The move to S/4HANA is not a binary choice. It’s not ‘transform everything’ or ‘migrate only technically’. In reality, it's a spectrum of routes with different impacts on processes, data, organization, lead time and costs.

Migration questions like this often land at the IT desk, where it gets filled in from a technical perspective. Logical. Defensible.

But the real value comes from aligning it with your strategy, be it growth, international expansion, cost leadership, or agility.

 That’s where friction starts: strategy is set at the top, while the migration choice is made further down the line. Without alignment, the ERP transformation can quietly redefine your operating model, cost structure and strategic flexibility for the next decade.