Part II

Business Processes

Part II dives into the details of SAP S/4HANA Cloud’s business capabilities. Because SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a fully functional ERP system, its functional boundaries are too extensive to cover fully. As such, our approach is to present and follow the functional taxonomy provided by SAP and then review critical scope items within that structure. This structure covers all the end-to-end and supporting business processes. From procure-to-pay and plan-to-produce to order-to-cash and core finance and everything in between and around, the complete business map is covered. Not all scope items within these categories can be fully reviewed, and new capabilities and scope items are being added each quarter.

The goal here is to illuminate the depth and breadth of the system while remaining aware that the entire scope is always changing. Beyond the functional scope, understanding the capabilities of SAP S/4HANA Cloud must include a review of the tool’s embedded analytics. Business users of this ERP system are dramatically impacted by never having to leave the system to retrieve key performance metrics. Further, the real-time reporting capabilities within SAP S/4HANA Cloud provide the ability to move from insight to action in the click of a mouse. When combined with the full functional scope of the application, SAP S/4HANA Cloud truly becomes the digital core of a business.