SAP S/4 HANA Simple Logistics- Overview for Consultants New to S4 HANA SLOG/ FINANCE/ FIORI UI- Part-2
SAP S/4 HANA Simple Logistics- Overview for Consultants New to S4 HANA SLOG/ FINANCE/ FIORI UI- PART 2.
Weblink for Part-1
https://blogs.sap.com/2017/08/09/sap-s4-hana-simple-logistics-overview-for-consultants-new-to-s4-hana-slog-fiori-ui/
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This is not my own content. I am also new to S/4 HANA SLOG. When i had gone through the S4 HANA Slog info in Google. I got this Reference Guide link it is really more useful. it covers entire details in a S4 HANA Simple Logistics Project. Please refer for Complete Details on “How to Run or Implement S4 HANA Simple Logistics. Hope the blog is useful to new Consultants. This blog is framed for newbies in S4 HANA Simple Logistics and for experts they already know the Concepts.
Implement SAP S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Best Practices – Reference Guide
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I hope below Web links are more useful. Please refer for complete Details in SAP S4 HANA Implementation. SAP Provided Complete Information.
Implement SAP S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Best Practices – Reference Guide
KEY FEATURES OF SAP S/4 HANA FINANCE – 1709 ON-PREMISE PRINCIPALES CARACTERÍSTICAS DE SAP S / 4 HANA FINANCE 1709 ON-PREMISE
Account Determination – FI – MM integration on Fiori App (part-2)
Account Determination FI-GL Integration – FIORI (part-1)
Key Features on S/4 HANA FINANCE
SAP S4HANA Cookbook – What is SAP S4HANA
Implementing SAP S4HANA, on-premise with SAP Activate
SAP S4HANA Cookbook: SAP S4HANA Finance, On-Premise 1605
https://blogs.sap.com/2016/05/16/s4-hana-and-its-differences-with-ecc/
For knowing Functional Module update- Sven Denecken did wonderful job. he shared complete details on module specific info. Great.
SAP PP
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 9a – Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling – PP/DS (biz view)
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 9b – Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling – PP/DS (tech view)
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERPMan/MRP+on+HANA+FAQ
SAP PLM
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 8a – Product Lifecycle Management (biz view)
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 8b – Product Lifecycle Management (tech view)
SAP FI
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 7a – Finance (biz view)
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 7b – Finance (tech view)
https://blogs.sap.com/2016/02/22/material-ledger-embedded-in-s4-hana-benefits-and-challenges/
SAP QM
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 6a – Integrated Quality Management (biz view)
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 6b – Integrated Quality Management (tech view)
SAP WM/EWM
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 4a – Warehouse Management (biz view)
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 4b – Warehouse Management (Tech view)
SAP Procurement/Sourcing
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 3a – Procurement (biz view)
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 3b – Procurement (tech view)
SAP FIORI
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 5a SAP Fiori 2.0 (biz view)
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 5b SAP Fiori 2.0 (tech view)
https://blogs.sap.com/2017/03/03/how-to-implement-sap-fiori-procurement-overview-page-for-s4-hana/
SAP ATP
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 1a – advanced Availability to Promise (biz view)
#S4HANA 1610 use case series: 1b – advanced Availability to Promise (tech view)
SAP IM
#S4HANA use case series: 2a – next generation inventory management (biz view)
#S4HANA use case series: 2b – next generation inventory management (tech view)
SAP Logistics
#S4HANA use case series: 1a – next generation logistics (biz view)
#S4HANA use case series: 1b – next generation logistics (tech view)
Learning More about S/4 HANA
Quick update – Learn more about SAP S/4HANA
SAP S/4HANA Frequently Asked Questions – Part 6 – the cloud edition
SAP S/4HANA Frequently Asked Questions – Part 5
SAP S/4HANA – Frequently Asked Questions – Part 4 – quick update
SAP S/4HANA Frequently Asked Questions – Part 3
SAP S/4HANA Frequently Asked Questions – Part 2 – the value
SAP S/4HANA Frequently Asked Questions – Part 1 – the fundamentals
- SAP S/4HANA on SAP.com
- Overview Presentation
- Product Roadmap
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Collection FAQ’s blog
- Flipbook: Choosing your path to SAP S/4HANA
- openSAP course on SAP S/4HANA use cases
- Flipbook: Use Cases with SAP S/4HANA
- Experience Transformation with SAP Fiori UX – SAP S/4HANA End-to-End Inventory Management
- Experience Transformation with SAP Fiori UX – SAP S/4HANA Sales Order Fulfillment
- SAP S/4HANA 1610 on SAP.com
- Product scope guide for SAP S/4HANA 1610
- SAP S/4HANA 1610 Innovations – Key Use Cases
- Release Highlights Brochure
- SAP S/4HANA Feature Scope Description 1610
- What’s new in SAP S/4HANA 1610?
- SAP S/4HANA 1610 Simplification List
- SAP S/4HANA 1610 Innovation – Procurement Overview Page
- SAP S/4HANA 1610 Innovation – Release for Delivery
- Getting started with SAP S/4HANA 1610
- SAP S/4HANA 1610 Transition scenarios
- Roadmap SAP S/4HANA 1610 on-premise
- help.sap.com for SAP S/4HANA on-premise 1610
- SAP S/4HANA On-premise in the Solution Explorer
- FAQ’s SAP S/4HANA on-premise 1610
- Introducing S/4HANA 1610:
- SAP S/4HANA 1610 Release Highlights
- Introducing SAP S/4HANA 1610
- SAP S/4HANA 1610 Release & Innovation Summary
S4HANA 1610 Use Case series:
- Advanced Availability to Promise (biz view)
(tech view) - Industry to Core – Retail (biz view) (tech view)
- Procurement (biz view) (tech view)
SAP S/4HANA Release 1610 Innovations:
- Industry to Core – Retail
- Accelerated ATP and efficient Procurement
- Extended Warehouse Management and Quality Management
- Overview: SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA On-premise
- Reference guide: how to implement SAP S/4HANA On-Premise with SAP Activate and SAP Solution Manager 7.2
- SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA (on-premise), Scope and Accelerators on the BPX
- SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA
- New Installation: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- SAP S/4HANA On-premise Configuration
- SAP S/4HANA On-premise User Management
- Great UX for SAP S/4HANA 1610 with SAP Fiori 2.0
- What’s New in the SAP Fiori 2.0 Launchpad in SAP S/4HANA 1610
- SAP Screen Personas enhances the S/4HANA 1610 user experience
- Critical UX Activities in S/4HANA Projects
- Toto… we’re not in Kansas anymore
- Getting the Good Guides
- Role-Based for App Discovery and Activation
- Adapting Analytical Tiles and Overview Pages
- Modify Currencies in Standard KPI tiles
- Fiori My Inbox – Part 1 – Activation
- Fiori My Inbox – Part 2 – Task-specific Options
- Notification Center – Part 1 – Activation
- Notification Center – Part 2 – Providing Notifications
- Not every Fiori App is a Tile
- Adapting the Launchpad to the Business Role
- Launchpad-driven Authorizations – Part 1 – Configuring the Launchpad Role
- Launchpad-driven Authorizations – Part 2 – Configuring the Authorizations
- How to Create and Generate Backend Security Authorizations for SAP Fiori 2.0
- Adding Transactions to Fiori Launchpad
SAP S/4HANA can be deployed on-premise, in the cloud or in a hybrid scenario with on-premise and cloud. The implementation approach is different for on-premise and cloud solutions.
Customers new to SAP or customers with an existing SAP landscape may be implementing SAP S/4HANA. Three transition scenarios are described in this section: New Implementation, System Conversion and Landscape Transformation.
- SAP S/4HANA, on-premise: 30-day trial
- Getting Access to an SAP S/4HANA Trial System
SAP Activate methodology phases:
Like our ASAP Methodology in ECC, Here SAP S4 HANA Simple logistics/ Finance uses SAP Activate Methodolgy. Please refer for Complete Details.
Implement SAP S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Best Practices – Reference Guide
· Introduction: key concepts, overview of scenarios, different options and overall benefits.
· Discover: what resources are available before an SAP S/4HANA project starts.
· Prepare: infrastructure is set up and selected SAP Best Practices are activated.
· Explore: workshops define the solution and use SAP Best Practice processes.
· Realize: implementation is undertaken tracking all work in SAP Solution Manager.
· Deploy: SAP Solution Manager is used in the production cutover.
· Run: SAP Solution Manager is used to monitor and optimize the solution.
The SAP S/4HANA next generation suite is available in these offerings:
Implement SAP S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Best Practices – Reference Guide
· SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management
· SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Cloud
· SAP S/4HANA Professional Services Cloud
· SAP S/4HANA Marketing Cloud
· SAP S/4HANA Finance Cloud
· SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing Cloud
All solutions provide hybrid scenarios with integration to SAP Ariba network, SuccessFactors, hybris and SAP Cloud for Customer. More information on hybrid scenarios per line-of-business.
Implement SAP S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Best Practices – Reference Guide
· Human Resources: integration to SAP SuccessFactors Employee central.
· Procurement and business networks: integration to SAP Ariba for purchase orders and invoices.
· Customer Engagement: integration to SAP Cloud for Customer for opportunities.
· Finance: integration to SAP Financial Services Network.
The table below shows some of the key differences between on-premise and cloud solutions.
Implement SAP S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Best Practices – Reference Guide
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| Licensing model | Traditional Licenses | Subscription licenses |
| Infrastructure | Customer controls deployment and maintenance | SAP provides systems and is responsible for maintaining the infrastructure |
| Innovation | Customer has control of innovation, downtimes and changes | Automatic quarterly innovation upgrades |
| Implementation | Individual requirements for business processes and customization | Predefined best practice configuration and limited specialization |
| Scope | Full ERP scope and integration with cloud solutions | Key ERP scenarios and integration with cloud solutions |
| Custom code | Full traditional ABAP extensibility | In-app extensibility with limited ABAP, SAP HANA Cloud Platform as extension |
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Customers new to SAP or customers with an existing SAP landscape may be implementing SAP S/4HANA. SAP has defined three transition scenarios: · New Implementation: for customers migrating from a legacy system and also known as a “greenfield” approach. The legacy system might be an existing SAP solution. · System Conversion: for customers who want to convert their current system into an SAP S/4HANA system. They can convert database, SAP NetWeaver and applications in one step. · Landscape Transformation: for customers who want to consolidate their landscape or to selectively transform data into an SAP S/4HANA system. |
The content about SAP Solution Manager 7.2 in this reference guide covers on-premise new implementation but some of it is also relevant for the other two scenarios. In pure cloud new implementation, SAP Solution Manager 7.2 is not typically used.
This guide focuses on the New Implementation on-premise approach, where you activate the standard SAP Best Practice processes as your starting point. In the System Conversion and Landscape Transformation approaches, the existing SAP solution is the starting point and SAP Best Practices are just used as a reference solution.
SAP Activate consists of three elements:
Implement SAP S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Best Practices – Reference Guide
· SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA: technical content and documentation accelerators that help you get up and running quickly with pre-configured best practice scenarios.
· Implementation methodology / roadmap: the SAP Activate methodology replaces ASAP as SAP’s implementation methodology for SAP S/4HANA and all other SAP solutions.
· Tools for guided configuration: tools to activate SAP Best Practices in the SAP S/4HANA on-premise solution and configure and test the SAP S/4HANA cloud solution.
SAP recommends that SAP Activate is used in conjunction with SAP Solution Manager 7.2 for on-premise implementations but Solution Manager 7.2 is not a mandatory requirement for the S/4HANA implementation.
The benefits of using SAP Activate are:
Implement SAP S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Best Practices – Reference Guide
· A faster, less service intensive, initial implementation leading to faster time-to-value.
· Rapid adoptions of innovations throughout the solution lifecycle.
· A flexible framework and implementation foundation that can be extended by customers and partners.
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SAP Best Practices have been available for SAP solutions for many years.They consist of pre-configured best practice processes and related documentation accelerators such as business process diagrams and test scripts. Some SAP Best Practices are also available as Rapid Deployment Solutions. With SAP S/4HANA cloud solutions, the predefined SAP Best Practices are part of the standard solution provided by SAP in the cloud. With SAP S/4HANA on-premise solutions, the SAP Best Practices are activated by the customer using the SAP Best Practices Solution Builder tool or delivered as part of the SAP S/4HANA Software Appliance. (We refer to SAP Best Practices Solution Builder as SAP Solution Builder within this guide). The content and tool are shipped with the on-premise software. On-premise customers can use the SAP S/4HANA Software Appliance to speed up the setup of their infrastructure. This has the SAP Best Practices already activated. SAP Best Practices provide a configured solution that forms a foundation for your project.On-premise customers can select which SAP Best Practices content to use and then make changes or add project specific scope. Cloud customers can refine the configuration within fixed solution boundaries. |
· Scope Items: typically a pre-defined business process, such as sales order processing. They represents a Best Practices implementation choice for you. Each scope item has a set of accelerators delivering detailed documentation that is used during the implementation project. Examples accelerators are process diagrams and test scripts. Scope items require specific building blocks to be implemented.
· Building blocks: a set of configuration for a piece of business content such as credit management. The accelerators include the configuration content to implement the scope item(s), sample organization data, sample master data and project documentation such as configuration guides.
· Package: a selection of scope items that cover the scope of the SAP S/4HANA solutions or other leading industry or line of business segments. Examples accelerators are a customer presentation and software and delivery requirements document.
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As stated, the SAP Activate methodology replaces ASAP as SAP’s implementation methodology for SAP S/4HANA and all other SAP solutions. There are generic / general variants of the methodology that are not software solution specific and there are solution specific variants e.g. the SAP S/4HANA roadmap. The methodology content is organized into a three level hierarchy: · Phases · Deliverables · Tasks Each node in the hierarchy has a description that provides SAP’s advice and guidance. Each node also links to documentation accelerators that may be generic e.g. an open issues template or solution specific e.g. administration guide for SAP S/4HANA on-premise. The SAP S/4HANA specific methodology is called a roadmap and is available in two ways: · Online read-only information in the roadmap viewer ( shown below). · Project within SAP Solution Manager 7.2 where it can be changed to reflect the specifics of your project. |
As already mentioned
The SAP Activate phases and their main activities are:
· Discover: define and agree the scope of the project.
· Prepare: the project is formally initiated, SAP Best Practices are activated and project planning is started.
· Explore: verify solution scenarios meet business needs and document delta scope and gaps.
· Realize: customer specific requirements are configured and implemented. The solution is tested to check that it matches the agreed design.
· Deploy: you will train end users, undertake data migration and provide support during the go-live.
· Run: monitor and optimize the solution.
Tools used
Currently, the tools used to undertake implementations are different for on-premise and cloud solutions of SAP S/4HANA. The summary below applies for the New Implementation scenario and will be different for System Conversion and Landscape Transformation. This reference guide focuses on on-premise.
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On- Premise
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SAP Solution Manager 7.2 is an on-premise system used to manage the implementation and operation of the SAP S/4HANA solution. SAP Best Practices S/4HANA content is available for SAP Solution Manager 7.1 and 7.2 but customers are advised to use SAP Solution Manager 7.2 which has new features to support SAP S/4HANA implementations. SAP Best Practices Solution Builder is a tool that is part of the SAP S/4HANA on-premise software. As you will see later, the tool allows you to semi-automate the configuration of the SAP Best Practices processes. |
Cloud
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SAP uses Content Lifecycle Management to deliver new configuration for each new cloud release. The apps and tools for cloud implementations allow a customer to implement the SAP S/4HANA cloud solution within the boundaries defined by Content Lifecycle Management. They include: · Self-Service Configuration UIs (SSCUIs) where the customer can undertake configuration. · An environment for organizing and executing process-oriented testing activities for SAP Best Practices processes, based on pre-scripted test cases. · Access to the SAP Learning Hub where you can launch and share information in learning rooms in a collaborative fashion. · Expert configuration: this is used by SAP to undertake configuration on behalf of the customer where SSCUIs are not available. |
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 provides lifecycle management for SAP and non-SAP solutions.
Implement SAP S/4HANA on-premise with SAP Best Practices – Reference Guide
As a customer, you can choose which capabilities to use in your project. The following capabilities may be used in your on-premise or hybrid implementation:
· Business requirements and IT requirements: central storage of requirements along the SAP S/4HANA implementation lifecycle. Manage and approve requirements leading to agile developments.
· Project management: plan and manage the schedule and resources for your implementation. Use the SAP Activate roadmap as your starting point and modify it to suit your needs.
· Process management: SAP Solution Manager 7.2 provides a new way to manage your business processes with a new user interface and integrated process diagram editor. SAP Best Practices packages fully replace the former Business Process Repository (BPR) content. You can leverage the pre-configured SAP Best Practices processes for SAP S/4HANA.
· Change and release management: provide change deployment control and risk mitigation. Changes to the SAP S/4HANA system and solution documentation are synchronized in one process.
· Test management: test and deploy your SAP S/4HANA solution keeping track of all test scripts, test cases and test results.
benefits of using SAP Solution Manager 7.2:
· Covers the entire S/4HANA solution lifecycle from implementation to operation. Once the solution is live, all the SAP Solution Manager 7.2 operational features such as monitoring and root cause analysis can be used.
· Jump start your project using SAP Best Practices content for configuration and solution documentation.
· Take advantage of a new user interface and new features designed specifically for SAP S/4HANA.
· SAP Solution Manager 7.2 can run on a HANA database.
· Enhancements to support hybrid projects that include on-premise and cloud solutions.
· A faster and simpler approach to importing business content such as SAP Best Practices.
· Improved solution documentation including process diagrams that can be published outside SAP Solution Manager 7.2 in the standard Business Process Management Notation (BPMN).
· A single source of truth across project and support activities leads to faster decisions with lower risks.
· Reduce project management and administration costs with transparency of project phases and integration into transport management.
· Improve testing efficiency by knowing what to test when and managing test cases and test progress efficiently.
· Improve management of custom code leading to lower costs.
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The table below provides a summary of the activities undertaken using SAP Best Practices and SAP Solution Manager 7.2 during each of the project phases. The rest of the reference guide provides more detail. Also, the table shows the systems involved and which roles the content is relevant for (functional team in the roles column refers to solution architects, functional leads and consultants).
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The following locations are valuable sources of information:· that summaries this reference guide · PDF version of this reference guide · Explore SAP Best Practices and Rapid Deployment Solutions: · Implementation of SAP S/4HANA: https://open.sap.com/courses/s4h4 · SAP S/4HANA Implementation and Configuration Learning room: register here · SAP Activate in Roadmap Viewer: · SAP Solution Manager 7.2 EKT Learning Map · SAP S/4HANA transition scenarios white paper. · |
