Three good reasons why IT managers should focus on their customs and global trade issues sooner rather than later.
Goodbye to SD-FT
The migration to S/4HANA does away with key customs and global trade features that were available in ERP Standard.
Now it's up to you to find viable alternatives.
Compliance alert
SAP GTS 11.0 will be discontinued after December 31, 2025. To ensure continued compliance, you'll need to migrate to an alternative solution.
Resources maxxed out
Most companies are currently implementing or at least planning their S/4HANA transformation. Who has time for anything else?
What this means:
Familiar features are going away.
The SAP S/4HANA® for International Trade module is doing away with many familiar standard features - and only a few are being carried over.
What's staying
Product classification, INTRASTAT processing, and country- and product-specific export control are currently available. And if you license through the S/4HANA cloud, you'll also still have access to person-specific export control (sanctions list screening).
What's going away
Customs management, origin of goods, preference calculation, and customizations will no longer be supported under the new technology.
There are no shortcuts on the migration journey.
GTS 11.0 will be discontinued at the end of 2025. This is more than just the transition to a new version. It's a transformation, with a profound shift in underlying technology. This means users have no choice but to upgrade their solution by December 31, 2025.
Anyone who misses the deadline is unlikely to get updates or support for GTS 11.0. The current information is that there will be no extended maintenance. Most importantly, SAP is unlikely to continue providing updates for changes to the law, meaning that compliance will no longer be ensured.
SAP's Clean Core Strategy makes the option of adapting the existing system and implementing the frequent regulatory changes on your own far too cost-prohibitive.
Another transformation project: one more obstacle on your S/4HANA migration journey.
Is your company still planning or navigating its migration to SAP S/4HANA? Do you even have the capacity for another transformation project? Time is of the essence. Counting on external consultants? Good luck with that: Most are already fully booked.
The first step of your journey ...
... is to ask the right questions:
Can my IT team handle another migration or implementation project? How can I keep down costs, maintain compliance, and make up for the lost features? And what options do I even have?
Three possible paths along your S/4HANA journey.
Option A:
You treat GTS migration like any other migration project and decide between the greenfield, brownfield, or selective data migration approach.
- Uses all features of the “on HANA” edition
- Requires a lot of resources - both financial and human
Option B:
Develop whatever is missing in-house.
- Compensates for the lost features and master data from SAP SD-FT
- Ensures compliance beyond the end-of-support for SAP GTS 11.0
- Saves additional licensing costs
- Requires a huge amount of work
- Highly error-prone
- No guarantee that in-house fixes will work over the long term
Option C:
Turn to SAP-certified add-ons. This is also a viable temporary strategy for ensuring compliance while accessing the features you need.
- Compensates for the lost features and master data from SAP SD-FT - using AEB AI, for example
- Ensures compliance beyond the end-of-support for SAP GTS 11.0 - with AEB Compliance Screening and Export Controls
- Uses flexible pricing models that only bill you for the features you actually need
- Can be up and running in 10 days* - no complicated migration project required
* May vary based on size and lead time of project.
Proven partnership
Matthieu Sonntag
Sales & Account Manager
“Before I offer a solution, I want to understand the customer's need to add value throughout the supply chain.”