Seamless S/4HANA Transition: Leveraging data stewardship platform for strategic migration success

Bollineni, Pavan Kumar (2025) Seamless S/4HANA Transition: Leveraging data stewardship platform for strategic migration success. Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 23 (2). 016-024. ISSN 2582-5003

Transitioning to SAP S/4HANA represents a transformative milestone for organizations, with data migration across critical business domains posing significant challenges that demand sophisticated solutions. This article provides a detailed examination of how the Data Stewardship Platform (DSP) enables successful S/4HANA data migration through domain-specific workflows and technical integration capabilities. By analyzing the unique migration requirements for financial data (AP/AR), master data, assets, and Work in Process (WIP), it demonstrates how DSP extends SAP's native migration tools with specialized extraction routines, transformation logic, and multi-dimensional validation frameworks. The article details specific migration phases, sequencing strategies, and technical approaches for each business data domain, providing concrete methods for preserving critical business relationships despite S/4HANA's simplified data model. Through industry case studies and implementation examples, we illustrate how organizations achieve significant improvements in migration accuracy and efficiency across various business sectors. From domain-specific extraction techniques to comprehensive reconciliation frameworks, this exploration of technical migration strategies offers a detailed roadmap for leveraging DSP capabilities to ensure data integrity while accelerating the transition to S/4HANA's advanced business functionality.