility of simplifications.
S/4 migration projects have different starting points and objectives. Experience shows that many common denominators are implemented accordingly in project management, but some work packages are underestimated.
SAP’s success is rooted in systems integration, which has fallen by the wayside in recent years because of numerous cloud acquisitions. S/4 transformation, however, only adds value through integration.
The importance of project management for the S/4 transformation is currently misjudged. Sensitive factors, such as the framework conditions and communication, are given too little consideration.
Most SAP customers have relied on countless customizations to optimize their business. With S/4 transformation looming on the horizon, they are facing a complex challenge.
Many companies are still deciding on an ERP transformation. For various reasons, the majority of SAP customers seem to be in favor of the new SAP technology, while the decision-making process for new customers is more complex.
According to SAP, there are currently more than 10,000 productive S/4 systems. The proportion of R/3 to S/4 migrations thus already provides sufficient empirical data on some key issues that are underestimated.
The global transformation of the IT industry to the cloud has also reached SAP customers. In retrospect, interestingly enough, S/4 Hana also came onto the market at almost the same time.
SAP S/4 Hana is now in its seventh year. In the fast-paced world of IT, such a time span is usually referred to as a technological generation, which is why many SAP customers are asking the same question.
For around half of SAP customers, it is still open which system architecture should be used for the transformation. Decision-making can be facilitated by prioritizing and weighting the parameters involved.
The S/4 Hana transformation implies not only the technology change, but also human resources components. Users need to see sense, they need expert training and good user training.

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

FourSide Hotel Salzburg,
Trademark Collection by Wyndham
Am Messezentrum 2, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
+43-66-24355460

Event date

Wednesday, June 10, and
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Early Bird Ticket

Regular ticket

EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until 1.10.2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, April 22 and
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Subscribers to the E3 magazine
reduced with promocode STAbo26
EUR 390 excl. VAT
Students*
reduced with promocode STStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
EUR 290 excl. VAT
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2026, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.