We ensure the success of your S/4HANA transformation by focusing on business impact and sustainable value creation.
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Digital transformation presents companies with complex challenges. Global crises, growing competitive pressure and new regulatory requirements necessitate resilient, efficient and forward-looking processes. With support for SAP ECC coming to an end, switching to SAP S/4HANA is inevitable. This technological transformation is not only a necessity, but also an opportunity, offering everything from modernised IT architecture and improved transparency and data quality to accelerated real-time decision-making processes.
UNITY ensures a successful, holistic SAP S/4HANA transformation with a focus on business impact. We realign processes and organisation, develop a future-proof IT and business architecture, and establish a data strategy. This lays the foundation for value creation and competitiveness. Together with our partners, we support you throughout the process, from strategy to successful technical implementation, providing everything you need from a single source.
At UNITY, we provide comprehensive support to companies undergoing SAP S/4HANA transformation, covering everything from strategy development and process optimisation to technical implementation and change management. As independent trusted advisors, we develop future-proof IT architecture and value creation strategies, aligning individual business processes with SAP standards and creating sustainable structures to maximise efficiency and deliver measurable business value. Based on a clear SAP roadmap (brownfield/greenfield, RISE with SAP), we combine process mining (e.g. Signavio/Celonis) with fit-to-standard workshops. We design end-to-end processes and ensure that cost, schedule and quality targets are met through well-considered governance. Our experts empower and inspire employees, manage all partners and stakeholders, and ensure the success of your SAP S/4HANA implementation through robust solution design and scalable IT architecture, right through to stable operation with AMS handover and continuous optimisation. This enables you to reduce throughput times, enhance data quality and compliance, and minimise the total cost of ownership.
Together with our strategic partners, we will guide you every step of the way, from vision to go-live.
Switching to SAP S/4HANA involves much more than just a technical upgrade; it is a company-wide transformation. Many organisations face similar challenges in this regard. Fast-growing medium-sized companies are reaching the limits of their existing ERP systems and require scalable, standardised solutions. At the same time, the end of maintenance for SAP ECC is forcing a timely realignment, including strategic architectural decisions such as whether to use the cloud or on-premises solutions. Added to this are fragmented data structures, complex system landscapes and growing regulatory and personnel requirements. To successfully navigate this transformation, a holistic approach with a clear strategic focus is required, not just an implementation project.
Our approach: SAP transformation with a business focus:
We combine processes, organization, and IT architecture into a comprehensive end-to-end solution.
We develop the right strategy for your project, whether it's greenfield, bluefield or brownfield, and work with you to shape your vision.
We combine SAP with cloud and platform technologies (e.g., BTP, AI) and focus on real business use cases with measurable benefits.
"The experts at UNITY collaborated with our employees to develop a vision for our processes and IT architecture, and helped us to identify the right partners for implementation. We look forward to continuing to work with UNITY to make our vision a reality.”
Manfred Quirmbach
Technical Director and Member of the Executive Board
Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG
Your challenges / questions:
- Uncertainty about the current status of processes, systems, and in-house developments
- Uncertainty as to whether the technical and procedural requirements for a successful migration have been met
- Lack of prioritization: Which measures are “must-haves” vs. “can be done later”?
- No sound estimate of the effort and costs involved in the migration
UNITY solution approach:
- Inventory of the process landscape, IT infrastructure, and system landscape
- Evaluation of the migration: Analysis of the prerequisites for a successful S/4HANA migration (SAP Clean Core strategy) Fit-gap analysis with measures for standardization and reduction of modifications
- Effort and priority assessment for an upgradeable architecture
- Creation of a readiness report with roadmap and recommendations for action
Your challenges / questions:
- Unclear business requirements and lack of overview of existing capabilities
- No clear definition of the capabilities required for the future use of SAP S/4HANA
- Lack of structure for the development of a consistent capability architecture
- No implementation plan and no governance for sustainable use
UNITY solution approach:
- Securing strategic alignment with management
- Deriving the capabilities required for future use of SAP S/4HANA
- Developing a structured architecture and integrating it into the IT and process landscape
Your challenges / questions:
- Lack of transparency regarding actual business processes
- Significant deviations from SAP S/4HANA standard and best practice processes
- Lack of standardization
- No clear basis for decision-making regarding future target processes
UNITY solution approach:
- Fit-to-standard workshops to identify deviations along prioritized capabilities
- Derivation of measures for standardization and elimination of inefficient processes
- Definition of optimized target processes and creation of a roadmap for implementation
Your challenges / questions:
- Unclear starting point: Which systems and processes are affected? Lack of strategic guidelines for the IT organization No clear vision, mission, and goals for IT in the context of SAP S/4HANA Uncertainty about how SAP S/4HANA should be integrated into the IT strategy
- Lack of a roadmap for measures and priorities
UNITY solution approach:
- Current status assessment & scoping: Analysis of the IT landscape and definition of the project organization
- SAP S/4HANA impact analysis: Examination of the effects on existing IT and business processes
- Role of IT: Definition of the future IT orientation in the company
- Strategy dimensions: Identification of relevant fields of action and guidelines
- Derivation of measures: Development of a roadmap with prioritized projects for the integration of SAP S/4HANA
Your challenges / questions:
- Lack of clear program and project organization
- Unclear role profiles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes
- Lack of uniform meeting and governance structures
- No standardized tools and templates for program management
- Insufficient communication and involvement of relevant stakeholders
UNITY solution approach:
- Analysis of the initial situation: Examination of the existing ERP and project landscape
- Program & project structure: Development of a clear structure with roles, responsibilities, and control mechanisms
- Transformation roadmap: Synchronization with ongoing projects and stakeholders
- Communication: Creation of training and communication materials for transparency
- Governance & implementation: Introduction of structures, monitoring, and continuous optimization
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Viviane Zimmermann
Partner, Business Area Lead