Nic Vervoort, S/4 HANA evangelist at SAP, presented the advantages of the SAP HANA Platform and what it means to put S/4 HANA on top of this platform, from an IT perspective and from a business perspective. His presentation discussed the advantages the platform brings along with future readiness and optimized architecture.

1. Simplify your future
Nic Vervoort
S/4HANA Solution Evangelist
GPO – EMEA Solution Center

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1 ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 22 May 2013
2 Technology Adoption Report: Business Networks, Ardent Partners, 2014
3 Internet of Things (IoT) 2013 to 2020 Market Analysis: Billions of Things, Trillions of Dollars, IDC, 2013
4 Statista, 2014
The Business landscape is becoming increasingly digital,
networked and complex

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Complex business processes Complex technology
Where does complexity hide in enterprises?
Complex decision making
Scattered information Technology limitationBatch orientation
10.2% or $237B*
of profits lost by top 200 global companies due to hidden costs of complexity
*Global Simplicity Index, 2013

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Specific capabilities and benefits of the SAP HANA Platform
 Database & data processing engines
 Application Server
 Planning, Calculation engine
 Libraries of statistical, predictive and
business functions
OLTP + OLAP
in Columnar database
SIMPLIFIED
Application Processing
OPTIMIZED
End-to-end Data Processing
CONVERGED
TextGraph
Spatial/GISTransactionsSensors
PrescriptivePredictive
Sentiment
Intelligence
Machine
Learning
Operational
Analytics
SAP HANA
(Main Memory)SAP HANA
(Main Memory)
SAP HANA
(Main Memory)
Application Layer
In-Memory
Database layer
Libraries

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It´s time for SAP’s Next Big Thing
SAP HANA
SAP Business
Warehouse
powered
by SAP HANA
SAP Business
Suite powered
by SAP HANA
SAP Simple
Finance
powered
by SAP HANA
 Real-time analysis
 Real-time reporting
 Real-time business
 OLAP and OLTP together
 SAP HANA Enterprise
Cloud for SAP Business
Suite on SAP HANA
 In-memory platform  Instant financial insight
 No aggregates
 Single source of truth
Simplified data model
New user experience
Advanced processing
Choice of deployment
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SAP S/4HANA
Key Enablers to run digital transformation for key enterprises
SAP HANA
REAL-TIME
&
SIMPLIFIED
SAP FIORI
SAP HANA as the
underlying platform
 OLAP& OLTP merge
 In-memory
compression
 Increase in speed
Simplification of applications and
underlying data model
 No aggregates & no indices
 Higher flexibility & throughput
 Data footprint reduction
SAP Fiori as the
user experience (ux) paradigm;
 Cross-application user experience
 Web-based, all devices
 Role-based
 Decisive
Natively
Cloud
10x
smaller data footprint
4x
less process steps
1800x
faster analytics & reporting
7x
higher throughput

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SAP S/4HANA – Simplifying data models and applications
Traditional DB
Column
store
Any attribute as
an index
OLAP + OLTP
together
on HANA
593 GB
118.6 GB
Compression

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SAP S/4HANA – Simplifying data models and applications
MSEG MARC
Master
Data
MSEG
New
Traditional DB on HANA S/4HANA
593 GB
118.6 GB
42.4 GB
BKPF BSEG BSEG BSEG BSIS BSIS BSIK BSET
COBK COEPLFC1 GLT0 GLT0 GLT0 COSP
MSTQH MSTEH
MSTBH MSSQH MSSAH
MSPRHMSLBH MSKUH
MSKAH
MKOLH
MCHBH MARDH
MARCH
MSTQ MSTE
MSTB MSSQ MSSA
MSPR MSLB
MSKU MSKA
MKOL
MCHBMKPF MARD
SAP Logistics with aggregates and indicesSAP S/4HANA LogisticsSAP Finance with aggregates and indicesSAP S/4HANA Finance

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SAP S/4HANA –A new user experience
Simulation
Decision Support
In place
analytics

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Σ Σ Σ
”“Instant insight-to-action based on real-time information
Transforming Finance with Instant Insight
Close Books
Faster
$ Improve Working
Capital
Prevent Fraud
Plan, Simulate,
Predict
Single Source
of Truth
Real-time
Processes
Dynamic Planning
and Analysis

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The new working environment in Finance
All relevant KPIs at hand Flexible root cause analysis Drill-down to item level

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SAP S/4HANA Simple Logistics – Key Innovations
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.
Material
Requirements Planning
Fast MRP run, and new
working model for MRP
controllers based on decision
support.
Inventory Management
Simplified data model
resulting in increased through-
put, flexible analytics at the
most granular level.
Material
Valuation
Principle of One, scalable
material valuation capabilities,
utilizing Material Ledger, that
way customers can use multi-
currencies, valuation methods
per different accounting laws
like GAAP.
Available To Promise &
Backorder processing
Enhance ERP by advanced
ATP capabilities in APO, new
coding to make it better,
innovation benefit as
functionality will be refreshed.
Capacity
Planning
New deployment option
for bringing PP/DS on
ERP, reducing integration
efforts, allowing
seamless master data &
UI harmonization.
Order Management & Billing
Enable monitoring of end-to-end order-to-cash process &
take actions for any exceptions, information on the
exceptions to resolve the issues, lower TCO due to data
model simplification, support for the most recent versions
of business features such as FSCM Credit Management,
GTS Foreign Trade, SFIN Revenue Accounting, new
analytical capabilities.
Procurement
Increased efficiency in the
Procure-to-Pay processes, new
Analytical Apps & Spend KPI’s,
Ariba Network Integration for
PO Order and IV.

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S/4 HANA - Designed for Business Viability
Use Case: Real-Time optimization of manufacturing processes
HANA
Business ModelsUser Experience & DecisionsData Models Business Processes
BusinessValue
 Complexity reduction
 TCO reduction
 Service quality increase
 Margin protection
 Service quality increase
 Higher asset utilization
 Inventory cost reduction
 Revenue growth
 Business Agility
 Stock price appreciation
 Market share growth
 Customer success/loyalty
Foundation
Do things better
Do things differently
Do new things

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Your road to S/4HANA
Suite on
HANA
On-Premise
SAP
Business Suite
on AnyDB
Suite on
HANA
On-Premise
sXYZ
sLOG
sFIN
SAP
S/4HANA
On-Premise
SAP HANA
Cloud Platform
SAP
S/4HANA
On-Premise
SAP
S/4HANA
Cloud
Internet of Things

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Live business insight
Role-based experience
All devices
Real-time processes
Digitally connected enterprise
Best business practices
Reduced TCO
Choice of deployment
Open innovation platform
SAP S/4HANA – a new business suite for new business outcomes
Decision making TechnologyBusiness processes

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Thank you
Nic Vervoort
nic.vervoort@sap.com
+32 495 24 50 99