SAP S/4HANA

Know how your business can benefit from the
next-generation Intelligent ERP from SAP

SAP S/4HANA is the successor of SAP ECC and deployed on SAP HANA in-memory Platform and database.
HANA stands for High Performance Analytical Appliance, an in-memory database and platform developed by SAP AG.

 

Major components of SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management
SAP S/4HANA Line of Business Products
SAP S/4HANA LoB Products for Specific Industries
SAP S/4HANA Compatibility Packs

Enterprise Management

Supports core business processes of your organization

 

What is S/4HANA Enterprise Management?

  • A solution that supports mission-critical business across most functions of your organization, such as, sales, accounting, procurement, human resources, quality etc.

 

  • Each of these functions support wide range of business processes.

 

  • Provides seamless integration of functions, roles and external business partners

 

  • Provides country specific functionality specifically related to taxes and reporting

Examples of supported functions & processes

  • Sales function supports processes such as Product Sales, Service Sales, Domestic Sales, Overseas Sales, Cash Sales, Rush Order etc.

 

  • Quality function supports quality processes related to material received from vendors, under production and finished goods ready for sale.

 

  • Accounting function supports processes related to payables, receivables, banks, assets, financial reporting and compliance

Indian Compliance & Reporting features

  • Goods & Service Tax in transactions related to Domestic Procurement, Domestic Sales, Stock Transfer, Subcontracting etc.

 

  • With-holding tax related to Payments made to contractors, subcontractors, Fees for professional or technical services, Rent, etc.

 

  • Financial Reporting as per IFRS, Indian Accounting Standards, USGAAP etc.

Major functions in SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management

SAP S/4HANA Finance
SAP S/4HANA Sales
SAP S/4HANA Sourcing & Procurement
SAP S/4HANA Service
SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain
SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing
SAP S/4HANA R & D / Engineering
SAP S/4HANA Human Resources
SAP S/4HANA Asset Maintenance
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics

Connect with our SAP S/4HANA expert and discuss how the functions in Enterprise Management can improve how you run your Business!

 

Line of Business Products

Extend & enhance business processes of your organization using advanced functions

You can use SAP S/4HANA LOB Products, if you need more advanced functionality in addition to the functionality available in Enterprise Management.

Connect with our SAP S/4HANA expert and discuss how you can enhance the functions of S/4HANA Enterprise Management by using LoB Products!

 

Advanced Functionality in LOB Products (examples)

 
 
  • SAP SuccessFactors solutions for human resources
  • Ariba Network for procurement
  • SAP Hybris® Cloud for marketing, e-commerce, sales and services.
  • Detailed Scheduling, Demand-driven Replenishment, Predictive Material and Resource Planning in Production Planning LOB
  • Centralized Requisitioning, Sourcing, Purchase Contracts, Purchasing and Analytics in Central Procurement LOB

LoB Products for Specific Industries

Implement & Use advanced processes specific to your Industry

Advanced Industry specific processes are available to manage complex processes related to various industries such as Consumer Products, Retail, Fashion, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Utilities. These processes are in addition to the standard functionality available in S/4HANA Enterprise Management component and hence needs additional license to use.

Examples of processes supported by LOB Products for Specific Industries

Compatibility Packs

Continue using the functionality of SAP Business suite products using compatibility packs (CPs)on your SAP S/4HANA on-premise Installation

Standard SAP Business Suite software products cannot run on SAP S/4 HANA. Compatibility Packs from SAP can be used in the interim for Business Continuity, while SAP is developing comparative product on SAP S/4HANA.

 

What is a Compatibility Pack?

  • A version of a standard SAP Business Suite software product that is compatible with SAP S/4HANA

 

  • Covers functionality from SAP ERP core or line-of-business (LoB) or industry solutions

 

  • Delivered with complete or partial scope of the related SAP Business Suite product

You can use Compatibility Packs on SAP S/4HANA with no additional fee, if you ..

  • .. have a valid license of the selected SAP Business Suite software product
  • .. use SAP S/4HANA on-premise version, specifically, SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management

You can use Compatibility Packs with SAP Business Suite products that ..

  • ..are included in the SAP S/4HANA Compatibility Scope Matrix
  • .. meet the SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management prerequisites

Line of Business Products

Extend & enhance business processes of your organization using advanced functions

You can use SAP S/4HANA LOB Products, if you need more advanced functionality in addition to the functionality available in Enterprise Management.

On-premise Deployment

 

In your data center or 3rd Party data center

In this model, SAP HANA can be deployed on dedicated hardware in 2 ways:

 
  • As an Appliance - Only on proven Intel-based hardware platforms provided by SAP’s hardware partners
  • As Tailored Datacenter - with HANA Certified Hardwar (Server), HANA certified Storage solution and Operating System approved by SAP HANA & installed by a certified hardware partner or certified consultant.

In the Cloud

 

Hosted by SAP SE.

In the cloud, SAP HANA is offered in below combinations of Hosting, Infrastructure, Licenses and Managed Services.

  • SAP HANA Infrastructure Services - Infrastructure for HANA provided on monthly subscription. SAP HANA Licenses to be bought separately
  • SAP HANA DB Services - Fully featured HANA hosted in the public cloud along with Infrastructure and HANA Licenses provided on monthly subscription
  • SAP HANA App Services - HANA Infrastructure and Licenses provided on a monthly subscription (Platform-as-a-Service)
  • SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud - Hosted on private cloud with infrastructure and managed services on monthly subscription. SAP HANA Licenses can be bought separately
  • SAP HANA One - Hosted in public cloud with both Infrastructure and licenses on hourly subscription

Our Offering

SAP S/4HANA Implementation, Migration, Support and Maintenance Services

We have vast experience in both Greenfield SAP S/4HANA implementations and migration to SAP S/4HANA from existing SAP ECC applications for all sizes of organizations. Our SAP S/4HANA experts can help you in your transition to SAP S/4HANA.

Implement Enterprise Management functions with Industry Solutions and Country specific requirements

Help you in buying SAP S/4HANA Software Licenses

Advise you in evaluating & selecting the most suitable option for transition to SAP S/4HANA

Hosting your SAP S/4HANA installation

Deliver Managed Services including Installation, Support and Maintenance

 

Migrate from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA

Implement LOB functions along with Industry Solutions

Implement Compatibility Packs

Connect with our SAP S/4HANA expert and know how you can implement S/4HANA as a Greenfield Project or Migrate from SAP legacy applications to S/4HANA.

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