ERP & Industry Software

Migrating from SAP ECC to a Custom ERP for Pune Manufacturers

Pune manufacturers on SAP ECC face an S/4HANA upgrade bill. How to assess a custom ERP instead, and migrate plant operations without disrupting supply.

Purushottam Kumar Suman
Purushottam Kumar Suman
Founder & CEO, Drema AI
6 min read
Engineers planning a system migration

Many Pune suppliers implemented SAP ECC because customers or group companies expected it. With older versions approaching the end of mainstream maintenance, partners are quoting conversion projects to S/4HANA that rival the original implementation in cost.

01

What the upgrade involves

New licence or subscription termsOften a move to subscription pricing
Database changeTo HANA, with infrastructure to match
Custom code remediationExisting customisations reworked
Data conversion and testingA full project cycle
Continuing maintenanceAnnual, as before
02

The alternative

If your SAP use is centred on production, stores, dispatch and finance for one or a few plants, a custom ERP covers it for a one-time cost, fits the shop floor better and removes the yearly bill.

An upgrade buys you the same processes on a newer version. Ask what else that money could build.

03

Migration without missing a dispatch

1. Shop floor and qualityNew system beside SAP
2. Dispatch and customer documentsTested per customer
3. Stores and purchaseAfter stock reconciliation
4. FinanceAt a year or quarter boundary
5. ArchiveSAP data extracted and retained
04

Customer and audit requirements

Customers require delivery, traceability and EDI compliance, not a specific ERP. Auditors require controls and trails. Both can be met; we document them.

05

Cost

One development cost, a free first year of AMC, code ownership.

One-time
Development cost, agreed before work starts
1 year
Of AMC included free after go-live
Yours
Source code and data, with no per-user fee
Purushottam Kumar Suman
Written by
Purushottam Kumar Suman
Founder & CEO, Drema AI

Founder and CEO of Drema AI. Builds AI systems, SaaS platforms and industry software — and writes about what actually survives production.

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