SAP S/4HANA

Evaluate your Options

Julien Delvat
S/4HANA CoE Lead
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Contents

11 Context

12 SAP’s Journey to S/4HANA

13 The SAP Content

14 Lessons Learned

15 Next Steps
Contents

11 Context
Global leadership in end to end digital transformation
powered by SAP HANA

17,000 + 5,000 + 1,800 + 40+ Offices across 4 SAP Partner

Minds Digital Minds SAP Digital Minds the globe Continents

Advisory Delivery Support

Organizations are planning their S/4HANA journey

Discovery Workshops S/4HANA Roadmap

Free functional & technical half-day Global US-based pharmaceutical

workshop. company considering moving to
S/4HANA while reducing end-user
disruption.

Suite on HANA Roadmap HANA & Analytics Roadmap

US-based Oil & Gas company US-based Food & Beverage

evaluating the business case of organization executing their vision
moving to Suite on HANA while for HANA-based self-service BI
reducing total cost of ownership. ahead of the ERP upgrade.

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Early adopters are executing their S/4HANA journey

S/4HANA 1511 Greenfield S/4HANA 1610 Greenfield

In-flight project with go-live target of In-flight project with go-live target of
April ‘16 for an industrial machinery April ‘16 for a Mining organization in
organization in the Middle East. the U.K.

S/4HANA Upgrade 1511 -> 1610 Suite on HANA Implementation

Global China-based consumer- US-based transportation company

product manufacturing + retail achieving improvement by 80% of
company upgrading European transactional processing by moving 7
branch. ECC & BW systems to HANA.

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S/4HANA Adoption Level

Extension
Competitive Advantage

Upgrade
5

Implementation
4
Roadmap
Evaluation
3
2
1

Adoption
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Poll
What is your organization’s S/4HANA maturity?

1. Evaluation
2. Roadmap
3. Implementation
4. Upgrade
5. Extension

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Contents

12 SAP’s Journey to S/4HANA

The S/4HANA Announcement (May 2015)

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Poll
What is your current ERP release?

1. SAP ECC 6.0 or earlier

2. SAP ECC 6.0 and later
3. SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA
4. SAP S/4HANA 1511 or 1610
5. Other / I don’t know

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SAP’s HANA Journey

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

HANA BW Suite Simple S/4HANA S/4HANA

DB on HANA on HANA Finance 1511 1610
HANA Central Public
Accelerators Sidecar BW/4HANA
Live Finance Cloud

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Suite on HANA (SoH)
 Technical Solution: lift & shift
 Performance enables real-time scenarios
 Optimizations delivered via Business Functions
in the switch framework (SFW5):
• Sales and Distribution, Optimization of Lists
LOG_SD_REPORT_OPT
• Materials Management, UI and Performance Optimizations
LOG_MM_OPTIMIZATIONS
• Optimization for Purchase Order History
LOG_MM_OPT_POH
• Read Optimization for MDPPSX
LOG_PPH_MDPSX_READ

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Simple Finance
 Technical step: Universal Journal merges several tables
 Implemented as Add-On on AnyDB (sFin) or on HANA 1503 (sFin 2.0) or 1605
 Functional Benefits (in Finance):
• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Collaborative Finance
Operations
• Accounting & Financial Close
• Enterprise Risk & Compliance
• Treasury & Financial Risk
 Availability of Add-Ons

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S/4HANA 1511 or 1610
 Technical step: large number of finance and logistics database tables replaced with
Universal Journal or Views
 Overall redesign of UI with Fiori, not limited to Finances
 Native integration with cloud applications like Ariba, SuccessFactors, etc.

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The S/4HANA Digital Core
S/4HANA Public Cloud
 Focus on Functional: limited IT involvement
 Converting CapEx to OpEx
 Functional Coverage better suited for special scenarios: smaller business units, non-core
processes, two-tier ERP, etc.

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S/4HANA Central Finance
Central Reporting Central Processing Landscape Transformation
Real-Time Enables Shared Services Several setup alternatives:
No Aggregation • Accounts Payables • Sidecar
Fiori / Business Objects UX • Accounts Receivables • Upgrade of “key” system(s)
Limited Disruption • Cash Management • Export for divestiture
• Payroll • Phased Migration (e.g. Finance
• Consolidation first)
• Overhead Management
• Etc.

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 Suite on HANA
Business Suiteversus
versusS/4HANA
S/4HANA
People Process Project

 No need for retraining  No Disruption  Simpler, only a technical project

 Lower requirements for availability of  Potential for Simple Finance later  Shorter Project
SAP the functional teams  Enable Advanced Analytics  Stable Technology
 Limited Change Management  Potential speed increase
Business × Duplication of effort with an eventual
Suite on × Limited new functionality × Simple Finance code-branch will be S/4HANA Project
discontinued
HANA × SoH End of Life in 2025
× Required move to S/4HANA long term

 Increase Productivity with New  Reduce Business Process Steps  Technical + Functional Upgrade
Features  Enable Real-Time Consolidation  Platform for SAP’s Future
 Increase Flexibility with Self-Service BI  Enable Real-Time Analytics  Enable Digital Transformation
 Increase Adoption with Next  Enable Predictive Analytics  Reduce in Database Footprint
Generation User Experience (Fiori)  Simplification of Finance and Logistics
S/4HANA × Not fully mature solution as not all
× Need Training for Business × Significant Business Disruption industry solutions are currently
× Need Training for IT available
× Significant Change Management

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Poll
Has your organization implemented any of these HANA Solutions?
Select all that apply

1. BW on HANA - BW/4HANA
2. Suite on HANA (SoH)
3. Simple Finance - S/4HANA Finance
4. S/4HANA 1511 or 1610
5. S/4HANA Central Finance

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Contents

13 The SAP Content

Plenty of generic information
SAP has delivered tons of information on S/4HANA:
• S/4HANA Journey Map
• S/4HANA White Papers
• S/4HANA Road Map
• S/4HANA Activate Road Map
• Fiori Catalog

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Journey Map

http://s4hana.sapjourneymap.com/
http://sapjourneymap.com/_assets/DEPLOY_S4HANA.pdf 24
White Papers
Simplification List Transition & Deployment Options

https://uacp.hana.ondemand.com/http.svc/rc/PRODUCTION/pdfa4322f56824ae221e10000000a4450e5/1610%20000/en-US/SIMPL_OP1610.pdf
https://websmp204.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100011787552015E.pdf 25
Solution Road Maps

https://www.sap.com/solution/roadmaps.html 26
Activate Road Map

https://roadmapviewer-supportportal.dispatcher.hana.ondemand.com/ 27
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Product Availability Matrix

http://support.sap.com/pam 29
Fiori Apps Library

https://fioriappslibrary.hana.ondemand.com/sap/fix/externalViewer/ 30
ASUG Research

https://www.asug.com/news/asug-research-what-asug-members-tell-us-about-sap-s-4hana-and-sap-hana-cloud-platform-adoption 31
Contents

14 Lessons Learned
Bluefin’s approach for your unique roadmap
Steps 3+

Discovery Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Step 1 SoH S/4HANA
Workshop Migration Migration
Functional

Phase 1 Phase 2
S/4HANA
Functional
Migration

Deep-dive Phase 1
Step 2 Analysis S/4HANA
Phase Implementation

Preparation Execution – Multiple Options 33

Decomposition by Process, not Modules

Inventory Production

Purchasing Finance /
Controlling

Production HR
Planning

Engineering Delivery

Sales Analytics

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Decomposition by Process, not Modules

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Workload Analysis (ST03N)

Workload Transaction Business Fiori

Analysis App Scenarios Library

http://www.bluefinsolutions.com/blogs/julien-delvat/february-2017/starting-small-series-suite-and-s-4hana-workload 37
Transaction App.

DB

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Business Scenarios

https://www.s4hana.com/ 39
Business Scenarios

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Fiori Apps Recommendations

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Business Functions (SFW5)

Match with Simplification List and notes 2240359 and 2240360 42

Customer, Vendor, Business Partner: The Key is Master Data
Customer / Vendor Integration (CVI) is not Mandatory
for S/4HANA Finance 1503 or 1605

Customer / Vendor Integration (CVI) is Mandatory

for S/4HANA 1511 or 1610

(Details in the Simplification List)

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 Beyond ERP Deployment Options

BW

EWM APO

SRM SRM
S/4HANA
SCP / PO

3rd
party

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Compatibility Mode - Technical

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Compatibility Mode - Functional

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Compatibility Mode - Functional

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Greenfield vs Brownfield

http://www.bluefinsolutions.com/blogs/julien-delvat/january-2017/sap-s4hana-migration-greenfield-brownfield-phased 48
S/4HANAPhase
Analysis Suitability Analysis (4-8 weeks)
Recommend the
Decrease the
architecture which
footprint, and Outcomes:
will enable clients
the overall cost
to accommodate
of the program
future rollouts  Clear ERP strategy (SoH or S/4HANA)
Data Volume Architecture
Management & Sizing  Detailed phased roadmap
 Detailed project plans for immediate
S/4HANA start
Suitability Analysis  Detailed to-be technical architecture
 Identification of housekeeping
Tools Organization activities to be kicked off (e.g. DVM)
Implement Organize  Custom code analysis and plan
the right tools these threads
 Testing and automation analysis and
and approaches into a HANA
detailed project plans
to maximize program, and create
efficiency a high-level plan
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Contents

15 Next Steps
Think Big, Start Small, Act Now!

Start building your vision by registering

THINK
for a free Discovery Workshop and
BIG
prepare an S/4HANA Suitability Analysis

Perform the Workload Analysis detailed in

START
our “Starting Small” series on our blog:
SMALL
www.bluefinsolutions.com/blogs/

Download White Paper “Greenfield,

ACT Brownfield” on our S/4HANA Hub:
NOW http://www.bluefinsolutions.com/
what-we-do/technologies/sap-s4hana

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Further Reading

SAP SoH versus SAP S/4HANA

http://www.bluefinsolutions.com/blogs/mark-chalfen/april-2016/sap-suite-on-hana-vs-sap-s4hana-the-differences

SAP S/4HANA Migration: greenfield, brownfield, or phase?

http://www.bluefinsolutions.com/blogs/julien-delvat/january-2017/sap-s4hana-migration-greenfield-brownfield-phased

Tips for a successful Business Suite on HANA Migration

http://www.bluefinsolutions.com/blogs/john-appleby/june-2016/tips-for-a-successful-sap-business-suite-on-hana-m

Bluefin’s S/4HANA Hub

http://www.bluefinsolutions.com/what-we-do/technologies/sap-s4hana

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Links
• SAP S/4HANA Journey Map
http://s4hana.sapjourneymap.com/
http://sapjourneymap.com/_assets/DEPLOY_S4HANA.pdf

• SAP S/4HANA 1610 Simplification List

https://uacp.hana.ondemand.com/http.svc/rc/PRODUCTION/pdfa4322f56824ae221e10000000a4450e5/1610%20000/en-US/SIMPL_OP1610.pdf

• The Road to SAP S/4HANA: Transition & Deployment options to SAP S/4HANA
https://websmp204.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100011787552015E.pdf

• Solution Road Map

https://www.sap.com/solution/roadmaps.html

• Activate Road Map

https://roadmapviewer-supportportal.dispatcher.hana.ondemand.com/

• Product Availability Matrix (PAM)

http://support.sap.com/pam

• Fiori Apps Library

https://fioriappslibrary.hana.ondemand.com/sap/fix/externalViewer/

• Business Scenarios Recommendations

https://www.s4hana.com/

• ASUG Research on S/4HANA

https://www.asug.com/news/asug-research-what-asug-members-tell-us-about-sap-s-4hana-and-sap-hana-cloud-platform-adoption 54
Additional Reading
• Building the Business Case for SAP HANA: Engineering Simplicity
https://www.amazon.com/Building-Business-Case-SAP-HANA-ebook/dp/B0130FJADO/

• The Transition to SAP S/4HANA

https://www.sap.com/docs/download/2015/10/7a0253a0-4a7c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.pdf

• How to get to SAP S/4HANA

http://www.bluefinsolutions.com/what-we-do/technologies/sap-s4hana/how-to-get-to-sap-s-4hana

• SAP S/4HANA: Everything you need to know for a successful implementation

https://www.slideshare.net/BluefinSolutions1/sap-s4hana-everything-you-need-to-know-for-a-successul-implementation

• 10 Golden Rules for S/4HANA Migrations

https://www.slideshare.net/BluefinSolutions1/10-golden-rules-for-s4-hana-migrations

• What is SAP S/4HANA? 13 Questions Answered

https://news.sap.com/what-is-sap-s4hana-13-questions-answered/

• Overview on SAP S/4HANA Transition and Migration Patterns

http://www.nzsug.co.nz/resources/Documents/2015%20Events/Hamilton%202015/S4HANA_Migration_Paths.pdf

• ASUG: S/4HANA Special Interest Group

https://www.asug.com/discussions/community/sig_communities/s4-hana

• 10 Golden Rules for SAP HANA Project Managers

https://blogs.sap.com/2014/02/01/10-golden-rules-for-sap-hana-project-managers/
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Q&A - Contact

www.bluefinsolutions.com

[email protected]

+1-847-204-5351

@jdelvat
Julien Delvat
S/4HANA CoE Lead @jdelvat

PS: we’re hiring!

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"I do not believe
you can do today's job
with yesterday's methods
and be in business tomorrow" - Horatio Nelson Jackson
Finance & Controlling Accelerators
 Enable Real-time operational reporting and
analytics
 Flexible CO-PA reporting, including unlimited
multi-dimensional analysis
 Direct access to data through BusinessObjects
reporting tools
 Automated generation of DB Schema
 Fail-safe mechanism if HANA DB is interrupted

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BW on HANA
 Technical Solution: lift & shift
 Lower TCO by removing hardware for BW Accelerator (BWA)
 Optimization opportunities as second step: push heavy queries to HANA DB
 Availability of new objects, especially virtual DSO
 Access HANA objects from BW / Access BW objects from HANA

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HANA Sidecar
SAP HANA Live

 Enable Real-time operational reporting and analytics

 Experience next-generation user interface
 Rapid deployment with iterative rollout
 Leverage pre-built content with support for extension
 Develop high-performance business applications
 Unlock efficiencies in Finance, Sales, Manufacturing, etc.
 Consume content with browser, Apps
Lumira, Analysis for Office HANA Live SAP
Foundation
Business
 Stepping stone for S/4HANA
HANA Suite
Sidecar
AnyDB
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HANA Sidecar
Functional – Enabling New Functionality
SAP Smart Business Cockpits

 Leverage KPI standardization

 Improve adoption with next-generation UX
 Reduce training with standard User Interface
 Create insight with drill-down from KPI to line-item
 Enable mobile reporting
 Stepping stone for S/4HANA
Gateway
Cockpits SAP
Fiori Business
Suite
HANA
Sidecar AnyDB
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BW/4HANA
Reduce Costs
 Faster setup and lower running costs
 Reduce development efforts
Innovate Faster
 Manage all kinds of data
whether in SAP application or SQL systems
 Access all models through openSQL interface
 New UI for all users, not just database experts
High Performance
 Leverage huge amounts of data in real-time
for competitive advantage
 10x-100x faster query performance

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Others
HANA can be used as a DB for more NetWeaver applications

Solution SCM WM /
BPC SOP TM
Manager APO EWM

HANA
DB

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