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Manufacturing ERPManufacturing ERP cost: what you pay and where it goes
What an ERP costs a manufacturer by company size, where the money goes in a plant (shop-floor integration, master data, testing and finance design) and the hidden costs that land after the contract is signed.
· 10 min read
SAP testingS/4HANA testing strategy: cycles, criteria and roles
What an S/4HANA testing strategy has to decide: the test cycles, who owns each one, the entry and exit criteria between them, and the sections the strategy document needs before Realize starts.
· 10 min read
SAP testingSAP regression testing: upgrades, releases and scope
SAP regression testing proves that a change, an upgrade or a new release has not broken processes that already worked. How to scope it with impact analysis, keep up with cloud releases and stop project and support changes tripping over each other.
· 9 min read
SAP testingSAP test automation: where to start and when it pays
When SAP test automation earns back its cost, where to start, how the frameworks differ, and what SAP Cloud ALM, Solution Manager and SAP Test Automation by Tricentis already give you.
· 10 min read
SAP testingSAP test data management: masked, production-scale data
SAP test data has to look like production and must not be production. How to get masked data at production scale into your test systems, which copy methods and tools fit, and where privacy law draws the line.
· 10 min read
SAP testingSAP testing explained: types, phases and owners
What SAP testing is, the six types every S/4HANA programme needs, where each sits in SAP Activate, who should own it and how much of the programme it takes.
· 10 min read
SAP testingSAP user acceptance testing: who owns it and how to run it
SAP user acceptance testing is where the business proves the system runs its processes before go-live. Who owns it, how long it takes, and how to run scripts, defect triage and sign-off.
· 10 min read
SAP Migration CockpitSAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit step by step
The SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit loads master data and open items into a new S/4HANA system. This is the process step by step, the choice between staging tables and direct transfer, and how to run it as a programme rather than a tool.
· 11 min read
ECC to S/4HANAS/4HANA migration timeline and project plan by path
How long an ECC to S/4HANA migration takes on each path, what the project plan holds in each SAP Activate phase, and where migration timelines slip.
· 9 min read
ECC to S/4HANASAP Readiness Check and S/4HANA migration assessment
The SAP Readiness Check tells you what in your ECC system collides with S/4HANA. A migration assessment tells you what to do about it. Here is what each covers, how to run the check and where it falls short.
· 10 min read
SAP testingSAP performance testing: load, concurrency and tools
SAP performance testing proves, before go-live, that the system holds up when many users and jobs hit it at once. Concurrency tests on production-level masked data, judged against criteria agreed in advance.
· 11 min read
Planning & SelectionWhy SAP projects go over budget and how to stop it
Most SAP budget overruns start with a low number at the start and a real scope that only appears in the Explore phase. The causes, the warning signs and the controls that stop it.
· 9 min read
StrategySAP implementation vs rollout: differences and when to pick
A rollout is not a smaller implementation. What separates the two, when each fits, and why rollouts fail on localisation and people rather than technology.
· 8 min read
Planning & SelectionSAP implementation partners in the USA by tier
A partner mismatch has delayed more SAP projects than bad configuration. The tier matters less than the fit: industry depth, team continuity and the people who actually turn up.
· 16 min read
StrategyResource allocation planning for SAP projects
Most SAP resource plans assume a stability that disappears once execution starts. Plan by role and by SAP Activate phase, confirm availability in writing, and revise the plan every week.
· 13 min read
Planning & SelectionWhat is SAP implementation? Steps, phases and process
SAP implementation explained: the six SAP Activate phases, the planning that has to come first, the team you need and what RISE, GROW and clean core change. SAP will not fix broken processes; it will expose them.
· 12 min read
StrategySAP implementation timeline: phase durations and 5 mistakes
How long an SAP implementation takes on GROW, RISE and ECC paths, how long each SAP Activate phase runs, and the five planning mistakes behind most overruns.
· 11 min read
Planning & SelectionSAP business case template: get approval without delay
SAP business cases stall because of how they are written, not because of the technology. The structure, the costs that must be in it, and how to show ROI a CFO will believe.
· 9 min read
Crisis & RecoveryHow to start your SAP implementation project right
Most SAP implementation problems are visible in month one. What to settle before configuration starts, and the six failure patterns to watch for.
· 9 min read
TechnicalBest SAP documentation tools every team should use in 2026
The tool is rarely why SAP documentation fails: the structure around it is. This guide matches tools to each documentation job in 2026 and shows the combination I recommend for a typical S/4HANA programme.
· 9 min read
Written by Noel D'Costa
25 years in ERP delivery across SAP, Oracle and Microsoft, now a chief technology officer. I write from the programmes I have run, for the people making these decisions.
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