SAP S/4HANA Cloud by Jolton, Michael,Eisbart, Yosh -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Dear Reader Notes on Usage Table of Contents Foreword from SAP Foreword by Geoffrey Scott Preface

Objective of This Book Target Audience of This Book How to Read This Book Acknowledgments On with the Show

Part I Getting Started 1 The Basics: What Is SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

1.1 Overview 1.2 Cloud ERP and the Two-Tier Model 1.3 Preconfigured End-to-End Business Processes 1.4 ERP Cloud Building Blocks

1.4.1 Software as a Service 1.4.2 Platform as a Service 1.4.3 Infrastructure as a Service

1.5 Ongoing Support

1.5.1 SAP Production Support Models 1.5.2 Business Analyst 1.5.3 Extensibility Support

1.6 Summary

2 Customer Use Cases: Who Should Use SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

2.1 ERP in the Cloud

2.1.1 Minimal IT Spend 2.1.2 International Businesses 2.1.3 Outsourced IT 2.1.4 Faster Upgrade Cycles

2.2 Preconfigured ERP

2.2.1 SAP Best Practices 2.2.2 Standard Business Practice-Driven Model 2.2.3 The Fit-to-Standard Approach

2.3 Two-Tiered ERP Model

2.3.1 Two-Tiered Approach: Maturity Level 2.3.2 Federated Manufacturing Model 2.3.3 Holding Company Model 2.3.4 Start-ups and Mergers and Acquisitions

2.4 Localization 2.5 Summary

3 Implementation: How Do You Set Up SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

3.1 SAP S/4HANA Cloud Best Practices

3.1.1 Navigating 3.1.2 Content

3.2 SAP Activate

3.2.1 Discover 3.2.2 Prepare 3.2.3 Explore 3.2.4 Realize 3.2.5 Deploy 3.2.6 Run

3.3 Team Requirements and Timing 3.4 Summary

4 Costs: How Much Will SAP S/4HANA Cloud Cost?

4.1 Subscription Price Structure

4.1.1 Simplifying the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Licensing Model 4.1.2 Current Pricing

4.2 SAP’s Cloud Extension Model 4.3 Implementation Cost Components 4.4 Estimating Implementation Costs

4.4.1 Fit-to-Standard Process 4.4.2 Cost Estimation Process

4.5 End User Support via SAP Application Management Services 4.6 Summary

5 Maintenance: How Do You Maintain SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

5.1 Quarterly Release Management

5.1.1 Communicating with Users 5.1.2 SAP Communications 5.1.3 Enabling New Releases

5.2 Report Development 5.3 Tile Customization 5.4 Integration Management 5.5 End User Support via Application Management Services 5.6 Summary

Part II Business Processes 6 Product Functionality: What Processes Does SAP S/4HANA Cloud Perform?

6.1 The Big Picture 6.2 Streamlined Procure-to-Pay

6.2.1 Procurement Master Data 6.2.2 Supplier Management 6.2.3 Operational Purchasing 6.2.4 Contract Management and Collaborative Sourcing 6.2.5 Inventory Management 6.2.6 Invoice and Payables Management 6.2.7 Procurement Analytics

6.3 Accelerated Plan-to-Product

6.3.1 Basic Production Planning 6.3.2 Basic Production Processing 6.3.3 Inventory Management 6.3.4 Maintenance Management 6.3.5 Project Control and Product Development

6.4 Optimized Order-to-Cash

6.4.1 Order-to-Cash Scope Items Covered in Other Functional Groupings 6.4.2 Order and Contracts Management

6.5 Project Services

6.5.1 Project Management 6.5.2 Contract-to-Cash 6.5.3 Time and Expense Management

6.6 Core Finance

6.6.1 Accounting and Closing Operations 6.6.2 Statutory Reporting 6.6.3 Treasury and Financial Risk Management 6.6.4 Receivables Management

6.7 HR Connectivity 6.8 Data Management

6.8.1 Basic Data Integration 6.8.2 Master Data Maintenance 6.8.3 Master Data Management

6.9 Functionality in New Releases 6.10 Summary

7 Embedded Analytics: What Can SAP S/4HANA Cloud Teach You About Your Business?

7.1 SAP Fiori UX Overview 7.2 Tiles

7.2.1 SAP Smart Business Tiles 7.2.2 Custom Tiles

7.3 Standard Graphical Reports 7.4 Standard Overview Apps 7.5 Multidimensional Analytics 7.6 Customized Queries 7.7 Summary

Part III Next Steps 8 Integrations: Can You Connect SAP S/4HANA Cloud with Other Applications?

8.1 Built-in Integrations 8.2 Custom Integrations

8.2.1 SAP Cloud Platform 8.2.2 Development Process and Components 8.2.3 APIs 8.2.4 Electronic Data Interchange

8.3 Summary

9 Extensibility: How Can You Personalize SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

9.1 In-App Extensibility

9.1.1 In-App Extensibility Authorization 9.1.2 Locating Extensible Apps 9.1.3 Changing, Adding, and Deleting Fields and Groups on a Screen 9.1.4 Adding Logic 9.1.5 Adding Business Objects 9.1.6 Adding CDS Views

9.2 Side-by-Side Extensions Using SAP Cloud Platform 9.3 Customer-Developed Extensions via SAP S/4HANA Cloud SDK 9.4 Summary

10 Roadmap: Where Do We Go from Here?

10.1 Current Roadmap

10.1.1 The Importance of the Roadmap 10.1.2 Upcoming Functionalities

10.2 Recent Innovations and How They Might Affect the Roadmap

10.2.1 Master Data 10.2.2 Extensibility

10.3 Where to Find Roadmap Updates 10.4 Summary: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been

Conclusion The Authors Index Service Pages Legal Notes

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