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SAP S/4HANA ‒ Strategy, Innovations, and Architecture Session Recap Summary
This is from the ASUG/SAP event last week on Enterprise Archictectre.
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Launched at SAPPHIRENOW
Cloud native apps
BTP (Business Technology Platform) acts as integration, extension and development platform
Provides core services
One workflow inbox across applications
Qualtrics XM and embedded MS Teams through Embrace program and introduce it in apps – by Q3 this year, have 1 user case on procurement – procurement clerk can create a Teams meeting with a supplier
Business networks – Ariba and Concur
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Self managed, intelligent Finance – an intelligent close
Machine learning functionality
Investing in integration with Procurement with Ariba and Fieldglass
Still one code line
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Redefine industry functionality on top of S/4HANA – CPG – more B2C/B2B collaboration
Partners have 60% share in developing the industry cloud solution
Open integration, one domain model
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Moving away from a monolithic ERP
Now hybrid world
Goal is to move to best of breed, move to public cloud ERP applications
Innovate on the edges
If on premise, and want new functionality, need BTP to extend current functionality
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Commodity processes
Best practices and standards
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Moving to a composable suite
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Suite qualities in BTP
“seamless user experience based on Fiori”
One task management
Providing end to end process blueprints, how does source to pay look like
BW/SAC/Embedded Analytics
Cross product analytics based on SAC
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2 strategies
Modernize and modularize
S/4HANA Finance is modernize
Refactor code to work on cloud
Decouple UI via Odata Services
57% in S/4HANA ABAP
25% available via cloud products
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Extensions, code modifications
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Connect via public API’s
Will embed Steampunk in S/4HANA Cloud first
New ABAP version in the cloud
Launched new API process last week; 6 to 18 weeks
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With RISE, more customers move to S/4HANA cloud – private or public cloud
Rethink status quo when move to S/4HANA
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At the end of the session they said the materials / recordings would be here (it is not there yet): https://www.sap.com/engage/asug_next-generation.html
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