SAP S/4HANA

An Introduction
3. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4932-1775-5
Verlag: Rheinwerk Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 647 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1322 g

Reihe: SAP Press

Whether you’re already en route to SAP S/4HANA or taking your first look, this book is your go-to introduction to the new suite. See what SAP S/4HANA offers for your core business processes: finance, manufacturing, sales, and more. Learn about your reporting, extension, and adoption options, and consult case studies to learn from current customers. From the cloud to SAP’s intelligent technologies, get on the cutting edge of SAP! Highlights include:FinanceManufacturingSupply ChainSales, marketing, and commerceSourcing and procurementReporting and analyticsIndustry solutionsSAP S/4HANA CloudSAP LeonardoArchitectureDeploymentCase studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bardhan, Devraj

Baumgartl, Axel

Choi, Nga-Sze

Dudgeon, Mark

Lahiri, Asidhara

Meijerink, Bert

Worsley-Tonks, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

... Foreword from Uwe Grigoleit ... 19... Foreword from Cameron Art ... 21... Preface ... 23 ... Why Read This Book? ... 23 ... Audience ... 24 ... Structure of the Book ... 24 ... Acknowledgments ... 271 ... The Digital Transformation: An Introduction ... 29 1.1 ... Digital Transformation and the Intelligent Enterprise ... 30 1.2 ... Business Value Scenarios ... 36 1.3 ... Architecture at a Glance ... 56 1.4 ... Deployment Options ... 61 1.5 ... Cloud Vendor ... 73 1.6 ... Integration ... 74 1.7 ... Summary ... 762 ... Finance ... 79 2.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 79 2.2 ... Key Functionalities ... 88 2.3 ... Finance in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 133 2.4 ... Outlook ... 135 2.5 ... Summary ... 1373 ... Manufacturing ... 139 3.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 139 3.2 ... Key Manufacturing Functionality ... 144 3.3 ... Manufacturing in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 154 3.4 ... Outlook ... 157 3.5 ... Summary ... 1584 ... Supply Chain ... 161 4.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 161 4.2 ... Key Supply Chain Functionality ... 165 4.3 ... Supply Chain in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 190 4.4 ... Outlook ... 192 4.5 ... Summary ... 1935 ... Sales, Marketing, Commerce, and Service Management ... 195 5.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 196 5.2 ... Key Sales Functionality ... 199 5.3 ... Key Marketing and Commerce Functionality ... 206 5.4 ... Key Service Management Functionality ... 209 5.5 ... Sales, Marketing, Commerce, and Service Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 211 5.6 ... Outlook ... 212 5.7 ... Summary ... 2136 ... Sourcing and Procurement ... 215 6.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 215 6.2 ... Key Sourcing and Procurement Functionality ... 218 6.3 ... Sourcing and Procurement in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 229 6.4 ... Outlook ... 231 6.5 ... Summary ... 2317 ... Research and Development and Asset Management ... 233 7.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 234 7.2 ... Key Research and Development Functionality ... 236 7.3 ... Key Asset Management Functionality ... 240 7.4 ... R&D and Asset Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 243 7.5 ... Outlook ... 244 7.6 ... Summary ... 2478 ... Analytics and Reporting ... 249 8.1 ... Evolution of Analytics ... 250 8.2 ... Operational Reporting ... 253 8.3 ... Enterprise-Wide Reporting ... 262 8.4 ... Reporting in a Hybrid Landscape ... 269 8.5 ... Cognitive Analytics ... 271 8.6 ... Big Data Analytics and Data Lakes ... 273 8.7 ... SAP Data Hub ... 277 8.8 ... Summary ... 2809 ... Industry Solutions ... 281 9.1 ... Retail ... 281 9.2 ... Fashion ... 292 9.3 ... Oil & Gas ... 305 9.4 ... Outlook ... 311 9.5 ... Summary ... 31110 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 313 10.1 ... Value Proposition ... 313 10.2 ... Core Functional Capabilities ... 315 10.3 ... Deployment ... 320 10.4 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Single Tenant Edition ... 326 10.5 ... SAP CoPilot ... 332 10.6 ... Extensibility ... 333 10.7 ... Content Lifecycle Management ... 334 10.8 ... Summary ... 33711 ... SAP S/4HANA and the SAP Landscape ... 339 11.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement: SAP Ariba ... 340 11.2 ... Contingent Workforce Management: SAP Fieldglass ... 350 11.3 ... Travel and Expense Management: SAP Concur ... 353 11.4 ... Human Resources: SAP SuccessFactors ... 357 11.5 ... Customer Experience: SAP C/4HANA ... 363 11.6 ... Master Data Management: SAP Master Data Governance ... 374 11.7 ... Supply Chain Planning: SAP Integrated Business Planning ... 381 11.8 ... Summary ... 38712 ... SAP S/4HANA Architecture ... 389 12.1 ... The Journey from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA ... 389 12.2 ... SAP HANA Platform ... 404 12.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Security ... 437 12.4 ... SAP S/4HANA Core Data Models ... 441 12.5 ... User Interface and User Experience ... 442 12.6 ... Data Lifecycle Management ... 445 12.7 ... Development and Operations ... 447 12.8 ... Summary ... 45213 ... Extensions with the SAP Cloud Platform ... 453 13.1 ... Business-Driven Development ... 453 13.2 ... SAP Cloud Platform ... 459 13.3 ... Extensibility Options for the Intelligent Suite ... 461 13.4 ... SAP Cloud Platform and SAP Leonardo ... 471 13.5 ... Summary ... 47214 ... SAP Leonardo ... 473 14.1 ... The Intelligent Enterprise and SAP Leonardo ... 473 14.2 ... Internet of Things ... 477 14.3 ... Machine Learning and Robotic Process Automation ... 483 14.4 ... Blockchain ... 487 14.5 ... Big Data ... 490 14.6 ... SAP Leonardo Use Cases ... 493 14.7 ... Summary ... 49915 ... Adoption Paths ... 501 15.1 ... Assessing Your Adoption Options ... 503 15.2 ... New Implementation ... 508 15.3 ... System Conversion ... 516 15.4 ... Landscape Transformation ... 547 15.5 ... Housekeeping Activities ... 551 15.6 ... Summary ... 55316 ... Implementation Tools ... 555 16.1 ... What Is SAP Activate? ... 555 16.2 ... SAP Activate Methodology ... 560 16.3 ... SAP Best Practices ... 566 16.4 ... SAP Activate Tools ... 569 16.5 ... SAP Model Company ... 573 16.6 ... Summary ... 57817 ... Building the Business Case ... 579 17.1 ... Common SAP S/4HANA Business Case Challenges ... 580 17.2 ... Value Dimensions ... 581 17.3 ... Alignment to Stakeholders and Business Outcomes ... 583 17.4 ... Proven Process for Building a Case for Change ... 585 17.5 ... Develop Your IT Road Map ... 599 17.6 ... Valuable Lessons Learned ... 604 17.7 ... Summary ... 60518 ... Customer Case Studies ... 607 18.1 ... Multinational Industrial Company ... 607 18.2 ... Multinational Service Company ... 612 18.3 ... Manufacturing Company ... 616 18.4 ... Food Industry Group ... 619 18.5 ... Automotive Company ... 621 18.6 ... Summary ... 623... The Authors ... 625 ... Contributors ... 627... Index ... 629

Über Autor(innen)

Worsley-Tonks, Andrew
Andrew Worsley-Tonks is SAP Chief Architect and global SAP S/4HANA transformation lead for IBM Services. He has extensive experience in complex SAP upgrades, modernization, and business transformation projects. In his current role, he delivers multiple SAP S/4HANA projects while also helping existing SAP ERP customers define their SAP S/4HANA adoption strategy and business case. You can reach Andrew via Twitter @A_WorsleyTonks.

Lahiri, Asidhara
Asidhara Lahiri is an SAP Enterprise Architect in IBM India, working on complex SAP implementations for global clients in industries such as consumer products, oil & gas, airlines, and utility. She has more than 22 years of work experience, out of which 18 are in SAP. She advises client executives on digital roadmaps for their SAP landscape, and is a global subject matter expert (SME) in SAP HANA in IBM. She has also led the SAP HANA competency for IBM India, designing and reviewing client architecture, defining IBM services, and growing IBM's SAP HANA capability. Asidhara has filed two patents and is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. She is also a coauthor for the book SAP Cloud Platform: Cloud-Native Development (SAP PRESS). Asidhara can be reached via Twitter @AsidharaL and linkedin.com/in/asidharalahiri.

Dudgeon, Mark
Mark Dudgeon is the Global SAP CTO of IBM Global Business Services, SAP Service Line. He has more than 21 years of experience in architecture design and delivery for some of IBM’s largest SAP deployments. Mark’s role also includes ensuring that IBM has the right partnerships, capabilities, and offerings to support its customers in their digital transformation journey with SAP. You can reach Mark via Twitter @MarkPDudgeon.

Baumgartl, Axel
Axel Baumgartl is part of the Center for Digital Leadership at SAP, where he leads the area of asset and method development. In his current role, he provides thought leadership and best practices for C-level customers based on his more than 19 years of experience with SAP transformation projects. He is the author of several publications about SAP products and developed a method for enterprise architecture blueprinting. You can reach Axel via Twitter @AxelBaumgartl.

Meijerink, Bert
Bert Meijerink is the SAP S/4HANA Finance lead at IBM’s SAP Global Center of Competence. He has more than 31 years of working experience in implementing financial systems worldwide, and more than 21 years of experience in designing and implementing SAP global templates.

Bardhan, Devraj
Devraj Bardhan is an accomplished global leader for SAP Innovations at IBM. He has led several large transformation projects, driving business growth agenda through innovation and digital efficiencies. He is an established subject matter expert (SME) for SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, and SAP Leonardo, growing IBM's digital transformation capability by designing and implementing global templates. He heads the SAP Garage and is part of the global SAP Center of Competence at IBM. Devraj can be reached via Twitter @devbard or via https://www.linkedin.com/in/bardhan.

Choi, Nga-Sze
Nga-Sze Choi is the SAP S/4HANA Sales and Logistics Expert working for SAP Business Transformation Services. She has more than 14 years of experience in global business transformation programs, leading the design and implementation of SAP solutions in the order-to-cash and procure-to-pay areas. Her main area of expertise is in the life sciences, consumer products, and industrial industries.