根据数字转型服务提供商LeanIX的一份报告，尽管对SAP ECC内部部署套件的支持将在2030年结束，但只有少数目前是SAP客户或计划成为SAP ERP用户的公司已经完成了向该公司S/4HANA系统的迁移。
在LeanIX的一项调查中，只有12%的当前和潜在SAP ERP用户完成了向S/4HANA的过渡，S/4HANA是SAP基于云的ERP套件，运行在HANA内存数据库上。该报告调查了美国和欧洲的100名企业架构师、IT经理和其他IT从业者。报告称，另有12%的受访者表示他们打算迁移，但推迟了S/4HANA转型的开始，74%的受访企业正处于ERP转型旅程的评估和规划阶段。
SAP在2015年推出了S/4HANA，预计其现有的3.5万名客户(据Gartner估计)将转换为新的ERP系统。然而，SAP自己的收益披露显示，S/4HANA一直在吸引更多的新用户，而不是现有的SAP ERP客户。在2021年最后一个季度，大约一半的S/4HANA用户是新用户，在过去两个季度，60%的S/4HANA用户是SAP的新客户。
一、团队之间的协调是最大的挑战
在LeanIX的调查中，近66%的受访者表示，当涉及到S/4HANA迁移时，协调(尤其是IT团队之间)是最大的挑战。报告写道:“这可能是由于SAP内部团队的规模:在63%的公司中，这些团队通常由50人以上组成。”
此外，它还指出，只有极少数SAP团队与企业架构师密切合作，企业架构师可以清楚地了解复杂的ERP环境及其在企业整个软件环境中的依赖关系。只有33%的受访者认为SAP和企业架构团队之间的协作是密切的，22%的受访者说团队之间根本没有协作。报告显示，在所有接受调查的企业架构师中，只有38%的人认为自己充分参与了转型项目。
二、ERP、软件依赖带来了挑战
由于缺乏与企业架构团队的协作，近50%的受访者表示，他们认为目标架构或路线图的定义以及ERP系统与周围软件环境之间依赖关系的识别都是SAP S/4HANA迁移的挑战。
当被问及这些场景的透明度水平时，只有20%的受访者表示他们总是有一个全面的概述，或者可以在一个月内完成，47%的受访者表示他们需要超过三个月的时间来提供企业使用的所有应用程序和系统的概述，包括所有ERP解决方案和依赖项。
三、ECC迁移到S/4HANA过渡期的不确定性
尽管SAP ECC的支持时间即将结束，但企业迁移到S/4HANA所需的时间仍然存在不确定性。
虽然Gartner估计或规定S/4HANA过渡的理想周期为三到五年，但近36%的受访者表示可能需要三年以上的时间，33%的受访者估计升级需要不到两年的时间。然而，当被问及目前计划的S/4HANA过渡时间是否足够时，37%的受访者表示他们无法给出估计，29%的受访者表示他们没有遵守计划的时间并超过了计划的时间。报告显示，只有33%的受访者估计他们能够按照计划的时间表完成ERP转型。
原文：
Only a minority of companies who are either current SAP customers, or plan to become SAP ERP users, have completed their migration to the company’s S/4HANA system, even though support for its ECC on-premises suite will end in 2030, according to a report from digital transformation services provider LeanIX.
Just 12% of current and intended SAP ERP users responding to a LeanIX survey have completed the transition to S/4HANA, SAP’s cloud-based ERP suite that runs on the HANA in-memory database. The survey polled 100 enterprise architects, IT managers and other IT practitioners across US and Europe.
Another 12% of those surveyed said they intend to migrate. But have postponed the start of their S/4HANA transformation, and 74% of enterprises that were polled are just at the evaluation and planning phase of their ERP transformation journey, LeanIX reports.
SAP introduced S/4HANA in 2015, expecting its existing base of 35,000 customers (as estimated by Gartner) to convert to the new ERP system.
However, SAP’s own earnings disclosure show that S/4HANA has been attracting more new users rather than existing SAP ERP customers. In the last quarter of 2021, about half of all S/4HANA were new users. And for the last two quarters, 60% of S/4HANA users were new SAP customers.
Alignment among teams the biggest challenge
Almost 66% of respondents to the LeanIX survey said that alignment. Especially among IT teams, is the biggest challenge when it comes to S/4HANA mirgation.
“This may be due to the size of internal SAP teams: In 63% of the companies. These teams are often made up by more than 50 people,” the report reads.
Further, it states that only very few SAP teams work closely with enterprise architects. Who can provide clarity about complex ERP landscapes and their dependencies within the whole software environment in an enterprise.
Only 33% of respondents termed the collaboration between the SAP and enterprise architecture teams in their enterprise as close. And 22% of respondents said that there is no collaboration between the teams at all.
Out of all of the enterprise architects surveyed, only 38% feel sufficiently involved with a transformation project, the report shows.
ERP, software dependencies pose challenges
And due to the lack of collaboration with enterprise architecture teams, almost 50% of respondents say that they see both the definition of the target architecture or roadmap and the identification of dependencies between ERP systems and the surrounding software landscape as challenging for SAP S/4HANA migration.
When asked about the level of transparency into these landscapes. Only 20% of respondents said they always have a comprehensive overview or can achieve it in under one month. With 47% of respondents saying that they would need more than three months to provide an overview of all applications and systems. Including all ERP solutions and dependencies, used by an enterprise.
Uncertainty over HANA transition period
Despite time for support for SAP ECC coming to an end. There is still uncertainty over the time needed for an enterprise to move to S/4HANA, according to the report.
While Gartner estimates or prescribes a three-to-five-year period as ideal for S/4HANA transition. Almost 36% of respondents said that it could take more than three years, followed by 33% respondents estimating that it would take less than two years to upgrade.
However, when asked if the time currently planned for S/4HANA transition would be enough. 37% of respondents say that they would not be able to give an estimate. With 29% saying that they have not adhered to the time planned and overshot it.
Only 33% of respondents estimate that they will be able to complete the ERP transformation according to their planned schedule, the report shows.
本文由数字化转型网翻译而成，作者：Anirban Ghoshal，翻译：数字化转型网郑亚茹，翻译审核：数字化转型网默然。
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