S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition: An

Overview
Anurag Barua
Digital Transformation Leader

SAP America
Speaker introduction
• 24 years of SAP experience in a career of 29 years in a variety of roles including
SAP product development, delivery/advisory/consulting, pre-sales, & sales;
currently work for the SAP S/4HANA Center of Excellence, North America

• Served nearly 100 clients globally & across multiple industry verticals including
Public Sector, Utilities, Media, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Oil & Gas, & Hi-
tech among others

• Areas of expertise include SAP Financials, Logistics/Supply Chain, Reporting &

Analytics, Data Management & Governance, Cloud technologies, User
Experience, & Project/Program Management

• Prolific thought leader: Published over 100 articles & white papers for SAP
publications; written 5 SAP books; spoken at nearly 60 SAP conferences globally

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Agenda

• Overview & benefits of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition

• Capabilities & key features

• Deployment model

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Agenda

• Overview & benefits of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition

• Capabilities & key features

• Deployment model

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S/4HANA Cloud, public edition – fast facts

✓ 100% Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application

✓ (Annual) subscription-based license model
✓ Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in the cloud
✓ Entirely organic & relatively new SAP application that’s been in the
market for nearly 7 years
✓ Runs on the HANA database and leverages HANA capabilities
✓ Solution needs to be ‘deployed’ or ‘rolled-out’ and not ‘implemented’
✓ 100% mobility-enabled
✓ SAP Fiori is the only UI
✓ Also referred to as S/4HNA Public Cloud, Multi-tenant Edition (MTE), &
Essentials Edition

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Key benefits and values

Business Benefits Strategic Benefits Innovation Benefits Operational Benefits

▪ S/4HANA scope incl. LOB ▪ Lowest TCI ▪ Highest degree of ▪ Lowest TCO
and industry processes, ▪ Fit to standard automatization via Machine ▪ Native cloud infrastructure
supporting 20 industries* ▪ Complete delivery of pre- Learning and Robotic Process and cloud enablement (e.g.
▪ Cloud enabled Partner Add- activated business Automation authorizations & access
Ons innovation scope ▪ Flexibility and Extensibility management, output
▪ 48 Country/Region versions ▪ Scalable platform ▪ Access to On Stack S/4HANA management)
in 32 languages ▪ Lowest TCO Extensibility Framework ▪ Technical operations,
▪ Pre-configured integration to ▪ Side-by-side and In-App upgrades, system
▪ Fastest onboarding
other cloud solutions extensions maintenance, …etc. done by
▪ Fastest time to innovation SAP
▪ Code enhancements via
▪ Monthly feature delivery and ABAP Environment*
bi-yearly major upgrades

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*Planned Roadmap. Subject to change
Leader in Finance and Service-Centric Domains

Gartner notes that SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a “100%

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a Strong Leader in managed SaaS cloud solution with a comprehensive
the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for breadth of features. Strengths included strong financial
Service-Centric Cloud ERP management product vision and breadth, including core
management, treasury, analytics, and planning.”

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a Leader in the

2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud
Core Financial Management Suites for
Midsize, Large and Global Enterprises

Strong Leader in the 2020 IDC

MarketScape™ for Cloud-Enabled PSA ERP
Applications Vendor Assessment

Strong Leader in the 2020 IDC Worldwide

SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Enterprise
Finance and Accounting Applications
Vendor Assessment

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Agenda

• Overview & benefits of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition

• Capabilities & key features

• Deployment model

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Packaged capabilities based on Best Practices

Predictive Contracts

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Product-Centric Industries
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Accelerate business growth
in All Industries with a finance-led, administrative (backoffice) ERP

Industries: All Industries*

Scenarios: Order to Cash | Procure to Pay | Record to Report | Financial Planning & Analytics

➢ Uniquely simple financials ➢ Modularity to include SAP LOB, Industry Cloud and
Differentiation: ➢ Modern SaaS Cloud ERP at Any Scale and Scope
➢ Tightly integrated O2C, P2P, R2R customer scope now or in future

Source to Pay Order to Cash Record to Report

Administrative ERP Value Chain:
Process Financial
Sourcing accounts payable Confirm
customer accounting
Receive order Collect billing + Execute invoicing
Create Perform
Demand Create Manage payable customer usage data
purchase Deliver goods & Record financial
planning supplier invoice financing order
order post costs close

Invoice & Record to

Buy & Order & Bill &
Pay Report, FP&A
Receive Fulfill Collect
Manage Handle returns Confirm services & Monitor Financial Planning,
Process Post revenue Management
working and claims post costs profitability Budgeting +
Goods Confirm payments Reporting
capital Forecasting
receipt Order Bank
Collect open
commun Financial
Monitor order payments
-ication reporting
execution

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Accelerate business growth
in Service-Centric Industries with end-to-end operational processes

Professional EC&O + Real Public Higher Travel +

Industries: Media Banking Insurance
Services Estate Sector Education Transportation

Scenarios: Customer Projects | Contract-Based | Solution Business

Commercial Real Estate | Govt + University Budget Mgmt | Regulated Financials | Asset Management

Differentiation: ➢ Real Time Revenue Recognition ➢ Project Billing ➢ XaaS / Subscription Management
➢ Project profitability at any time ➢ Solution Management / Bundling ➢ Commercial Real Estate Management

Sell & Plan Setup & Staff Delivery & Recognize Bill & Manage
Example – Customer Project Value Chain:

Time Accounts
Recording Receivable

Lead Opportunity Engagement Search for Qualified Services Travel & Engagement Credit +
Management Management Setup Resources Procurement Expense Billing Collections

Sell & Setup & Deliver & Bill &

Plan Staff Recognize Manage

Closing + Bid Utilization Assign Manage Revenue Engagement

Engagement Close
Contracts Creation Reporting Resources Margin Recognition Analytics
Manage
WIP

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Accelerate business growth
in Product-Centric Industries with end-to-end operational processes

Automotive High Tech IM&C Mining Mill Products Retail

Industries:
Wholesale Distribution Utilities Oil & Gas Chemicals Aerospace & Defense

Scenarios: Produce & Sell Standard Products / MTS | Lot Size One / MTO | Engineer Products and Systems / ETO

➢ Early Product Designer ➢ Demand Driven Replenishment ➢ Advanced Variant Configuration

Differentiation: ➢ Just in Time, Just in Sequence ➢ Advanced Available to Promise ➢ Project Controlling
➢ Delivery Scheduling ➢ Predictive MRP ➢ 8D Quality Management

Idea to Market Source to Pay Plan to Fulfill Order to Cash

Example - Make-to-Stock Scenario Value Chain:

Handover to Run production Create

manufacturing of subassemblies sales order

Create and Run demand Schedule Confirm and Create quotation Plan transport and run
capture design forecasting production receive subassemblies and receive order outbound delivery

Plan Produce Deliver

Receive Receive finished Pick components Create service order Run and track
Run MRP
components products into warehouse and run final assembly and run service outbound transport

Procure Confirm Monitor warranty

components final assembly and react to claims

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2-tier ERP model for large enterprises (on SAP ECC or S/4HANA)
with S/4HANA Cloud, public edition as the 2nd tier

Industries: All Industries

Two-Tier ERP works for a mix of customer profiles:

Laggards Pace Keepers Innovators

Run dated ECC system Running ECC with Running ECC but strong
with keep-the-lights on desire to lift and shift strategy/vision to move
Tier 1 strategy (Leapfrog to or into cloud. Focus on or to cloud. Committed to
Public Cloud) and too evolution to a clean transformation with
ECC Installed Base small for PCE core and modular cloud standardization
Three distinct profiles
majority of customers

and
Tier 2
Five distinct profiles Acquisitions Subsidiaries Divestitures Autonomous
Incubations
Divisions
Existing ERP customers who have
Tier 2 scenario requirements due
to need for agility or step based
transformation to the public
cloud

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World-class UX with SAP Fiori
On any device, use Embedded analytics for Machine learning for
role based cockpits simulation, prediction & automated processing &
with digital assistant insight-to-action decision support

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Embedded intelligence helps unlock efficiencies

embedded insights with situation handling SAP Process Automation

Data-driven decisions for measurable Exception-based notifications for insight to Multiple bot workflows for execution (attended +
outcomes action unattended)

7 Times 42%
increase in order processing capacity of sales orders automated
Streamlining Order-to-Cash Integrating Solutions
processes increases capacity for for a real-time overview of
seasonal sales peaks the entire go-to- market channel

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Agenda

• Overview & benefits of S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition

• Capabilities & key features

• Deployment model

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SAP Activate – Deployment methodology

Customers achieve fast and cost efficient deployment of SAP innovations

with ONE simple, modular and agile methodology

Drive delivery of customer and time to value

Full support for initial implementation Broad coverage of SAP solutions

and on-going business innovation SAP ACTIVATE
Methodology

Enabled for cloud, on-premise,

and hybrid deployments
Flexible to accommodate today and
future delivery approaches, including
SAP partners

Enables co-innovation with customers

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SAP Activate for S/4HANA Cloud, public edition
Discover Prepare Explore Realize QG3
Deploy Run
QG1 QG2 QG4

Getting Started & Onboarding

Project Initiation & Governance Execution / Monitoring of Project
Project Mgmt.
Project Standards & Kick-off

Customer Team Cloud Trial Team Self- Enablement Customer Execution of Standard Scenarios
Enablement

Technical Starter System Initial Access Request/Receive Initial Access Request/Receive

Architecture to Development System Production System
Release Cycles
SAP CBC Initial Access System Go-Live
& Infrastructure Ongoing Operations
Request/Receive Test System Release Cycles
SAP Cloud ALM Initial Access

Discovery Required Configuration Solution Walkthrough Continuous

Assessment Business Driven Fit-to-Standard Analysis and Documentation Improvements
Application Design Solution Configuration Activate New Country/
and Configuration Application Value Configuration Assessment Scope
Identity and Access Management Release Cycles
and Scoping Identity and Access
Fit-to-Standard Analysis and Configuration Output Management
Activate New Scope/
System Preparation
Country

Extensibility Extension Planning and Design Solution Extension Development & Deployment

Create Integration & API and AI Integration Planning and Design AI & Integration Setup in
Integration Lists AI & Integration Setup in Test Production
AI Planning ,Design, and Setup System
Prepare Integration Setup Setup Instructions

Testing Test Planning Test Preparation Test Execution

Data Migration (Customizing) Cutover Preparation

Data Management
Data Migration Strategy Data Load Preparation Production Cutover
Data Migration (Test)
Operations & Release Cycles
Support Support Operations and Handover Plan
Ongoing Operations

Organizational Change Management

Solution Adoption Cloud Mindset
Assessment User Experience
Enablement Strategy Learning Needs Analysis Enablement Content Development & Delivery Management
Analytics Configuration in Development Tenant
Analytics
Create Initial Analytics List Analytics Planning and Design Analytics Configuration in Test System
Analytics Configuration in Production System
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Quality Gates Task / Activity 08.09.2022 2208
Cloud Mindset – key ingredient for success

• A fundamental new way of thinking in the cloud era. It requires the ability to
rapidly adopt standard best practices and leverage cloud technology to
engage in continuous innovation

• The adoption of a cloud mindset enables an organization to achieve higher

agility, flexibility and collaboration thereby optimize the use of business and
technological innovations that the cloud offers.

• Customer committed to cloud mindset embrace:

❖ Adopting standard processes
❖ Running the solution in a SAP selected Data Center
❖ Accepting innovation and update cycles

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