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SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition
Myths & Perceptions
▪ Key Characteristics of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition
▪ Myths & Perceptions of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition
▪ How to implement
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition
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Most experienced partner SAP S/4HANA CLOUD, PUBLIC EDITION
Scheer. The Process Experts.
Ferry.bogaards@scheer-group.com
Machiel.raaijmakers@scheer-group.com
Stefan.Bauer@scheer-group.com Host
Moderator
Josien.vanderburg@scheer-group.com
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Introduction Scheer Key Characteristics of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition Myths & Perceptions of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition How to implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition?
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Main markets: America, Asia, Europe
offices customers employees
Main sectors: chemicals, consumer products and retail, financial services and insurance, government, higher education and research, manufacturing and automotive, pharmaceuticals and life science, service sector, utilities
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Our focus on S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Our core competency is
• Harmonizing SAP Best Practices with your required end-to-end business processes
• Our preferred method is to create a Cloud Mindsetwith a process oriented "fit-tostandard" approach. Talk the language ofthe business.
• Our goal is to establish an intelligent ERP foundation, facilitating the seamless adoption of future innovations of SAP’s Public Cloud solutions.
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Introduction Scheer Key Characteristics of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition Myths & Perceptions of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition How to implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition?
S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition
55 Localization Countries
The key characteristics
tailored for many industries
800+ Scope Items
33 Languages Personalized Launchpad
Insight to action Situation Handling
Business AI
SAPS/4HANA PUBLIC EDITION
languages localizations Enterprise Ready extensibility
Useability
SAPBUSINESS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
scope integrations
3-system landscape
Sandbox
Separate Development Tenant
Activate methodology and CALM
4,700 Integrations
300 Business Events
Central Business Configuration
User: In-App Extensions
Developer: Side-by-Side Extensions
S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Enable data-driven decisions with embedded analytics + predictive analysis Identify business issues, notify end users, and provide follow-up actions.
Automate time-consuming tasks and improve workflows by minimizing manual tasks
enable automation, predictive analytics and improved decision making
Collaborate with peers in directly from the ERP processes
in the context of
S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition – Intelligence 2408 SP2 introduces powerful new AI based on Generative AI
Agenda
Introduction Scheer Key Characteristics of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition Myths & Perceptions of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition How to implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition?
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition - Myths and Perceptions
1. S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition is not customizable
2. Public Edition is only suitable for small or medium sized business (SMBs) 3. Public Edition is less secure than On-premise solutions
Public Edition lacks Industry specific capabilities
It cannot integrate with non-SAP systems
Updates are disruptive and hard to manage
Migrating to Public Edition is overly complex and costly
Public Edition is “one-size-fits-all” 9. Public Edition is only for greenfield projects 10. There is limited control over the system compared to on-premise
1. Not Customizable? –> Ready-to-Run industry best practices
Finance
• Accounting and Financial Close
• Receivables and Payables Mgmt.
• Cost Mgmt. & Profitability Analysis
• Governance, Risk and Compliance
Procurement
• Sourcing and Contract Management
• Treasury & Working Capital Mgmt.
• Operational Procurement incl. buying experience
Manufacturing
• Material Requirements Planning incl. Demand Driven and/or Predictive MRP
• Make to Stock, Make to Order & Engineer to Order
• Quality Management
• Supplier Management & supplier invoice management
• Procurement Analytics
Sales
• Environment, Health and Safety R&D
• Project Control
• Product Compliance
• Advanced Variant Configuration
• Product Change Management
• Bill of Materials Management
• Customer Order Management
• Customer Returns
• Billing and Invoicing
• Price Management
• Sales Rebate Management
• Sales Analytics
Service
• Service Order Management
• Service Contract Management
• In-House Repair
• Service Execution
• Service Billing and Invoicing
Asset Management
• Asset Health Monitoring
• Asset Fault and Incident Response Management
• Tactical Asset Management Planning
• Asset Management Resource Planning
• Service Monitoring and Analytics
SupplyChain
• Core Inventory Management
• (Advanced) ATP Processing
• Warehouse Management
• Transportation Management
Cross Functions
• Extensibility and Integration
• Embedded Analytics
• Situation Handling
• Responsibility Management
• Data Protection and Privacy
• Logistics Cross Topics (Batch Serial Number, Handling Unit, Business Process Scheduling)
Industry Capabilities
• Service Industries
• Discrete Industries
• Consumer Industries
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Public Services
1. Not Customizable? –> Central Business Configuration
1. Not Customizable? –> Extensibility options
2. Only suitable for SMB’s -> Modular Application Portfolio
Close automation and orchestration
Customer experience management, e.g. eCommerce, sales engagement and customer data management
Business network
manufacturing Sustainability footprint management Sustainability control tower
Operational procurement
Inventory
Production engineering
Enhanced payment matching and clearing
Centralized bank integration
External credit agency integration
Real Estate management
Subscription billing
Customer experience
Ariba Catalog Solution business management Orderand contract management
Financial planning and analysis
Expense management professional
Group close and reporting
Cash Management & advanced cash pooling
Sourcing and contract mgmt.
Supplier management
Procurement analytics
Invoice management
Warehousing
Delivery and transportation
Orderpromising
Business process scheduling
Logistics cross topics
Production planning
Manufacturing operations
Manufacturing options
Quality management
Manufacturing insights
Accounting and financial close
Financial operations
Cost management and profitability analysis
Enterprise risk and compliance
3 SL delivers control and scalability to serve implementation project needs of all project sizes
3. Less secure as On-premise -> SAP Trust Center
The SAP cloud portfolio is built on a strong, reliable, and secure foundation. Global cloud delivery services through SAP protect you from external threats, help you collect and process personal data lawfully, and enable you to meet regulatory and compliance requirements.
4. Lacks Industry specifics -> Ready to Run industry best practices
Service Industries
Professional Services
High Tech Software
Media Agencies + Content Banking
Industry Capabilities
• Bid-to-cash lifecycle of customer projects
• Contract-based Services
• Subscription Billing Integration
• Solution Order Management (XaaS)
• Media Product Hierarchies
• Banking General Ledger Enhancements
Consumer Industries
Wholesale Distribution
Scope details in the Digital Discovery Assessment (DDA)
Consumer Products Retail
Industry Capabilities
• Process, Discrete and Outsourced Manufacturing
• Real-time MRP and Order Promising
• Batch Management and Handling Units
• Customer Incentive and Rebate Programs
• Supplier Rebate and Chargeback Management
• Retail merchandise management
• Machinery and equipment maintenance (Agribusiness)
Public Services
Public Sector incl. Non-Profits
Higher Education + Research
Industry Capabilities
• Grants Management incl. Projects
• Gov. Budget Mgmt.
• Earmarked Funds
• Fund Accounting (GASB)
• Funds, Grants, Budget Dashboards
• Gov. Budget Planning
Industry Capabilities
• Design-to-Delivery lifecycle of products
• Make-to-stock, Make-to-order, Engineer-to-order
• Real-time MRP, capacity planning and scheduling
• Just-in-time (JIT), Just-in-sequence (JIS)
• Advanced configuration of products, services + solutions
• Planning + scheduling of subcontracting operations
• Handling units, Serial numbers, Batch management
• Process Manufacturing with co- and by products
• Advanced available-to-promise with alt. plants/products
• Joint venture accounting and field logistics
• Maintenance scheduling & execution including resources
• Batch product characteristics (length, width, grade, etc..)
• Advanced intercompany sale and stock transfer
• EH&S including incident management
5. Cannot integrate with non-SAP –> integrations Scheer delivered
6. Updates hard to manage –> Upgrade schedule with
minimal disruption.
SAP provides communication, and tools for testing and to preview changes
7. Migrating is complex and costly –>Easy to use SAP Migration Cockpit
The data migration approach and tools are simple to use and increase the speed of implementation.
8. Public Edition is “one-size-fits-all”
Flexibility through extensibility tools and for highly specialized requirements, businesses can use Side-by-Side Extensibility on SAP BTP, ensuring their unique needs are addressed without disrupting core functionalities
9. Public Edition is only for greenfield projects
10. There is limited control over the system compared to on-premise
Yes, correct SAP-managed infrastructure and applications, while the customer controls configurations, user roles, and data.
Conclusion:
S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition, is designed for standardization, scalability, and rapid innovation. While it emphasizes simplicity and efficiency, the tools for extensibility, integrations, and industry-specific capabilities ensure it meets diverse business needs.
Let’s look in the S/4HC system
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition - Myths and Perceptions
1. is not customizable
2. only suitable for small/medium sized businesses
3. less secure than On-premise solutions
4. lacks Industry specific capabilities
5. cannot integrate with non-SAP systems
6. Updates are disruptive and hard to manage
7. Migrating is overly complex and costly
8. “one-size-fits-all”
Configuration, In-App & BTP extensions
55 localizations & 33 languages
SAP ensures highest Security & Compliance
Full ERP functionality for many industries
S/4HC on BTP for integrations & extensions
Upgrades & Updates are non-event
With a Cloud Mindset implementations are fast
(Key-user) In-app and side-by-side extensibility
9. only for greenfield projects
10. limited control over the system
Full ERP functionality for many industries
Customer controls config., user roles & data access
What tell our customers us
Flexibility of the modular ERP and continuous innovations
Activate and go!
Happy Users
Low TCO
Happy with the upgrade information and tooling
Speed of implementation
Openness and Extensibility
Supporting tools (Activate, CALM, CBC, EnableNow) for implementation and operational
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Introduction Scheer Key Characteristics of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition Myths & Perceptions of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition How to implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition?
How to implement S/4 Public Cloud?
SAP Activate Journey Overview and Key Milestones
Feedback from customers ... Lessons Learned
Start with S/4HANA Cloud training before the start of the project
Invest in creating a Cloud Mindset
Time spend during Fit-to-standard will save time in realization
Realization in Sprints of 2 – 4 weeks with demo by key-users
So, don't wait and start with Saas-ERP for your Business
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Introduction Scheer Key Characteristics of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition Myths & Perceptions of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition How to implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition?
