Migration is an investment, but delay is a cost that compounds every year. We quantify both: the ROI of moving now versus the rising price of standing still past 2027.
Boards approve S/4HANA programs on numbers, not deadlines. The migration has a real cost — but so does delay, and the delay cost is rarely on the table: extended-maintenance premiums, a shrinking ECC talent pool that bids up rates, mounting security exposure, and the AI and automation value you forgo every quarter you stay on ECC. This page frames both sides so you can make the call with a defensible business case rather than a countdown clock.
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Stakeholders see a large capital number for S/4HANA and stall, because the offsetting savings and the cost of doing nothing were never quantified next to it.
Extended-maintenance surcharges, rising contractor rates, and forgone automation don't show up on a single line item — so 'wait another year' feels free when it isn't.
Without a TCO baseline and a modeled payback period, the business case is a narrative, and narratives lose budget fights to projects with hard ROI.
Every quarter on ECC is a quarter without Joule, embedded AI, and process automation — benefits that accrue only after the move and never get back-credited.
A quantified model — investment, savings, payback, and 5-year TCO — that survives finance scrutiny and competing budget requests.
The annual 'delay tax' modeled in dollars: maintenance premiums, talent inflation, security risk, and forgone value, year by year.
Realistic payback period and ROI for your landscape, not a vendor average — grounded in your custom-code, data, and infrastructure baseline.
Move from 'we know we have to' to 'here's the number that says when and why' — the difference between a stalled and an approved program.
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Quantify productivity from Fiori, in-app analytics, and embedded AI versus your current ECC process cost.
Model hardware, database, and Basis run-cost reduction — especially on RISE or HANA Cloud versus aging on-prem ECC.
Extended-maintenance surcharges, talent-rate inflation, and forgone value modeled per year you remain on ECC.
Estimate the Joule and Business AI benefits that become available only after migration — the opportunity cost of waiting.
Put a number on the rising security, compliance, and audit risk of running ECC past mainstream maintenance.
Migrate-now versus delay scenarios on a single five-year horizon, so the cheapest-looking path is tested against true total cost.
A proven methodology refined across 100+ engagements
Inventory current ECC run cost: maintenance, infrastructure, Basis effort, contractor rates, and custom-code footprint.
Build migrate-now and delay scenarios across a five-year horizon using your numbers and the cost estimator as a starting point.
Price each year of delay: extended-maintenance premium, talent inflation, security exposure, and forgone AI/automation value.
Produce ROI, payback period, and a board-ready business case comparing investment against savings and cost of delay.
| Factor | Migrate in 2026 | Delay to 2027+ |
|---|---|---|
| Maintenance & support | Standard maintenance | Extended-maintenance surcharge, then premium |
| ECC talent & contractor rates | Stable, available | Scarcer and pricier every year |
| Security & compliance | Full patch coverage | Selective patches, rising exposure |
| AI & automation value | Captured from go-live | Forgone each quarter on ECC |
| Implementation partners | Available, less booked | Capacity crunch near deadline |
| 5-year total cost | Front-loaded, then declining | Compounding delay tax on top of eventual migration |
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