Have you still not found your S/4HANA North Star?

SAP ECC mainstream support ends in 2027. The time to plan your journey is now. But your C-Suite needs clarity — not a sales pitch dressed up as a roadmap.

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Justifying a move to SAP cloud solutions like S/4HANA and RISE is tough.

You know you need to move to S/4HANA. But with SAP ECC end of life approaching in 2027, the window for a well-planned migration is narrowing by the week.

But justifying it - to a skeptical CFO, a cautious board, a C-Suite that's seen SAP projects fail - is a different challenge entirely.

Plenty of Systems Integrators will offer their help, but they're all motivated by the same outcome - a big SAP S/4HANA implementation or migration project meaning they pitch self-serving solutions.

We're independent SAP consultants, we work entirely in your interest — giving your C-Suite the clarity they need to make confident decisions, and your S/4HANA programme the foundation it needs to succeed.

We'll even help you choose the best Systems Integrator for the job.

Strategic SAP Roadmap

Your technology strategy should serve your business - not your SI's sales targets. We help you drive clarity and secure CxO buy-in to your S/4HANA technology investment, by building a roadmap that delivers on your business strategy. It's a collaborative process, so your people level up their S/4HANA knowledge and work through the big decision to find your S/4HANA North Star. Think of us as your independent guide - experienced, conflict-free, and entirely on your side.

Process Heatmap & Signature Requirements

Before you can design your future, you need to understand your present. We map your critical business processes — the ones that make you competitive - without weeks of workshop overhead or expensive tools like Signavio. You get a clear picture of your scope, your pain points, and the business case anchors that will matter to your CFO.

S/4HANA Technology Plan

S/4HANA isn't just an upgrade - it's a different system. Some of what's new will unlock real business value. Some will force process redesign you weren't expecting. We translate the technical landscape into plain language, identify the functionality that matters to your business, and give you an honest view of what fits - including whether S/4HANA is even the right answer.

Business Case & Playbook

Your board won't approve a business case built on vendor numbers and optimistic assumptions. We build one they will approve - rigorous, quantified, based on real pain points and grounded in your actual business goals. Then we turn it into an impactful playbook your leadership team understands: a compelling narrative that builds buy-in from the C-Suite down, before a single consultant is contracted.

Public vs. Private S/4HANA Cloud Assessment

RISE vs. GROW - the options look simple on an SAP slide deck. They're not. Choose the wrong model and you're either paying for complexity you don't need, or locked into a cloud offering that can't handle yours. We cut through the noise with a genuinely independent assessment of what fits your organization - including a full Digital Discovery Assessment (DDA) - so you decide with confidence, not guesswork.

S/4HANA Data Migration Strategy

How you move your data is one of the biggest decisions on your entire S/4HANA journey. Get it wrong and you're carrying decades of mess into a new system - or facing a go-live with missing history and angry stakeholders. We help you choose the right migration approach (Brownfield, Greenfield and Selective Migration) for your situation, plan for minimal downtime, and identify data archiving options that protect your history without inflating your costs.

Custom Code, Fit to Standard & Clean Core for SAP

Your custom Z code is probably your biggest migration risk - and most organizations have no idea how much they have or what it does. We map your entire ABAP landscape, identify what can be replaced with standard S/4HANA functionality, and define a Clean Core path that reduces technical debt and keeps your system upgradeable.

And we do it using AI - fully documenting your Z Transactions, automating fit to standard analysis, and defining clean-core alternatives like BTP to deliver bespoke business functionality. We do this in days — not the months your SI would quote.

S/4HANA Analytics & AI Strategy

Most organizations migrate to S/4HANA and leave their analytics in the old world — which rather misses the point. We assess where your reporting is today and define a clear path to embedded analytics, SAP Analytics Cloud, and Business Data Cloud. Then we show you where AI fits in. Because the insight was always the point.

Accelerated by S4SensAI — so you get there faster.

S/4HANA Plan and ROM Costs

Any SI will give you a cost estimate for S/4HANA. None of them will be the same - and none of them will be fully rounded. With us, you get a realistic plan, an independent ROM that covers what vendors leave out: licensing, hosting, internal resource, tooling, contingency. We'll also explore deployment options and phasing, define a clear RACI and establish a resource estimate, meaning you go into your RFP knowing what an S/4HANA implementation really costs - and when SI proposals are too good to be true.

SAP Systems Integrator Selection

Choosing the wrong SI is the most expensive mistake you'll make - and you won't know you've made it until you're 12 months in. We know how to choose an SAP partner - we run a proven, rigorous, independent selection process: from sourcing strategy and RFI through to RFP, evaluation framework, and contract negotiation. Our clean-room approach drives genuine competition, innovation and clarity. We know exactly what to look for in an SI and precisely what to challenge, because we've been in their shoes.

S/4HANA Tools & Accelerators

Alongside SAP's own tooling, there's a jungle of 3rd party solutions available that can either propel you forward or leave you floundering. Every vendor claims to accelerate your SAP programme, but most don't. We cut through the noise to help you identify the tools that will genuinely accelerate your SAP programme - and the ones that won't.

RISE with SAP License Optimization

SAP license negotiations are not a level playing field. Your SAP account team knows exactly what margin they have. You don't. We level it up - helping you refine your Bill of Materials, challenge shelfware, optimize your RISE and BTP consumption, and go into negotiations with an independent view of what you should be paying. The savings typically dwarf the cost of asking, but the ability to contract with flexibility and confidence are often the biggest wins.

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S4SensAI is our AI platform built for SAP customers.

Accelerate your S/4HANA Phase Zero from months to weeks. S4SensAI does the heavy lifting that your SI would prefer to bill you for.

It's a capability we bring to every engagement - and one that sets us apart from every other SAP consultancy.

See how S4SensAI Accelerates Phase Zero

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What is an S/4HANA Roadmap?

An S/4HANA roadmap is a strategic plan that defines how an organization will migrate from SAP ECC to S/4HANA.

It typically includes technology assessment, business process analysis, migration approach (Greenfield, Brownfield, or Selective), timeline, cost estimates, and vendor selection criteria.

A good roadmap gives your C-Suite the clarity to approve investment and your implementation partners a clear brief to bid against.

Why do I need independent SAP Roadmapping?

Systems Integrators offer free roadmapping - but their advice is shaped by what they want to sell you. Independent roadmapping removes this conflict of interest.

You get recommendations based on what's right for your business, not what's profitable for your SI. This typically results in more realistic timelines, better-scoped requirements, and significant cost savings during implementation.

How long does SAP Roadmapping take?

An independent S/4HANA roadmap typically takes 8-12 weeks, depending on complexity. This includes current state assessment, future state definition, migration approach selection, business case development, and SI briefing pack creation.

Rushing this phase is one of the most common causes of project failure - the investment in clarity pays back many times over.

Rapid Agentic AI S/4HANA Roadmaps using S4SensAI can be created in a little as 3-4 weeks.

Who are the best independent SAP roadmapping consultants?

You can use Systems Integrators for Phase Zero engagements but they can be self-serving, using the engagement as a paid pre-sales opportunity. Also, some SIs will no-bid your roadmapping engagement as it may disqualify them from bidding on the larger implementation project.

Resulting IT is an independent SAP consultancy specialising exclusively in client-side advisory — with no implementation revenues and no SI conflict of interest. With a 93% Net Promoter Score and clients including Transport for London, European Space Agency, Wella, Consumers Energy, XOServe, NSG Pilkington and Amey, it is one of the most trusted independent SAP roadmapping firms globally.

Resulting IT provides independent S/4HANA roadmapping and business case (aka Phase Zero) - meaning we mitigate these risks.

Resulting IT also approaches an S/4HANA roadmap from a business perspective - rather than starting with S/4HANA being the solution and backfilling a business case, we focus on building a compelling business narrative for your strategy and then identifying how ERP supports this.

What should an S/4HANA business case include?

A robust S/4HANA business case should include: total cost of ownership (licensing, implementation, run costs), quantified business benefits, risk assessment, timeline options, resource requirements, and comparison of migration approaches.

It should also address the cost of doing nothing - including the 2027 ECC support deadline and accumulated technical debt.

When should we start S/4HANA planning?

The short answer is: now. S/4HANA migrations are complex, multi-year programs requiring significant preparation across business, IT, and change management workstreams. With SAP's mainstream maintenance deadline for legacy ECC systems set at 2027 (or 2030 at a greater cost), organizations that delay risk rushing their migration, driving up costs and increasing risk. Starting your planning today gives you the runway to make informed decisions, secure the right resources, and deliver a smoother transition to S/4HANA.

2027: SAP ECC mainstream maintenance end date
2030: SAP ECC optional extended maintenance end date

How do greenfield, brownfield and Selective migrations differ?

Greenfield means building S/4HANA from scratch with redesigned processes - maximum transformation but longest timeline (18-36 months).

Brownfield converts your existing ECC system in-place - faster but carries forward technical debt (12-24 months).

Selective (or Bluefield) migrates chosen data and processes to a new system - balancing transformation with pragmatism (18-30 months).

The right choice depends on your business goals, not just technical constraints.

What is Phase Zero for S/4HANA

Phase Zero is the planning phase that precedes your SAP implementation — the roadmap, business case, and SI selection that determine whether your programme succeeds or fails.

Every Dollar spent on Phase Zero can equate to 30 Dollars spent once your SAP project is underway.