SAP S/4HANA Discovery – Greenfield vs. Conversion Overview Webcast Recap
This was a Meet the Expert session
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Recorded sessions are available in the SAP Learning Hub
Focus to provide guidance on greenfield vs conversion project
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Learning objectives are shown above
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Tutorial available later this year
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Are you digital yet?
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Table reduction
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When take the S4 train?
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Full content available in October
Greenfield vs Conversion
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New implementation – greenfield
Conversion
Landscape consolidation
Six questions are shown above
Moving the needle
If 6 answers are higher than 18 should do system conversion
If points lower than 18 go with new implementation
Can you move in a one step procedure? Are there technical reasons you can do it in one step? If you are typically on ECC 6.0, then have a clear 5 point answer
If system is still non-Unicode, then you have an additional step
If use classic GL, would have additional procedures
Business processes – do they fit the long-term strategy? Is business interested in redesign
Best practices – interested in adopting?
Landscape consolidation – is it an important topic for you?
Fifth question is about historical transactional data – business requirement to keep – opt for conversion
Motivation for the project – business or IT? Funding
IT-driven approach goes for conversion
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If you have old version of ERP, it may require a separate step
Classic GL – it would be easier to do a new implementation
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Readiness Check – see if there are obstacles in the system (e.g. custom code, add-ons)
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Model company; a preconfigured appliance; head start for a new implementation
More a business decision than IT
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If have more than 1 ECC system, look at landscape consolidation
Approach – data in hub – set up central hub as an intermediate step to consolidate the data
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Historical data – logon to the old system, read old system (an option)
Another option is to load historical data in BW
if valid business reasons you can keep transactional data in system then convert to S/4HANA; try to avoid this
New implementation – only open items and balances/master data
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Business – typically new implementation
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Sample output of questions…
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Some takeaways
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See where the spreadsheet fits in the “Discover” phase
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Resources are shown above
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More resources from SAP:
https://support.sap.com/esacademy and enter the search tag “SAP S/4HANA Discovery”
Conversion Guide for SAP S/4HANA: https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE > Product Documentation > Conversion Guide
Understand the available transition options: Go to blogs.sap.com and search for https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/06/how-to-find-my-path-to-sap-s4hana-understand-the-available-transition-options/
Updates from SAP
MTE (Meet-The-Expert) live sessions open for registration
SAP S/4HANA The Essentials Thus, Sep 20, 10:00 AM Eastern Time/New York
MTE (Meet-The-Expert) existing recorded sessions
SAP S/4HANA Discovery – Greenfield vs. Conversion Overview delivered on Aug 21st
SAP S/4HANA Discovery – Transition Paths and Best Practices delivered on Aug 23rd
SAP S/4HANA Discovery – Landscape Scoping delivered on Aug 31st
SAP S/4HANA Project and Ongoing Effort delivered on Aug 28th
SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA delivered on July 24th
Build Your Product Roadmap – SAP Transformation Navigator delivered on Aug 8th
Build high-level benefits case with SAP Quick Value Assessment delivered on Aug 9th
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