SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud (S4) is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution offered by SAP, a leading provider of business software and services. SAP S/4HANA is the next-generation version of SAP’s highly successful SAP Business Suite and is designed to help businesses streamline their operations, improve decision-making, and adapt to rapidly changing business environments.
- Cloud-Based: As the name suggests, SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud is a cloud-based ERP solution. This means that it is hosted and maintained in the cloud, and customers can access the software and data from anywhere with an internet connection. This reduces the need for on-premises hardware and IT infrastructure.
- Real-time Analytics: SAP S/4HANA leverages the power of the SAP HANA in-memory database, which allows for real-time data processing and analytics. This enables businesses to make faster, data-driven decisions.
- Simplified Data Model: S/4HANA uses a simplified data model, which reduces data redundancy and helps improve data consistency and accuracy.
- User Experience: It offers a modern, intuitive user interface and a responsive design that works on various devices, making it more user-friendly and accessible.
- Industry-Specific Functionality: SAP provides industry-specific solutions and functionalities tailored to different sectors, such as manufacturing, retail, finance, and more.
- Integration: SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud can be integrated with other SAP solutions and third-party applications, allowing businesses to connect their ERP system to various tools and services.
- Scalability: It offers the ability to scale resources up or down based on business needs, making it suitable for small to large enterprises.
- Subscription-Based Pricing: SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud typically follows a subscription-based pricing model, where customers pay for the software on a monthly or annual basis, rather than making a large upfront capital investment.
This template describes and end to end Solution for S4 Public Cloud covering the business areas:
- Finance
- Asset Management
- Sourcing and Procurement
- Human Resources
- Sales
- Service
- Manufacturing
- R&D / Engineering
- Supply Chain
- Solution for Specific Industries
- Database and Data Migration
- Application Platform and Infrastructure
The solution description is product agnostic, the effort estimation distinguishes between different product implementations.
To ensure the success of an S4 implementation, it is important to thoroughly reflect the S4 solution coverage. Solution coverage refers to how intensively S4 will be used in a customer organization.
For example, using only a small subset of all available business areas / scope elements, the scope of your S4 would be considered narrow. If the majority of all personas in a customer organization will be utilizing the system, that is a broad scope of S4.
Based on extensive business and industry knowledge, CIN offers intelligent customizing where business areas / scope elements can be selected and deselected. The effects of the selection / deselection on business areas, personas and user stories are immediately apparent at any time.