Quick Start Guide for Faculties & Students:

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

SAP University Alliances

August 2021

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 Content of Quick Start Guide

▪ What is SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

▪ Why is it important?
▪ Examples of customer use
▪ Teaching the Intelligent Enterprise: Quick
Start and Learning Journeys
▪ Overview of Learning Resources
▪ Appendix:
▪ S/4HANA ERPSim
▪ S/4HANA board game
▪ OpenSAP tips

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What is SAP S/4HANA Cloud?
 What is SAP S/4HANA Cloud?

SAP S/4HANA is a future-ready enterprise resource

planning (ERP) system with built-in intelligent
technologies, including AI, machine learning, and
advanced analytics.

It transforms business processes with intelligent

automation and runs on SAP HANA – a market-
leading in-memory database that offers real-time
processing speeds and a dramatically simplified
data model

A product summary can be found here

A trial version can be found here

A development roadmap can be found here

FAQ

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 What is SAP HANA Cloud?

SAP HANA Cloud is a fully managed in-

memory cloud database as a service
(DBaaS). As the cloud-based data
foundation for the SAP Business
Technology Platform, it integrates data
from across the enterprise, enabling
faster decisions based on live data.

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 SAP S/4HANA: Intelligent capabilities for the intelligence era
The most comprehensive, intelligent, ERP suite

Procurement Sales Supply Chain Manufacturing R&D

• Realtime Inventory
• Overview Page & Analytics • Order Fulfillment & • Live MRP • Commercial
Delivery Performance • Embedded TM Project Mgmt.
• Procurement Hub • Detailed Scheduling
(Transportation Mngt)
• Predictive Contract • One Single Invoice Optimizing with PPDS • Project & Portfolio Mgmt.
• Embedded EWM (Extended
Consumption • International Trade • Demand Driven MRP • Variant Configuration
Warehouse Mngt)
• GR/IR Reconciliation • Predictive Quote-2-Order • Complex Manufacturing • Recipe Management
• Advanced ATP
• Predictive Stock in Transit

SAP S/4HANA

Finance Service Asset Mgmt. Cross Functions 25 Industries

• Realtime Finance (UGL) • New Customer Management, • New Geographical • Legal Content Management • Key Industry function
• Closing Cockpit Service Core Option Enablement • GDPR Tools embedded inside
• Multi-Channel Interaction • Report & Repair Malfunction (e.g. Automotive,
• Commodity Mgmt. • Co-Pilot as Digital Assistant
Center Consumer, Retail, Mill…)
• Compliance Framework • Asset Mgmt. for Resource
Scheduling • Re-architecture & improved
• ML Cash App functions (e.g. Chemicals,
• Bus. Integrity Screening A&D, Oil Gas…)

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 What is SAP S/4 HANA Cloud?
Let these videos inspire you:

The History of SAP S/4HANA Cloud (3m) A brief overview of SAP S/4 HANA Cloud (3m)

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Why is it important?
 Why is SAP S/4HANA Cloud important?

Due to the constant change of business

models, it is enormously important for
companies that their ERP system still
meets the corresponding requirements in
five to ten years.

In addition, it is important to note that the

rapidly advancing digital economy is
forcing companies to adapt in order to
remain competitive at all times.

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 Why should students know SAP S/4HANA?

• Digitally transformed enterprises increase

their revenue 800% and profitability by
200%, according to an IDC survey of 402
manufacturers over from 2013 to 2019

• SAP S/4HANA intelligently plugs vast data

from many different sources into analytics,
machine learning, deep learning, and robotic
process automation tools to make
predictions

• By 2022, over 75% of enterprise applications

will be powered by an intelligent core as with
SAP S/4HANA

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 SAP S/4HANA Momentum – huge and growing customer base

15,100+ 8,100+
SAP S/4HANA Live
Customers Customers*

44% 45% 50% 76%

Faster Increase in Reduction in Reduction in
order lead procurement billing process database size
times efficiency time

75-80% 80% 85% 90%

Increase in Improvement in Accelerated Planning
employee ad hoc reporting calculation efficiency
productivity capabilities time for MRP improvement

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Emphasis upon speed
and creative adaptation:
55% of 300 SAP
S/4HANA customers use
data better for analytics,
predictions and
simulations.
source: IDC ‘Digital Transformation in Times of
Change:What Intelligent Enterprises Need from Their
ERP Systems’
 Benefits of Intelligent ERP

Once overwhelming data can now instead lead to

better enterprise cognition
Intelligence can be drawn from many diverse sources
- enterprise apps, social media, drones, robots,
sensors etc.
Data is captured in real-time
Cross-functional data collection, collation,
availability and analysis
Better compliance through algorithmic
recommendations
Speed - Faster reaction to sudden
circumstances, Higher production
speed, Increased access speed
Flexibility - Increased agility, Flexible
scaling, Cloud as a test environment
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How SAP Customers are solving business problems
with SAP S/4HANA
 Customer example 1

Vodafone migrated a single organisation-

wide instance of SAP ECC across 22
countries and across more than 100 legal
entities. This migration was achieved
rapidly – in 18 months – and was achieved
by setting KPI benchmarks for achieving
automation that kept the migration focused.

Read the story

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 Customer example 2

Enable Injections developed a

groundbreaking technology through
which patients can self-administer the
drugs to counteract cancer, Parkinson’s
and others.
The company needed to migrate massive
amounts of paper documentation created
through its’ interactions with the US FDA
but also wanted to better use its’ data to
evaluate the costs of development
projects.

Read the story

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 Customer in-depth: Newcastle University
In January 2020, Newcastle
University went live
with SAP S/4HANA
This blog post outlines the
SAP S/4 HANA project
scope (the ‘what’), the
business case and
motivation behind the
implementation (the ‘why’),
and the approach taken to
deliver this project (the
‘how’)

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SAP S/4HANA: Teaching the Intelligent Enterprise
Quick Start, Learning Journeys
 SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Didactic Concept

Learning Objectives Learning Characteristics

Learner Type Novice

▪ Introduction to SAP S/4HANA for Cloud
▪ Introduction to ERP Level / Academic Degree Bachelor, Master

▪ Introduction to core enterprise systems Learning Method Step-by-step instructions

▪ Introduction to the order-to-cash procure-to-pay cycle Language English

Learning Scenarios
▪ Concept of Cloud-based ERP
▪ Concept of order-to-cash procurement-production cycle
▪ Case study of a bicycle manufacturer using S/4HANA for core business
▪ openSAP overview of ERP, S/4HANA and Cloud-based enterprise systems
▪ Take any of 4 free Learning Journeys "Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud" at
SAP Learning Hub, Edition for SAP Next-Gen
▪ Take a corresponding certification exam and get Certified

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 SAP S/4HANA Cloud: Learning Journey for Students, professors,
consultants and teachers
Start with an overview (18h)

Building Tomorrow's RISE with SAP RISE with SAP Intelligent ERP with Discover SAP
ERP with SAP Introduction Introduction Live SAP S/4HANA Cloud S/4HANA Cloud
S/4HANA SAP Learning Hub (30m) Session openSAP course (12h) Tutorials
openSAP course (4h) openSAP course (1h) SAP Blog (N/A)

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 SAP S/4HANA Cloud: Learning Journeys for Students, professors,
consultants and teachers
Rise with SAP S/HANA Cloud (4 learning journeys)

Register to SAP Enter SAP Next/Gen Have a look to 4 Make the Learning Check the
Learning Hub, Edition Learning Room – Learning Journeys: Journey you´ve Certifications available
for SAP Next/Gen Students Corner Rise with SAP selected for selected Learning
S/4HANA Cloud: Journey and get
Finance, PM, certified
Procurement, Sales

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Overview of Learning Resources
 SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Overview of Learning Resources

https://help.sap.com/doc/03a42d9de53a437598ff4c80bddebd5b/HUB055_P
Learning Journey (4 different journeys) RO/en-US/317030086f83418a94dfe94173b46584.html?search=rise
Open SAP https://open.sap.com/courses?q=S%2F4%20HANA%20Cloud
https://microlearning.opensap.com/
Micro Learning
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/ATopics/SAP+S4HANA+Cookbook+-
+What+is+SAP+S4HANA
SAP S/4HANA Cookbook
https://www.sap.com/documents/2016/03/c21c09dd-637c-0010-82c7-
SAP S/4 ANA Cloud FAQ eda71af511fa.html

SAP Community https://community.sap.com/topics/s4hana-cloud

SAP Podcasts https://open.sap.com/podcasts

Website https://www.sap.com/products/s4hana-erp.html
https://roadmaps.sap.com/board?q=Product%20Lifecycle%20Management&range=CUR
SAP Road Map Explorer RENT-LAST&PRODUCT=73554900100800000266#Q2%202021

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 SAP S/4HANA and Intelligent ERP
Overview of Learning Resources

Impact / value calculator https://impact.s4value.com/

https://www.sap.com/documents/2019/12/cce33442-797d-0010-87a3-
Customer Success Stories brochure c30de2ffd8ff.html?infl=4b9266de-f385-4b89-9e21-0d120847743d
Customer Success Stories search engine https://www.sap.com/about/customer-stories.html?sort=latest_desc

UA Community Course SAP S/4Hana University Alliances Learning Room (for faculties)

https://help.sap.com/doc/221f8f84afef43d29ad37ef2af0c4adf/HP_2.0/en-
SAP S/4HANA - Implementation Tools and
US/5001ff287a26101484fbc62f9283839d.html
Methodology (SAP Activate)

https://help.sap.com/doc/221f8f84afef43d29ad37ef2af0c4adf/HP_2.0/en-
SAP S/4HANA - Analytics US/500270b47a261014b6a8e7995059c796.html

SAP Community: SAP S/4Hana https://community.sap.com/topics/s4hana

SAP Community: SAP S/4Hana Cloud https://community.sap.com/topics/s4hana-cloud

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 Inspiring Podcasts
Additional Learning Resources

Insights into implementing Learn how to enhance the

SAP S/4HANA at Komax SAP experience with Fiori

Insights into
SUSE’s implementation of
implementing SAP
SAP S/4HANA
S/4HANA at Rizing –
country templates

Insights into
implementing SAP The do’s and don’ts of
S/4HANA using Protoyping adopting SAP
in customer cases - S/4HANA based on
ConvergentIS customer experiences

Project planning for SAP The adaptation and

S/4HANA – staying close to resilience of Intelligent
standard Enterprises using SAP
S/4HANA
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 Inspiring Podcasts
Additional Learning Resources

SAP Experts Podcast | EN Episode Inside SAP S/4HANA | EN

52: Live with SAP S/4HANA … now Episode 02: The Impact of Business
what? (44:55) Transformation on Core ERP
(Link to podcast) Processes (19:19)
In this episode we lay down which topics you (Link to podcast)
should turn to after you did a typical brownfield In an interview with Yannick Peterschmitt, (Senior
conversion. Because honestly: You are not a Director, SAP S/4HANA Product Success & Customer
digital champion then … yet. Because Co-Innovation) and Bert Schulze (VP SAP S/4HANA
remember, digitalization does not mean Product Success & Customer Co-Innovation) you can
continuing doing the things you did all the time find out how business transformation influences core
ERP processes: from mass customization, to SAP
before but doing things you were not able to do.
S/4HANA product scope, to extensibility options, and
So get ready for the TOP5 activities you should much more. Understand the impact of product updates
approach after your brownfield GoLive. and learn how you can best prepare yourself and your
business.
Close the gap | DE
Episode 36: Intelligent processes
for and with S/4HANA (1:03:36)
(Link to podcast)
Business processes should be as intelligent
as possible, doing the right thing, at the right
time, quickly and automatically. But how do
you make processes intelligent and how do
you use intelligent processes in SAP
S/4HANA? I speak with Andreas Welsch,
Vice President & Head of Intelligent
Processes, SAP S/4HANA Product
Management, SAP.

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 Trial and Demo Possibilities

SAP Demo Store (accessible for everyone)

SAP S/4HANA trial (14-days or 30-days trial)

30-days (S/4HANA)
14-days (S/4HANA Cloud)
• Dedicated system with all-areas admin access
• Predefinded guided system tours
• Simple setup and cost-effectivee provisioning on
• Instant system experience at no charge
hyperscalers
• Ability to enter your own data input on standard
• Full flexibility through the option of additional
configuration
configuration

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Appendix
 Playfully get a first impression of SAP S/4HANA

Games to give students, professors, pupils and teachers a first impression of SAP S/4HANA

• ERPsim Game
• Blog | Ibero-America 2020 | 1 min read
• Blog | DSAG&SAP YT 2021 | XX min read
• Website ERPsim LAB HEC Montreal

• Virtual Boardgame
• Blog | 2018 | 5 min read
• Video | 1 min watch

SAP S/4HANA Simulation by Baton Simulations

▪ Website BATON
▪ Information Sheet

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 SAP S/4HANA Simulation by HEC
Play to win in a live competition
A user-friendly, dynamic introduction to a real-life ERP system. It takes only 2 to 3 hours to experience the power of SAP S/4HANA.

Experience SAP S/4HANA Run your own business

Solve real business problems Teams make key business decisions
and get hands-on experience while executing multiple business
with the only simulation that runs transactions such as planning,
on a live SAP S/4HANA system. sales, marketing, procurement,
production, and finance.

Analyze your results Engage your team

Gain firsthand experience with Live competition promotes an
end-to-end process integration engaging, fun experience for
and the real-time analytics in a all levels of employees, from
competitive business setting. C-level executives to LoB and IT
managers, to end users and new
employees.
Roles and processes

Sales Marketing Procurement Finance Inventory

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 SAP S/4 HANA Simulation: Participant testimonials

Simulating the end-to-end We never imagined that Learning via playing a

manufacturing processes people could enjoy learn- game, hands on in a real
in SAP S/4HANA . . . ing about SAP. Not only system was priceless!
allowed our leaders to were we having fun, but We had superusers
experience the impact of our people have gained right along with senior
all the decisions that are tremendous insight into executives getting really
made on a daily basis and how SAP can help them into it and trying to win the
appreciate the value of a run their entire business. game. The competition
fully integrated business was a really fun component,
information system . . . but so was getting to see
mobilize and confirm the how SAP S/4HANA was a
commitment of the truly integrated system
stakeholders. Really – in real time.
convincing!

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 SAP S/4HANA Board Game
Key Inputs Key Customer Specific Outputs
Capability Cards Value Cards Innovation Map

Reference Cards Value Map

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 SAP S/4HANA Board Game

The SAP S/4 HANA board game is an experiential learning vehicle to support a high-level scope and value
discovery for SAP S/4 HANA in a fun, interactive, and empathetic approach while adding relevant business value.

Top reasons to play the game

▪ Quick, interactive, engaging & fun

▪ Customer driven approach

▪ Brings product & business value together

▪ Highlights delta between ECC

▪ Visual & Tangible Customer-outcomes

▪ Now available to play VIRTUALLY !

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 SAP S/4HANA Cloud: Resources for Faculty on
Very good animation Good overview of Fiori -
explaining the process of refers to Fiori 3. Begins by
reducing data footprint declaring Fiori as role-based

Very good animation Explains (at 14.23)

explaining how extensions and the way they
S/4HANA enables people can be useful for business
to ask systems on the fly e.g. extending the user
about any question they experience
have. Step by step overview of
Very good high-level basic migration process, data
(list) overview of scope, migration, then onboarding
content and applications, and deployment
languages, topics/functions Illustrates the steps for
and processes implementing S/4Hana via
SAP Guided Configuration
Good quality explanation (6.18). A demo of the SAP
slides about using AI and Activate methodology:
ML to indicate how to prepare, explore, realise and
integrate systems together deploy (21.55)
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