Whether you're making the move to SAP S/4HANA, or just curious about what the suite has to offer, this introductory guide is your starting point. Explore your business processes in SAP S/4HANA, now optimized by AI: finance, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, human capital management, and more. Get insight into SAP S/4HANA's architecture and key features for reporting, sustainability, extensibility, and artificial intelligence. Build your business case, choose your adoption path, and get ready for your implementation!
In this book, you'll learn about:
a. Key Capabilities
Learn about SAP S/4HANA's core offerings. Explore new-and-improved features such as the Universal Journal, advanced intercompany sales, centralized procurement, and much more. Discover how embedded and generative AI capabilities enhance your business processes and reporting options.
b. System Architecture
Understand how SAP S/4HANA is built from the ground up. Compare SAP S/4HANA's on-premise, private cloud, and public cloud architectures. Then see how to extend and optimize your system using a clean core strategy and SAP Business Technology Platform.
c. Your SAP S/4HANA Journey
Take your first steps towards implementation. Navigate your adoption path, whether you're planning a new implementation, system conversion, or selective data transition. Follow the SAP Activate methodology to plan your SAP S/4HANA project.
Highlights include:
1) Finance
2) Manufacturing
3) Supply chain
4) Sales, marketing, and commerce
5) Sourcing and procurement
6) Human capital management
7) Sustainability
8) Clean core
9) Intelligent technologies
10) Reporting and analytics
11) Deployment
12) Case studies
Devraj Bardhan is a distinguished global SAP leader at IBM, renowned for his exceptional track record in leading large-scale transformation projects that have significantly driven business growth through innovation and digital efficiencies. As an esteemed subject matter expert (SME) in SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), and artificial intelligence (AI), Devraj has played a pivotal role in expanding IBM's digital transformation capabilities by developing and implementing global templates and intelligent workflows. He maintains strong collaborative relationships with both SAP and IBM customers, fostering the incubation of groundbreaking ideas. Additionally, Devraj spearheads the NextLevel SAP BTP & AI partnership, which leverages joint intellectual property creation between IBM and SAP to drive mutual success. Devraj can be reached via www.linkedin.com/in/bardhan or on social media channels like X, Bluesky, and Mastodon as @devbard.
Axel Baumgartl is leading the transformation office for the Global Partner Organization of SAP. In his role, he focuses on accelerating the transformation of operations, processes, and applications to support the activation and enablement of the SAP ecosystem based on his 20 years of experience with SAP transformation projects. He is the author of several publications and books about SAP products and he developed a method for enterprise architecture blueprinting.
Madalina Dascalescu is an associate partner at IBM. With more than a decade of experience, she contributed to numerous SAP transformation projects, aiding clients in optimizing their operations and orchestrating robust enterprise architecture to facilitate sustained growth. Madalina had held various consulting roles, supporting the implementation of materials management, transportation management, yard logistics, and extended warehouse management solutions from SAP. As part of NDT Global, an SAP customer, Madalina was responsible for the SAP S/4HANA solution architecture team both on the implementation project and within the global center of excellence. Additionally, Madalina played a pivotal role within SAP, notably as part of SAP 4.0 pop-up factory, where she led the setup and showcasing of integrated digital supply chain and Industry 4.0 solutions, aimed to demonstrate their efficacy to customers.
Mark Dudgeon, now retired, was the Global SAP CTO of IBM Global Business Services, SAP Service Line. He has more than 23 years of experience in architecture design and delivery for some of IBM's largest SAP deployments. Mark's role also included ensuring that IBM has the right partnerships, capabilities, and offerings to support its customers in their digital transformation journey with SAP. You can reach Mark via Twitter @MarkPDudgeon.
Piotr Gorecki is a program manager and enterprise architect working at IBM Global SAP Center of Competence. He has almost 30 years of experience in planning and delivering complex business transformation programs based on SAP solutions. Piotr has been working on global and local SAP projects in several industries, including consumer products, life sciences, retail, and telecommunications. In his current role, he helps customers define their road maps to SAP S/4HANA and identify new solutions and technologies that enable reaching their business goals. Piotr can be reached via www.linkedin.com/in/piotrgorecki/.
