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§ 01 — Classification
"SAP and the migration crisis": West Trax in WirtschaftsWoche
"SAP and the migration crisis": West Trax in WirtschaftsWoche
"SAP and the migration crisis": West Trax in WirtschaftsWoche
In issue 26/2026, WirtschaftsWoche describes how companies are mastering the transition to S/4HANA – and presents the analyses of West Trax at Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions and De-Vau-Ge.
In issue 26/2026, WirtschaftsWoche describes how companies are mastering the transition to S/4HANA – and presents the analyses of West Trax at Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions and De-Vau-Ge.
Section 02 — Background
“Customers have been pushing for a long time. Now, finally, the software giant is helping with the IT transition. Perhaps too late. Other solutions have existed for a long time.” – this is how WiWo editor Michael Kroker begins his analysis.
“Customers have been pushing for a long time. Now, finally, the software giant is helping with the IT transition. Perhaps too late. Other solutions have existed for a long time.” – this is how WiWo editor Michael Kroker begins his analysis.
Michael Kroker, WirtschaftsWoche
The background: Support for SAP ECC will end by late 2030 at the absolute latest. The transformation tools announced by SAP will not arrive until the third quarter at the earliest – which is why many companies are already relying on independent analyses today.
The background: Support for SAP ECC will end by late 2030 at the absolute latest. The transformation tools announced by SAP will not arrive until the third quarter at the earliest – which is why many companies are already relying on independent analyses today.
§ 03 — Customer Examples
The article describes two examples in detail:
The article describes two examples in detail:
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In-house developments decommissioned — identified before the start of migration
Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions has been analyzing the actual utilization of its over 25-year-old ECC system with the KPI Analyzer since mid-2025. The result: of more than 820 in-house developments, hundreds were not used by anyone – 700 could be decommissioned even before the migration started. The analysis took a few hours instead of the usual two to three months, according to Commercial IT Head Alexander Schurba.
Robert Bosch Manufacturing Solutions has been analyzing the actual utilization of its over 25-year-old ECC system with the KPI Analyzer since mid-2025. The result: of more than 820 in-house developments, hundreds were not used by anyone – 700 could be decommissioned even before the migration started. The analysis took a few hours instead of the usual two to three months, according to Commercial IT Head Alexander Schurba.
De-Vau-Ge from Lüneburg managed the S/4HANA migration with three developers in seven months – "without a single day of production interruption," as IT Chief Hartmut Schröder reports. The KPI Analyzer provided the overview of the custom developments in the legacy system.
De-Vau-Ge from Lüneburg managed the S/4HANA migration with three developers in seven months – "without a single day of production interruption," as IT Chief Hartmut Schröder reports. The KPI Analyzer provided the overview of the custom developments in the legacy system.
"At some point, we realized that our customers lacked this kind of basis for making decisions in their transformation projects."
"At some point, we realized that our customers lacked this kind of basis for making decisions in their transformation projects."
Diana Bohr, Co-CEO West Trax
Section 4 — Read Article
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Source: WirtschaftsWoche No. 26/2026 from 19.06.2026, Author: Michael Kroker. © Handelsblatt GmbH. All rights reserved. By kind permission of Handelsblatt GmbH.