Shh! It’s Supposed to be a Secret: Staying on ECC Doesn’t Mean Standing Still.
Many SAP ECC customers plan to remain on ECC until 2030—some even longer. Transitioning to S/4HANAs can be complex, expensive, and risky. For many organisations, ECC is stable, reliable, fit for purpose and highly customised to business needs.
However, some are concerned that staying on ECC means standing still. But this needn’t be the case. There are many ways to modernise with cost-effective third-party applications.
Let's take Looply, for example; staying on ECC doesn’t mean you need to accept an outdated user experience.
Looply gives ECC customers a low-cost, high-impact way to modernise workflows, approvals, and notifications—without touching core SAP, Fiori, or waiting for an S/4HANA migration.
By bringing SAP workflow actions and business notifications into Microsoft Teams, Looply enables organisations to deliver a modern, intuitive, mobile-friendly user experience on top of ECC—at a fraction of the cost of traditional UX projects.
A Simple, Fast Way to Modernise ECC
Most SAP ECC workflows still run through SAP GUI, email, or the classic SAP Business Workplace. These approaches are functional but outdated. They slow approval cycles, frustrate business users, and force people to jump between multiple systems to complete simple tasks.
Looply solves this instantly by bringing SAP ECC workflow items into Microsoft Teams, where business users already spend most of their day.
No new SAP front-end. No heavy digital UX project. No custom Fiori build. No structural ECC changes.
Just a modern experience layered cleanly and securely over your existing SAP processes.
Real, Practical Examples
Looply already supports a wide range of ECC workflows and operational scenarios. These examples show how much value can be unlocked—without touching your underlying ECC setup.
For example, purchase requisition approvers can see key PR data directly in Teams and can approve, reject, or request clarification instantly—dramatically reducing cycle times.
The same is true for purchase order approvals. Finance and procurement leaders can review and action POs in seconds, improving governance and spend control.
Other examples include general journal verification, simpleMDG master data approvals, leave requests and approvals, employee data validation, tio name a few.
Why This Matters for ECC Customers
Staying on ECC does not mean your business needs to tolerate outdated processes, workflows, or user experience. Something that management, boards, and many users and team members alike may be concerned about.
But solutions like Looply deliver a modern experience today—with almost no disruption.
Looply is lightweight, fast to implement, and delivers immediate value. For ECC customers delaying an S/4HANA migration, it’s an affordable way to modernise now. It overlays existing workflows—so there is no risky development, no major infrastructure updates, and, importantly, no impact on future S/4HANA migration plans.
A Practical Way to Modernise ECC—Without the Cost of Transformation
Organisations are often led to believe modern UX is impossible without S/4HANA. Fiori development is lengthy and expensive, and other SAP native options are limited. However, Looply proves otherwise.
In about 8 weeks, SAP teams can give their users a modern, mobile, Teams-based approval and notification experience—boosting productivity and improving compliance with minimal investment.
There are other areas in which ECC modernisation is possible, too. But if you plan to stay on ECC for the next several years, Looply offers one of the simplest, most cost-effective ways to modernise your user experience—today.
About Leg Up Software
Leg Up Software is an expert in SAP IT operational and infrastructure software automation solutions.
We know the SAP operations and infrastructure automation solutions landscape and have already done the legwork identifying the best available solutions.
We have excellent relationships with many software vendors, including the Looply development vendor, Arch and can negotiate an evaluation process that best suits your circumstances and budget.
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