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Upgrade Your SAP Systems with Applexus

Upgrade Your SAP Systems with Applexus

Applexus supports enterprises in upgrading their SAP systems with a focus on stability, compliance, and long-term value. For ECC environments, we help organizations stay within supported releases by applying the latest enhancement packs and ensuring functional continuity. For those already on S/4HANA, we enable smooth transitions to newer versions, helping adopt the latest features and stay aligned with SAP’s roadmap. Each upgrade is planned and executed to ensure consistency across business processes, system performance, and future integration needs.

Business Value of SAP ECC and S/4HANA Upgrades

Improve overall system performance, stability, and reliability.
Adopt new features that support evolving business processes.
Align with SAP’s clean core approach to simplify future upgrades.
Enable integration with modern tools for reporting and analytics.
Stay compliant with SAP’s supported releases and maintenance schedules.

SAP Upgrade Service Offerings

Each system has its own mix of business processes, custom developments, and operational constraints. Our upgrade services are designed to address this complexity with clear, structured offerings that meet different technical and strategic needs. Some organizations need to stay on ECC but ensure they’re running a supported, stable version. Others are ready to adopt the S/4HANA platform with minimal disruption. In both cases, it's essential to modernize the system landscape—by reducing custom code, optimizing data volumes, and improving upgrade efficiency. Applexus brings a practical, business-aligned approach to every upgrade, ensuring that each effort delivers lasting value, improved system performance, and a stronger foundation for the future.

ECC to EHP Upgrade

Upgrade to the latest enhancement packs to stay within SAP support, improve system performance, and introduce functional updates without disrupting existing processes.

ECC to S/4HANA Upgrade (Go Lite)

Migrate to S/4HANA through minimal, focused changes in code and data, while adopting clean core practices to support future readiness.

Advanced Upgrade

Deliver structured upgrades across heavily customized or globally distributed systems, with an approach focused on minimizing risk and maintaining business continuity.

Custom Code Modernization

Identify outdated or unused custom code, simplify the codebase, and align developments with SAP’s clean core principles to support easier future upgrades.

Data Volume Optimization

Reduce system footprint by archiving historical data, cleaning unused tables, and managing growth to support faster upgrades and sustained performance.

The Applexus Advantage

The Applexus Advantage

Proven Expertise: With over 15 years of SAP transformation experience, we’ve led upgrades for some of the world’s most complex enterprises using proven frameworks and hands-on expertise.
Tailored Solutions: Your business isn’t standard, and neither are our upgrade strategies, which are designed to reflect your operations, reduce risk, and scale with your transformation roadmap.
Powered by CeleRITE: CeleRITE accelerates complex SAP upgrades by automating up to 80% of code remediation, validating changes, and laying the foundation for a clean core environment.
Comprehensive Support: Our engagement extends far beyond go-live, with dedicated post-upgrade support to stabilize performance, resolve issues quickly, and help you maximize long-term value.

Our Approach

Assessment

We start by assessing your current SAP environment, identifying potential risks, and understanding your business requirements.

Planning

Our experts design a comprehensive upgrade plan, outlining timelines, scope, and potential challenges.

Execution

Using our proprietary tools and accelerators, we execute the upgrade efficiently, minimizing downtime and disruptions.

Validation & Testing

We conduct thorough testing to ensure that your upgraded system is optimized and fully operational.

Post-Upgrade Support

Even after the upgrade, our team remains available to address any issues and ensure smooth operations.

Tools and Accelerators

Our purpose-built tools streamline SAP upgrades, cut down manual effort, and ensure accuracy across code, access, data, and configuration.

Code Transformation Studio

Remediates 70–80% of custom code using AI and automation, with tools for analysis, carve-out, documentation, and optimization.

Data Transition Studio

Performs selective, block-based data migrations with profiling, cleansing, and transformation to minimize downtime and ensure data quality.

Access Control Migration Studio

Analyzes, remediates, and migrates roles and user access data, decommissioning obsolete roles and securing future-ready access structures.

Config Synchronization Studio

Assesses configuration impact, extracts and compares configurations across systems, and transforms them for seamless S/4HANA alignment.

Integration Transformation Studio

Simplifies and accelerates the migration from legacy systems to SAP BTP Integration Suite. With AI-powered automation, it reduces complexity, minimizes manual effort, and ensures a smooth transition to a modern, scalable integration landscape.

SAP Upgrade Assessment

SAP Upgrade Assessment

Our structured assessment highlights system gaps, aligns stakeholders, and defines a clear roadmap for a successful SAP upgrade.

Discovery: Analyze your current SAP system to identify inefficiencies, technical debt, and areas for optimization.
Readiness: Assess gaps across data, custom objects, and integrations to determine how prepared your system is for S/4HANA migration.
Strategy: Define a data-backed roadmap with timelines, costs, and the right migration model to meet business and technical goals.
Blueprint: Define a clear upgrade plan tailored to your business, combining technical priorities, process improvements, and team readiness to ensure long-term success.