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SAP S/4HANA: An Overview and Key Considerations
What Is SAP S/4HANA?
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been the cornerstone of SAP solutions since the company was founded in 1972. SAP’s first packaged mainframe software application, SAP R/2, was released in 1979, and was followed by SAP R/3, SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 5.0, and SAP ECC 6.0. SAP’s current flagship enterprise ERP solution, SAP S/4HANA, was released in 2015, and was a significant shift for the organization as it ran exclusively on the SAP HANA database.
Modules included in an SAP S/4HANA system include: Asset Management, Finance, Human Resources, Manufacturing, R&D/Engineering, Sales, Service, Sourcing and Procurement, and Supply Chain. Each of these modules consist of multiple applications that offer specific features and functionality, as well as industry-specific and enhanced line-of-business functions.
SAP S/4HANA: An Overview and Key Considerations
What Is SAP S/4HANA?
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been the cornerstone of SAP solutions since the company was founded in 1972. SAP’s first packaged mainframe software application, SAP R/2, was released in 1979, and was followed by SAP R/3, SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 5.0, and SAP ECC 6.0. SAP’s current flagship enterprise ERP solution, SAP S/4HANA, was released in 2015, and was a significant shift for the organization as it ran exclusively on the SAP HANA database.
Modules included in an SAP S/4HANA system include: Asset Management, Finance, Human Resources, Manufacturing, R&D/Engineering, Sales, Service, Sourcing and Procurement, and Supply Chain. Each of these modules consist of multiple applications that offer specific features and functionality, as well as industry-specific and enhanced line-of-business functions.
Key Considerations for SAPinsiders
- SAP S/4HANA is the solution that SAP wants enterprise ERP customers to be running, but it is about more than simply adopting technology. According to Tom Janoshalmi, the former Global Head of SAP Digital Core Move, organizations need to look at their move to SAP S/4HANA to being about a connected story not just a technology upgrade. While SAPinsider research has shown that many organizations look at SAP S/4HANA largely because of the upcoming end of maintenance for core SAP ERP releases, more see a move to SAP S/4HANA as the opportunity to re-engineer and update processes and configurations. Janoshalmi agrees. He wants organizations to focus on the value they can derive from SAP S/4HANA and what they can achieve moving forward. You can hear more about why the move to SAP S/4HANA is important by reading SAPinsider’s interview with Janoshalmi.
- SAP S/4HANA is the core around which organizations can build their transformed landscape. When Eczacıbaşı Building Products needed to update their existing systems and processes, they looked at SAP S/4HANA as the central part of their update. The overall process involved a complete evaluation of all their current processes and implementing technologies that would increase agility while boosting customer brand experience. SAP S/4HANA was used to connect all the different parts of the business in that process. This article covers more about the Eczacıbaşı project, as does this event session where they discuss their results.
- SAP continues to enhance SAP S/4HANA by including it in RISE with SAP. RISE with SAP is not a new product, but an offering that includes assets that help organizations achieve transformation. The central part of this is SAP S/4HANA Cloud, the software-as-a-service version of SAP’s flagship ERP solution. Damien Johnson from SAP explains in this session what RISE with SAP is, and how it impacts organizations’ existing SAP S/4HANA projects.
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Home Depot’s Finance Transformation Journey to achieve Next Generation Close, Consolidate & Report CapabilityJun 15, 2023 — Discover Home Depot’s Finance Transformation journey to achieve Next Generation Close, Consolidate & Report capability using Group Reporting, BlackLine and Workiva solutions working in concert together on SAP S/4HANA Central Finance platform.
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Unleash the Power of SAP Data with a Modern Data ArchitectureJun 14, 2023 — Stockland, a leading creator of connected communities in Australia, has harnessed the power of SAP data through the implementation of S/4HANA and AWS. This modern data architecture enables a centralized view across all business units and assets, while also providing business unit-specific insights. Learn how Stockland leveraged AI/ML to drive informed decision-making and embedded analytics into their operations, revolutionizing their approach to data management.
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Pizza And Public Cloud: Leveraging SaaS to Manage Aggressive Growth and Continuing Changing TimesJun 14, 2023 — Discover how MOD Pizza, one of the fastest-growing fast-food pizza companies in the US, managed aggressive growth and business transformation by leveraging a pure SaaS environment. Learn about their adoption of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP SuccessFactors, the challenges and successes encountered during their early adopter journey, and the evolution of the intelligent enterprise and connected cloud.
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Fiori Embedded Analytics in SAP S/4HANA. What Are These Analytics?Jun 14, 2023 — Fiori embedded analytics in SAP S/4HANA offers real-time visualization of data, providing operational reporting capabilities for users. With various types of pages, objects, and charts available, understanding their purpose can be overwhelming. Read the presentation to explore the different types of Fiori Embedded analytics, including purpose-built apps for specific work groups and processes, and discover how these apps can offer flexibility and extend the use of your data.
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Leading the Enterprise Digital Growth with Finance: Aligning Business Processes to SystemsJun 14, 2023 — Finance sits at the heart of business operations which means system and business process changes anywhere within a business can impact finance processes. As business becomes more and more complex, having a complete overview of what is happening in the organization becomes more relevant, yet even more challenging. With Finance being an organization’s lifeblood, it’s even more critical for Finance professionals to have that visibility and not just become a passive and reactive end in the overall organization dynamics. Organizations have revolutionized their finance process by leveraging SAP’s Digital Core viz., SAP S/4HANA, enabling them to have a continuous “blood-check” of the organization, and even transforming it to a new level.
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Putting the Cloud into SAP at Country Fire Authority (CFA)Jun 14, 2023 — Learn from Country Fire Authority (CFA) as they share their experience in de-coupling shared SAP systems with Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) and implementing a multi-phase approach to migrate, modernize, and upgrade their SAP systems on the cloud as part of their SAP S/4HANA strategy.
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Re-Imagining Application Lifecycle Management: SAP’s Cloud ALM, Solution Manager, and Focused RunJun 14, 2023 — Explore the re-imagined Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions from SAP, including SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager, and SAP Focused Run, and their benefits in supporting cloud transformation, streamlining processes, and reducing risks. Gain insights into choosing the right ALM solution for your landscape and learn how to leverage SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager, and SAP Focused Run to enhance system management.
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Value Chain Analysis and SAP’s Intelligent Enterprises: Your Competitive AdvantageMay 16, 2023 — Organizations are constantly on the lookout for the best ways to gain and maintain a competitive advantage over other businesses in their sector. To help organizations understand their competitive advantage, Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter developed a powerful framework called value chain analysis to help organizations to identify and focus on activities that result in higher customer value and price or lower costs.
New technologies in S/4HANA are going in the right direction to support integrated end-to-end business processes and visibility to activities within the value chain.
In this article, SAPinsider expert Vanda Reis demonstrates how SAP S/4HANA improves the view the value chain for organizations and how this can provide significant benefits.
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Webinar: SAP S/4HANA Migration 2023May 2, 2023 — SAP S/4HANA migration continues to be one of the most important topics of discussion for SAP ERP customers. Since it was released in 2015, around 22,000 customers have licensed the solution, with approximately two-thirds of that number having completed a deployment. SAPinsider started tracking SAP S/4HANA adoption in 2019 and since that time, we have noted a steady growth in those reporting they are using it. This is consistent with the numbers that SAP has reported in quarterly earnings calls, although the focus in the last year has been more on the cloud ERP story, to which SAP S/4HANA Cloud is central. This year’s data shows that, as we approach the 2027 maintenance deadline, this has again become the primary factor impacting SAP S/4HANA adoption.
Organizations are aware that the cost and length of an SAP S/4HANA deployment project can be significant when there is an existing ERP implementation, and time is now of the essence if there is a goal of switching to SAP S/4HANA before the end of 2027. Organizations must leverage the time they have to begin their preparations for a move off their existing ERP systems. Even if there are no immediate plans to begin a deployment, the better the preparation, the smoother the deployment. Utilize time wisely over the coming years to ensure that you are ready no matter what the future brings.
Download the benchmark report to read the full data analysis from 161 members of the SAPinsider community and receive recommendations for your own plans.
- Explore the factors behind the move to SAP S/4HANA
- Learn what strategies they are implementing to support their ERP plans
- Understand how organizations are approaching their ERP decisions
- See what technologies they are implementing to support their ERP planning
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