Master S4/HANA Webinar Series – An in-depth look at the ERP pains S4/HANA addresses

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S/4HANA Webinar Series

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Panaya is the leader in ERP change analytics and cloud-based software testing.

Panaya CloudQualityTM Suite empowers enterprises with the ability to manage ERP quality.

Introducing Panaya

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Agenda

• Basic terminology

• Pains addressed by S/4HANA

• S/4HANA deployment options

• What’s inside S/4HANA

• About Panaya

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S/4HANA in a Nutshell

• Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity

• Native Fiori UX

• Advanced cloud deployment

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Bill and Hasso on S/4HANA

"SAP S/4HANA is about uniting software and people to build businesses that run real-time, networked and simple." - SAP CEO Bill McDermott

“HANA is ready for primetime. If this doesn’t work, we’re dead. Flat-out dead. It’s that simple.” - SAP Chairman Hasso Plattner

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S/4HANA Features

• S/4HANA is a New Product

• S/4HANA Code is Massively Simplified

• Simple finance

• Most promising new features

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S/4HANA addresses these pains

• IT Pains

• Satellite applications

• Single DB

• Easier UI

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The 3 best reasons to upgrade to S/4HANA• S/4HANA increases your agility

• S/4HANA brings you closer to standard

• S/4HANA forces you to get your ERP in shape.

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S/4HANA Deployment Options – On-premise• On-premise or hosted

• ABAP customization

• Yearly release schedule

• Managed by customer/partner

• Customer defined update schedule

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S/4HANA Deployment Options – Public cloud• Shared HANA multi-tenant database

• HANA cloud platform extensions

• Quarterly release schedule

• 100% managed by SAP

• Automatic updates

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S/4HANA Deployment Options – Managed Cloud• Managed HANA database and network

• HANA cloud platform extensions

• ABAP customization

• Quarterly release schedule

• 100% managed by SAP

• Scheduled updates

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On-Premise or Cloud Version?

• Large enterprise = on-premise

• Large customization = on-premise

• High level of standardization = cloud version

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Breaking News on S/4HANA from SAPPHIRE

• The cloud edition of S/4HANA was just released

• Cloud marketing edition

• Cloud project services edition

• Cloud enterprise edition

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S/4HANA Requirements

• Enhancement Pack 7

• Database migration to SAP HANA

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Delivering on the ERP Promise?

The ERP Promise The ERP Reality

ERP systems attuned to best practices and market needs

ERP ‘catch-up’ process is risky, cumbersome and expensive

Fast and simple changes Complex, error prone changes

Agile ERP for new services

Changes measured in months not weeks

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The Challenge: ERP Change Risks

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The Solution: Panaya CloudQualityTM

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‘Vanilla’ Versions & Updates (Eg. Support Packs, Patches…)

Customer Specific ERP(Development + QA +

Production)

Customer Rules

Code

Box

Test

B

ox

‘Vanilla’ Rules

Panaya CloudQuality: Optimized Scope, Accelerated Test Scripts

ERP Change Simulation Query? My next EHP, Rollout, Functional Release, Patch…

Panaya CloudQualityTM: How it works

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S/4HANA Webinar Series

• The productivity gems in SAP Simple Finance

• Migrating to S/4HANA and choosing your hosting options

• The business case for upgrading to S/4HANA