This document discusses deploying SAP S/4HANA using SAP Activate. It outlines SAP S/4HANA as the next generation business suite and recommends using SAP Activate for new implementations and system conversions to S/4HANA. The methodology section describes SAP Activate which includes SAP Best Practices, guided configuration, and content lifecycle management. It also provides an example summary of a first S/4HANA customer go-live.

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Deploying with SAP Activate

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Agenda
● SAP S/4HANA – The next generation business suite
● Deploying SAP S/4HANA with SAP Activate
● SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA
● Scope and Configure via Guided Configuration
● Methodology
● Summary

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SAP S/4HANA – The next
generation business suite

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SAP S/4HANA, cloud edition
Drive the digital transformation with the simplicity of the cloud
EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE
FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT
FAST INNOVATIONS
DYNAMIC EXTENSIBILITY GUIDED CONFIGURATION
NATIVE INTEGRATION
cloud and hybrid
quarterly innovation cycle
extensions via SAP HANA Cloud Platform
fully managed by SAP
integration with SuccessFactors
Employee Central, Ariba Network,
SAP hybris Marketing, Fieldglass,
SAP JAM
Ready-to-run SAP Best
Practices business processes
- SAP S/4HANA, cloud marketing edition
- SAP S/4HANA, cloud project services edition
- SAP S/4HANA, cloud enterprise edition
Cloud
edition

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Deploying SAP S/4HANA
with SAP Activate

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Introducing …

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Recommended Approach for SAP S/4HANA 1511 deployments
with SAP Activate
SAP S/4HANA
On-Premise Edition
SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Edition
• SAP Best Practices including business and integration processes
optimized for S/4HANA cloud
• SAP Best Practices including business and integration processes
optimized for S/4HANA on-promise
• Starter system for initial scoping and fit/gap
• Project jump start with on-premise software appliance
(provisioning through SAP CAL or BluRay shipment)
• Self-service configuration for initial setup
• Scope extensions through expert configuration • Scope extensions through classical IMG approach
• Content Lifecycle Management enabled by SAP • Content Lifecycle Management not available
• SAP Solution Manager in the cloud including SAP Best Practices
business process and project content
• SAP Solution Manager in the cloud or customer location including
SAP Best Practices business process and project content

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Transition to SAP S/4HANA
The 3 Scenarios

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Transition to SAP S/4HANA with SAP Activate
Innovations for new implementations
Innovations delivered with SAP Activate
• Pre-configured trial systems – role based self-led evaluation of SAP S/4HANA utilizing SAP Fiori
• Start your project with ready-to-run business and integration processes delivered with the product
• Fit/Gap analysis instead of costly blueprinting with business process documentation delivered through Solution Manager 7.2
• Pre-defined data mappings for data migration
• SAP Fiori based learning application with role-based learning content
• SAP Solution Manager as delivery infrastructure
• Content Lifecycle Management for cloud deployments using self-service and expert configuration tools

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Transition to SAP S/4HANA with SAP Activate
Innovations for system conversions
Innovations delivered with SAP Activate
• Experience preconfigured trial systems, on-premise and in the cloud
• Step-by-step system conversion
• Technical preparation: Maintenance Planner, Software Update Manager (SUM), Database Migration Option for SUM
• Semantic adoption tasks: Simplification list for SAP S/4HANA on-premise edition 1511, conversion pre-checks and custom
code checks
• SAP best practices for integration into cloud lines-of-business solutions such as SFSF Employee Central
• SAP Fiori based “Learning Application” delivered with the product with role-based learning content for easy onboarding of end users
• Context-sensitive screen help as an overlay on each application screen
• SAP Solution Manager as Delivery Infrastructure for S/4HANA

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SAP Activate building blocks
: cloud only

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SAP Activate for Partners
Use and Extend

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SAP Best Practices for
SAP S/4HANA

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SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA

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SAP Best Practices for migration to SAP S/4HANA
Scenario: New Implementation

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SAP Best Practices for migration to SAP S/4HANA
Scenario: System Conversion

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SAP Best Practices for migration to SAP S/4HANA
Scenario: Landscape Transformation

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SAP Best Practices for Integration

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Scope and Configure

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SAP Activate - SAP S/4HANA Implementation Cockpit

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User Training and Onboarding

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Methodology

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SAP Activate - Methodology

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Bill of Materials for SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA
Process diagrams – how to access

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Summary

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First Customer Go-Live - SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511
Customer Situation
 Real estate developer building high end custom-made homes with award winning architects and interior designers. The
company is transforming their business model from running the entire value chain in SAP S/4HANA.
Project Status
 Customer productive since January 20th after ambitious two-month implementation timeline
 Minimal viable scope implemented to cover critical business processes for planning, procurement, manufacturing,
shipping and billing
 Go-live with workarounds, optimizations ongoing in second project phase
Critical Success Factors
 Implementation partner was well trained regarding SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA
 Project coaches, development angel and experts from S/4HANA regional implementation as connectors into product
development to resolve issues
 Clear focus on SAP Best Practices scope accelerated the realization phase
 Partner and customer were flexible and accepted workarounds for phase 1
Top Issues in Project and Related Mitigation
 Data Migration - Tooling for SME (additional license for Data Services)
 Initial activation of SAP Best Practices – SAP SET support to overcome issues
 SAP Fiori Apps - missing skills & documentation. Mitigated via up-skilling through SET & RIG
Next Steps on Customer's Roadmap
 Phase 2 go-live in March 2016
 Optimizations regarding functional coverage
 Extending operational analytics
Customer
 Industry: Real Estate
 Country: Switzerland
 Employees: ~100
Solution
 SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511
(New implementation scenario)
Project Duration
 8 weeks
Go Live Date
 January 20th, 2016
Hardware/System landscape
 IaaS provided by Amazon Cloud
 256 GB main memory
Productive Users
 Current: 15
 Target: 50 - 100

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Why Now, What Is New ?
… what you need to take away from this session !

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Find out more ….

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