John Carter

A practical guide to reducing migration risk, supporting Clean Core, and protecting post-go-live execution AUDIENCE CIOs, transformation and data leaders PRIMARY QUERY What are the biggest risks in an SAP S/4HANA transformation? STATUS Publication-ready draft An SAP S/4HANA transformation can be technically ready and still be operationally exposed. The reason is simple: the new ERP will inherit the quality, ownership gaps, approval friction, and structural inconsistency embedded in the master data that runs the business. When those issues are discovered late, the program absorbs them as rework, testing delays, cutover risk, and post-go-live disruption. Direct answer: S/4HANA master data readiness means ensuring that the customer, supplier, material, finance, asset, and other master data required by the new environment is accurate, governed, appropriately owned, and aligned to the future operating model before migration. T...

A Familiar Retail Story: Everything Looks Right – Until It Isn’t The campaign is live. The product images look great. The price is competitive. Yet, your customers complain that the item is “out of stock” online while stores show excess inventory. Finance flags margin leakage. Supply chain teams argue with merchandising. Everyone has data, but not the same data. It is not a technology failure. It is a master data failure . Speed is the new currency to run modern retail – new products, new suppliers, new channels, new expectations. However, speed without structure quietly erodes accuracy. Retail Master Data Management [MDM] provides the much-needed structure of a single source of truth ensuring accuracy, traceability, and accountability for all data assets across your organization. Has Master Data Become a Pressure Point for Retail In the last decade, the retail landscape has changed dramatically with the rapid adoption of omnichannel touchpoints spanning the digital and ph...