SAP S/4HANA
Tanto si está pensando en pasarse a SAP S/4HANA como si simplemente siente curiosidad por saber qué ofrece esta suite, esta guía introductoria es su punto de partida. Explore sus procesos empresariales en SAP S/4HANA, ahora optimizados por IA: finanzas, fabricación, cadena de suministro, ventas, gestión del capital humano y mucho más. Obtenga información sobre la arquitectura y las características clave de SAP S/4HANA para la generación de informes, la sostenibilidad, la extensibilidad y la inteligencia artificial. Elabore su caso de negocio, elija su vía de adopción y prepárese para la implementación.
- Descubra lo que SAP S/4HANA puede ofrecer a su empresa.
- Explora tus procesos empresariales clave, mejorados con IA.
- Evalúa la arquitectura del sistema, las herramientas de extensibilidad, las opciones de implementación y mucho más.
Aprenderás sobre:
- Capacidades clave:
Conozca las principales prestaciones de SAP S/4HANA. Explore las nuevas y mejoradas funciones, como el diario universal, las ventas interempresariales avanzadas, las compras centralizadas y mucho más. Descubra cómo las capacidades de inteligencia artificial generativa e integrada mejoran sus procesos empresariales y sus opciones de generación de informes.
- Arquitectura del sistema:
Comprenda cómo se ha diseñado SAP S/4HANA desde cero. Compare las arquitecturas locales, de nube privada y de nube pública de SAP S/4HANA. A continuación, descubra cómo ampliar y optimizar su sistema mediante una estrategia de núcleo limpio y SAP Business Technology Platform.
- Su travesía con SAP S/4HANA:
Dé los primeros pasos hacia la implementación. Navegue por su camino hacia la adopción, ya sea que esté planeando una nueva implementación, una conversión del sistema o una transición selectiva de datos. Siga la metodología SAP Activate para planificar su proyecto SAP S/4HANA.
Aspectos Destacados:
- Finanzas
- Fabricación
- Cadena de suministro
- Ventas, mercadotecnia y comercio
- Abastecimiento y compras
- Sostenibilidad
- Núcleo limpio
- Tecnologías inteligentes
- Informes y análisis
- Arquitectura
- Implementación
- Estudios de casos
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SAP S/4HANA
Whether you’re making the move to SAP S/4HANA, or just curious about what the suite has to offer, this introductory guide is your starting point. Explore your business processes in SAP S/4HANA, now optimized by AI: finance, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, human capital management, and more. Get insight into SAP S/4HANA’s architecture and key features for reporting, sustainability, extensibility, and artificial intelligence. Build your business case, choose your adoption path, and get ready for your implementation!
- Learn what SAP S/4HANA offers your company
- Explore your key business processes, elevated with AI
- Assess the system architecture, extensibility tools, deployment options, and more
You'll learn about:
- Key Capabilities:
Learn about SAP S/4HANA’s core offerings. Explore new-and-improved features such as the Universal Journal, advanced intercompany sales, centralized procurement, and much more. Discover how embedded and generative AI capabilities enhance your business processes and reporting options.
- System Architecture:
Understand how SAP S/4HANA is built from the ground up. Compare SAP S/4HANA’s on-premise, private cloud, and public cloud architectures. Then see how to extend and optimize your system using a clean core strategy and SAP Business Technology Platform.
- Your SAP S/4HANA Journey:
Take your first steps towards implementation. Navigate your adoption path, whether you’re planning a new implementation, system conversion, or selective data transition. Follow the SAP Activate methodology to plan your SAP S/4HANA project.
Key Highlights:
- Finance
- Manufacturing
- Supply chain
- Sales, marketing, and commerce
- Sourcing and procurement
- Sustainability
- Clean core
- Intelligent technologies
- Reporting and analytics
- Architecture
- Deployment
- Case studies
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- Foreword
- Preface
- Why Read This Book?
- Audience
- Structure of the Book
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction to the Intelligent and Sustainable Enterprise
- 1.1 Cornerstones of the Intelligent and Sustainable Enterprise
- 1.1.1 Operational Automation and Real-Time Steering
- 1.1.2 Intelligent Technologies
- 1.1.3 Business AI
- 1.2 Integrated Intelligent Enterprise
- 1.2.1 Layers of the Intelligent Enterprise
- 1.2.2 Next-Generation End-to-End Processes
- 1.2.3 SAP Business Technology Platform
- 1.2.4 Integration as an Enabler
- 1.3 Editions and Deployment Options
- 1.3.1 Products and Deployment Overview
- 1.3.2 SAP S/4HANA
- 1.3.3 SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
- 1.3.4 SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 1.3.5 Release Cycles
- 1.3.6 Deployment Considerations
- 1.4 Summary
- 2 Finance
- 2.1 The CFO’s Agenda
- 2.2 Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits
- 2.2.1 Creating a Single Source of Truth
- 2.2.2 Digitizing Finance Processes
- 2.2.3 Embracing Business Insight Capabilities
- 2.3 Key Finance Functionality
- 2.3.1 Universal Journal
- 2.3.2 Universal Parallel Accounting
- 2.3.3 Material Ledger and Transfer Pricing
- 2.3.4 New Asset Accounting
- 2.3.5 Cash and Liquidity Management
- 2.3.6 Automated Revenue Management
- 2.3.7 Profitability Analysis
- 2.3.8 Predictive Accounting
- 2.3.9 Financial Closing
- 2.3.10 Financial Planning
- 2.3.11 Consolidation and Group Reporting
- 2.3.12 Intercompany Matching and Reconciliation
- 2.3.13 Tax and Compliance Management
- 2.3.14 Central Finance
- 2.3.15 Value Chain Analysis
- 2.4 Finance in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 2.5 Outlook
- 2.6 Summary
- 3 Manufacturing
- 3.1 Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits
- 3.2 Key Manufacturing Functionality
- 3.2.1 Product Master Optimization
- 3.2.2 Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling
- 3.2.3 Material Requirements Planning
- 3.2.4 Production Operations and Engineering
- 3.2.5 Complex, Discrete, and Component Assembly Manufacturing
- 3.2.6 Process Manufacturing
- 3.2.7 Supply Chain Analytics
- 3.3 Manufacturing in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 3.4 Outlook
- 3.5 Summary
- 4 Supply Chain
- 4.1 Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits
- 4.2 Key Supply Chain Functionalities
- 4.2.1 Data Model Simplification
- 4.2.2 Inventory Valuation and Advanced ATP
- 4.2.3 Extended Warehouse Management
- 4.2.4 Transportation Management
- 4.2.5 Catch Weight Management
- 4.2.6 Quality Management
- 4.2.7 Commodity Management
- 4.2.8 Stockroom Management
- 4.3 Supply Chain in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 4.4 Outlook
- 4.5 Summary
- 5 Sales, Marketing, Commerce, and Service Management
- 5.1 Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits
- 5.2 Key Sales Functionalities
- 5.2.1 Data Model Simplification
- 5.2.2 Sales Order Fulfillment and Replenishment
- 5.2.3 Condition Contract Settlement
- 5.2.4 Foreign Trade
- 5.2.5 Credit Management and Revenue Accounting
- 5.3 Key Marketing and Commerce Functionalities
- 5.3.1 Customer Relationship Management
- 5.3.2 Billing and Revenue Management
- 5.4 Key Service Management Functionalities
- 5.4.1 Optimized Service and Service Master Data Management
- 5.4.2 Service Parts and Service Agreement Management
- 5.5 Sales, Marketing, Commerce, and Service Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 5.6 Outlook
- 5.7 Summary
- 6 Sourcing and Procurement
- 6.1 Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits
- 6.2 Key Sourcing and Procurement Functionality
- 6.2.1 Operational Procurement
- 6.2.2 Invoice Management
- 6.2.3 Sourcing and Contract Management
- 6.2.4 Supplier Management and Procurement Analytics
- 6.2.5 Intelligent Procurement with AI and Machine Learning
- 6.2.6 SAP S/4HANA for Central Procurement
- 6.3 Sourcing and Procurement in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 6.4 Outlook
- 6.5 Summary
- 7 R&D and Asset Management
- 7.1 Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits
- 7.2 Key Research and Development Functionalities
- 7.2.1 SAP Enterprise Product Development
- 7.2.2 SAP Responsible Design and Production
- 7.2.3 SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management
- 7.2.4 SAP Enterprise Product Engineering
- 7.2.5 SAP Product Lifecycle Management
- 7.2.6 SAP S/4HANA for Product Compliance
- 7.3 Key Asset Management Functionalities
- 7.3.1 SAP S/4HANA Asset Management
- 7.3.2 SAP Asset Performance Management
- 7.3.3 SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration
- 7.3.4 SAP Service and Asset Manager (Mobile)
- 7.4 R&D and Asset Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 7.4.1 R&D in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 7.4.2 Asset Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 7.5 Outlook
- 7.6 Summary
- 8 Analytics and Reporting
- 8.1 The Evolution of Analytics
- 8.2 Operational Reporting
- 8.2.1 ABAP-Based Reports
- 8.2.2 Embedded Analytics
- 8.2.3 Native SAP HANA Applications
- 8.2.4 Embedded SAP BW/4HANA and SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
- 8.2.5 SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office
- 8.3 Enterprise-Wide Reporting
- 8.3.1 SAP HANA Enterprise Analytics
- 8.3.2 SAP BW/4HANA
- 8.3.3 SAP Datasphere
- 8.3.4 SAP Analytics Cloud
- 8.3.5 SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
- 8.3.6 SAP Profitability and Performance Management
- 8.4 Reporting in a Hybrid Landscape
- 8.5 Cognitive Analytics and Generative Artificial Intelligence
- 8.6 Big Data Analytics and Data Fabric
- 8.7 Summary
- 9 Industry and Preconfigured Solutions
- 9.1 The SAP Strategy for Industry Solutions
- 9.1.1 SAP Industry Solutions in the Core
- 9.1.2 The Scope of SAP Industry Solutions
- 9.2 Solution Options from SAP
- 9.2.1 SAP Best Practices
- 9.2.2 SAP S/4HANA Fully Activated Appliance
- 9.2.3 Enterprise Management Layer for SAP S/4HANA
- 9.2.4 Industry 4.0 Solutions
- 9.2.5 SAP’s Industry Solutions
- 9.3 SAP S/4HANA Industry Clusters
- 9.3.1 Energy and Natural Resources
- 9.3.2 Service Industries
- 9.3.3 Consumer Industries
- 9.3.4 Discrete Industries
- 9.3.5 Financial Services
- 9.3.6 Public Services
- 9.4 Adapting to Global Change
- 9.5 Summary
- 10 SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
- 10.1 Considerations and Value Proposition
- 10.2 Core Functional Capabilities
- 10.3 Deployment
- 10.3.1 Fit-to-Standard
- 10.3.2 Deployment Resources
- 10.3.3 System Landscapes
- 10.3.4 SAP Signavio Process Navigator
- 10.3.5 SAP Central Business Configuration
- 10.3.6 Extensibility
- 10.4 SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
- 10.5 Content Lifecycle Management
- 10.6 Summary
- 11 SAP S/4HANA and the SAP Landscape
- 11.1 Sourcing and Procurement: SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network
- 11.1.1 Sourcing and Contracts
- 11.1.2 Requests and Purchases
- 11.1.3 Invoices and Payments
- 11.1.4 Intelligent Spend Management and SAP S/4HANA
- 11.2 Contingent Workforce Management: SAP Fieldglass
- 11.2.1 Vendor Management System
- 11.2.2 SAP Fieldglass and SAP S/4HANA
- 11.3 Travel and Expense Management: SAP Concur
- 11.3.1 Travel Spend Management
- 11.3.2 NextGen UI
- 11.3.3 SAP Concur and SAP S/4HANA
- 11.4 Human Resources: SAP SuccessFactors
- 11.4.1 Employee Data
- 11.4.2 Talent Management
- 11.4.3 SAP SuccessFactors and SAP S/4HANA
- 11.4.4 SAP Human Capital Management for SAP S/4HANA
- 11.5 Customer Experience: SAP Customer Experience
- 11.5.1 Marketing
- 11.5.2 Commerce
- 11.5.3 Sales
- 11.5.4 Services
- 11.5.5 Customer Data
- 11.5.6 SAP CX AI Toolkit
- 11.5.7 SAP Customer Experience and SAP S/4HANA
- 11.6 Master Data Management: SAP Master Data Governance
- 11.7 Supply Chain Planning: SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain
- 11.7.1 Sales and Operations Planning
- 11.7.2 Demand Planning
- 11.7.3 Inventory Planning
- 11.7.4 Response and Supply Planning
- 11.7.5 Control Tower
- 11.7.6 SAP IBP and SAP S/4HANA
- 11.8 Billing: SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management
- 11.8.1 Subscription Order Management
- 11.8.2 Convergent Mediation
- 11.8.3 Charging
- 11.8.4 Invoicing
- 11.8.5 SAP Customer Financial Management
- 11.8.6 SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management and SAP S/4HANA
- 11.9 SAP Digital Manufacturing
- 11.9.1 SAP Digital Manufacturing for Execution
- 11.9.2 SAP Digital Manufacturing for Insights
- 11.9.3 SAP Digital Manufacturing for Edge Computing
- 11.9.4 SAP Digital Manufacturing and SAP S/4HANA
- 11.10 Summary
- 12 Sustainability and Climate Action
- 12.1 Environmental, Social, and Governance Regulations
- 12.1.1 Emissions Reporting
- 12.1.2 Regulatory Requirements
- 12.2 SAP Solutions for Sustainable Enterprises
- 12.2.1 SAP Cloud for Sustainable Enterprises
- 12.2.2 SAP Sustainability Control Tower
- 12.2.3 SAP Sustainability Footprint Management
- 12.2.4 SAP Sustainability Data Exchange
- 12.2.5 SAP Responsible Design and Production
- 12.2.6 SAP Green Token
- 12.2.7 SAP Green Ledger
- 12.2.8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Planning and Simulation in SAP Analytics Cloud
- 12.2.9 Sustainability in SAP S/4HANA Core
- 12.3 Summary
- 13 SAP S/4HANA Architecture
- 13.1 The Journey from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA
- 13.1.1 SAP S/4HANA Architecture
- 13.1.2 SAP S/4HANA as the Digital Core
- 13.1.3 Integration of SAP Products in SAP S/4HANA
- 13.1.4 The Roadmap to SAP S/4HANA and Innovations
- 13.2 SAP HANA Platform
- 13.2.1 SAP HANA Database
- 13.2.2 Virtualization
- 13.2.3 Scalability
- 13.2.4 Recoverability
- 13.2.5 Considerations for RISE with SAP
- 13.2.6 SAP HANA Operations
- 13.2.7 SAP HANA Logical Deployment Options
- 13.2.8 SAP HANA Platform Services
- 13.3 Hyperscaler Architecture
- 13.4 SAP S/4HANA Security
- 13.5 SAP S/4HANA Data Models
- 13.6 User Interface and User Experience
- 13.7 Data Lifecycle Management
- 13.8 Development and Operations
- 13.8.1 SAP Cloud ALM
- 13.8.2 SAP Signavio
- 13.8.3 SAP LeanIX
- 13.8.4 Role of Solutions in the DevOps Lifecycle
- 13.9 Summary
- 14 Extensions through the Clean Core
- 14.1 Business-Driven Development
- 14.1.1 Connecting People and Data
- 14.1.2 Building Differentiating Cloud Applications
- 14.1.3 Integrate Applications and Data
- 14.1.4 Extending Core and Software-as-a-Service Solutions
- 14.2 Clean Core
- 14.3 SAP Business Technology Platform
- 14.4 Extensibility Options for the Intelligent Enterprise Suite
- 14.4.1 Overview and Considerations
- 14.4.2 Key-User Extensibility
- 14.4.3 Classic Extensibility
- 14.4.4 Side-by-Side Extensibility
- 14.4.5 Developer Extensibility via ABAP Cloud
- 14.5 SAP Business Accelerator Hub
- 14.6 Summary
- 15 Business AI Technologies
- 15.1 The Intelligent Enterprise and SAP Business Technology Platform
- 15.2 Industry 4.0 Solutions
- 15.3 Artificial Intelligence
- 15.3.1 SAP Business AI
- 15.3.2 SAP AI Core and SAP AI Launchpad
- 15.3.3 SAP AI Services
- 15.3.4 Joule
- 15.3.5 SAP Build Process Automation
- 15.3.6 SAP HANA Cloud Vector Engine
- 15.3.7 SAP Build Code
- 15.4 Generative AI Use Cases
- 15.4.1 Sustainability Product Ledger
- 15.4.2 Invoice Match and Verification
- 15.4.3 Financial Planning and Analysis
- 15.4.4 Asset Maintenance for Industrial Manufacturing
- 15.4.5 Consumer Packaged Goods
- 15.4.6 Oil and Gas Asset Maintenance for Upstream Plants
- 15.5 Summary
- 16 Adoption Paths
- 16.1 Assessing Your Adoption Options
- 16.1.1 SAP Readiness Check
- 16.1.2 SAP Discovery Center
- 16.1.3 SAP Signavio
- 16.1.4 SAP Solution Scout
- 16.1.5 SAP LeanIX
- 16.2 New Implementation
- 16.2.1 Adoption Approach
- 16.2.2 Considerations
- 16.2.3 SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit
- 16.3 System Conversion
- 16.3.1 Adoption Approach
- 16.3.2 Considerations
- 16.3.3 SAP Conversion Software, Tools, and Accelerators
- 16.3.4 SAP S/4HANA Conversion Prerequisites
- 16.3.5 Minimizing Downtime
- 16.4 Selective Data Transition
- 16.4.1 Adoption Approach
- 16.4.2 Considerations
- 16.5 SAP S/4HANA Preparation Activities
- 16.6 Summary
- 17 Implementation Method and Accelerators
- 17.1 What Is SAP Activate?
- 17.2 SAP Activate Methodology
- 17.2.1 Prepare
- 17.2.2 Explore
- 17.2.3 Realize
- 17.2.4 Deploy
- 17.2.5 Quality Gates
- 17.3 SAP Best Practices
- 17.4 SAP Activate Tools
- 17.4.1 Self-Service Configuration
- 17.4.2 Expert Configuration
- 17.4.3 SAP Central Business Configuration
- 17.4.4 SAP Solution Builder Tool
- 17.4.5 SAP Solution Manager
- 17.4.6 Integrated Toolchain for RISE with SAP
- 17.5 Summary
- 18 Building the Business Case
- 18.1 Common SAP S/4HANA Business Case Challenges
- 18.2 Value Dimensions
- 18.2.1 SAP S/4HANA Core
- 18.2.2 The Intelligent Enterprise
- 18.3 Alignment to Stakeholders and Business Outcomes
- 18.4 Proven Process for Building a Case for Change
- 18.4.1 Recognize the Need
- 18.4.2 Frame the Opportunity
- 18.4.3 Conduct Discovery
- 18.4.4 Leverage SAP Software
- 18.4.5 Assess the Value
- 18.4.6 Validate Proposal
- 18.5 Develop Your IT Roadmap
- 18.5.1 Engage Phase: Analyzing the Current Mode of Operations
- 18.5.2 Envision Phase: Exploring the Target Operational Model
- 18.5.3 Evaluate Phase: A Deep Dive into the Transformation Approach
- 18.5.4 Enable Phase: Building Your Roadmap
- 18.6 Valuable Lessons Learned
- 18.7 Summary
- 19 Customer Case Studies
- 19.1 Multinational Industrial Company
- 19.1.1 Vision
- 19.1.2 IT Project
- 19.1.3 Benefits
- 19.1.4 Path Forward
- 19.2 Multinational Service Company
- 19.2.1 Vision
- 19.2.2 IT Project
- 19.2.3 Benefits
- 19.2.4 Path Forward
- 19.3 Manufacturing Company
- 19.3.1 Vision
- 19.3.2 IT Project
- 19.3.3 Benefits
- 19.3.4 Path Forward
- 19.4 Food Industry Group
- 19.4.1 Vision
- 19.4.2 IT Project
- 19.4.3 Benefits
- 19.4.4 Path Forward
- 19.5 Automotive Company
- 19.5.1 Vision
- 19.5.2 IT Project
- 19.5.3 Benefits
- 19.5.4 Path Forward
- 19.6 Life Sciences
- 19.6.1 Vision
- 19.6.2 IT Project
- 19.6.3 Benefits
- 19.6.4 Path Forward
- 19.7 Global Telecom Provider
- 19.7.1 Vision
- 19.7.2 IT Project
- 19.7.3 Benefits
- 19.7.4 Path Forward
- 19.8 Global Automobile Maker
- 19.8.1 Vision
- 19.8.2 IT Project
- 19.8.3 Benefits
- 19.8.4 Path Forward
- 19.9 Summary
- The Authors
- Index
