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SAP S/4HANA An Introduction

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744 pages, 5th, updated and revised edition , Print edition hardcover
ISBN 978-1-4932-2653-5 744 pages, 5th, updated and revised edition
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ISBN 978-1-4932-2654-2 744 pages, 5th, updated and revised edition , Print edition hardcover
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ISBN 978-1-4932-2655-9
Whether you’re making the move to SAP S/4HANA, or just curious about what the suite has to offer, this introductory guide is your starting point. Explore your business processes in SAP S/4HANA, now optimized by AI: finance, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, human capital management, and more. Get insight into SAP S/4HANA’s architecture and key features for reporting, sustainability, extensibility, and artificial intelligence. Build your business case, choose your adoption path, and get ready for your implementation!
  • Learn what SAP S/4HANA offers your company
  • Explore your key business processes, elevated with AI
  • Assess the system architecture, extensibility tools, deployment options, and more
About the Book About the E-book 744 pages, hardcover, 1.69 in. Chapter 7 by Rajib Banerjee and Jayabrata Maitra. Foreword by Garrick Keatts. Reference book format 7 x 10 in. Printed black and white on 50# offset paper from sustainable sources. Casebound for durability. Reader-friendly serif font (TheAntiquaB 9.5 Pt.). One-column layout. E-book in full color. PDF (30 MB), EPUB (30 MB) files for download, DRM-free with personalized digital watermark. Copy and paste, bookmarks, and print-out permitted. Table of contents, in-text references, and index fully linked. Including online book edition in dedicated reader application.

In this book, you’ll learn about:

  1. Key Capabilities

    Learn about SAP S/4HANA’s core offerings. Explore new-and-improved features such as the Universal Journal, advanced intercompany sales, centralized procurement, and much more. Discover how embedded and generative AI capabilities enhance your business processes and reporting options.

  2. System Architecture

    Understand how SAP S/4HANA is built from the ground up. Compare SAP S/4HANA’s on-premise, private cloud, and public cloud architectures. Then see how to extend and optimize your system using a clean core strategy and SAP Business Technology Platform.

  3. Your SAP S/4HANA Journey

    Take your first steps towards implementation. Navigate your adoption path, whether you’re planning a new implementation, system conversion, or selective data transition. Follow the SAP Activate methodology to plan your SAP S/4HANA project.

Highlights include:

  • Finance
  • Manufacturing
  • Supply chain
  • Sales, marketing, and commerce
  • Sourcing and procurement
  • Sustainability
  • Clean core
  • Intelligent technologies
  • Reporting and analytics
  • Architecture
  • Deployment
  • Case studies

Devraj Bardhan is a distinguished global SAP leader at IBM, renowned for his exceptional track record in leading large-scale transformation projects that have significantly driven business growth through innovation and digital efficiencies.

Axel Baumgartl leads the Partner Ecosystem Success transformation office within SAP. In this role, he focuses on accelerating the transformation of operations, processes, and applications to support the activation and enablement of the SAP ecosystem based on more than 20 years of experience with SAP transformation projects.

Madalina Dascalescu is an associate partner at IBM. With more than a decade of experience, she contributed to numerous SAP transformation projects, aiding clients in optimizing their operations and orchestrating robust enterprise architecture to facilitate sustained growth.

Mark Dudgeon, now retired, was the Global SAP CTO of IBM Global Business Services, SAP Service Line. He has more than 23 years of experience in architecture design and delivery for some of IBM’s largest SAP deployments.

Piotr Górecki is a program manager and enterprise architect working at IBM Global SAP Center of Competence.

Asidhara Lahiri is a managing director at Accenture’s ATCI SAP practice, where she leads innovation and the enterprise architecture practice in SAP.

Richard Maund has spent 25 years as an IT consultant specializing in SAP architecture, and has worked in a variety of senior architectural roles with clients on some of the biggest and most complex SAP implementations.

Bert Meijerink serves as the SAP S/4HANA Finance lead at IBM TruQua. With an impressive track record of more than 40 years in implementing financial systems globally, he brings unparalleled expertise to the table.

Andrew Worsley-Tonks is the head of IBM Consulting's SAP Business for EMEA. He’s passionate about finding ways to use emerging and established technology more effectively, in combination with SAP, to help organizations achieve better business outcomes and end user adoption.

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