POV_SAP S/4HANA Advanced Financial Close (AFC)

What is SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Advanced Financial Close (AFC) ? SAP S/4HANA Cloud for advanced financial closing (AFC) is SAP's go-to strategic solution for entity close management and orchestration - supporting the planning, execution, monitoring and analysis of period-end closing tasks for all entities of a corporation. Prior to SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Adcanced … Continue reading POV_SAP S/4HANA Advanced Financial Close (AFC)

S4HANA 1809 Finance-Innovations

Many important new and enhanced capabilities are made available with the S/4HANA 1809 release supporting the finance function SAP S/4HANA 1809 – Finance Overview SAP S/4HANA 1809 – Margin Analysis SAP S/4HANA 1809 – Predictive Accounting SAP S/4HANA 1809 – Embedded Analytics SAP S/4HANA 1809 – Accruals Management SAP S/4HANA 1809 – Goods and Invoice … Continue reading S4HANA 1809 Finance-Innovations

Planning in S/4HANA & SAC

There are lot of simplifications and improvements in some of the planning activities done in ECC and their equivalent in S/4HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) S/4HANA Simplification List The ECC planning functionalities have been deprecated and replaced when S/4HANA was released The classic ERP FI-GL (new) planning is no longer supported in S/4HANA Finance … Continue reading Planning in S/4HANA & SAC

Adopting SAP S/4HANA : Is it NEW Product? Is it ERP-Upgrade? Migration ?? & Selecting the “RIGHT” End-Release : 1503 or 1511+

Adopting S/4HANA --> (1) New Installations (End RELEASE??) (2) Existing (Start RELEASE??) ----> S/4HANA (End RELEASE ??)In both scenarios deciding on the "END Release" is important.For existing clients the Transition-Path and approach {New / System Conversion / Landscape Transformation } will be more complex & depend on multiple criteria..... (but that discussion is for another … Continue reading Adopting SAP S/4HANA : Is it NEW Product? Is it ERP-Upgrade? Migration ?? & Selecting the “RIGHT” End-Release : 1503 or 1511+

Realtime Consolidation with S/4HANA – starting 1610

Introduction:SAP has recently released S/4HANA 1610, it has released highly anticipated feature for SAP BPC Embedded i.e. “Real-Time Consolidation”. It is a huge step forward, and it will certainly help to increase the adoption rate of SAP BPC for S/4 HANA.Real-Time Consolidation is part of the S4CORE component. Therefore, no additional installation is required if you … Continue reading Realtime Consolidation with S/4HANA – starting 1610

SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management 1610 : Key Changes : Summarized Functional listing

Key features covered in SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management OP 1610... a Summarized Functional listing... SAP S/4HANA Finance *»SAP Ariba Integration without the need of add-on installation / remittance advice»HCP: Customer payment portal, Credit information integration for SAP Credit Management, SAP Profit and Loss Insights»Integrated Business Planning: New universal planning journal; Central Profit Center Reporting»Central Finance: … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management 1610 : Key Changes : Summarized Functional listing

S/4HANA 1511 – FAQ

What is 1511 ? SAP S/4HANA on-premise latest version is referred to and termed as "1511" SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 SP00http://help.sap.com/s4hana_op_1511 Key SAP Notes :2189824 - SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511: Release Information Note2214213 - SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511: Restriction Note2228890 - SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511, Country Versions: Release Information & Restriction … Continue reading S/4HANA 1511 – FAQ

S/4HANA 1610 – FAQ

What is 1610 ? SAP S/4HANA 1610 is latest release of SAP S/4HANA® On-Premise. , SAP's next-generation ERP suite. S/4HANA offers immediate insight, intelligence for better decisions,and integration within organization and beyond. It provides the digital core needed to succeed in today’s digital world.Built on SAP HANA®, SAP's industry-leading in-memory computing platform, SAP S/4HANA can … Continue reading S/4HANA 1610 – FAQ

SAP S/4HANA – what is scope or coverage of S/4HANA ??

Are you, like many others, confused about what is scope coverage of SAP S/4HANA ?? then this is the article for you. Here I try to throw some light on topic and list reasons that contribute to the question. But first thing first, I presume that you would be aware about SAP S/4HANA, the newly … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA – what is scope or coverage of S/4HANA ??

SAP S/4HANA 1709 Simplification Listing

SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management covers Finance and Logistics changes and innovations. The Simplification Listing covers a basic high-level list-items for all modules in SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management, highlighting the topics which needs to be studied to understand the changes / Differences in S/4HANA from ECC and its one earlier versions of S/4HANA Enterprise Management . … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1709 Simplification Listing

SAP S/4HANA 1909 – 5th Wave Innovations

SAP S/4HANA 1909 - Release Info SAP released SAP S/4HANA 1909, the 5th release of SAP S/4HANA Enterprise MAnagement. Product-Details can be found at product-viewer-link NOTE : This blog-post will be updated as I continue my study of SAP S/4HANA 1909 version. SAP S/4HANA 1909 - Finance Innovations AreaSub-Area1909 InnovationBusiness CAse ProfitabilityTOP-Down Distribution, based on … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1909 – 5th Wave Innovations

SAP S/4HANA 1511 – Is It MORE about the ROADMAP to NEAR FUTURE ?

The wait is finally over….. SAP S/4HANA 1511 is released At high-level the functional benefits from SAP S/4HANA 1511 release look promising and as anticipated… . http://scn.sap.com/people/monika.patel/blog/2015/11/13/sap-s4hana-1511 And while the “Simplification List” is officially awaited -(as this blog is being written)– https://uacp.hana.ondemand.com/http.svc/rc/PRODUCTION/pdfa4322f56824ae221e10000000a4450e5/1511%20000/en-US/SIMPL_OP1511.pdf However based on available content on help.sap.com and SAP NOTES (Release Note, Restrictions … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1511 – Is It MORE about the ROADMAP to NEAR FUTURE ?

SAP S/4HANA 1511 : Functional View

https://blogs.sap.com/2015/11/13/sap-s4hana-1511/ Diwali 2015 came with a “BIG DHAMAKA” – A BANG!!! The much-awaited SAP S/4HANA On-Premise edition 1511 is finally available to ascertain. While the NEWS and EXCITEMENT is yet to sink-in, the details yet to be explored and the nitty-gritty and the restrictions to be reconnoitered, in this blog, I would like to focus on … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1511 : Functional View

AP S/4HANA 1511 Initial Release, Feature Pack 01&02 : What’s NEW & What’s NOT !! Advantage S4HANA 1610

https://blogs.sap.com/2015/11/13/sap-s4hana-1511-initial-release-feature-pack-0102-whats-new-whats-not-advantage-s4hana-1610/ Added : 20160928 An outlook on 1610 & prediction about overall S/4HANA Landscape evolve is shared in SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management (Digital CORE) : Current Landscape & Evolution HeadsUP : SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management : OP 1610 Outlook SAP S/4HANA 1511 – FPS02 (released MAY 2016) Updates of this release added to … Continue reading AP S/4HANA 1511 Initial Release, Feature Pack 01&02 : What’s NEW & What’s NOT !! Advantage S4HANA 1610

SAP S/4HANA 1511 : Key Principles, Implementation Impact & Solution-Landscape

https://blogs.sap.com/2015/12/10/sap-s4hana-1511-key-principles-implementation-impact-solution-landscape/ In one of my earlier blogs I had shared a document that stated “what is SAP S/4HANA 1511 & WHAT it is NOT !!!” http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-68846 Continuing with the study and analysis of innovations in SAP S/4HANA 1511 MMO – Materials Management & Operations ( Simple !??! Logistics) area, I share below my … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1511 : Key Principles, Implementation Impact & Solution-Landscape

HeadsUP : SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management : OP 1610 Outlook

https://blogs.sap.com/2016/09/27/headsup-sap-s4hana-enterprise-management-op-1610-outlook/ The journey started in November 2015, with release SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management 1511. The 1st “feature pack” was released in 201602. as FPS01 Following the quarterly release strategy, soon the 2nd “feature pack” was released in 201605. – FPS02 While we expect the 3rd Feature Pack, some time soon, end of Aug ( in 201608) as FPS03, but … Continue reading HeadsUP : SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management : OP 1610 Outlook

HeadsUP 1610 : Expected Innovations

https://blogs.sap.com/2016/10/04/headsup-1610-expected-innovations/ While we eagerly await for SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management On-Premise Edition 1610 innovation release (ref. to blogs..) HeadsUP : SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management : OP 1610 Outlook & a quick summarization of S4HANA 1511 Features & Limitations SAP S/4HANA 1511 Initial Release, Feature Pack 01&02 : What’s NEW & What’s NOT !! Advantage … Continue reading HeadsUP 1610 : Expected Innovations

SAP S/4HANA 1709 – sneak preview

https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/26/sap-s4hana-1709-sneak-preview/ SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management OnPremise version 1709 is awaited with eager eyes. Reason – It is promising version with multiple changes and NEW innovations across Line of business (LOB)s. With 1511 and 1610 versions of S/4HANA Enterprise Management, building blocks were laid down, with some CORE data-model changes, FIORI Analytical Applications, VDM’s starting … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1709 – sneak preview