If you’re planning an S/4HANA migration, here’s a statistic that should concern you: 60% of SAP migration projects experience significant delays due to data quality issues. Not technical complexity. Not change management. Data.
This article explores why data quality derails migrations and what you can do to avoid becoming part of that 60%.
The Hidden Data Problem
Most organizations underestimate the state of their legacy data. After years—sometimes decades—of operation, ECC systems accumulate:
- **Duplicate records** from acquisitions, regional data entry, and system integrations
- – **Inconsistent formats** for dates, addresses, tax IDs, and other fields
- – **Orphaned references** where master data points to records that no longer exist
- – **Policy violations** where data doesn’t meet current business rules
This “data debt” is invisible in daily operations. SAP ECC is forgiving—it## The Hidden Data Problem
Most organizations underestimate the state of their legacy data. After years—sometimes decades—of operation, ECC systems accumulate:
- **Duplicate records** from acquisitions, regional data entry, and system integrations
- – **Inconsisthey’re unprepared. By investing in proper data quality tooling before migration, you can join the 40% that hit their go-live dates on schedule.
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