master s4/hana webinar series – an in-depth look at the erp pains s4/hana addresses
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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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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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‘Vanilla’ Versions & Updates (Eg. Support Packs, Patches…)
Customer Specific ERP(Development + QA +
Production)
Customer Rules
Code
Box
Test
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‘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