How to maintain a future proof HR and Payroll Operations if you are currently using SAP HCM On-premise
SAP has put an end of life on their On-premise solution. What is the impact moving to a cloud solution and what are possible alternatives to manage your HR and payroll operations?
SAP has announced the end of maintenance for their On-premise HCM solution. In these blogs we will try to help you navigate the migration options SAP offers moving to one of their other solutions, as well as some alternatives you could consider for parts of your HR and payroll operations.
SAP On-premise end of life
If your organization is using SAP On-premise for HR-related activities, you are likely aware of the announced end of life in 2027. Numerous organizations face uncertainty regarding the best way to move towards a future payroll setup as SAP offers a variety of possibilities. For example, you have the options to:
- Buy extended maintenance
- Lift and shift to S4 together with other ERP functionalities
- Move to SAP SuccessFactors and SAP
The questions we now hear are "What do these options actually mean?" and "What is the course of action for us as an organization?".
Purpose of this blog series
We will publish a series of blogs helping you to best answer these questions. We will address each of the proposed options by SAP as well as the challenges we see related to workforce management, time and payroll. This not only means explaining the options from an SAP lens, but also presenting considerations related to differentiating your strategy and processes including alternative applications, which can be considered to support (parts of) your HR and payroll operations.
How we can help
We hope these blogs will enable you to more comfortably make the best decision for your organization. However, we are also more than happy to get in touch to help you apply the information to your organization and demonstrate what a tailored road map may look like. If you are interested in a lab on this topic you can reach out to:
Gert-Jan Koops – Director SAP HCM (gkoops@deloitte.nl)
Guus Brouwers – Senior Manager SAP HCM Payroll (gbrouwers@deloitte.nl)
