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References
https://www.erpfocus.com/hillarys-blinds-sap-implementation.html
https://searchsap.techtarget.com/feature/Hillarys-Blinds-speeds-SAP-S-4HANA-upgrade-with-Panaya-tool
https://www.sap.com/documents/2017/04/4c1f5ae3-b67c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html
https://www.panaya.com/blog/sap/hillarys-wins-sap-award-for-fast-s4hana-migration-with-panaya/
https://news.sap.com/sap-s4hana-system-conversion-at-airbus-ds-optronics/
https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/business-analytics/kurlon-becomes-the-first-smes-to-implement-sap-s4-hana/53379654
https://diginomica.com/2016/08/04/sap-s4-hana-the-numbers-and-the-business-case …

… rejiggering of the application, and as such, SAP does not have the bandwidth to add significant new amounts of functionality.
ECC, S/4HANA’s predecessor, has been stabilized for some time, with SAP adding most of the new functionality in applications outside of ECC.
The Logic for Moving to S/4HANA
Also, to add to the pile of frustration, our support contract with SAP was running out of shelf life with no possible way of extension. So, running out of options, we started looking for an up-to-date ERP solution.
The support contract should have had no problem …

… Case
The lack of a business case for implementing something like S/4 at such companies is a prime indicator that these implementations were undertaken purely for marketing reasons.
Little Need for Any ROI
Consulting companies that implement S/4HANA can add S4/HANA to the resume of many of their consultants. And those skills are rare. This sort of thing is done to get skills and to get marketing coverage. The system benefits are secondary. An ERP system makes no sense for a consulting company, but this has happened several times with S4.
S/4HANA Implemented by SAP …

… for S/4HANA brings up questions regarding either the scope of S/4HANA at BN or the accuracy of the reported project duration. BN would have benefited from having no previous SAP ERP system, as the previous ERP system was Microsoft Dynamics AX. And on the topic of project duration, the BN project has one of the only published project plans that have been made available. But there are quite a few issues that arise from analyzing this timeline.
The project timeline shows 2.5 months from the kick-off to go live rather than three months.
Some interesting …

… that prospect because it’s going to cost a lot of money, it’s going to take a lot of time, a lot of business resources and opportunity costs regarding what else we could be doing,” Bond said. “It’s not a very compelling business case, and that’s where the Panaya tool was a part of what helped transform us this time around.” – TechTarget
Upgrading S/4HANA?
But while the company this time is substantial, and would fit into the category of a traditional SAP ERP customer, there are holes with this case study. This is because the …