New to SAP S/4HANA Cloud? This is the book for you! Get detailed descriptions and screenshots to see what is possible in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, from core functionality like finance and logistics to reporting with embedded analytics and KPIs. Learn how SAP S/4HANA Cloud impacts your users and how it can be extended, integrated, and adopted by your organization. Get information on the latest intelligent technologies to experience the complete solution scope. Discover what SAP S/4HANA Cloud means for your business!
Highlights include:
1) User experience
2) Analytics
3) Business processes
4) Extensibility
5) Integration
6) Adoption
7) Lifecycle management
8) Intelligent enterprise
9) Intelligent technologies
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Höhe: 25.4 cm
Breite: 17.8 cm
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978-1-4932-2074-8 (9781493220748)
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Thomas Saueressig has global responsibility for all business software applications including all functional areas from prod-uct strategy and management to product development and innovation as well as product delivery and support. In addition, he is also in charge of all development cross-functions at SAP, comprising the overall quality of SAP software products, its user experience and the underlying global cloud infrastructure ensuring a consistent level of scalability, reliability, perfor-mance, security, and data protection across all solutions for SAP's customers. He has a degree in Business Information Technology from the Uni-versity of Cooperative Education in Mannheim (Germany) and a joint executive MBA from ESSEC (France) and Mannheim Business School (Germany).
Jan Gilg is the president of SAP S/4HANA development at SAP. In this role, he is responsible for SAP S/4HANA's digital supply chain and industry solution product lines. In his previous role as the global head of SAP S/4HANA, he was responsible for the engineering and product management function for SAP S/4HANA.
Oliver Betz is a senior vice president and global head of product management for SAP S/4HANA at SAP. Oliver assesses customer and market requirements and drives the SAP S/4HANA product strategy. His team discovers key market trends and collaborates with customers and partners. His team also supports SAP's field organization, industry analysts, and the SAP partner ecosystem to assess client requirements and demands, and map them with the SAP S/4HANA product roadmap.
... Foreword by Thomas Saueressig ... 15
... Preface ... 17
... Target Audience ... 17
... How to Read This Book ... 17
... How This Book Is Organized ... 18
... Acknowledgments ... 20
1 ... Introduction ... 21
1.1 ... Current ERP Challenges ... 21
1.2 ... A New ERP Paradigm: Cloud ERP ... 25
1.3 ... SAP S/4HANA: Deployment Options ... 29
1.4 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Use Cases and Business Value ... 33
1.5 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Solution Architecture ... 41
1.6 ... Summary ... 50
2 ... The Intelligent Enterprise Suite ... 51
2.1 ... From the Monolithic ERP to the Intelligent Suite ... 51
2.2 ... End-to-End Business Processes ... 60
2.3 ... SAP Business Technology Platform ... 64
2.4 ... Summary ... 73
3 ... Intelligent Technologies ... 75
3.1 ... Situation Handling ... 76
3.2 ... Robotic Process Automation ... 80
3.3 ... Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics ... 84
3.4 ... Internet of Things ... 90
3.5 ... Intelligent Technologies: An Example ... 94
3.6 ... Summary ... 96
4 ... User Experience ... 97
4.1 ... SAP Fiori Design System ... 97
4.2 ... Mobile User Experience ... 109
4.3 ... User Interface Adaptation ... 115
4.4 ... Summary ... 122
5 ... Analytics ... 125
5.1 ... Embedded Analytics and Enterprise Analytics ... 125
5.2 ... Embedded Analytics in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 132
5.3 ... Architecture and Integration with Other SAP Analytics Solutions ... 148
5.4 ... Summary ... 156
6 ... Business Capabilities ... 159
6.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement ... 159
6.2 ... Manufacturing ... 172
6.3 ... Logistics ... 186
6.4 ... Sales ... 203
6.5 ... Service ... 220
6.6 ... Maintenance Management ... 235
6.7 ... Finance ... 248
6.8 ... Cross Capabilities ... 258
6.9 ... Industry Variants ... 285
6.10 ... Industry Cloud ... 301
6.11 ... Globalization ... 306
6.12 ... Summary ... 314
7 ... Extensibility ... 315
7.1 ... In-App/Key User Extensibility ... 316
7.2 ... Side-by-Side Extensibility ... 323
7.3 ... In-App Developer Extensibility ... 333
7.4 ... Localization Toolkit for SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 334
7.5 ... Summary ... 336
8 ... Integration ... 337
8.1 ... Integration Strategy ... 337
8.2 ... Application Programming Interfaces ... 340
8.3 ... Master Data ... 343
8.4 ... Summary ... 355
9 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud Adoption and Lifecycle Management ... 357
9.1 ... Adoption Versus Implementation ... 357
9.2 ... SAP Activate Methodology ... 359
9.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud System Landscape ... 367
9.4 ... Tool Support for SAP Activate ... 368
9.5 ... Phases of SAP Activate ... 390
9.6 ... Identity and Access Management ... 400
9.7 ... Data Migration ... 406
9.8 ... Release Management ... 410
9.9 ... Test Management ... 413
9.10 ... Embedded Learning and User Assistance ... 418
9.11 ... Roadmap, Customer Influence, and Community ... 422
9.12 ... SAP Services and Support Offerings ... 431
9.13 ... Critical Success Factors ... 435
9.14 ... Summary ... 438
10 ... Conclusion ... 439
10.1 ... Additional Learning Resources ... 439
10.2 ... Summary and Outlook ... 443
... The Authors ... 445
... Coauthors ... 447
... Index ... 453
