SAP S4HANA : Learn From Our Implementation Journey

SAP S/4 HANA
Wise Men Confidential
www.wisemen.com | info@wisemen.com | +1 281-953-4500
Vinod Kumar R H
Head SAP HANA COE
29th June, 2016

Agenda
 Wise Men Overview
 Introduction of Speaker
 SAP S/4 HANA- Insight
 Migration Options
 S4HANA/Simple Finance features
 S4HANA/Simple Logistics features
 S4HANA/Fiori App
 Our experience
 Questions and Answers
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Wise Men Demographics
Wise Men: US-based WMBE
 Established in 1997
 Technology solutions
 HQ: Houston, Texas, US
 Canada & Dubai
 India: Hyderabad and Pune
18+
Years in the
industry
8+
600+
Vertical
specializations
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Locations across
the globe
Employees
globally

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Vinod brings a vast experience of 14+ years in the IT Industry. He has worked with top tier
companies engaging global clients of various industry verticals like Manufacturing,
Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Retail and many more. He heads the SAP HANA CoE at Wise Men.
Speaker Profile
Vinod Kumar
Head SAP HANA CoE

SAP S4 HANA- An Insight
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SAP S/4 HANA- Insight
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What is HANA?
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HANA stands for High Performance Analytical Appliance
 HANA is an In-Memory DB which means the main storage is not a hard-drive, it’s the MEMORY i.e. RAM
itself
 Transactional Data is stored in the memory

Why HANA is so FAST?
Benefits of HANA
 Make Decisions in Real-time: Access to real time analysis; fast and easy creation of ad-hoc business
statistics.
 Accelerate Business Processes: Increase speed of information processes such as planning, forecasting,
pricing, offers..
 Unlock New Insights: Remove constraints for analyzing massive data volumes, trends, data mining,
predictive analytics…
 Improve IT Efficiency: Manage growing data volume and complexity with lower cost of ownership
In-memory
Database
Column Database
MPP(Massive
parallel processing)

Difference between SAP Suite on HANA & S/4 HANA
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SAP Suite on HANA S/4 HANA
 Traditional ECC solution available on HANA
 Nearly all of the SAP transaction codes are
available and there is no concept of data
simplification
 Access to the HANA live studio gives an ability to
create real-time reporting.
 The solution also boasts amended transactions to
utilize the HANA database
 Additional performance benefits.
 The route to Suite on HANA is simple.
 Upgrade to ECC6 Enhancement Package 7 and
then perform a database migration from your
current database to HANA
 Rebuilt to capitalize on the significant simplification that
the HANA platform provides
 It is a packaged solution that has SAP ERP at its core
(simplified) optimized to run on HANA platform
 Simplified version of SAP ERP
 Integrates and leverages various solutions and
technologies in SAP arsenal
 “Simplified” Data. This is achieved by replacing the core
tables within certain processes into a single table.
 Designed with SAP Fiori for richer user experience
 Easily configurable and deployed on Cloud and On
Premise
 Integrate with SAP ECC with CRM, SRM, SCM, PLM and
BW

SAP S/4HANA versions
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1. SAP S/4HANA Finance
2. SAP S/4HANA On premise edition 1511
3. SAP S/4HANA Cloud Enterprise Edition Private option
4. SAP S/4HANA Cloud Enterprise Edition
5. SAP S/4HANA Cloud Professional Services Edition
6. SAP S/4HANA Cloud Marketing edition
Cloud
Versions
On premise

S/4 HANA Migration
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 Scenario 1 - System Conversion: Existing SAP Business Suite Customer who wants to move to SAP S/4HANA
 Scenario 2 - Landscape Transformation: Existing SAP Business Suite Customer who wants to optimize their
system landscape and move to SAP S/4HANA
 Scenario 3- New Implementation: New SAP customer who wants to move from legacy systems to SAP
To keep it simple, on premise edition can be installed by professional services vendor on SAP certified hardware
(something like a TDI) whereas cloud edition will be installed by SAP itself and the overall support/maintenance
would be done by SAP for which the customer has to pay subscription fee.

S4HANA Simple Finance: Features & Benefits

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Key Features and Benefits
 Built on HANA
 New Fiori for any device
 Guided Configuration
 Subscription
 1/10 Data footprint
 3-7 times higher throughput
 Up to 1800 times faster analytics
 ERP,CRM,SRM,PLM,SCM in one system
 No locking
 Predict, recommend, simulate etc.

Migration is Fast and Easy
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 The duration and effort is relatively small. It can be
executed at any period end
 It is supported by a migration guide and monitor
 Factors that could influence the duration –
 Support from the customer ( how many people,
how quickly can you set up a test system
 Experience of Project Members and consultants
 Quality of Data, size of the system etc. ( Migration
of a system with Go live 2013 might obviously be
easier than a system with Go live 1996)
Impact of
Migration
Interfaces
Data
Warehouse
Authorizati
on profiles
Configurati
-ons
Training
manuals

S4HANA: SAP Fiori App

Simple Logistics – Fiori App
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 Implementation and extensibility of fiori apps.
 250+ apps across SAP(SFin, SD, MM, PS, GRC)
 Real-time report/data access for all key business users including top management
 Helps in taking some key strategic decisions
 Key fiori apps tested in a quick time of 2-3 weeks

S4HANA: Simple Logistics Features & Benefits

Simple Logistics - Features and Benefits
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MRP Fast MRP run and new working model for MRP controllers based on decision support
Inventory
Management
Simplified data model resulting in better throughput. Granular reporting
Material Valuation Principle of one scalable material valuation utilizing material ledger
ATP and Backorder
processing
Advanced ATP capability which is faster and considers alternate plant and substitutable
material
Capacity Planning New deployment option for bringing PP/DS on ERP
Order to cash End to end monitoring in one place
Procure to Pay Increased efficiency in the P2P process

S4HANA: Our Experience

Case Study – Oil & Gas Industry
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 Reimplementation/Green field implementation
 Implemented Simple Finance on S/4 HANA
 Deployed Fiori apps of Different categories in
different modules
 Industry specific IS-OIL
 Version 1503

Case study – Oil & Gas Industry…
Challenges
 Existing configuration not upto the
mark
 Migrating of existing reports to S4
HANA, compatibility
 Existing PI to Java stack
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Key Benefits
 It covers the functionality of SAP ECC 6.0, including the industry specifics,
and secondly new application components will be added in cooperation with
the customers and the user groups
 Real time analytics
 Better visibility for management which enabled management to take
informed and timely business decisions
 Provided solid platform for growth
 Greater operational efficiency from day one
 Faster reporting times
 Industry-specific functionality
 Flexibility to grow and change without requiring major IT overhaul projects
 World-class solution at a competitive price

S/4 HANA Key Benefits
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Wise Men: Your S4 HANA Transformation Partner
 We have a capable dual shore team hardened with the experience in an unknown technology
 Met the expectation of meeting client deadline
 Came up with right onsite-offsite mix to optimize project spending
 Built sufficient knowledge base to cover bigger projects
 Well versed with aggressive time line and meeting critical milestones
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Differentiators
Broad Range of
SAP Services
On-timeon-
budget
Depth of
Solutions –
LOB / Industry
Verticals
Proven Expertise
of our
Consultants
Our Proven
Methodology
and Success
TrackRecord

Frequently Asked Questions
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 Is SAP marketing/selling the software or the hardware?
SAP has partnered with leading hardware vendors (HP, Fujitsu, IBM, Dell etc.) to sell SAP certified
hardware for HANA. SAP is selling licenses and related services for the SAP HANA product which
includes the HANA database, easy to use data modeling tool called HANA studio and other software
to load data in the database
 What are the deployment options offered?
SAP currently plans to offer on premise, cloud (public and managed), and hybrid deployments to give
real choice to customers
 Is it possible to migrate company specific customizations
Yes, when this was developed particular care was taken to ensure that it would be “backward
compatible”, the customer can keep customizations and continue to use them after the migration.
 Is there any upgrade available for ECC6 to S/4 HANA
No there is not upgrade available, this has to be achieved by system conversion.
 Is there any particular sequence that client should implementation in the same fashion as it is evolved.
No, not necessarily, but depend on business requirement. Client can go to S/4 HANA Enterprise
management, as this is complete business suite on HANA

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