SAP S/4HANA Pre-Migration Assessment

Accelerate Your SAP S/4HANA Journey with Confidence

An SAP S/4HANA pre-migration assessment evaluates your ECC landscape across four dimensions before migration begins: system compatibility, custom code impact, process complexity, and data quality. The Silicon Partners (TSP) delivers this assessment using a combination of SAP Readiness Check, TSP Kelvin process heatmapping, Clean Core analysis, and SAP Signavio Process Insights — backed by 150+ S/4HANA engagements.

Organizations that invest in a structured pre-migration assessment before beginning execution see approximately 40% faster implementation and 30% lower costs — because the decisions that determine program success are made when they’re still cheap to make. TSP’s assessment ends with a migration roadmap your steering committee can act on, and an optional free 30-minute Phase 0 readiness call to discuss your specific landscape.

Upto 80%

Automation

Upto 40%

Faster Implementation

Upto 30%

Cost Savings

Cleaner Systems

What Does an SAP S/4HANA Pre-Migration Assessment Include?

Discovery & Readiness Assessment

SAP Readiness Check

SAP Readiness Check provides a comprehensive analysis of your current SAP ERP system, identifying potential challenges and necessary preparations for a smooth transition. Key features Include:

System Assessment: Evaluates the compatibility of your existing system with SAP S/4HANA, highlighting areas that require attention.
Custom Code Analysis: Identifies custom developments that may need adaptation or optimization in the new environment.
Add-On Compatibility: Checks the compatibility of installed add-ons with SAP S/4HANA, ensuring seamless integration post-migration.
Business Function Review: Analyzes active business functions to determine their relevance and compatibility with SAP S/4HANA.
Simplification Item Check: Highlights necessary adjustments due to data model simplifications and process changes in SAP S/4HANA.
Fiori App Recommendations: Suggests relevant SAP Fiori applications to enhance user experience in the new system.

Incorporating SAP Readiness Check into your migration strategy ensures a well-prepared and efficient transition to SAP S/4HANA, aligning technical readiness with business goals.

TSP ATLAS

TSP ATLAS is an advanced AI layer that connects to your live SAP system before transformation and returns the intelligence that makes every S/4HANA transformation faster, risk-free and cost efficient.

Phase 0 SAP process intelligence. ATLAS reads your current SAP landscape — processes, usage patterns, customizations, and pain points — and delivers a complete transformation readiness assessment in weeks, not months. The natural starting point for any S/4HANA project.

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Business Process Heatmap (TSP Kelvin)

TSP Kelvin is analytics suite which provides you all the essential Business Intelligence required for a Hassle-free SAP S/4HANA Migration and reduces the time-to-value significantly.

Business Process Scorecard

Business Processes and their Ranking within the SAP ECC System

Identify SAP Business Processes and their ranking
S/4HANA impact on the identified top Business Processes
Business Value Opportunity identification

S/4HANA Impact on the Critical Business Processes

S/4HANA Simplification list analysis for Critical Business Processes
Identify relevant Functional Impact areas
Identify SAP Fiori applications and innovations in S/4HANA for the relevant Business Process areas

Active User Analysis and Change Readiness

Analysis on Active users by LOB
Users listing for change readiness
Prepare for the S/4HANA journey and Realize Value

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Clean Core & Extensibility Assessment

Clean Core approach emphasizes minimizing customizations in the core system, ensuring that extensions are developed using standardized, upgrade-safe methods. By doing so, organizations can achieve a more agile, maintainable, and future-ready ERP environment. Clean core approach results in

Simplified Upgrades: With fewer customizations in the core, system upgrades become more straightforward, reducing downtime and associated risks.
Enhanced Stability: A standardized core minimizes potential conflicts and errors, leading to a more stable system environment.
Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): Maintenance becomes less complex, and the need for extensive testing during upgrades diminishes, leading to cost savings.
Accelerated Innovation: By staying close to standard functionalities, organizations can quickly adopt new features and innovations released by SAP.
Future-Ready Architecture: A clean core ensures that the system is prepared for future technological advancements and integrations.

Implementing Clean Core in Migration

When migrating to SAP S/4HANA, TSP considers the following steps to embrace a clean core strategy:

Assess Existing Customizations: Identify and evaluate current custom code to determine its necessity and potential for standardization.
Leverage SAP BTP: Utilize SAP BTP credits for developing side-by-side extensions, ensuring that custom functionalities are decoupled from the core.
Adopt Standard APIs: Ensure that all integrations and extensions use SAP’s released APIs, promoting stability and upgrade compatibility.
Educate Stakeholders: Train development and business teams on the principles and benefits of a clean core to foster organization-wide adoption.

By prioritizing a clean core during migration, organizations position themselves for long-term success, agility, and resilience in their ERP operations.

SAP Signavio

SAP Signavio Process Insights can serve as a pivotal tool in this preparatory phase, offering organizations a data-driven approach to assess and optimize their current operations. It evaluates the performance of your current SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA system. By analyzing real operational data, it identifies inefficiencies, process bottlenecks, and areas ripe for improvement. This insight is crucial for organizations aiming to streamline their processes before migrating to SAP S/4HANA.

Key Features and Benefits

Comprehensive Process Analysis: The tool examines end-to-end business processes, providing a clear picture of current performance metrics and highlighting areas that may hinder efficiency.
Identification of Improvement Opportunities: By pinpointing specific process inefficiencies, organizations can address these issues proactively, ensuring a more efficient system post-migration.
Data-Driven Decision Making: The insights garnered facilitate informed decisions regarding process optimization, resource allocation, and strategic planning for the migration.
Enhanced Stakeholder Engagement: The analysis results can be shared across departments, fostering collaboration and aligning teams on the objectives and benefits of the migration.
Foundation for Continuous Improvement: Beyond migration, the insights serve as a baseline for ongoing process enhancements, promoting a culture of continuous improvement within the organization.

Conclusion

Incorporating SAP Signavio Process Insights into your SAP S/4HANA migration strategy equips your organization with the necessary insights to optimize processes, mitigate risks, and ensure a successful transition. By understanding and addressing current operational challenges, you lay a solid foundation for a more efficient and agile ERP environment.

Sandbox Migration (Phase 0)

Test out SAP‘s next generation S/4HANA platform with your own data and business processes.

TSP can provide a one system ECC to S/4HANA migration (Sandbox) to any hardware platform (on-premise/ Cloud – AWS / GCP / Azure etc.) of your choice for $25,000 within 4-6 weeks.

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What Does TSP Deliver at the End of the Assessment?

TSP has completed 250+ SAP transformations and 150+ S/4HANA engagements globally. As a SAP Gold Partner, TSP’s pre-migration assessment is backed by delivery experience across manufacturing, life sciences, energy, and financial services industries. TSP Kelvin — the process heatmapping tool at the core of the assessment — is listed on the SAP App Store.

After completing an extensive pre-migration assessment we deliver a comprehensive migration roadmap to guide your business transition effectively.

Key Roadmap Highlights:

Business Impact Visibility
Detailed insights into how SAP S/4HANA will affect your current business processes and operations.
Evaluation of Existing ERP Components
- Reports: Analysis of necessary adaptations and potential enhancements.
- Interfaces and Integrations (including EDI): Evaluation to ensure compatibility and smooth transitions.
- BW/Analytics: Identification of required adjustments in reporting and analytics setups.
- Custom Enhancements: Assessment and optimization recommendations for existing customizations.
Innovations Showcase
Interactive walkthroughs highlighting SAP S/4HANA innovations tailored specifically to your industry and business needs.
Downtime Estimates
Realistic projections to facilitate optimal planning and minimal disruption.

Master Data Gap Analysis
Identification and strategies to address gaps and ensure data quality and integrity in the new environment.
Clean Core Opportunities
Clear identification of areas suitable for adopting a clean core approach, simplifying future upgrades and maintenance.
User Experience & Change Management
Evaluation of anticipated user experience changes and support for smoother user adoption.
Automation Opportunities
Strategic insights into process automation possibilities to enhance efficiency and reduce operational complexity.

Our structured roadmap ensures your organization transitions seamlessly to SAP S/4HANA, minimizing risks, maximizing benefits, and positioning your enterprise for sustained innovation and growth.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an SAP S/4HANA pre-migration assessment?

An SAP S/4HANA pre-migration assessment is a structured evaluation of your existing ECC landscape conducted before migration begins. It covers four dimensions: system compatibility (via SAP Readiness Check), process complexity (via process heatmapping and RICEFW analysis), data quality gaps, and integration dependencies. The output is a migration roadmap — a validated path with custom code decisions made, data gaps identified, and realistic timelines your steering committee can commit to.

How is TSP‘s pre-migration assessment different from SAP’s own Readiness Check?

SAP’s Readiness Check is a technical compatibility tool — it flags add-on compatibility issues, simplification items, and custom code syntax errors. TSP’s pre-migration assessment goes further: it evaluates business process complexity using TSP Kelvin and TSP ATLAS, performs Clean Core analysis, runs SAP Signavio Process Insights for process benchmarking, and produces an S/4HANA migration roadmap. TSP uses SAP’s Readiness Check as one input within a broader assessment framework — not as a substitute for it.

How long does an SAP S/4HANA pre-migration assessment take?

TSP’s pre-migration assessment typically runs 2–4 weeks depending on system complexity. It begins with a free 30-minute Phase 0 readiness call to understand your landscape and confirm fit. If there is a match, TSP deploys its assessment toolset — including TSP ATLAS, SAP Readiness Check, and Clean Core analysis — and delivers a complete migration roadmap at the end of the engagement.

What does the S/4HANA migration roadmap include?

TSP’s migration roadmap covers: a validated migration path (brownfield, greenfield, or selective data transition), custom code decisions with modernization flags per RICEFW object, master data gap analysis, integration and EDI compatibility assessment, downtime estimates, Clean Core opportunities, and an automation opportunity map. It is designed to give your steering committee the evidence needed to fund Phase 1 — not a directional slide deck, but a program plan your team can act on.

What is SAP Clean Core and why does it matter for migration?

SAP Clean Core is an architectural principle that minimizes customizations in the S/4HANA core system, requiring that extensions be developed using standardized, upgrade-safe methods via SAP BTP. For migration, Clean Core analysis determines which of your existing custom developments can be retired, which need to be rebuilt using SAP’s extensibility model, and which can remain. Organizations that adopt a Clean Core approach during migration reduce future upgrade costs and accelerate adoption of SAP’s AI and automation innovations.

When is the right time to start a pre-migration assessment?

The right time is now — regardless of your target go-live date. SAP ECC mainstream maintenance ends December 2027, and the organizations securing the best implementation outcomes are those that began assessment 18–24 months before their planned go-live. TSP’s assessment is deliberately designed to produce clarity even before a formal migration decision has been made — the output is often the evidence leadership needs to make that decision with confidence, not a commitment to act on it immediately.

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SAP S/4HANA Pre-Migration Assessment

Accelerate Your SAP S/4HANA Journey with Confidence

What Does an SAP S/4HANA Pre-Migration Assessment Include?

Discovery & Readiness Assessment

Business Process Scorecard

Sandbox Migration (Phase 0)

What Does TSP Deliver at the End of the Assessment?

Business Impact Visibility

Evaluation of Existing ERP Components

Innovations Showcase

Downtime Estimates

Master Data Gap Analysis

Clean Core Opportunities

User Experience & Change Management

Automation Opportunities

Frequently Asked Questions

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