7rsro1g SAP e-book Unt: Overview of SAP S/AHANA Canta Finance + Leave the systems as they are, set up a new system (or take one ofthe existing ones), Upgrade this system to S/AHANA, and rake it the central system AILF/CO postings would be replicated to the target system and reposted there. ‘SAP S/AHANA for central finance foundation s (Central Finance) is an SAP S/AHANA system, Installed as sidecar,recehing financial accounting transactions via ral time replication from SAP or non-SAP ERP. source systems, Central Finance provides: * Advanced segment, ently, and group reporting (singletsame system) * Scalable local and central process execution * Transformation platform forthe ive business Harmonized System Landscape Figure The Now Daruatve Sep Toware SAP S/HANA Face The following is alist of benefits that central finance offers: + Advanced segment, entity, and group reporting. + Business model-agnostic, roll-up reporting, and growth (re-org/ M&A) extrapolations. + Embedded planning and (real-time) consolidation. + User front-end agnostic/ self-service, real-time reporting, including MS Excel, + Scalable local and central process execution. + Alternative complement to process execution in source ERP systems. + Process centralization (cross-organization, shared service): economies of scale, + Cycle-time reducing, Fior-based, and HANA-optimized process execution, + Transformation platform for the digital enterprise. + Advanced digital finance data architecture (universal ournal. + Same (single) platform? single source of truth for transactions and analytics, + Digital core (workforce, network, customer, loT) cloud connectors, HCP ready. Seat Ar EESAD A7rsro1g SAP e-book Lesson Understanding SAP S/AHANA Cetra France * Transaction-level data replicated in an inctance with latest SAP innovations, [HANA optimizations and cuting edge Ul * Existing systems remain untouched * Benefit from harmonized master data for processing, planning, ‘consolidating, and reporting re E> | source system(s): * SAP (any releaso) © non-SAP systems, © over-customized, Simplified single system landscape Figure Tre Nov Darupive Step Toward System Garsolaston ‘The followings alist of benefits + Provide, or replicate, finance transactions in rea-time, without any cisruptions. + Harmonize underlying source data "on the ty" + (Consolidated) reporting, with better performance and better service levels. + Transaction processing, planning, and reporting. from the sarne, shared data set (single source of truth). Leverage centrally-staged data for consolidation activites. + Process optimizations and productivity improvements (Ul), through, for exemple, SAP Fiori, SAP Lumira, and SAP Smart Business cockpits. + Anew finance architecture, HANA-optimized transactions, and unified FI/CO with the Universal Journal “Requires respective SAP products and licenses (for example, SAP Accounting powered by ‘SAP HANA, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, 80BJ 81) and so on. Tennaeemes7rsro1g SAP e-book a9