5. SAP SIMPLE FINANCE
NEED FOR SIMPLE FINANCE
1.Every company wants to speed up the business process. In
ECC due to batch processing's the company cannot speed up
the business process.
2.Delay in the Period end closing.
3.Accounting adjustments – Posting into closed periods for
restatement.
4.Data loading Problems – For consolidation in the BPC
system the data has to be loaded in to BW server and then to
the BPC System which is a time consuming process. By the
time the consolidation report is generated the data becomes
outdated i.e real time data is not available.
NEED FOR SIMPLE FINANCE
1.Every company wants to speed up the business process. In
ECC due to batch processing's the company cannot speed up
the business process.
2.Delay in the Period end closing.
3.Accounting adjustments – Posting into closed periods for
restatement.
4.Data loading Problems – For consolidation in the BPC
system the data has to be loaded in to BW server and then to
the BPC System which is a time consuming process. By the
time the consolidation report is generated the data becomes
outdated i.e real time data is not available.
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6. SAP SIMPLE FINANCE
TRADITIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS
•All these general and accounting related problems were
linked to the functioning of the traditional database systems.
•The traditional database systems were designed to perform
well on computer systems with limited RAM. Due to which
the slow disk I/O was the main bottleneck.
TRADITIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS
•All these general and accounting related problems were
linked to the functioning of the traditional database systems.
•The traditional database systems were designed to perform
well on computer systems with limited RAM. Due to which
the slow disk I/O was the main bottleneck.
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8. SAP SIMPLE FINANCE
SAP HANA
•To resolve the problems SAP came out with HANA in the
year 2011.This is known as in memory platform.
•It is a common database approach for online transaction
processing ( OLTP) and online analytical processing ( OLAP)
using in memory column database.
•In the year 2012 SAP came with BW on HANA. Real time
analysis and real time reporting can be seen.
•In the year 2013 SAP came with SAP BUSINESS SUITE
POWERED BY HANA.
SAP HANA
•To resolve the problems SAP came out with HANA in the
year 2011.This is known as in memory platform.
•It is a common database approach for online transaction
processing ( OLTP) and online analytical processing ( OLAP)
using in memory column database.
•In the year 2012 SAP came with BW on HANA. Real time
analysis and real time reporting can be seen.
•In the year 2013 SAP came with SAP BUSINESS SUITE
POWERED BY HANA.
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9. SAP SIMPLE FINANCE
SAP HANA
•In the year 2014 SAP came with simple finance powered by
HANA.
•In year 2015 SAP came with SAP S/4 HANA the next
generation business suite which combines the SAP HANA
PLATFORM with SAP FIORI user experience.
•SAP FIORI is a tool where a user can design the screens and
it can be used for accessing the screens in the mobile.
SAP HANA
•In the year 2014 SAP came with simple finance powered by
HANA.
•In year 2015 SAP came with SAP S/4 HANA the next
generation business suite which combines the SAP HANA
PLATFORM with SAP FIORI user experience.
•SAP FIORI is a tool where a user can design the screens and
it can be used for accessing the screens in the mobile.
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17. SAP SIMPLE FINANCE
FINANCE TRANSFORMATION ENABLED BY SAP
SIMPLE FINANCE
SAP Simple Finance will enable the next phase of Finance
transformation reshaping both transactional and
analytical Finance processes through instant insight-to-
action based on real-time information.
FINANCE TRANSFORMATION ENABLED BY SAP
SIMPLE FINANCE
SAP Simple Finance will enable the next phase of Finance
transformation reshaping both transactional and
analytical Finance processes through instant insight-to-
action based on real-time information.
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19. SAP SIMPLE FINANCE
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS OF SIMPLE FINANCE
1. ON PREMISE
2. CLOUD
3. HYBRID
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS OF SIMPLE FINANCE
1. ON PREMISE
2. CLOUD
3. HYBRID
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20. SAP SIMPLE FINANCE
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS OF SIMPLE FINANCE
1.ON PREMISE- In this scenarios the client will have the
infrastructure in its premises. The client has to configure as done
in the ECC by using available building blocks, SAP best practices
etc. This approach can be used for a new client where SAP is not
there. Modifications can be done by the company
2.CLOUD – When the client opts for cloud, all the business
processes are pre defined. We have to add the master data of the
client to the cloud.
3.HYBRID- This is combination of both on premise and cloud.
Large companies which are using on premise implementation may
opt to run specific functions on cloud.
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS OF SIMPLE FINANCE
1.ON PREMISE- In this scenarios the client will have the
infrastructure in its premises. The client has to configure as done
in the ECC by using available building blocks, SAP best practices
etc. This approach can be used for a new client where SAP is not
there. Modifications can be done by the company
2.CLOUD – When the client opts for cloud, all the business
processes are pre defined. We have to add the master data of the
client to the cloud.
3.HYBRID- This is combination of both on premise and cloud.
Large companies which are using on premise implementation may
opt to run specific functions on cloud.
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21. SAP SIMPLE FINANCE
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS OF SIMPLE FINANCE
• Organizations which are not using ECC but want to
move to SAP S/4 HANA and simple finance can use an
approach known as Main car approach.
• Organisations which already have ECC and want to
move to SAP S/4 HANA and simple finance can use a
side car approach.
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS OF SIMPLE FINANCE
• Organizations which are not using ECC but want to
move to SAP S/4 HANA and simple finance can use an
approach known as Main car approach.
• Organisations which already have ECC and want to
move to SAP S/4 HANA and simple finance can use a
side car approach.
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25. SAP SIMPLE FINANCE
CENTRAL FINANCE
•With this feature a company can transition to SAP SIMPLE
FINANCE without any disruption to the current system
landscape.
•All the different accounting entities like profit center , cost
center etc from non sap systems will be mapped to one
common set of master data in the central system.
•In the local system FI document will generate two documents
FI document and CO document but in the central system it
will be saved as a single document as a universal journal
entry.
CENTRAL FINANCE
•With this feature a company can transition to SAP SIMPLE
FINANCE without any disruption to the current system
landscape.
•All the different accounting entities like profit center , cost
center etc from non sap systems will be mapped to one
common set of master data in the central system.
•In the local system FI document will generate two documents
FI document and CO document but in the central system it
will be saved as a single document as a universal journal
entry.
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