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Unit 1: SAP S/4HANA Production Planning Overview

SAP S/4HANA is natively connected to the Internet of Things and business networks for real-
time collaboration in the networked economy. It is natively engineered, providing a choice of
deployment options (on premise, cloud, and hybrid). It is also natively born for easy adoption.

S/4HANA Enterprise Management: Lines of Business (LoB)

Figure 11: S/4HANA Enterprise Management: Lines of Business (LoB)

At the center of SAP S/4HANA Suite is SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management, which has
been built by simplifying the SAP ERP solution and re-integrating and simplifying portions of
the SAP Business Suite products, such as SAP SRM, CRM, and SCM into this core. SAP S/
4HANA Enterprise Management is available on-premise and in the cloud, with different
licensing and subscription models.
The SAP S/4HANA Suite is completed by the integration of dedicated Lines of Business (LoB)
and industry solutions natively into S/4HANA Enterprise Management. These solutions can
be cloud-based like SuccessFactors, or delivered on-premise as well (for example, SAP
Transportation Management), depending on market need.

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Lesson: Outlining Production Planning in SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA: Deployment Options

Figure 12: SAP S/4HANA: Deployment Options

SAP S/4HANA is natively born for easy adoption. For example, it includes guided
configuration, and easy on-boarding, from the discovery of the solution through cloud trials to
deployment with pre-configured best practices.
SAP HANA Cloud Platform serves as open extension agility layer for SAP S/4HANA. The
extensions built on the cloud platform can run against either deployment of SAP S/4HANA; in
the cloud and on premise.
SAP S/4HANA is available both as on-premise edition and as a cloud edition. This training
focuses on the 1709 S/4HANA on-premise edition. The next table explains the main
differences between the Private Cloud Option and the Public Cloud Option.
Private Cloud Option versus Public Cloud Option

Enterprise cloud Private Option Public Option

Processes Full scope Best practice scenarios

Customizing Yes No IMG access, just Self Service
Configuration UI
Enhancements Yes No
(BADIs, USER EXITs,
…)
Modifications No No
Customer specific re- Using standard interfaces (APIs, No
ports BADIs, USER EXITs)

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