What Successful S/4HANA Projects Do Differently | Customer Insights with CIDEON

What makes an SAP S/4HANA project truly successful? It’s rarely just the technology. In this interview, Sarah Mei Niesel from Global Product Marketing for PLM Solutions at SAP speaks with Peter Vandrey from CIDEON Software & Services, an SAP partner, about what sets successful SAP S/4HANA transformations apart. Drawing on their experience with Elementaranalyse Systeme GmbH, they discuss why strategic clarity, aligned processes, and structured product data are essential to long-term project success. You’ll learn why SAP projects often run into challenges when requirements are unclear or product data is inconsistent, and how a strong foundation from day one can help reduce complexity, rework, cost, and time to market. The conversation also explores the role of SAP Engineering Control Center in creating a stable foundation for product data and enabling smoother collaboration between engineering and downstream processes. Watch to gain practical insights into how companies can build a scalable, future-ready engineering and documentation landscape as part of their SAP S/4HANA transformation. Listen to the full discussion in the “Inside SAP S/4HANA Cloud” podcast: 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZuR0irCBBU6QO7enpP2et 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/de-episode-02-sap-engineering-control-center/id1483791349?i=1000764241186 Chapters: 00:00 - What makes an SAP S/4HANA project successful? 00:33 - Why SAP projects rarely fail because of technology 01:08 - Lessons from Elementaranalyse Systeme GmbH 01:53 - The role of SAP Engineering Control Center 02:46 - Why clean product data matters from day one 03:01 - Listen to the full podcast discussion Follow us on social: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sap/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sap Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SAP/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@sap About SAP: As a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, SAP stands at the nexus of business and technology. For over 50 years, organizations have trusted SAP to bring out their best by uniting business-critical operations spanning finance, procurement, HR, supply chain, and customer experience. For more information, visit: https://www.sap.com/index.html #SAP #S4HANA #DigitalTransformation