Accelerate your SAP and SuccessFactors Payroll transformation
PRISM for Payroll is our specialist migration service powered by proprietary software to enable seamless, high-speed transformations to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll, S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, or SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA.

Reduce migration time by 50%
Cut costs by up to 50%
Minimize risks to near-zero
Software-enabled approach
Selective Data Transition (SDT) solution
SAP customers have several options for their digital transformation. There is no one-size-fits-all solution; your current landscapes and business requirements, as well as your future goals, will dictate which path is best for you.
When moving your SAP Payroll to the cloud, a robust migration strategy is crucial – especially with SAP ECC support ending soon. The advantages of cloud deployment are increasingly apparent. The challenge lies in adopting cloud capabilities without a disruptive and costly full-system migration. You may want to selectively transition critical Payroll data to the cloud, while keeping secure access to historical information.
It's important to find a path that allows you to capitalize on cloud innovation, while still maintaining the integrity and value of your current SAP Payroll investment.
PRISM for Payroll is a software-enabled, selective data transition solution to move your on-premises SAP Payroll to cloud payroll solutions such as SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll or S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, or upgrade to SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA (On-premises). It's a proven, best-practice solution which combines world-class SAP HR and Payroll consultancy expertise with leading-edge, SAP-certified acceleration software to ensure a successful transition. No matter which SAP destination you choose, our PRISM for Payroll solution ensures an automated, cost-effective move to the cloud.
Complex transformation projects need a specialized delivery methodology, and our PRISM approach ensures a successful outcome. It enables low-risk migrations quickly and easily, without requiring large-scale re-implementations. Our software solutions include data migration software, pre-configured payroll and HCM templates, payroll data verification and hybrid reporting solutions. And with our Archive Central solution, we can also decommission any historical data you don’t want to take to the cloud, giving you secure, role-based access to legacy data.
Our related solution, PRISM for S/4HANA, is an ideal solution for clients who wish to upgrade their Finance and other non-HCM systems to S/4HANA.
Free system assessment
Our PRISM for Payroll solution includes a free system assessment up front to help you make informed decisions on how to optimize your migration. The assessment consists of an SAP transport which collects critical structural data from your system, without exposing any confidential system data; you can then get insights into the analysis via an interactive, user-friendly web dashboard.
Seamless migrations and upgrades for your on-premises SAP HR and Payroll
Migrate to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll
Deciding on the optimal path to migrate your on-premises SAP Payroll to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll can be complex, but our PRISM solution will reduce the risk and accelerate your journey. We have the expertise and tools to help you migrate your complete history to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll quickly and easily, without requiring a full re-implementation.
PRISM for Payroll minimizes the technical conversion activities and business impacts typically associated with transformation projects. It allows you to copy data from on-premises to the new cloud system, compare data for accuracy, and report on all data throughout the process
We'll help you to:- Reduce your risk when moving to the ECP payroll engine
- Remove the need for payroll re-implementation
- Prepare and transform HCM data for ECP migration
- Integrate to EC and post to FI
- Get insights via our SAP-certified reporting solution, Query Manager
Migrate to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition is part of SAP’s continued commitment to helping customers continue to get ROI from their on-premise SAP investment while creating a bridge to the cloud and the future. This option is for existing SAP customers who:
- are satisfied with their existing on-premise HR, Payroll and/or Time and Benefits, and do not wish to move to SuccessFactors at this time;
- wish to start their journey to the cloud, and reduce hardware and infrastructure costs;
- are looking for a guaranteed support date to at least year-end 2040; and
- would like the least invasive option for their current HR and Payroll, while future-proofing their business.
PRISM for Payroll is an automated, SAP-approved solution that accelerates the transition to a new landscape, and minimizes the technical conversion activities and business impacts typically associated with an S/4HANA transformation. As it’s a turnkey migration service offering a real-time upgrade, business risks and costs associated with a traditional S/4HANA HCM conversion are significantly reduced. PRISM gives you ‘transformation without re-implementation’.
With PRISM you can take your custom code with you, but it may need to be adapted to work on the S/4HANA Core technology platform. Your assessment will identify any items for attention and review. Also, if the source system is not Unicode compliant, we can provide assistance during the migration process.
Upgrade to SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA (on-premises)
SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) for SAP S/4HANA (previously known as H4S4) is a variation for SAP customers who wish to extend their current investment in SAP ERP HCM. It allows continued use of the on-premise SAP talent solutions, including learning and recruiting (subject to licensing). It can be deployed either within the SAP S/4HANA environment or run standalone.
SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA is designed as a continuity plan for customers who require extra time to move to SAP SuccessFactors, and still need or want to maintain their on-premise infrastructure. Those customers who wish to extend their support for SAP on-premise talent modules, including Learning Solution (LSO) and/or e-Recruiting, in addition to their core HR (Personnel Administration and Organizational Management) have a choice with this offering.
PRISM for Payroll is the ideal solution to enable you to upgrade to SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA.
Cut time and costs: phased approach for efficient migrations
During the PRISM process, we use our proprietary Kinetic methodology. Kinetic consists of six phases and is based on the SAP Activate methodology. Working closely in partnership with our clients, we follow a series of distinct steps, from the first analysis after your system assessment, followed by agreed blue-prints, and all the way through to Go-Live. There are clear actions and deliverables at each phase to make sure that every project is managed efficiently and has a successful outcome.
Why choose PRISM to support your business transformation?
Identify and mitigate project risks early
Our free assessment tool gives you critical information about your SAP system to help you understand your migration path. It’s simply a download that includes an SAP transport that will run on your SAP environment, without exposing any of your employee or confidential system data.
HCM and Payroll carve-outs
Accelerate your move to the cloud with specialized HCM transformation solutions. Free your system from legacy solutions and maintenance.
Optimize your SAP landscape
Manage your SAP landscape with flexibility as your business transforms. Take only what you need on your cloud journey.
Comply with data privacy regulations
Data privacy and compliance should be built into the design of your new landscape. Our sophisticated tools help you support GDPR and other data privacy regulations.
Increase agility in your landscape
Use your migration as an opportunity to move SAP workloads to the cloud, providing unprecedented scalability and flexibility.
Supporting many Partners
EPI-USE Labs works alongside many System Integrators (SIs) and SAP consultancy firms to provide the Payroll migration within larger transformation projects.
In a short amount of time, EPI-USE Labs was able to get ECP back on track within the timeline. They lifted the whole SAP instance on-premise, and moved it to SuccessFactors. They took our existing payroll configuration, and drastically minimized the amount of time we had to spend configuring our ECP instance in SuccessFactors. EPI-USE Labs used their Data Sync Manager solution to migrate production data, with a transfer rate of 85GB an hour across the duration of the Sync. In the first hour, we frequently saw over 100GB transferred. Another benefit was that the EPI-USE Labs’ solution allowed us to bring over much more history and enough data to meet legal requirements.
Don Parker, AGM of IT Department, NAL
The Transform Purdue project was an ambitious undertaking that required the right software and implementation partners for us to be successful. Moving to SAP S/4HANA allowed us to modernize our business processes, resulting in year-over-year cost savings while leveraging our SAP investment. Couple this with EPI-USE’s extensive reputation for transforming how higher education does business, and we had a winning combination. We look forward to our continued partnerships and supporting the university’s core mission to be a leading educator and expand knowledge sharing globally.
Victoria Farnsworth, Executive Director, IT Enterprise, Purdue University
EPI-USE Labs consultants know the SAP Data model, and could advise us on the best possible strategy for migrating the data. We were able to keep all the value from our SAP Payroll while modernising our landscape. Having EPI-USE Labs help us to deliver the migration on time and within budget meant we could focus on the overall project.
Edwin van Teeffelen, SAP Project Manager, PostNL
EPI-USE brought immense value to our company. Thanks to EPI-USE and EPI-USE Labs' solutions, we were able to decouple HCM, upgrade to EHP8 and change the database from Oracle to HANA in one step. The success of the entire project and the subsequent smooth operation has confirmed to us that separating SAP HCM into a separate instance was the right path for O2.
Ivan Šeda, Teamleader, HRIS, O2 Czech Republic a.s.
Our pre-project mapping process added a lot of value, and taking the free PRISM assessment early in the process reduced the risk of unpleasant surprises. Change is hard and it is happening over time - we are still working on this. Overall we found the move of payroll with PRISM went smoothly and we had no major issues. All our data was taken care of, and we are happy to run payroll in our new system.
Lene Mossberg, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
Previously, generating payroll reports was a manual and time-consuming process, as it required gathering data from multiple files. With EPI-USE Labs' Query Manager, once designed, the report is generated in minutes, even in one minute. This saves time and allows access to up-to-date SuccessFactors data, facilitating decisions and planning in different areas.
Fanny Guachamin, Head of Payroll, Pronaca
We believe there was lower complexity and risk by carving out, rather than creating something new. We felt it was the best approach for enabling any separation activities, because the HCM solution could be copied over to a new SAP instance if required on separation; and Vector would be on their standalone HCM system. With all the corporate activity that was expected in the coming years in RCL FOODS, it was also a great opportunity to use your EPI-USE Labs software and know-how, and especially trial the software capability.
David Allaway, Transformation Management Office - Commercial Executive, RCL FOODS
EPI-USE Labs helped us implement our SAP roadmap, and the team is always available when we need them. We achieved upgrades into the HANA space within short timelines and at low costs; the migration was seamless with no interruptions in work. We now have efficient technical support and effective IT management tools.
Raven Mahabeer, General Manager: Information Management at Aberdare Cables
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