tec111 – build smart, run simple with sap s/4hana

March 2016

Deploying with SAP Activate

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Agenda

● SAP S/4HANA – The next generation business suite

● Deploying SAP S/4HANA with SAP Activate

● SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA

● Scope and Configure via Guided Configuration

● Methodology

● Summary

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SAP S/4HANA – The next

generation business suite


SAP S/4HANA, cloud editionDrive the digital transformation with the simplicity of the cloud

EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE

FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT

FAST INNOVATIONS

DYNAMIC EXTENSIBILITY GUIDED CONFIGURATION

NATIVE INTEGRATION

cloud and hybrid

quarterly innovation cycle

extensions via SAP HANA Cloud Platform

fully managed by SAP

integration with SuccessFactors

Employee Central, Ariba Network,

SAP hybris Marketing, Fieldglass,

SAP JAM

Ready-to-run SAP Best

Practices business processes

- SAP S/4HANA, cloud marketing edition

- SAP S/4HANA, cloud project services edition

- SAP S/4HANA, cloud enterprise edition

Cloud

edition

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Deploying SAP S/4HANA

with SAP Activate


Introducing …


Recommended Approach for SAP S/4HANA 1511 deployments

with SAP Activate

SAP S/4HANAOn-Premise Edition

SAP S/4HANACloud Edition

• SAP Best Practices including business and integration processes

optimized for S/4HANA cloud

• SAP Best Practices including business and integration processes

optimized for S/4HANA on-promise

• Starter system for initial scoping and fit/gap• Project jump start with on-premise software appliance

(provisioning through SAP CAL or BluRay shipment)

• Self-service configuration for initial setup

• Scope extensions through expert configuration • Scope extensions through classical IMG approach

• Content Lifecycle Management enabled by SAP • Content Lifecycle Management not available

• SAP Solution Manager in the cloud including SAP Best Practices

business process and project content

• SAP Solution Manager in the cloud or customer location including

SAP Best Practices business process and project content


Transition to SAP S/4HANAThe 3 Scenarios


Transition to SAP S/4HANA with SAP ActivateInnovations for new implementations

Innovations delivered with SAP Activate

• Pre-configured trial systems – role based self-led evaluation of SAP S/4HANA utilizing SAP Fiori

• Start your project with ready-to-run business and integration processes delivered with the product

• Fit/Gap analysis instead of costly blueprinting with business process documentation delivered through Solution Manager 7.2

• Pre-defined data mappings for data migration

• SAP Fiori based learning application with role-based learning content

• SAP Solution Manager as delivery infrastructure

• Content Lifecycle Management for cloud deployments using self-service and expert configuration tools


Transition to SAP S/4HANA with SAP ActivateInnovations for system conversions

Innovations delivered with SAP Activate

• Experience preconfigured trial systems, on-premise and in the cloud

• Step-by-step system conversion

• Technical preparation: Maintenance Planner, Software Update Manager (SUM), Database Migration Option for SUM

• Semantic adoption tasks: Simplification list for SAP S/4HANA on-premise edition 1511, conversion pre-checks and custom

code checks

• SAP best practices for integration into cloud lines-of-business solutions such as SFSF Employee Central

• SAP Fiori based “Learning Application” delivered with the product with role-based learning content for easy onboarding of end users

• Context-sensitive screen help as an overlay on each application screen

• SAP Solution Manager as Delivery Infrastructure for S/4HANA


SAP Activate building blocks: cloud only


SAP Activate for PartnersUse and Extend

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SAP Best Practices for

SAP S/4HANA


SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA


SAP Best Practices for migration to SAP S/4HANAScenario: New Implementation


SAP Best Practices for migration to SAP S/4HANAScenario: System Conversion


SAP Best Practices for migration to SAP S/4HANAScenario: Landscape Transformation


SAP Best Practices for Integration

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Scope and Configure


SAP Activate - SAP S/4HANA Implementation Cockpit


User Training and Onboarding

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Methodology


SAP Activate - Methodology


Bill of Materials for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANAProcess diagrams – how to access

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Summary


First Customer Go-Live - SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511

Customer Situation Real estate developer building high end custom-made homes with award winning architects and interior designers. The

company is transforming their business model from running the entire value chain in SAP S/4HANA.

Project Status Customer productive since January 20th after ambitious two-month implementation timeline

Minimal viable scope implemented to cover critical business processes for planning, procurement, manufacturing,

shipping and billing

Go-live with workarounds, optimizations ongoing in second project phase

Critical Success Factors Implementation partner was well trained regarding SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA

Project coaches, development angel and experts from S/4HANA regional implementation as connectors into product

development to resolve issues

Clear focus on SAP Best Practices scope accelerated the realization phase

Partner and customer were flexible and accepted workarounds for phase 1

Top Issues in Project and Related Mitigation Data Migration - Tooling for SME (additional license for Data Services)

Initial activation of SAP Best Practices – SAP SET support to overcome issues

SAP Fiori Apps - missing skills & documentation. Mitigated via up-skilling through SET & RIG

Next Steps on Customer's Roadmap Phase 2 go-live in March 2016

Optimizations regarding functional coverage

Extending operational analytics

Customer Industry: Real Estate

Country: Switzerland

Employees: ~100

Solution SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511

(New implementation scenario)

Project Duration 8 weeks

Go Live Date January 20th, 2016

Hardware/System landscape IaaS provided by Amazon Cloud

256 GB main memory

Productive Users Current: 15

Target: 50 - 100


Why Now, What Is New ?… what you need to take away from this session !


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