SAP S/4hana: An Introduction (Hardcover, 3, Enlarged)

... Foreword from Uwe Grigoleit ... 19 ... Foreword from Cameron Art ... 21 ... Preface ... 23 ... Why Read This Book? ... 23 ... Audience ... 24 ... Structure of the Book ... 24 ... Acknowledgments ... 27 1 ... The Digital Transformation: An Introduction ... 29 1.1 ... Digital Transformation and the Intelligent Enterprise ... 30 1.2 ... Business Value Scenarios ... 36 1.3 ... Architecture at a Glance ... 56 1.4 ... Deployment Options ... 61 1.5 ... Cloud Vendor ... 73 1.6 ... Integration ... 74 1.7 ... Summary ... 76 2 ... Finance ... 79 2.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 79 2.2 ... Key Functionalities ... 88 2.3 ... Finance in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 133 2.4 ... Outlook ... 135 2.5 ... Summary ... 137 3 ... Manufacturing ... 139 3.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 139 3.2 ... Key Manufacturing Functionality ... 144 3.3 ... Manufacturing in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 154 3.4 ... Outlook ... 157 3.5 ... Summary ... 158 4 ... Supply Chain ... 161 4.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 161 4.2 ... Key Supply Chain Functionality ... 165 4.3 ... Supply Chain in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 190 4.4 ... Outlook ... 192 4.5 ... Summary ... 193 5 ... Sales, Marketing, Commerce, and Service Management ... 195 5.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 196 5.2 ... Key Sales Functionality ... 199 5.3 ... Key Marketing and Commerce Functionality ... 206 5.4 ... Key Service Management Functionality ... 209 5.5 ... Sales, Marketing, Commerce, and Service Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 211 5.6 ... Outlook ... 212 5.7 ... Summary ... 213 6 ... Sourcing and Procurement ... 215 6.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 215 6.2 ... Key Sourcing and Procurement Functionality ... 218 6.3 ... Sourcing and Procurement in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 229 6.4 ... Outlook ... 231 6.5 ... Summary ... 231 7 ... Research and Development and Asset Management ... 233 7.1 ... Industry Pain Points and SAP S/4HANA Benefits ... 234 7.2 ... Key Research and Development Functionality ... 236 7.3 ... Key Asset Management Functionality ... 240 7.4 ... R&D and Asset Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 243 7.5 ... Outlook ... 244 7.6 ... Summary ... 247 8 ... Analytics and Reporting ... 249 8.1 ... Evolution of Analytics ... 250 8.2 ... Operational Reporting ... 253 8.3 ... Enterprise-Wide Reporting ... 262 8.4 ... Reporting in a Hybrid Landscape ... 269 8.5 ... Cognitive Analytics ... 271 8.6 ... Big Data Analytics and Data Lakes ... 273 8.7 ... SAP Data Hub ... 277 8.8 ... Summary ... 280 9 ... Industry Solutions ... 281 9.1 ... Retail ... 281 9.2 ... Fashion ... 292 9.3 ... Oil & Gas ... 305 9.4 ... Outlook ... 311 9.5 ... Summary ... 311 10 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 313 10.1 ... Value Proposition ... 313 10.2 ... Core Functional Capabilities ... 315 10.3 ... Deployment ... 320 10.4 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Single Tenant Edition ... 326 10.5 ... SAP CoPilot ... 332 10.6 ... Extensibility ... 333 10.7 ... Content Lifecycle Management ... 334 10.8 ... Summary ... 337 11 ... SAP S/4HANA and the SAP Landscape ... 339 11.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement: SAP Ariba ... 340 11.2 ... Contingent Workforce Management: SAP Fieldglass ... 350 11.3 ... Travel and Expense Management: SAP Concur ... 353 11.4 ... Human Resources: SAP SuccessFactors ... 357 11.5 ... Customer Experience: SAP C/4HANA ... 363 11.6 ... Master Data Management: SAP Master Data Governance ... 374 11.7 ... Supply Chain Planning: SAP Integrated Business Planning ... 381 11.8 ... Summary ... 387 12 ... SAP S/4HANA Architecture ... 389 12.1 ... The Journey from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA ... 389 12.2 ... SAP HANA Platform ... 404 12.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Security ... 437 12.