ESSENTIAL ROADMAP FOR ENTERPRISE MIGRATION
CONTENTS Why SAP S/4HANA
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Migrating to SAP S/4HANA
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T-Systems and HPE Advantage
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Essential Roadmap For Enterprise Migration • Why SAP S/4HANA
INTRODUCTION TO SAP S/4HANA SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA) is a new business suite of applications, optimised on Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) infrastructure, and designed for a digital and connected world. It is intended to serve as a digital business foundation, helping enterprises like yours to enable digital transformation, predict customer preferences and drive business outcomes. The combination of performance improvements, real-time analytics, the simplified architecture and new functionality being delivered in S/4HANA on HPE, can enable significant process innovation.
Instant, real-time insights for better decisions SAP S/4HANA uses in-memory technology and embedded analytics to help businesses shift from ‘sense and respond’ to ‘predict and act.’ The ability to have transactions and analytics in one system provides users the capability to analyse, report, simulate and predict in real-time.
SAP S/4HANA is the
biggest product launch in the last 23 years and perhaps in the company’s history.
Reinvented processes for higher performance
Bill McDermott SAP CEO
Embedded analytics bring transactional data and analytics onto one platform with one single source of truth which helps to unlock hidden trends and opportunities in real-time while gaining competitive business insights.
Proactive decision-making with FIORI user experience SAP FIORI is a collection of apps, newly written by SAP, which addresses the most frequently used SAP functions, such as workflow approvals, information lookups, and self-service tasks. They provide easy-to-use and straightforward access across desktops, tablets and smartphones.
Simplified architecture for lower TCO S/4HANA has a hybrid transactional/analytical processing (HTAP) architecture using reduced data footprint with highly compressed data and fewer tables, performing analytics on “live” transaction data. This simplified architecture with a lean data footprint helps to lower the total cost of ownership.
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Essential Roadmap For Enterprise Migration • Why SAP S/4HANA
SAP S/4HANA FOR SPECIFIC BUSINESS UNITS SAP S/4HANA is the digital core of any business. Here is how organisations can improve agility by consolidating, simplifying and streamlining processes across various business units.
Finance
Get a unique consolidated view of all planning and forecasting information. Drive one standard view of cash data to help ensure enterprise-wide consistency.
Drive digital transformation with the ultimate sophistication:
simplicity.
Use prediction, simulation, and analysis to evaluate financial implications of strategic business choices. Obtain early insights into future expenses before the fiscal budget is exceeded. Detect potentially fraudulent transactions in real-time, preventing further damages and protecting the business.
In SAP S/4HANA, the S stands for ‘simple’ and ‘4’ stands for the fourth generation of the software. Human Resources
Get a complete system of engagement to manage the entire workforce, from employees to contingent workers. Integrate end-to-end processes across business units and HR to help maintain budget and headcount planning. Access consolidated real-time data which provides insights and measures the business impact of HR. Drive alignment between HR and operations to optimise legal and regulatory compliance within the company. Ensure decision making by the right person through appropriate and up-to-date organisational data.
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Essential Roadmap For Enterprise Migration • Why SAP S/4HANA
Research and Manufacturing
HPE and SAP HANA in action together
Develop smart new individualised products with full compliance and shorter time to market. Feed real-time insights of customer needs and market opportunities into the design process. Enable a multi-disciplinary product development process with the mapping of engineering designs to downstream needs. Enable fast and responsive production planning and scheduling scenarios that are closely linked to manufacturing execution. Integration of quality management capabilities with built-in Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and predictive analytics.
One in four companies is planning to invest in S/4HANA in the next three years – to enable real-time processing of large data volumes, leading to new business models.
Sales and Marketing
Leverage advanced analytics to gain insights, manage accounts, opportunities and additional activities. Provide sales representatives with a big picture view on the current sales-order fulfilment situation. Consolidate customer information into one enriched view and leverage advanced analytics to gain insights. Leverage real-time contexts to drive relevant engagements with known and unknown customers. Make strategic adjustments and deliver personalised experiences based on realtime insights on customer intent.
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Essential Roadmap For Enterprise Migration • Migrating to SAP S/4HANA
MIGRATION TO SAP S/4HANA – THE EARLIER THE BETTER SAP has announced that it will support its Business Suite ERP only until 2025. Though it may seem that there is a considerable time to upgrade, the task ahead is enormous and not preparing for a S/4HANA migration soon may leave you far behind your competition. According to an IDC survey, two out of three SAP users are planning to use the new SAP S/4HANA business suite in the future. However, many of them are not yet sure when they’ll be taking the plunge, although sooner is definitely better than later in their case. AI, Big Data, machine learning, Internet of Things and predictive analysis all become possible with SAP S/4HANA. Here are some of the things that organisations will need to keep in mind while considering migrating to SAP S/4HANA.
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No easy task to switch infrastructure
Moving beyond the technical implementation
Although there are meaningful shared operative capabilities between the two products, migrating to S/4HANA requires changes to functionality and business processes that can be quite significant. It is essential to plan several months in advance in order to overcome the complex migration roadmap.
It is essential to focus beyond the technical aspects of migration for a successful transition to S/4HANA. Making a business case for SAP S/4HANA requires a clear understanding of how the implementation aligns to your digital transformation strategy, how the adoption of a digital core system can contribute to your overall business objectives, and drive the desired business outcomes. Ensure you have put together a strong business case to justify the investment and returns.
Selecting the deployment option that fits your requirements
Preparing ahead for significant change management
SAP S/4HANA can be deployed on-premises for maximum control, in the cloud for fast time-to-value, or through a hybrid model that supports a variety of deployment scenarios. You will have to understand your requirements and choose the right option that meets your business needs.
The SAP S/4HANA transition involves significant change management within the organisation, from major process changes to new IT architectural designs and infrastructure requirements. These changes will require different expert skill-sets and specific in-depth knowledge to manage the new system.
Essential Roadmap For Enterprise Migration • Migrating to SAP S/4HANA
TRANSITION PATHS TO SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA, built on HPE infrastructure, is not just the solution that provides results in the future; it is the solution that can transform your company right now. The ability to unite enterprise-wide processes into a digital core allows you to address current challenges, as well as set yourself for success for the future. All SAP Business Suite customers have the option to move to SAP S/4HANA. The transition will vary according to different business and IT drivers but can be broadly classified under three scenarios.
System Conversion
Choose this option if your organisation wants to:
This is a complete technical in-place conversion of an existing SAP Business Suite ERP system to SAP S/4HANA.
• Move existing business processes to the new platform. • Keep investments in custom code. • Adopt new innovations at a later point of time and in a phased approach.
New Implementation
Choose this option if your organisation:
This scenario describes a fresh, new installation of a SAP S/4HANA system (either on-premises or cloud-based), also known as “greenfield” approach.
• Wants to migrate from a non-SAP/3rd-party legacy system. • Is moving from a highly customised/modified version of SAP. • Does not meet the system requirements for a technical system conversion.
Landscape Transformation
Choose this option if your organisation wants to:
This is a kind of value-driven, selective data migration to the new SAP S/4HANA platform. The focus is not on migrating a whole system, but rather to pick and choose specific entities which are moved to the SAP S/4HANA platform.
• Stay on current business processes but move gradually to SAP S/4HANA. • Adopt a phased approach focussing on units with highest ROI and lowest TCI. • Lower cost of operations using harmonised/simplified processes and unified master data.
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Essential Roadmap For Enterprise Migration • Migrating to SAP S/4HANA
FOUR COMMON PITFALLS TO AVOID DURING YOUR SAP HANA MIGRATION From initial project preparations to ‘go live’ and full operations, at each stage of the SAP S/4HANA implementation, you’ll find challenges to overcome and opportunities to harness. Here are some pitfalls to avoid in order to ensure successful deployment.
Integrity of data A frequently overlooked aspect of ERP deployments is the integrity of the data that the system delivers. Data migration is more than a simple file transfer between systems. Poor data quality, missing or mismatched data, along with data requirements not being captured properly can result in delaying the entire deployment.
Taking the big bang approach Lengthy projects that look to deploy enormous functionality can do more harm than good. While SAP has a huge amount of functionality, implementing too much of this functionality all at once can cause problems down the line.
Roles and authorisations SAP S/4HANA introduces a completely new data model. As a result, you will have to update your existing security model, including roles and authorisations. Analysing and updating your old roles is a time-consuming process that could consume valuable project resources.
Replicating an existing legacy system Some companies try to replicate what they have in their current systems in SAP. The integrated nature of SAP and the way SAP is designed along business process lines is vastly different from the way in which legacy systems work.
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Essential Roadmap For Enterprise Migration • T-Systems and HPE Advantage
BENEFITS OF T-SYSTEMS’ CLOUDIFIER PROCESS FOR SAP ON HYBRID IT For companies using SAP, the magic word for entry into the digital age is ‘SAP S/4HANA’, because the replacement of the SAP Business Suite offers organisations a massive range of innovation potential - from a personalised and simplified user experience (UX) for your SAP applications with SAP Fiori, Cloud, Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data to real-time analytics, mobility and more. But every company is unique and is at a different point in the transformation process. An experienced and responsible partner like T-Systems will accompany you on your path into the digital age with end-to-end expertise – and most importantly, at the speed that is right for you. T-Systems offers a standardised SAP transformation approach to hybrid deployments with the Cloudifier process. We provide a clear and documented roadmap for design, consultation, planning, transformation, implementation and operations for SAP on Hybrid IT.
Design, Transform and Operate SAP on Hybrid IT
End-to-End Design
Transformation
Fast and Objective
Clear Plans for Proper Execution
• Customised design that suits your business needs. • SAP applications and hardware infrastructure advisory. • SAP transformation roadmap. • Keep project within budget.
• Installation - SAP installation such as SAP HANA setup and configuration on appliance, with options for high availability and disaster recovery. • Migration – ‘Lift and Shift” existing SAP ECC landscapes or upgrades to Suite on HANA (SOH) or S/4 HANA. The target infrastructure can be onpremises or in the cloud.
Secure Operations • Receive support from T-Systems. • Operations and service delivery management. • SAP Basic operations, firewalls, OS, network operations, configurations and upgrades.
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Essential Roadmap For Enterprise Migration • T-Systems and HPE Advantage
THE T-SYSTEMS AND HPE ADVANTAGE With about 64 million SAPS, T-Systems runs the world’s largest private cloud-hosting platform for SAP. T-Systems can operate HPE equipment in a hybrid IT environment supported by OpEx-based billing. You have the option of locating your infrastructure on-premises or co-located at a T-Systems data centre.
HPE has over
9,500+
SAP solution experts managing over 2,000 data centre for SAP customers.
5,000 TB
volume of data operated by T-Systems within the SAP environment.
Reduces SAP operating costs by
Approximately
50
30
%
of SAP HANA server deployments are on HPE systems.
T-Systems is an SAP Platinum Partner leading with a standardised SAP S/4HANA transformation approach.
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HPE has
2,400+ SAP HANA customers.
%
With about 64 million SAPS, T-Systems runs the
WORLD’S LARGEST private cloud-hosting platform for SAP.
Essential Roadmap For Enterprise Migration • T-Systems and HPE Advantage
T-SYSTEMS AND HPE - THE RIGHT PARTNERS FOR SAP HANA SUCCESS To achieve SAP HANA success, you need partners with proven technology, unparalleled experience and targeted SAP HANA migration services. Tap into the experience gained through operating the world’s largest SAP private cloud platform with HPE infrastructure and benefit from extensive industry-specific system integration and migration expertise.
Jungbunzlauer
Jungbunzlauer is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of biodegradable ingredients. T-Systems Solution • Implemented IT service management functions, Incident Management and Change Request Management in SAP Solution Manager 7.1. • Introduced SAP standard processes with customer-specific customisations such as time and expense tracking. • Integrated a connected SAP systems’ transport control system.
NTUC Fair Price
NTUC Fair Price is Singapore’s largest grocery retailer serving over 600,000 customers daily from over 190 supermarkets and convenience stores. HPE Solution • Migration to new SAP HANA platform within a set six-month deadline, without issue and with minimal strain on internal IT resource. • Accelerate access to actionable business insight, with a single version of data. • Improve efficiency of stock, merchandising and payments allowing the business to react faster to new consumer trends.
German Airport
A premier German airport whose SAP infrastructure has grown organically over many years. T-Systems Solution • Transited to a modern SAP landscape using the Cloudifier approach. • Provided tool-supported analytics such as Quick Check, 360 Degree Scan and AMM Maturity Benchmark which enabled the customer to gain detailed insights into their current performance and possible optimisation potential.
BayWa AG
SAP business applications are so critical to Munich-based BayWa Group that if they crashed, its 1,000 European stores would have to close their doors within two hours. BayWa provides products and services to the agriculture, building materials and energy sectors in Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy and parts of Eastern Europe. HPE Solution • A powerful and highly available platform to run SAP HANA improves system response times by 10 percent, speeds up new system deployment times by 30 percent and reduces maintenance downtime by 30 percent.
• Defined the target landscape as well as developed a harmonised and consolidated roadmap for systems and business processes.
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