Simplify Your Journey to S/4HANA Finance

Presented by Dr. Ravi Surya


As SAP ECC customers are planning to move to SAP S/4HANA they want to know how to get started.

Join ERPfixers and Dr. Ravi Surya Subrahmanyam in this recorded webcast to learn more about:

- An overview on SAP S/4HANA & SAP S/4HANA Finance
- SAP S/4HANA transition options
- Tools that support SAP S/4HANA transition
- SAP S/4HANA readiness check for SAP ERP usage and data profiling
- Process discovery for SAP S/4HANA Transformation (evolution of SAP Business Scenario Recommendations)
- Building a business case for SAP S/4HANA transition

Q&A

Q: As customers prepare their move to S/4HANA, what are the first steps you suggest?

A: The SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA helps you in planning your transition to SAP S/ 4HANA, and gives you an overview of the to-dos and the actual readiness of your productive ERP system for the journey to SAP S/4HANA. 

With SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA you get all of the required information in just one report, merged together in an overview dashboard. 

It provides an overview of several aspects of the preparation phase, and also allows for detailed information on each aspect so that you can get an estimation of the effort it will take to get SAP S/4HANA ready. 

Q: When moving to SAP S/4HANA, some of the Finance or Logistics applications might impact to some extent. How would we consider them to make them unaffected?

A: Simplification Items Report will show detailed consistency check results. We can deep-dive into results related activities per item, categorizing activities in mandatory, conditional, optional, or sequencing according to project phases. Educating customers about these items and the changes it brings, users will understand the simplified business process.

Q: If clients are currently running SAP on premises, but want to transition to cloud. How do we choose deployment options?

A: The decision of which deployment option to select largely depends on the degree of standardization versus the degree of flexibility required by a customer in their enterprise software and the implementation method.

SAP S/4HANA On Premise is the innovative, intelligent ERP for customers that require maximum control of their ERP system, usually in their own data centers or with existing IaaS partnerships. This solution is best for customers who desire  complete control and ownership of their application and data landscape - The ability to manage unique, customer-specific needs which cannot be addressed by public cloud or private cloud offerings.

Author: Dr. Ravi Surya

Dr. Ravi Surya Subrahmanyam is an expert Fixer for ERPfixers and a technical and Financials writer with a background in SAP Financial Accounting, Funds Management, Financial Supply Chain Management, Cash Management & in-house cash, SAP S/4 HANA Finance. He has been working as Director – SAP Practice for The Hackett group India Ltd, GDC- India. He completed his Master’s degree in Finance from Central University, Master of Commerce from Osmania University, Master of Commerce from Andhra University, and Ph.D.in Finance from one of the best universities in India. His research Papers have been published in National and International magazines. He has been a Visiting Instructor for SAP India Education and SAP Indonesia – Education. He has been working on Conversion and Upgradation projects. He has been a Certified Solution Architect for SAP S/4 HANA and SAP S/4 HANA Certified Professional.