Unit 1: Welcome

Introduction to SAP S/4HANA

Bernd Leukert is a member of the Executive Board and the Global
Managing Board of SAP with global responsibility for development
and delivery of all products across SAPs product portfolio including
applications, analytics, cloud, database and technology, and
mobile. Leukert is also responsible for leading the design and enduser experience for SAP.
Leukert was appointed to the Executive Board of SAP SE in May
2014. Since 2013, he has been a member of the Global Managing
Board of SAP SE. He has been a member of the senior leadership
team since 2008.
Bernd Leukert joined SAP in 1994 and has held various
management positions in application development, technology
development, software engineering, and process governance.

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Point of View
With SAP S/4HANA we are able to

Re-think the boundaries and definition of enterprise

software in a digital world.

Converge ubiquitous connectivity combined with

decreasing bandwidth costs and touch UI on mobile
devices, cloud computing, in-memory technology,
Internet of Things (IoT), and big data.

Create unique opportunities to not only run the dayto-day business in real-time with industry best
practices but also to reinvent business models and
drive new revenues

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Products & Innovation

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Markus Schwarz is responsible for the solution management and
go-to market coordination of SAPs next generation business suite
SAP S/4HANA.
Having launched several new solutions in his tenure with SAP, he
brings a broad experience in tailoring the solution, sales, services,
and ecosystem approaches to the needs of SAPs clients with
regards to adoption and value realization.
In his role, he is committed to execute SAPs Run Simple strategy
by helping customers to re-imagine business models and business
processes as well as their business decisions leveraging the
breakthrough innovations of SAP S/4HANA.

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SVP & General Manager SAP S/4HANA
Global Customer Operations

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Point of View
SAP S/4HANA is where SAPs Run Simple strategy
materializes in the core product offering, which is the
business suite:

Dramatic simplification of core applications to enable

business model and process innovation

Simplification of system landscapes and data

footprint for lower TCO

Simplification of user and system interaction and

provisioning an integrated user experience, on
premise and in the cloud

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Global Customer Operations

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Innovation & Simplification

Dr. Wieland Schreiner is Executive Vice President at SAP and sets
the direction to steer innovation and delivery of SAP Business Suite
4 SAP HANA.
In October 2014, Dr. Wieland Schreiner was appointed to the
Global Executive Team. Since 2012 he has been the Senior Vice
President and Chief Product Owner for SAP Business Suite
powered by HANA. He has been a member of the senior leadership
team since 2011.
Dr. Wieland Schreiner joined SAP in 1997 after being a Consulting
Director for the process industry at IDS Prof. Scheer. Since then he
has held various responsibilities and management positions in
application development, software engineering, small & medium
business, and process governance

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EVP & Chief Product Owner SAP S/4HANA
Products & Innovation

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Point of View
SAP S/4HANA is the great simplifier to run the perfect
enterprise

It is natively built on SAP HANA, leveraging its

capabilities best: text mining, prediction, simulation
& decision support

It creates unique opportunities to dramatically

simplify the data model: no aggregates, no indices,
no redundancies

It is designed for the end user, offering FIORI user

interfaces, embedded with exception driven analytics
and automated decision proposals

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Simple Finance as the Frontrunner of S/4HANA

Jens Krueger heads the LoB Finance overseeing a global
development organization that is dedicated to deliver SAP
Simple Finance in the Cloud powered by SAP HANA. In
addition, he co-heads the SAP Innovation Center Potsdam.
In his role, Jens is committed to driving the success of Simple
Finance as the frontrunner of S/4HANA whilst leveraging the
principles of Design Thinking in order to develop innovative
SAP Finance solutions in close collaboration with customers
and partners.

Jens Krger
SVP, Head of LoB Finance and
SAP Innovation Center
Products & Innovation
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Simple Finance as the Frontrunner of S/4HANA

SAP Simple Finance as the frontrunner of SAP S/4HANA

provides instant financial insight with highest flexibility

demonstrates the paradigms underlying S/4HANA, most

importantly, the simplification

offers accelerated and simplified processes, based on a

simple data model following the principle of a single source
of truth, all with a simple and intuitive user experience

provides functionality that is comparable to the well-known

scope of SAP ERP Financials in a non-disruptive manner.

Jens Krger
SVP, Head of LoB Finance and
SAP Innovation Center
Products & Innovation

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Roadmapping and the next steps to SAP S/4HANA

Rudolf Hois focuses on building the next generation business suite
SAP S/4HANA. Spanning from portfolio definition to delivery
programs and customer care, focus is laid on SAP S/4HANA as a
new differentiating solution beyond features and functions only.
His long experience of working with customers and partners is the
foundation for his focus on ease of deployment. The easier SAP
S/4HANA will be reachable for installed base customers, the faster
they will migrate to SAP S/4HANA and thus drive scale in adoption.
In his role, Rudolf is committed to supporting the companys SAP
S/4HANA strategy, focusing closely on the customer experience
when adopting SAP S/4HANA.

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Point of View
Our focus with SAP S/4HANA is:

deliver public cloud, managed cloud and on-premise

solutions for lines of business in industries

combine our latest innovations: in-memory platform,

user experience, and the global cloud

Achieve a non-disruptive adoption path for installed

base customers

Rudolf Hois
VP Innovation Delivery SAP S/4HANA
Products & Innovation

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Start now, a project cloud approach to get proof fast

Steffen von Berg is leading the newly designed customer
engagement area within Cloud Delivery & Service at SAP SE.
In his role, Steffen drives successfully the customer engagement
throughout the entire post-sale lifecycle of all cloud customers endto-end including portfolio and solution management , pricing, and
customer engagement. The target of his team is to ensure
customer delight with SAP cloud solutions.
Focusing on collaboration with customers, Steffen is committed to
ensure operational excellence and to enlarge SAPs success by
driving the strategic direction of the company towards a cloud
provider with excellent service.

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Global Head of Customer Engagement for
Cloud Delivery & Services
Scale Quality & Support

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Point of View
Our focus with SAP S/4HANA is:

To help customers to move to the cloud in a simple

way

To avoid unnecessary pre-investments in hardware

and services

To get a fast proof of the unbelievable advantages of

a simplified and very fast business suite

To give customer the choice to drive their own

landscape or to use the SAP cloud

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Cloud Delivery & Services
Scale Quality & Support

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SAP S/4HANA fueling the Digital Transformation

Sven Denecken assesses customer and market requirements and
supports SAPs cloud strategy. Through co-innovation projects he
uncovers key trends and establishes best practices in the
application of new technologies.
His long experience of working with customers, partners, and the
SAP field organization enables him to bring client issues into the
solution development process, thereby ensuring that our software
solutions address customer needs and help them gain competitive
advantage.
In his role, Sven is committed to supporting the companys cloud
strategy, aligning it closely with the SAP ecosystem and building
sustainable business relationships.

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GVP Strategy & Co-Innovation
SAP S/4HANA
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Point of View
Our focus with SAP S/4HANA is:

help customers run simple and drive business value

in a digital and networked world

deliver public cloud, managed cloud and on-premise

solutions for lines of business in industries

combine our latest innovations: in-memory platform,

user experience, and the global cloud

Define innovations collaboratively through coinnovation

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GVP Strategy & Co-Innovation
SAP S/4HANA
Products & Innovation
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or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
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Unit 2: Introduction to SAP S/4HANA

OPEN

INNOVATIVE

CONNECTED

PLATFORM

APPLICATIONS

NETWORK

BREAKTHROUGH

HANA

SAP S/4HANA
Simplified Data Model

Completely Fiori

Cloud and On Premise

Guided Configuration

SAP S/4HANA unique value for business

Reimagined
Business Models

Reimagined
Business Decisions

Simplicity to connect to people,

devices, business networks

Simplicity to get any insight on

any data from anywhere

S/4
HANA

No more complex collaboration

all business connected

Reimagined
Business Processes
Simplicity to focus on the essential tasks
and change business processes

No more batch all processes in real time

No more manual consolidation all decisions

on the fly and at the highest level of granularity

SAP S/4HANA simple journey

Modifications

Back to standard
ERP

HCP

HCP

S4HANA Extensions

S4HANA Extensions

Cloud

Simplification
Any DB

Standard

Cloud
start

HCP

On Premise

S4HANA Extensions

The Perfect
Integrated
Enterprise

SAP
Transportation
Mgmt.

SAP
Warehouse
Mgmt.

Thank you

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company) in Germany and other countries. Please see http://global12.sap.com/corporate-en/legal/copyright/index.epx for additional trademark information and notices.
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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP SE or its
affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP SE or SAP affiliate company products and
services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting an additional warranty.
In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forwardlooking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place
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Market Background
SAP HANA the great simplifier of enterprise software

SAP Business
Warehouse
powered
by SAP HANA

SAP HANA

in-memory
platform

2011

SAP Business
Suite powered
by SAP HANA

SAP Simple
Finance powered
by SAP HANA

real-time analysis

real-time business

instant financial insight

real-time reporting

OLAP & OLTP together

no aggregates

SAP HANA Enterprise

Cloud for Suite on HANA

single source of truth

2012

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2013

2014

simplified data model

new user experience

advanced processing

choice of deployment

multi-tenancy

2015 >
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Market Background
SAP S/4HANA unique value for business
Reimagined
Business Models

Reimagined
Business Decisions

Simplicity to connect to people,

devices, business networks

Simplicity to get any insight on

any data from anywhere

S/4
HANA

No more complex collaboration

all business connected

Reimagined
Business Processes
Simplicity to focus on the essential tasks
and change business processes

No more manual consolidation all decisions

on the fly and at the highest level of granularity

No more batch all processes in real time

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Market Background
SAP S/4HANA unique value for IT and users
Reimagined
User Experience

Reimagined
Data Models

Simplicity to get the job done on

any device with SAP Fiori UX and
interactive graphics

Simplicity to reduce data footprint

with in-memory technology no indices,
no aggregates, no redundancies

Reimagined
System Configuration
Function oriented

Role oriented

Simplicity to configure the system

with guided configuration

HANA

Traditional databases

In-memory platform

Guided configuration

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Market Background
Customer journey to SAP S/4HANA 3 situations, 3 deployment options
Choice of deployment
Starting point A
New
customer

On Premise

Cloud

deploy new installation

up and running with best

practices in two days

Hybrid

Starting point B
SAP Business Suite
on anyDB customer

On Premise

Cloud

upgrade to latest EHP, migrate database to

SAP HANA, deploy exchange innovation

transfer data to the cloud

Hybrid

Supported by predefined
migration, system conversion in
the cloud and deployment
packages from partners and SAP

Starting point C
SAP Business Suite
powered by SAP
HANA customer

On Premise

Cloud

deploy exchange innovation

transfer data to the cloud

Hybrid

Innovation without disruption

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company) in Germany and other countries. Please see http://global12.sap.com/corporate-en/legal/copyright/index.epx for additional trademark information and notices.
Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.
National product specifications may vary.
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP SE or its
affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP SE or SAP affiliate company products and
services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting an additional warranty.
In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forwardlooking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place
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Unit 4: Innovation & Simplification

SAP HANA

REAL-TIME &
SIMPLIFIED

SAP FIORI

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Text Mining

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Analytics & Prediction

Simulation

Decision Support

Text Mining

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Analytics & Prediction

Simulation

Decision Support

Text Mining

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Analytics & Prediction

Simulation

Decision Support

Text Mining

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Analytics & Prediction

Simulation

Decision Support

Text Mining

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Analytics & Prediction

Simulation

Decision Support

Compression

Column
store

Traditional DB

Any attribute
as an index

on HANA

593 GB
118.6 GB

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OLAP + OLTP
together

SAP Finance with aggregates and indices

BKPF

BSEG

BSEG

BSEG

BSIS

BSIS

BSIK

LFC1

GLT0

GLT0

GLT0

COBK

COEP

COSP

Traditional DB

SAP Logistics with aggregates and indices

BSET

on HANA

593 GB
118.6 GB

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MSEG
MSEG
New

Master
MARC
Data

MSTB

MSKU

MSSQ

MSSA

MSKA

MKPF

MARD

MSTQ

MSPR

MSTE

MSLB

MCHB

MSTQH

MSLBH

MSTBH

MSSQH MSSAH MSKAH MCHBH MARDH MKOL

MSTEH MSKUH MARCH MSPRH MKOLH

SAP Simple Finance

BKPF

BSEG

BSEG

SAP Simple Logistics

MSEG
MSEG
New

BSEG

Traditional DB

on HANA

Master
MARC
Data

S/4HANA

593 GB
118.6 GB
42.4 GB

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Traditional DB

on HANA

S/4HANA

Actual

593 GB
118.6 GB
42.4 GB
8.4 GB
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Analytics

Text
Mining

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Simulation

Decision
Support

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Simulation

Decision
Support

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SAP S/4 HANA

On-Premise
S/4HANA
NW
SAP HANA

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HCP

Managed
Cloud
NW
SAP HANA

HCP

Public
Cloud
NW

HCP

SAP HANA

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Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.
National product specifications may vary.
These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP SE or its
affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP SE or SAP affiliate company products and
services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting an additional warranty.
In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forwardlooking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place
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Unit 5: Simple Finance as Frontrunner

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Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.
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affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP SE or SAP affiliate company products and
services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
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In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
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Unit 6: Roadmapping and the

next steps to SAP S/4HANA

SAPs Next Big Thing

ERP
R/3
R/2

1979
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1992

2004

2015
2

SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA)

Simplified Data Model

BKPF

BSEG

BSEG

BSEG

BSIS

BSIS

BSIK

BSET

LFC1

inserts

SAP Finance with aggregates and indices

SAP Simple Finance

GLT0

GLT0

GLT0

COBK

COEP

COSP

updates

10

Cloud and On Premise

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Avoid Redundancy - non disruptive with equally named views for

previous total/index tables
FAGLBSIS,
FAGLBSAS

Index Tables
BSXX (6)

Legacy Data

Equally
Named Views

Document
Header + Line Items

GLT0, KNC1
KNC3, LFC1
LFC3

FAGLFLEXT

Classic GL +
OPS Delta (3)

NewGL Delta

NewGL Index
Views (2)

Classic GL +
OPS Index
Views (7)

Classic GL +
OPS Totals
Views (5)

NewGL Totals
View

BSEG_ADD

BKPF

BSEG

FAGLFLEXA

Doc Header + Line Items

The basis tables BKPF, BSEG/BSEG_ADD and FAGLFLEXA remain almost unchanged.
Index and totals tables have been replaced with compatibility views (aka equally named views).
These views have the same name as the original tables, contain the same fields and shall allow for a
smooth transition to the new data model in the standard as well as in the partner and customer coding.
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How SAP keeps the migration non disruptive

SAP ERP
Finance
Client

Any DB
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EhP 7

Finance incl.
Accelerators
SAP HANA DB

ERP Business Suite

BW

AnyDB

SAP Business Suite

Apps

Finance

Client
BW

EhP 7

Client

Smart Financials

Apps

SAP Business Suite

Simple Finance

Business Suite
on SAP HANA

SAP HANA DB

Based on InMemory Technology (e.g. HANA)

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The road to S/4HANA for customers

3 simple steps
1st step: Technical Upgrade to latest release for existing customers
2nd step: train users on new user experience -> thanks to SAP Fiori: role based, intuitive, minimal training required
3rd step: Enablement of Digital transformation and deliver on the promise of RunSimple

Migration & upgrade Paths

SAP
Business Suite
AnyDB
On-Premise

SAP S/4HANA

SAP on HANA

SAP
S/4HANA

On-Premise

On-Premise

SAP
S/4HANA
Public Cloud

Managed Cloud

UPGRADE / DB MIGRATION

UPGRADE-LIKE

MIGRATION

Suite 7 Suite on HANA

Suite 7 S/4HANA on-Premise

any product S/4 Cloud

1-time DB Migration

1-step upgrade to S/4HANA

Automated Migration of Business Data and Master Data

(ideally) review of custom code

1-time Migration Report to activate innovations (AIM)

1-step upgrade to SoH (EHP7)

Pre-defined migration packages with various Industry and

LOB solutions that bundle software, services (including
pre-engineered RDS packages for integration and
configuration) and content

DB
today

EHP

Add-On

AIM

tomorrow

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Unit 7: Start now, a project cloud

approach to get proof fast

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Customer adoption

210

of HEC customers
run SAP Business
Suite powered by
SAP HANA

58%

SAP HEC*
customers

42%

Customers Span Multiple Industries

include

SAP BW and SAP BI

Top results achieved

71.4%

99.4%

Faster overnight batch processing

Faster generation of key reports

(from 7 hours to 2 hours)

(ex. 343.6 to 1.8 seconds and 1020 to 10.2 seconds)

3months
Implementation time, including changes to the
existing environment such as query
maintenance and sat volume adjustment

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Innovation

PUSH

Modifications

Back to standard
ERP

HCP

HCP

S/4HANA Extensions

S/4HANA Extensions

Cloud

Simplification
Any DB

Standard

MIGRATION

any product S/4 Cloud

Automated Migration of Business Data and Master Data

Pre-defined migration packages with various Industry
and LOB solutions that bundle software, services
(including pre-engineered RDS packages for integration
and configuration) and content

Cloud
start

HCP

On Premise

S/4HANA Extensions

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SAP Cloud Start powered by SAP HANA, Start simple.

Fast availability without risks

Migration of existing solution to the new environment

easily
No HANA knowledge necessary SAP will take care

Experience simple Finance and other HANA related

Benefits
Use Cloud Start as project platform and decide later
upon on premise or managed private cloud

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services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
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In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
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Unit 8: SAP S/4HANA fueling

the Digital Transformation

SAP S/4HANA fueling the Digital Transformation

Radical Simplification Is Needed to Unlock the Potential

28%

Drive business
innovation
Drive business
innovation

Keep the
lights on

72%

Consumption
For immediate business impact

User Experience
Engage front line employees/customers

IT Environment

Keep the
lights on

Collapse redundant infrastructure layers

Forrester IT Survey, 2013

70%

50%

say complexity is
increasing costs

are unsure who

is accountable

Bain 2005 Survey

Economist 2010

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40%

90%

worry whether
their organization
can keep pace

say business
is growing
more complex

McKinsey Study 2013

Economist 2010
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The Building Blocks of Digital Transformation

Cloud

Data

Mobile

Simplicity

Predictive Insights

Time to
Value

New Product
Strategies

Adaptability for the

21st Century
Workforce

Speed to
Innovation

Customer
Engagement

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Everything doable
from Anywhere

Networks

Hyperconnectivity
Digital communities

Social Sollaboration
Collaborating beyond
Enterprise
Boundaries
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What companies need to achieve
based on disruptive
technology to gain
higher competitiveness

Cloud

Data

Networks

Mobile

Business
Outcome

Business Outcome and

Competitiveness
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Technology-Driven
Disruption
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The Innovation Adoption Model
Transformational
Level

Business
Impact

NEW BUSINESS
MODELS

Business Innovation
New customers
New markets

Improved
PRODUCTS

Optimize products
Offer new products/services

Improved
PROCESSES

Improve single processes

Replace single processes
Change end to end processes

Improved
DECISIONS

Transparency
Decision support
Decision automation

Technical
SOLUTION

Velocity

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Business
Model

Business
Processes
NEW

NEW

NEW

OLD
OLD

NEW

OLD

Business
Outcome

OLD

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The Innovation Adoption Model

from Push
Static
Aggregation

FI Postings

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Customers

Products

Profit Centers

Suppliers

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The Innovation Adoption Model

to Pull
On-the-fly
Aggregation

Lowest Level
of Granularity
FI Postings

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Customers

Products

Profit Centers

Suppliers

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The Innovation Adoption Model

Business Processes
Transactional Data
External Data
Business Networks
Structured and Unstructured

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Result: Systems of Engagements and System of Records combined

Systems of Engagement Effectiveness - Do the right things

Engage Business
Workers - middle of
the organization

focus on business tasks

collaborate and communicate

Connecting people in real time
Leverage Structured and Unstructured Data

Systems of Records Efficiency - Do the things right

Support Frontline
Workers Keep
business running

Information Highway
Single Source of Truth
Data Processing of structured data
Used within company boundaries

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Examples for Business Benefits

>65%

Service improves

10x

business processes

Faster Scenario Running in

Material Related Planning (MRP)

Content enhances

5x

business processes

Data Storage Reduction in

Material Related Planning (MRP)

1,000x

Content changes

Faster reporting
(from 15 minutes to 1 second)

business processes

Increased throughput with

Optimization of Inventory
Management and Valuation

Simple Finance

Internet of Services

Simple Logistics

Faster financial close processes

>50%
Faster foreign currency revaluation

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Examples for Simple Logistics and Manufacturing
Increased user productivity

Real-time decision support

Intuitive

personalization
allows tailoring of the app
to individual work-styles

Provides

pre-evaluated
solution proposals

Enables

the simulation of
every proposal before applying
it

KPIs

are constantly
recalculated and refreshed

Flexible

rules (shortage
definitions)

Allows

manual adjustment of
proposals

1-click

Improved customer service levels

Complex

applications
(ATP, Backorder
Processing) are
executed directly in
HANA

Always

up-to-date view
on demand-/ supplysituation across all
BOM levels

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Minimized exception handling

The

MRP
Planner gets
the latest
information in
real-time

Intuitive

execution of a solution
Dramatically simplified data model

All aggregates and

history tables (24 in
total) dropped

Smaller data footprint,

no locking

Process & data

redundancies
eliminated

High speed evaluations

graphics for
faster insights

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Customer Co-Innovation Program: Simplification Involves a Paradigm Shift

Engagement
Influence

Co-Innovation activities are

designed to meet customer
bandwidth and priorities

Level 3
Design*

Level 2
Review*

Level 1
Advise

Time commitment / influence

* = Internal & external customers, partner, prospects and influencers

End-User and Line of Business

- Professionals are a prerequisite for success

Time
Commitment

Invitation to customers, partners and influencers to contribute:

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Further information:
Homepage: sap.com/S4HANA
Next openSAP course: SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA Deep Dive
Co-Innovation: S4HANA-CoInnovation@sap.com

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