What is SAP S/4 Hana?

SAP is a world-leading German software company with overall many years of experience. SAP was launched by five founders on April 1, 1972 in Mannheim, Germany. Learn more about SAP and SAP S/4 Hana below.

What is SAP ERP?

SAP's ERP is the most widely used enterprise resource planning solution worldwide. The acronym "ERP" stands for "enterprise resource planning," but even its full name doesn't shed much light on what ERP is or what it does.

ERP can be defined as a type of software that organizations use to manage day-to-day business activities such as accounting, procurement, project management and risk management. It provides insight into how an organization operates and makes it possible to plan and execute strategies in real-time.

An ERP system collects data from multiple business units into one centralized database so that users can access information related to their particular role without having to leave the application they are using. SAP's ERP combines all the applications that make up a company's core business processes and has been offering ERP solutions since the 1970s.

SAP ERP is a software solution that is ideal for companies that deal with hundreds of transactions on a daily basis. SAP ERP software gives an organization the freedom to grow and the ability to adapt to changing business models, while still keeping up with the demand and competition.

The most important feature of SAP ERP is its ability to improve customer service by integrating customer relationship management (CRM) with other functions such as order processing. This allows organizations to track orders from start to finish in real time so that they can provide better customer service than ever before.

What is SAP HANA?

SAP HANA was launched in 2010 and it is an in-memory split database designed to accelerate SAP applications and business processes. Today, SAP HANA powers SAP Business Suite products. Unlike this, in-memory is a column-based database. Through a simplified data structure and enhanced performance, user productivity is increased, real-time transparency is created and analytics capability is boosted. Designed to enable businesses to respond to the most up-to-date data rather than static quarterly reports, SAP S/4HANA is the most powerful data management solution on the market today.

What is SAP S/4 Hana?

SAP S/4HANA is the current version of the SAP Business Suite ERP platform released in February 2015. The "S" stands for "System", the 4 is short for 4th generation and HANA refers to SAP's in-memory database technology HANA.

It is built on top of the most advanced in-memory platform today, SAP HANA, and offers a personalized user experience with SAP Fiori. It provides next-generation simple enterprise software designed to help you run simple in the digital economy.

The software is designed to integrate several different business applications into a single software solution. It offers a cloud-based delivery model and supports real-time data analysis, rapid response times and simplified navigation.

SAP S/4HANA delivers massive simplifications through the elimination of data redundancies, intelligent use of the latest technology advancements, and consolidation and migration to SAP HANA. This enables our customers to run live and run real-time, with embedded analytics and predictive capabilities that can be consumed through any device.

What is the difference between SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA?

We need to clearly differentiate between SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA. SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA are sometimes used synonymously, which is incorrect. The proper thing to say is that S/4 refers to the new or now 4th ERP generation of SAP SE, which has set out to replace the R/3 version that has been in widespread use for quite a few years (and the "S" follows the "R"). With this new SAP S/4 real-time business suite, it is a totally new product, which is therefore not to be compared with a pure upgrade from R/3 to S/4.

In a nutshell, the difference between SAP HANA and SAP S4/HANA can be explained in a single sentence. So, the SAP S/4HANA is an ERP system like SAP ECC, while SAP HANA is a database.

What are the Advantages of SAP S/4HANA?

From supporting business processes with intelligent automation, to the ability to make faster and better decisions through integrated analytics solutions and digital assistants, to a personalised, role-based user interface with SAP Fiori - migrating to SAP's new ERP generation promises SAP users numerous benefits, which obviously depend on the constitution of your business systems.

In the following lines we will list the most important benefits that are provided with SAP S/4HANA:

• Integrated AI technology
• Cost Efficiency: Lower operating costs, for example by working with larger data sets in one system, which saves hardware costs, operating costs and time.
• Embedded real-time analytics based on in-memory technology
• Improved speed and performance
• Easy-to-use user interface through SAP Fiori
• Modern architecture for better overview and performance, which makes it easier to integrate acquisitions into the IT landscape
• Mobile device compatibility
• Choice of operating models such as on-premise, cloud or hybrid
• Real-time reporting directly in the system

What Exactly is the Business Benefit of SAP S/4HANA for Customers?

It can be defined as a great support of the digital transformation for companies. SAP S/4HANA responds to many requirements that the digital transformation imposes on future IT landscapes. Among other things, these include fast processing of large amounts of data, agility and short innovation cycles, and user-friendly interfaces. S/4HANA is not a single solution to all the challenges of digitalization in companies. The advantages of the new Business Suite depend largely on the individual nature and requirements of their systems. Together with our SAP Fiori consulting team, we can find solutions tailored to your business.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud

A cloud-based version of S/4HANA, SAP released S/4HANA Cloud in March 2017. Powered by a company's SAP ERP Central Component or a complete business suite like S/4HANA, S/4HANA Cloud is best suited for large companies with 1,500 or more employees that want to use a dual-level ERP system. Companies of this kind can use and implement S/4HANA Cloud at the level of business units or subsidiaries.

Note that S/4 HANA Cloud includes next-generation technologies such as machine learning and a voice-based digital assistant called CoPilot. Remarkably, S/4HANA Cloud is a SaaS application of which new versions are released every three months.

Are You Ready to Migrate to SAP S/4HANA?

If you're considering an upgrade or new deployment of SAP S/4HANA, you'll want to understand how you can gain value from your investment. You need a solution that helps to understand your business processes, has comprehensive features for IT asset management and supports how to sketch out a roadmap for success.

SAP users have an extensive technology inventory. SAP users must have end-to-end mastery of their existing IT environment to achieve full efficiency and performance in the S/4 HANA migration. With its end-to-end IT asset management solutions, Loggle supports businesses to make their enterprise architecture more transparent and understandable.

• Application Portfolio Management Tool
• Hardware Asset Management Tool
• Integration Inventory Management Tool
• IT Cost Management Tool