SAP S/4HANA

The next-generation ERP business suite

Run a truly live business with SAP S/4HANA, an in-memory ERP suite available in the cloud or on-premise. SAP S/4HANA is the digital core that enables your business to take complete advantage of the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, real-time analytics, mobile, business networks, third-party systems, and more.

What is SAP S/4HANA?

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Immediate, intelligent, and

integrated ERP

SAP S/4HANA is the digital core – the nerve center – of your entire business. It consolidates internal and external elements into a single, living structure that goes beyond traditional ERP software. In other words, it connects all of your processes, provides you with live information and insights, and seamlessly integrates your enterprise with the digital world at large.

Sales

How can a telecommunications company with highly-customized products and services maximize customer satisfaction? With SAP S/4HANA the company can streamline its sales and delivery, quickly addressing bottlenecks and other disruptions that drive customer churn.

Corporate Planning

How can a high tech company use public information to identify the best acquisition target? By running what-if simulations with SAP S/4HANA Finance – combining internal and external data to evaluate the potential financial impact of each scenario.

Consolidation

How can a large hotel chain connect disparate systems after multiple mergers and acquisitions? By using SAP S/4HANA Finance. With the software’s central journal scenario and embedded analytics, booking information is calculated in real-time for one reservation, invoice, and journal entry.

Manufacturing

How can a company that makes 500 cars per day process material transactions fast enough to keep up? With SAP S/4HANA, material postings are processed in parallel, giving the manufacturer real-time visibility into the material ledger. This visibility makes it quick and easy to respond to production issues and avoid delivery delays.

Explore the value of a next generation ERP suite

In today’s digital world, organizations need greater flexibility and the ability to execute without limitations. Learn how SAP S/4HANA can help your organization address every opportunity in the digital world.

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SAP S/4HANA in 2 Minutes

In-memory computing can have a dramatic impact on ERP—well beyond a simple speed increase.

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Next-gen ERP deployment options

SAP S/4HANA offers flexible deployment options — on premise, in the cloud, or using a hybrid model — to meet your unique needs. Explore product editions, deployment scenarios, and other key resources below.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

The SAP S/4HANA Cloud delivers the power of in-memory ERP with the key benefits you expect from public cloud solutions. This option offers the scalability, ease of management, and security your business needs to excel in today’s fast-paced digital economy.

SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA, deployed on-premise or in a private cloud environment, is designed for businesses of all sizes, in all industries, that need deep and broad functionality combined with a high degree of flexibility. Deployed in your data center or on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, this option offers maximum control for your business.

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MEMEBOX

See how South Korean makeup mega-sensation, MEMEBOX, is using SAP S/4HANA to streamline and scale IT operations, while enabling new business models. The result has been a 300% increase in revenue.

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FARYS

Learn how FARYS, a Belgium-based utility company, is using SAP S/4HANA Finance to redefine business processes, reduce its database size by a factor of seven, and optimize its IT landscape.

CEITEC

CEITEC is paving the way to increase RFID utilization in Brazil, opening the floodgates IoT adoption. See why the company chose SAP S/4HANA to accomplish this monumental task.

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SCHOTT KASHIA

Learn how SCHOTT KASHIA, an Indian pharmaceutical packaging manufacturer, is using SAP S/4HANA to gain better visibility across its business, enabling quicker response to market fluctuations. The company has also improved supply chain management through more accurate forecasting.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients

Learn how SAP S/4HANA enabled New Zealand-based chemical company, Ballance Agri-Nutrients, to run their key business processes 75% faster. It now takes them less than a second to gain insight into years of performance data.

NEURONES

Learn how this French professional services company was able to improve operational reporting for mobile users, shorten the month-end close by three days, and reduce reconciliation activities across the board with SAP S/4HANA.

ArcLight Cinemas

Learn how ArcLight Cinemas gave their back-office systems a makeover with SAP S/4HANA. With focus on improving real-time understanding of the business, and incorporating S/4HANA procurement functions, ArcLight gained new levels of insight into its operations. This helped the company forge deeper relationships with their customers and increase repeat business.

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Weig Group

The Weig Group is changing from being a traditional, German industrial enterprise to a digital industrial service provider that offers cardboard products tailored specifically to customers’ needs. For Weig, flexibility and agility are paramount to business success and as a result, they've placed SAP S/4HANA at the heart of their digital core strategy.

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Convergent IS and Fitbit

Hear from two North American customers, wearable tech leader Fitbit and Calgary-based Convergent IS, on how SAP S/4HANA, with its simplified business processes, enhanced analytics capabilities and easy-to-use SAP Fiori user experience, improves their day-to-day business.

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Horizon Pharma

Horizon Pharma, a North American pharmaceutical company, experienced exponential growth that pushed their ERP to its limits. The company needed a flexible, scalable solution – and chose SAP S/4HANA to drive innovation and support its strategy for mergers and acquisitions.

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Bosch

Bosch, the multinational German engineering and electronics company, is looking to SAP S/4HANA to improve its processes for creating personalized products that cater to the unique needs of its customers. Bosch is raising the bar for connected products in the complex appliances world.

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doTERRA

dōTERRA sources, distills and distributes high-quality essential oils. With more than 3 million customers and operations spanning across 42 countries, dōTERRA chose SAP S/4HANA to support the development of sophisticated business models with scalable, high-performance systems.

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Discover the Value of SAP S/4HANA

Ensure a successful deployment and drive quick time-to-value with information resources that support the different phases of SAP S/4HANA – from planning and installation to operation and continuous innovation.

Renew your ERP Core

Today’s economy requires a new generation of interconnected and flexible business systems according to Joshua Greenbaum of Enterprise Applications Consulting. Learn how SAP S/4HANA can help you capture new opportunities and enable the transformation necessary to meet rising customer expectations in the digital world.

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Transition to SAP S/4HANA

Our Digital Business Services organization and partner ecosystem is committed to your success. They will provide guidance at every stage of your digital transformation, based on your unique business needs and goals, so you can take full advantage of S/4HANA innovations.

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Unlock new business potential

Settling for a slow, steady evolution can be a dangerous path in today’s fast-paced, dynamic marketplace. SAP S/4HANA delivers a unique combination of innovative technology and simplicity to deliver transformational, new business capabilities. Make in-the-moment decisions, predict challenges, and capture new revenue sources.

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Consider SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud is a fully scalable and secure private cloud offering. It provides the full power of SAP HANA in a private, managed cloud environment that is supported by the most knowledgeable resources in the industry – from infrastructure to applications.

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SAP S/4HANA Finance
Ensure one source of the truth for finance and operational data and run prediction, simulation, and what-if analysis to continuously improve planning.
SAP S/4HANA Human Resources
Manage your entire workforce, from employees to contingent workers, with a complete system of engagement.
SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement
Manage direct materials, indirect goods, services, contingent labor, and travel from a single platform.
SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain
Support monthly S&OP planning cycles with real-time data and what-if scenarios. Sense short term demand and respond quickly.
SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing
Identify critical material issues, options, and consequences. Maximize enterprise-wide visibility across supply, production, inventory, and demand.

SAP S/4HANA Research and Development (R&D)
Enable a multi-discipline product definition and run what-if analysis and iterative design processes.
SAP S/4HANA Asset Management
Predict and prevent downtime by analyzing data generated by machines and sensors in addition to business data.
SAP S/4HANA Sales
Effectively manage accounts, opportunities, and other activities – and maximize sales insights with advanced analytics.
SAP S/4HANA Marketing and Commerce
Consolidate customer information into one enriched view, and leverage advanced analytics to gain insights.
SAP S/4HANA Service
Leverage on-premise systems of record to quickly resolve customer issues or execute service orders

Make SAP S/4HANA your business’s digital core. Enable new business models, reimagine industry processes, and change the way you work—to capture every opportunity and leverage digital transformation—for increased business value.

Connect to learning resources

Ensure the roles across the business are equipped and enabled to boost productivity and speed the time to implementation and go live. Access the SAP Education Essentials Tookit and discover the top introductory courses for SAP S/4HANA for technical and business users, the top five ways learning can speed time to value, and a chance to discuss learning with the digital transformation experts.

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Find your learning path to SAP S/4HANA

Become fully competent with SAP S/4HANA from beginning to end – with your own learning path. SAP S/4HANA Learning Journeys help you choose your path based on your role, area of interest, learning needs, and preferred training method.

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Take advantage of free openSAP courses

Join experts and peers from around the world for SAP’s MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) covering the fundamentals of SAP S/4HANA. This innovative platform uses gamification to create a flexible, fun, and engaging learning experience.

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Browse the SAP S/4HANA course catalog

Our education programs offer simple and effective training options for SAP S/4HANA. Whether you are looking for a classroom experience or the flexibility of online learning, training from SAP Education is sure to activate the power of your SAP S/4HANA implementation.

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Get a step-by-step deployment guide

The SAP S/4HANA Cookbook covers the most important aspects of implementation – including functional capabilities, transition options, extensibility, adaptation, integration, education, and service options.

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