This document provides an overview of SAP S/4HANA and discusses key considerations for a successful implementation. It covers what S/4HANA is, deployment options, migration methods, pre-migration activities, migration stages, tools to aid the migration process like return to standard and testing tools, and indicators of a successful project like simplicity, repeatability, and consistency. It also discusses Central Finance, its relationship to Simple Finance and S/4HANA Finance, how it differs from BW/BI, its use cases, and how it can enable shared services operations. Finally, it outlines the benefits of S/4HANA Finance like a single source of truth, improved user experience, streamlined month-end processes

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

3. S/4 HANA in a nutshell

4. SAP S4/HANA, SAP’s next big thing
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5. SAP S/4HANA, the great simplifier of
enterprise software
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6. SAP S/4HANA, reimagines businesses for the
digital economy

7. Only SAP offers the complete platform for a
growth oriented digital future
Through organic innovations and strategic acquisitions, SAP has the best solution
portfolio and expertise required to enable your digital strategy. SAP is the preferred
choice to turn your digital vision into reality.

8. …inter-linkaage of all aspects of the value
chain

9. Digitize beyond the core, embrace the
digital economy

10. S/4HANA Migration

11. What is SAP S/4HANA?
• The next version of SAP Business Suite
• New code base
 Only supported with the SAP HANA DB
• S/4HANA themes
 Renewed interface with Fiori UX
 Simplified structure with SAP HANA
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12. Deployment options
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Public
Cloud
Shared HANA
multi-tenant DB
No customisations
HANA Cloud
Platform
Extensions
Quarterly Release
Schedule
100% Managed by
SAP
Automatic Updates
Subscription
pricing
Managed
Cloud
Managed HANA DB
and network
HANA Cloud
Platform
Extensions
Limited ABAP
Customization
100% Managed by
SAP
Scheduled Updates
Subscription
pricing
On-
Premises
On-Premises or
Hosted
Full ABAP
Customization
available
Yearly Release
Schedule
Managed by
Customer/Partner
Update schedule
defined by
customer

13. Migration methods
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New
customer
Customer
Suite with
non-HANA
DB
Customer
using Suite
on HANA

14. New customer
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Cloud
Deployment
Using RDS packages customer can be up and
running in days
Deploy new hardware

15. Customer Suite on non-HANA DB
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Cloud
Deployment
Transfer data to the Cloud
Upgrade, migrate database to HANA on new
hardware

16. Customer using Suite on HANA
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Cloud
Deployment
Transfer data to the Cloud
Upgrade and deploy innovations

17. Defining the technical scope
• S/4 migration is very difficult to package as a pure technical upgrade
due to the differences in the capability of the platform
 Code changes are essential
 Reduction in data volumes should be performed
 Return to standard and removal of customisations is recommended
 New capabilities
 New user interface
• Are any of the existing systems going to need to be upgraded – or can
they be decommissioned
• Does S/4 require any new systems to be implemented to provide
additional functionality
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18. Pre-migration activities
• Housekeeping
 Basis Tables – change documents, logs etc…
 Transport and upgrade logs
 IDOCs
• Sizing
 Run the Sizing reports for ECC and BW
 Identify large tables – consider archiving or Data tiering
 Create action plan and execute
• Architecture
 Server specifications
 HA/DR
 Non-Functional requirements
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19. Migration Stages
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Initial
Planning
Sandbox
Migration
Second Round
Plannning
Remediation
Development
Migration
Remediation
and
Optimizations
QAS
Migration
Transport
build for UAT
testing
UAT testing Mock Cut over
Final
Production
OaT testing
Production
Cut Over
Production
Sized/Quality Data set
No plan survives engagement
with the enemy
Remediate in
Sandbox ASAP
Consistency is
critical
Optimise
for HANA
Production like kit
Clustering etc…

20. SUM – Upgrade only
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21. Upgrade and migration – SUM DMO Step 1
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22. Upgrade and migration – SUM DMO Step 2
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23. Upgrade and Migration – SUM DMO Step 3
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24. Upgrade and migration – SUM DMO Step 4
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25. Upgrade and migration – SUM DMO Step 5
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26. Upgrade and migration – SUM DMO Step 6
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27. Migration tools – return to standard
• Return to standard confers many benefits
 Faster upgrades
 Reduction in time spent managing complexity
 Reduced effort in support
• Make sure you are on the latest latest SP!
 http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/custom-code-management
• Custom Code Management Tools (CCMT)
 Custom Code Management Cockpit (CDMC)
 Usage & Procedure Logging (UPL)
 CloneFinder
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28. Migration tools - testing
• Test Management is critical
 Technical not just functional – HANA is a radically different platform
 Some customers have a mature strategy
• Revise your test management strategy
 Test automation
 Test coverage
 Test prioritization
• Reduce your time to complete testing
 How long does it take to complete regression test?
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29. User Interface changes
Fiori and SAP UI5 are now the primary user interaction/interfaces for S/4
• Reduced requirement for SAP Gui
 Reduction in amount of desktop software
• Browser based interfaces
 Browser compatibility issues and frequent updates
• Mobile accessibility
 Planning needed for external access
• SAP HCP connectivity for extending applications
• Use of design standards for consistent look and feel
• User experience is of increasing importance
• Testing just became about a million times easier!
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30. Sum-up: Indicators of success
The biggest indicators of success in an upgrade/migration project are:
• Simplicity
• Repeatability
• Consistency
• Documentation
• Team work
• Planning
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31. What is Central Finance and why I
should use it?
Mr.Soumya De
SAP Tech Lead

32. What is central finance and its relationship
to Simple Finance, S/4 HANA
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S4/HANA Finance brings together the latest Finance innovations and simplifications in
one market leading solution set based on SAP HANA for our customers. S4/HANA
Finance is Simple Finance (rebranded in Q4/2015)
Central Finance allows for non-disruptive adoption, particularly in heterogeneous
system landscapes

33. Central Finance (formerly Central Journal)
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Dedicated S/4 HANA Finance system (SAP HANA, SAP ERP, S/4HANA Finance)
connected to one or more ERP (SAP or non-SAP ERP) systems for single source
transaction recording, reporting, and planning / consolidation

34. Central Finance (formerly Central Journal)
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Dedicated Simple Finance system (SAP HANA, SAP ERP, S/4HANA Finance) for
consolidated entity reporting, and central process execution. Catalyst for innovation
roll-out to source systems, foundation for M&A onboarding

35. Key use cases to help identify the use of
Central Finance
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36. Limits of the system to explain what can and
cannot be done in Central Finance

37. How Central Finance is different from a BW,
BI or Hyperion environment

38. Limits of the system to explain what can and
cannot be done in Central Finance

39. Shared Services and Central Finance
The SAP Shared Services Framework today successfully supports Shared Services
operations globally
Central Finance provides the ability* to have “one face to the customer” and “one face
to the organization” by bringing data together enterprise wide and unify diverse
integration technologies required for optimized central process execution

40. SAP: Central Finance as platform and
playbook for shared services

41. Planning in SAP BPC for S/4HANA

42. Key areas of Planning in S/4HANA
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Real-time
Analytics with
SAP HANA
SAP BPC’s
powerful
modelling
capability
Pre-built
starter
planning
models
SAP Predictive
Analytics
increases plan
accuracy
Simplified
landscape
reduces TCO
Accelerate
ROI

43. SAP BPC for S/4HANA
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Add
transparency
to planning
cycle
No data
redundancy of
Actuals
Out of the box
data
retraction
functionality
to ECC
Powerful
scripting to
allow complex
calculations
Version
management
to plan for the
best and worst
case
Sharing of
data and
master data
with ECC =
Real time
planning
Workflow No duplication Push to ECC
Driver-based planning Scenario analysis ECC Integration

44. Real-time planning and reporting
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Master Data
structures
Actuals +
Journals
Disaggregation
logic
Faster
planning and
analysis
Reduced TCO

45. Pre-built Planning Models
• Starter content to replace ECC Planning functionality
• SAP BO Analysis for Office
• Models, Workbooks, Planning Logic, Queries
• Planning functions such as disaggregation's, BPC to ECC copy and
more included
• Customisable
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46. Pre-built Planning Models
SAP BPC for S/4HANA Starter content includes:
• Cost Centre Planning
• Internal Order Planning
• Project Planning
• Profit Centre Planning
• Cost of Sales Planning
• P&L Planning
• Market Segment Planning
• Balance Sheet Planning
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47. Recap
• Simplification of planning process
• Reduced implementation costs through starter kit
• Predictive capability of SAP HANA easier to utilise
• Increase accuracy whilst reducing effort required
• Improve usability and user experience
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48. SAP S/4HANA Finance

49. SAP S/4HANA Finance
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Financial
planning and
analysis
Treasury and
financial risk
management
Accounting and
financial close
Collaborative
finance
operations
Enterprise risk and
compliance
management
Data consistency across
solutions
Insight-to-action with seamless access
On-the-fly modelling of
what-if scenarios
Alignment
Agility
Predictability
Benefits

50. SAP S/4HANA building blocks
• Single source of truth (Universal Journal)
• Re-vamped user experience
• Streamlining of month-end
• Line-item based flexibility
All of the benefits without the loss of functional scope
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51. Revamped user experience
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Comprehensive view on key figures Insight Action
Business cockpits

52. Tables vs Compatibility views approach
Removal of redundancy

53. Streamlining month-end
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Continuous intercompany reconciliation
Reduction in number of batch jobs
Higher data quality
s
Period close
Period close
Soft-close on demand
Within the period
Within the period
Period-end close
Period-end close
Traditional
close
SAP
S/4HANA
Finance

54. Line item-based flexibility
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Current
reporting abilities
Static and
complex
No drill
down
ability
Complex Data
Model
Real time reporting with
drill down to line items
SAP S/4HANA Finance

55. Building a business case for SAP
S/4HANA
Mr.Soumya De
SAP Tech Lead

56. Approach
Engage key business users
Business
Non-cooperation Reduced ROI Missed synergies
IT

57. Building the business case for S/4 HANA
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Hardware
Licences
Support
Software
Data
reconciliation
Month-end
tasks reduction
Ease of use
Reports
preparation
IT cost savings Business process efficiencies

58. Cost savings for IT
Reduction in hardware costs
 Database size reduction at least 5:1
 Removal of a planning landscape
Reduction in support costs
 Fewer systems to support
 HANA databases more reliable
Migrate away from non-SAP systems
 Few systems to support
 Simplified user experience
Better use of licenses
 Reduction in non-SAP license costs
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59. Cost savings for the Business
Reduction in month-end tasks
 Increased speed
 Soft close tasks at anytime
Increased reporting flexibility
 Simplified data model
 Real-time data
 Single source of truth
 ‘What if?’ reporting
Reduction in manual effort
 Intuitive Fiori apps
 Task based
 25-40% key stroke reduction
Elimination of reconciliation effort
 Removal of reconciliation between Finance and Controlling
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60. Quantifiable business benefits
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Source: SAP, 2015

61. Business process efficiencies
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Source: SAP, 2015

62. Latest thinking
The SAP® Business Suite 4 SAP HANA® (SAP S/4HANA) FAQ – Read
By John Appleby
SAP BPC for S/4HANA - what does it mean for your Planning teams? – Read
By Nick Carter
SAP Universal Journal - how can you maximise the benefit – Read
By Mark Chalfen
Moving your applications to the Cloud: 11 tips – Read
By Chris Kernaghan
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