SAP S/4HANA Cloud

The cloud has clear advantages in terms of speed. Nowadays, companies make sure that they can benefit from innovations quickly. SAP now makes innovations available in the cloud every three months and these can be used immediately.

Installing, developing and maintaining individual IT systems is often too expensive and complicated for many companies. With a cloud ERP system, there is no need for operation and maintenance, because SAP takes care of this for you. You can focus on your core processes and customers.

In terms of deployment, the cloud solution is faster than an on-premise solution. Typically, a cloud ERP implementation takes between 3 to 6 months, depending on how extensive your core functions are. The cloud solution can be deployed in multiple locations without much effort, resulting in significant time savings.

Another reason why companies decide in favor of a cloud ERP solution is the fact that the system can be flexibly adjusted. Depending on your requirements, you can extend your solution. At the beginning, most company start with the core functionalities and can extend them as required without having to set up a large IT system landscape or having to make large investments.

The SAP S/4HANA Cloud System is particularly well suited for startups and small companies that want to grow strongly. Companies that want to move away from manual Excel solutions and whose core process is not yet mature. With the SAP S/4HANA Cloud solution, you benefit from best practice approaches and can quickly and profitably deploy the pre-configured systems.

The SAP S/4HANA Cloud solution is also suited for large companies that buy new companies and want to integrate them into their existing company or companies that simply want to prepare for the future, which do not wish to be outdistanced in the digitalization trend.

The SAP S/4HANA Cloud solution provides relevant advantages for any scale.

The digital core of the cloud solution is stable and cannot be changed. Those that want to implement customer-specific developments can do this on the SAP Cloud Platform (SCP). In this environment, customers can develop and test new applications without impeding their ERP core processes. End users can complete their daily tasks without impairments.

Another option is to search for missing functionalities in the SAP App Center (https://www.sapappcenter.com/home) as suitable apps may have been developed and are provided here.

Sure. The combination of on-premise and cloud is the hybrid approach and very popular with large companies. For example, the parent company uses the on-premise solution and all smaller subsidiaries are operated in the cloud. The advantage of this approach is the rapid deployment of the software. SAP takes care of the server and the hardware and is responsible for the security of your data. Both solutions are developed on the same code basis, thus ensuring the seamless exchange of data between parent company and subsidiaries.

First of all, you need to check whether your own developments can be covered by the current standard processes of SAP Best Practices. Many developments can be eliminated by this changeover. Thus, a large share of the developments can be reduced. The remaining developments must be adjusted to the functionalities, tables and structures in the scope of a migration project.

With SAP Cloud Solutions, you get the largest product variety on the market today. The solutions are user-friendly and easy to operate. Users can operate the system without much training. In addition, SAP is pursuing a cloud-first strategy, which means that innovations will be made available in the cloud first. Topics such as integration and security always have a very high priority at SAP. SAP's many years of experience mean that processes are constantly optimized and made as simple as possible.