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Lesson: Understanding Use Cases for SAP S/4HANA Central Finance

Figure 13: Use Cases for the Central Finance Processes

In addition to use cases for the central finance landscape, we must also consider use cases for
central finance processes. It is important to understand that these processes can be a
mandatory prerequisite, optional selection, an outcome of a central finance approach, or a
fusion of all three.

Synchronization:
A prerequisite to a central finance implementation. Data must be harmonized across
source and target systems to facilitate a successful central finance implementation.
Transformation:
A desired outcome of a central finance implementation. Enables the business to take
advantage of new functionality provided through SAP S/4HANA.
Simplification:
A desired outcome of SAP S/4HANA design and functionality, such as the elimination of
aggregated tables which allows in-memory, real-time processing and reporting.
Consolidation:
A desired outcome of merging a distributed landscape environment into a single SAP
S4HANA system. It is also an optional selection that utilizes integrated consolidation
processes optimized for SAP S/4HANA.
Business Model Evolution:
An optional selection of business processes to be centralized, which would evolve the
central finance environment from a reporting system to a system of record environment.
Automation:
A desired outcome of real-time replication of source transactions into the S/4HANA
central finance environment.

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