Strategies for a Successful SAP LO-VC to AVC Migration

Are you Planning to Migrate to SAP Advanced Variant Configuration (AVC)?

Free support for SAP ECC 6.0 is planned to end in 2027. Customers are now planning their migration to SAP S4/HANA®*.

S4/HANA® provides a new variant configuration management application named AVC and SAP is strongly urging its customers to migrate from the existing variant configuration management application LO-VC to AVC.

Configit Ace® can be a compelling option that can both support existing product models in SAP and provide a more modern, cloud-based variant configuration solution.​

*SAP S/4HANA is the trademark or registered trademark of SAP SE or its affiliates in Germany and in other countries.

Explore the Four Migration Strategies

Option 1

Extract LO-VC Models to SaaS-based Configit Ace®

Option 1 SAP
Advantage: Extend lifetime of LO-VC models and take advantage of Configit Ace® as a SaaS solution to enable consumption in any system, anywhere.

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Option 2

Migrate LO-VC Models & Manage Configurations in Configit Ace®

Option 2 SAP
Advantage: Benefit from the market’s best SaaS configuration management solution and build new models in Configit Ace®.

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Option 3

Migrate LO-VC to AVC and Extract Configurations into Configit Ace®

Option 3 SAP
Advantage: Build new models in Configit Ace® or build in SAP AVC while extending lifetime of LO-VC models.

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Option 4

Validate your AVC Configuration Models in Configit Ace®

Option 4 SAP
Advantage: Leverage the openness and advanced capabilities of Configit Ace® for AVC product models to validate that they are 100% correct. Then expose to CPQ tools and web portals.

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20+ Years of Experience Helping SAP Customers Make Their Models Consumable

Configit Ace® was the only offering we found that truly understood
the challenges of complex configurations."

— Wilhelm Bielert, Senior VP and CIO, Premier Tech Systems and Automation

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See how Configit Ace® can streamline your shift from LO-VC to AVC.

Strategies for a Successful
SAP LO-VC to AVC Migration

Jesper Blak Møller, Director of System Architecture revisits migration strategies and assesses some of the new challenges that have emerged.

Option 1
Extract LO-VC Models to SaaS-based Configit Ace®

✔ Extract LO-VC models into Configit Ace® using SAP Extractor

✔ Allow LO-VC models to be consumed by any system via open, web-based, highly scalable APIs with the same behavior as in SAP

✔ Support CPQ sales processes​

✔ Support integration with PLM​

✔ Configit Ace® is the market’s best product variant and configuration management solution available both on-prem and as SaaS​

Option 2
Migrate LO-VC Models & Manage Configurations in Configit Ace®

✔ Migrate LO-VC configuration rules to Configit Ace® using “Shell KMAT” approach

✔ Once compiled as VT™ packages, it is possible to use Configit Ace® advanced validation, verification, and analysis

✔ Expose LO-VC models through high-performance REST APIs​

✔ Configit Ace® is the market’s best product variant and configuration management solution available both on-prem and as SaaS​

Option 3
Migrate LO-VC to AVC and Extract into Configit Ace®

✔ Convert AVC models to VT™ packages(*) and verify and analyze models in Configit Ace®

✔ Expose AVC models through high-performance REST APIs​

✔ Build new models in either SAP AVC or Configit Ace® (using the shell KMAT approach)

✔ Leverage the openness and advanced capabilities of Configit Ace® for both LO-VC and AVC product models​

(*) Roadmap feature

Option 4
Validate your AVC models in Configit Ace®

✔ Extract AVC models to Configit Ace®

✔ Verify and analyze models in Configit Ace®​

✔ Expose through high-performance REST APIs

✔ Enables consumption by any system​

✔ Continue to author and maintain in SAP AVC

Discuss Your Migration Plans with Configuration Expert Jesper Blak Møller

Jesper Blak Møller, Director of System Architecture at Configit, brings 20+ years of experience to ensure you achieve success with your variant configuration management project.

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