What you can achieve with SDT
Here is a list of things that can be changed using selective data migration when you move to S/4 instead of going greenfield or simply upgrading brown field.
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If sorting any of these out is the reason you are going for a longer and possibly riskier and more intense greenfield project, maybe you should think again…
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The list is not exhaustive, ask me if you want to know more, and you can of course change more than one thing at once!
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And at the bottom, find two things you can’t!
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Following is a high-level possibility for sales orgs, purchase org. At a lower level, even possible to harmonize order types etc. as well.
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·??????Merge of sales areas covers unification of sales areas during migration to SAP S/4HANA for example – combining two different combinations of sales orgs, sales channel, division into a target sales area
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·??????Merge of purchasing organization:?Combining two purchase org into a target purchase org
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·??????In Plant Maintenance, new functional location and Hierarchies, WBS etc.
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·??????And in Finance:
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New GL Implementation Scope could be pure technical and can include additional scope
·??????Pure technical implementation (update of new relevant tables without additional functionalities)
·??????Implementation of technical split only
·??????Implementation of functional document split on PC and Segment
·??????Implementation of Ledger solution
·??????Activation of ledger group-specific clearing
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·??????Implementation of ledger group-specific fiscal variant
·??????Profit centre enrichment
·??????Replacement of Special Ledgers
·??????Enhancement of customer specific dimensions
·??????Transfer of FI plan data
·??????Implementation of new asset accounting
·??????Switch of depreciation areas in asset accounting
Controlling area merge
·??????Controlling area (CA) merge
·??????Currency conversion
·??????One fiscal year variant
·??????One chart of accounts
·??????One operating concern
Profit centre accounting
Balance sheets on profit centre level and an income statement according to the cost-of-all-sales method
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Chart of accounts harmonization
Conversion of balance sheet structures etc.
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And, as promised, here are the two things you can’t change:
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1.??????Home currency change - Additional currencies can be changed but not the main one
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Cross Unit of Measure - Standardization / harmonization
SAP Strategy and Solution Architect
1 年Really glad to see this blog, SDT has certainly grown in popularity in recent years and can span from a Brownfield scope to a near Greenfield enabling a greater flexibility for the customer to choose how much change they'd like to adopt ontop of the mandatory. Big fan of SDT, it often makes sense.
SAP FICO Team Lead / Manager
1 年Makes sense, can move portions at a time without disruption or risk.
Technology Leader, SAP S4/HANA Central Finance (Cfin) IT Transformation, ERP Delivery and Transformation Programmes, Global Process Design and Optimisation
1 年Great article and definitely another alternative to take into consideration
Vice President, Engagement Director at Capgemini
1 年Great blog and I agree that SDT is a great option if you aim to harmonize, consolidate (instances, clients, operating concerns, controlling areas) and also when the effort to sort out inconsistencies, do CVI conversion etc is too heavy. The possibility to reuse processes without the need for redesign them is also a huge benefit and saves a lot of time (if ain’t broken, don’t fix it)
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1 年Thanks for sharing David Lowson