Migrating to SAP S/4HANA from a myriad of disparate enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and legacy systems is a complex undertaking. When business data isn’t consistent across systems and there is limited governance over the existing data/IT landscape, it complicates what is already a time-consuming and resource-intensive migration process. This can lead to high risks, including data loss, data corruption and data integrity issues, which can severely harm your business operations.
Stibo Systems Platform mitigates these challenges by reducing business disruption, providing users with a complete onboarding solution and enabling organizations to maintain operational continuity during migration. This helps companies support business functions in both legacy ERPs and the new S/4HANA environment until full deployment is achieved. The platform delivers value across all migration stages by first aligning master data, then supporting co-existence of systems and finally enabling long-term digital initiatives post-go-live.
While modernizing its systems and tackling data challenges, Wiley chose Stibo Systems Platform as the foundation for its MDM strategy, placing a strong focus on data governance and change management. The result: improved data quality, increased efficiency and a successful migration to SAP S/4HANA.
Migrating to S/4HANA is often a multiyear undertaking that results in significant costs, which can affect resource allocation, timelines and budgets.
Stibo Systems Platform streamlines the migration process by ensuring that master data is cleansed, standardized and enriched before being integrated into S/4HANA. This allows you to reduce technical IT debt, consolidate data silos and harmonize data. Not only does this simplify the IT and systems environment, but it also reduces processing time by up to 40%, eliminates manual data duplication and minimizes the risk of costly post-migration rework.
Before your S/4HANA migration, Stibo Systems Platform consolidates data silos and harmonizes master data, ensuring reliable and consistent master data across all your systems and business units.
Its built-in data governance capabilities enable you to set clear data policies for data quality and compliance, resulting in a hassle-free transition from your legacy environment to S/4HANA with data you can trust.
Stibo Systems Platform acts as a single centralized source of truth for your ERP system, giving you master data that can be used to feed SAP and non-SAP environments without complex integrations.
This simplifies cross-functional workflows across departments like finance, human resources and supply chain management, making it easier to automate processes and unlock data from legacy systems. Doing so enables you to bridge the gap between SAP and non-SAP environments, reducing the overall complexity of end-to-end processes.
During the migration, you’ll also be able to access S/4HANA features and SAP data – such as embedded analytics, pricing optimization and flexible forecasting – allowing early adoption of S/4HANA benefits even before system cutover.
Stibo Systems Platform provides centralized control over data management processes, supporting data governance policies and regulatory requirements. This safeguards your company against data security risks and enables informed, compliant decision-making.
Ongoing data governance and maintenance keep master data clean and harmonious, which improves productivity and eliminates costs associated with data errors, delayed invoicing and inconsistencies post-migration.