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Get to know the basics about SAP S/4 HANA
Transformation requirements and Methodology
Available services from SAP for transformation
Understand the typical steps of an SAP S/4 HANA implementation

SAP S/4 HANA:

Simplified technology landscapes
Integrated processes
Streamlined operations
Unit testing
Agility and improved connectivity

SAP S/4 HANA is a full enterprise management suite, is SAP’s next generation Business Suite and is a completely new product and code line and covers the areas of finance, sourcing & procurement, asset management, manufacturing and supply chain

Key Benefits

Instant real-time insight for better decisions:

In-memory technology
Embedded analytics

Reinvented processes for higher performance:

Maximized throughout and speed
Native integration of SAP solutions

SAP Fiori user experience for higher productivity:

Intuitive on all devices, mobiles first
Proactive decision-making support

Simplified Architecture for lower TCO:

Lean data footprint
There are various ways to get to S/4HANA. This depends on a customer’s starting point. For example, new implementation, system conversion, and landscape transformation.
New implementation - This is a new implementation of SAP S/4HANA (green field): customers who are migrating from a non-SAP legacy system or from an SAP ERP system and implementing a fresh system that requires an initial data load. In this scenario, the SAP S/4HANA system is implemented, and master and transactional data are migrated from the legacy system, thus standard data migration tools and content has to be used.
System conversion - This is a complete conversion of an existing SAP Business Suite system to SAP S/4HANA (brownfield): customers who want to change their current SAP ERP system to SAP S/4HANA. This scenario is technically based on Software Update Manager (SUM) with Database Migration Option (DMO) in case the customer is not yet on SAP HANA as the underlying database.
Landscape transformation - This is a consolidation of current regional SAP systems into one global SAP S/4HANA system or a split out of different parts of a system: customers who want to consolidate their landscape or carve out selected entities (such as a company code) or processes into a single SAP S/4HANA system.
Both SAP S/4HANA on-premise and the SAP S/4HANA cloud editions have release strategies. The cloud editions are released quarterly. The on-premise edition has one new release per year, and receives additional functionality and corrections in the form of Feature Pack Stacks (FPS) or Service Pack Stacks (SPS) each quarter.
On-premise: Each year, SAP is shipping a new product version of its on-premise SAP S/4HANA product (e.g. SAP S/4HANA 1610) this will always be followed by three successive FPS on a quarterly basis, after this SAP releases the next product version and the previous product version is receiving SPS on a quarterly basis until the end of mainstream maintenance. Technically, a FPS is like a SPS, but it may include non-disruptive, non-mandatory features. The numbering of FPS/SPS will be consecutive, i.e. the first SPS after a FPS3 would be consequently SPS4.

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