SAP S/4HANA, AI, Big Data, RPA Consulting Services
This report was prepared by Amber Kelly. Please write to Amber at [email protected].
April 2017
Web Site: http://brachin.com/
S4HANA Genie™ Approach to SAP S/4HANA – Options for Fast S4/HANA Migrations with Near Zero Downtime
Executive Summary
• BRACHIN LLC Offers Excellent SAP Consultants for Competitive Daily Rates! BRACHIN LLC also provides Cloud migration services for SAP
S/4HANA to help Clients to reduce the total cost of ownership.
• BRACHIN LLC Offers Accelerated SAP S/4HANA Migrations and Implementations with S4HANA Genie™. S4HANA Genie™ offers Migrations to
SAP S/4HANA up to 75% faster!
• BRACHIN LLC is a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) that offers SAP S4/HANA migrations, AI, Big Data, RPA Consulting Services. We serve
clients, providing assistance with information and business risk management, Big Data, analytics operations improvement, and business
intelligence performance improvement.
• Our Core Competence is:
• SAP Consulting: SAP S/4HANA Migrations, SAP EWM, SAP IBP, SAP Ariba, SAP Fiori, SAP SuccessFactors HCM Software, SAP Revenue
Accounting and Reporting, SAP Leonardo Machine Learning
• Robotic Process Automation – RPA
• Big Data and Analytics: SAP HANA, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Tableau, Qlik, Power BI.
• Federal Government Procurement Contract: GSA Schedule 70 GS-35F-104DA. Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB).
• BRACHIN LLC is headquartered in Naples, Florida.
• 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services, 541512 Computer Systems Design Services, 541611 Administrative Management and General
Management Consulting Services, 541519 Other Computer Related Services, 561320 Temporary Help Services.
Accelerated SAP S/4HANA Migrations and Implementations with S4HANA Genie™
S4HANA Genie™ offers Migrations to SAP S/4HANA up to 75% faster!
The introduction of SAP S/4HANA is one a key milestone for SAP Customers. SAP S/4HANA speeds business transactions and processing. BRACHIN
LLC has the expertise, people and process to streamline and accelerate SAP S/4HANA migrations and implementations. We have a portfolio that
helps SAP Customers to deliver quick SAP S/4HANA migrations, implementations, business outcomes without disruptions. BRACHIN LLC helps SAP
S/4HANA clients to save time, reduce costs, and manage risks. We support all phases of a migration to SAP S/4HANA, from assessments through
launch. The migration of SAP applications can be complex, time consuming and expensive. BRACHIN LLC helps SAP S/4 clients by assessing their
readiness that includes custom code analysis; provide technical migration support that includes Unicode conversion; code optimization and code
remediation, redevelopment.
But migrating SAP applications can be daunting. SAP migration projects encompass several business-critical functions and are spread across a web
of complex landscapes. This presents obvious challenges to companies looking to manage risk, time and costs.
BRACHIN LLC and S4HANA Genie™ offer five steps to faster SAP S/4HANA migrations while reducing cost, time and risk:
1. Automatic scan of the system landscape to identify objects, customizations, and actual usage.
2. Automatic process scans to predict S/4 impacts; then mitigate as needed.
3. Quickly create an empty S/4 target system.
4. Migrate, upgrade, and enhance features and data in a single step.
5. Automatic data integrity validation and process testing.
The Benefits to SAP S/4HANA clients are:
• Reduced migration time-frame and cost
• Provide robust SAP S/4 Business Solutions
• Enhanced agility
• Streamlined processes and simplicity
• Increased cost efficiency.
BRACHIN LLC's Clients
Key Personnel
Sample: Subject Matter Experts
Stephanie Playe: Stephanie has 20 years of Executive positions in Finance, Management and
Strategy with a deep international experience. Global mindset, Business acumen and result driven,
Stephanie has a track record in structuring growth, driving change and performance in companies from
Startup to Fortune 500. She has defined and implemented many efficient Performance Management systems
and innovative analysis tools, from risk management to customer evaluation or life cycle earnings, always using
data and predictive analytics as a way to develop the business.
Stephanie's functional competencies are in Finance operations, Financial & Strategic planning, governance, SAP,
Project Management, ERP, innovation and entrepreneurship. She is also a Finance Advisor and start-up coach, and
lecturer for Financial workshops in different incubators or co-working spaces. She is member of the Global Board
Ready Women network.
C. Elena is a Harvard graduate Subject Matter Expert with experience in Supply Chain, Finance, Management, SAP S4/HANA and Business Intelligence. Elena has a track record in corporate
growth, performance and change management in leading Fortune 500 companies. She has implemented Enterprise Performance Management - EPM Systems. She has implemented for
clients business planning utilizing business intelligence (BI), for evaluating and managing enterprise performance goals to maximize processes and enhance efficiency.
Oscar Perez: Oscar was the President at ERPWeb.NET, a company specializing in enterprise information integration
for deployment of SOA, BI, ERP SAP, and CRM applications in the government, financial services, healthcare,
telecom and hi-tech manufacturing sectors. He has over 24 years of experience in developing business strategies,
leading complex business transformation projects, program project management, business case development,
business process development, and solution software selection. Mr. Perez has conducted project reviews for
Goldman Sachs, Bain Consultants, Brown Brothers Harriman, McKinsey & Company, Norges Bank Investment
Management, P. Schoenfeld Asset Management, Iconiq Capital, Greencape Capital Pty Ltd, JMI Equity, Coatue
Management, The Boston Consulting Group, Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC, Technology Crossover Ventures,
La Financiere de L echiquier, Platinum Asset Management, Invesco, Guggenheim Partners and private equity
firms. He has functional expertise in supply chain, SOA, SAP, CRM, procurement, corporate finance, and product
marketing. Mr. Perez specializes in software selection and implementation of SAP ERP packages. Mr. Perez has
appeared in publications including Computerworld, InformationWeek, and The Wall Street Journal. He is a
frequent speaker at industry events and is quoted by business and trade publications. Mr. Perez currently
serves on the Board of Directors of Credit Capital and BRACHIN LLC.
Virginia P: Virginia has 15 years of Executive positions in Materials Management and Supply. Virginia's functional competencies are in
Materials Management, Master Data governance, SAP, Project Management, Healthcare and ERP.
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BRACHIN LLC Industry Expertise
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Insurance
Media
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Real Estate
Manufacturing
Telco
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Accelerated SAP S/4HANA Migrations and Implementations with S4HANA Genie™
S4HANA Genie™ offers Migrations to SAP S/4HANA up to 75% faster!
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Analyze environment
and scope migration
Bridge
Create empty shell
SAP ECC
Execute system conversion
ECC Empty Shell
Migrate and convert data
S/4HANA Empty Shell
Live System running on S/4HANA
S/4HANA
Analyze and Plan your Transformation
1. Assess the ImpactQuickly Assess the S/4
Simplification Impact on
your ECC Environment
2. Plan the
MigrationSelective migrate only
specific data
3. Find ConflictsIdentify potential areas of
conflicts if consolidating
systems
4. Identify InterfacesIdentify connected systems
and plant the future
landscape
Understand Functionality Impact Review and Export detailed listView Simplifications By Module
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Analyze and Plan your Transformation
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1. Assess the ImpactQuickly Assess the S/4 Impact
on your ECC Environment
2. Plan the MigrationSelective migrate only
specific data
3. Find ConflictsIdentify potential areas of
conflicts if consolidating
systems
4. Identify InterfacesIdentify connected systems
and plant the future
landscape
View Organizational Structure Select Organization UnitAsses Used/Unused Org Elements
Analyze and Plan your Transformation
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Right mouseclick on one objectUsage Matrix Apply Selection
1. Assess the ImpactQuickly Assess the S/4 Impact
on your ECC Environment
2. Plan the MigrationSelective migrate only
specific data
3. Find ConflictsIdentify potential areas of
conflicts if consolidating
systems
4. Identify InterfacesIdentify connected systems
and plant the future
landscape
Analyze and Plan your Transformation
Check migration objects used by selected Org. Units Add or remove Org. Units by clicking on bubbles
1. Assess the ImpactQuickly Assess the S/4 Impact
on your ECC Environment
2. Plan the MigrationSelective migrate only
specific data
3. Find ConflictsIdentify potential areas of
conflicts if consolidating
systems
4. Identify InterfacesIdentify connected systems
and plant the future
landscape
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Analyze and Plan your Transformation
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Identify Key Data Objects – e.g Used Order Types Compare Systems and Identify Conflicts
1. Assess the ImpactQuickly Assess the S/4 Impact
on your ECC Environment
2. Plan the MigrationSelective migrate only
specific data
3. Find ConflictsIdentify key customizing
usage potential areas of
conflicts if consolidating
systems
4. Identify InterfacesIdentify connected systems
and plant the future
landscape
Analyze and Plan your Transformation
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Collect and query interface details Graphically visualize statistical data
1. Assess the ImpactQuickly Assess the S/4 Impact
on your ECC Environment
2. Plan the MigrationSelective migrate only
specific data
3. Find ConflictsIdentify key customizing
usage potential areas of
conflicts if consolidating
systems
4. Identify InterfacesIdentify connected systems
and plant the future
landscape
Analyze and Plan your Transformation
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Automatically generate Visio diagrams Interact with deep graphical analysis of systems and interfaces
1. Assess the ImpactQuickly Assess the S/4 Impact
on your ECC Environment
2. Plan the MigrationSelective migrate only
specific data
3. Find ConflictsIdentify key customizing
usage potential areas of
conflicts if consolidating
systems
4. Identify InterfacesIdentify connected systems
and plant the future
landscape
S4HANA Genie™ Development Approach
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Project Management SI – Technical PM
Technical TestsTM0
Rough Migration Concept
Customizing of required S/4HANA Changes
TM1Test Migration
Test Management
Tests by SI / SchottTeam
Define Use CasesFor Iteration 1
Prepare Use Cases of
Iteration 1 and Tests
Common Understanding / SCOPING
Prepare Design BuildCapture Result
Iteration 1
Test Phase finished POC
Goals achieved Decision if
Package 2 is needed
Framework sign-off
Use cases (scope) sign-
off
Migration Data scope clarified
S/4HANA 1709 POC available
Customer S/4 POC
ready for testing
Shell Creation for 1709 POC
System ScanProvision
Training Customer Team S/4
Goals & Objectives
POC Impact
Analysis
POC Decision Paper
System Preparation and Design Iteration 1 Design Iteration 2 (- n)
Design & Build
Project Management SI – Technical PM
Capture Result
Iteration 2 (-n)
Test Phase 2 finished
POC Goals achieved
Define Scope
Iteration 2
Customizing Iteration
2
Correction Migration Concept
TM2Test Migration
Test Management
Tests bySI / SchottTeam
POC Decision Paper
POC Presen-tation
Results
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6
Project Landscape – Example
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Check Cutover Plan
AlignmentsMigration
Dev Qual EPR
TO‘s TO‘s
Test Test
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Design and Unit Test
Installation
Project
Landscape
3 Test Migrations Go Live Test
(Dry run)
Go Live
Migration
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Qual
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Copy / Refresh
TO‘s = Transport Orders
Transports
Migration / Conversion
Frozen ZoneDual Maintenance
EPR’
TO‘s TO‘s
EPR’
TO‘sTO‘s
Selected Client Projects
Sigma Aldrich (MERCK) gets first
prototype within 6 weeks, Go-Live after 6
months
Success
▪ 1-step approach
▪ First prototype after 6 weeks – basis for
the new Template standard on group
level
▪ duration of 6 months
Scope
▪ Conversion to S/4 1709 of the
chemicals business unit
▪ Finance & Supply Chain
▪ Go-live September 2018
▪ 21 000+ Custom code objects
▪ Full history
Users: 3.300
DB size: 3.5 TB
Siemens speeds up global S/4
Transformation Program
Success
▪ Design of a global template using in a
1-step approach (incl. New GL, parallel
ledger, document split.)
▪ 160 projects so far, three on S/4
Scope
▪ Global Transformation Program to S/4
1709
▪ HQ system October 2018
▪ Harmonization program from 52 to ca.
20 systems
▪ 75.000 Custom code objects
▪ Selective history
Users: 13.500
DB size: > 5 TB
AIRBUS saves years of project duration
combining S/4HANA with NewGL
Success
▪ 1-step approach using (incl. New GL,
parallel ledgers, document split for full
history during fiscal year.)
▪ Expected duration of 8 months
Scope
▪ Conversion to S/4 1709
▪ Finance & Logistics
▪ Keeping the history of all shipped
airplanes
▪ Go-live Oct 2018
▪ 6.000 Custom code objects
▪ Full history
Users: 3.600
DB size > 4 TB
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Selected Client Projects
Atlas Copco
Merge into S/4HANA
Scope
▪Merge of two subsidiaries
with different histories
and different systems
into new S/4HANA
landscape (empty shell)
▪Analysis of current
situation, planning of
transformation roadmap,
technical setup of
environment
Scope
▪Selective S/4HANA
implementation of one
region
▪Expected Go Live End of
2018
Scope
▪Selective S/4HANA
implementation (from
1605 to 1809)
▪Analysis of current
situation, planning of
transformation roadmap,
technical setup of
environment
▪Standardization and
process harmonization
Scope
▪Analysis of current
situation, planning of
transformation roadmap,
technical setup of
environment
▪Redesign of Chart of
Accounts
▪Migration to SAP
S/4HANA including
NewGL in one step
Volkswagen S/4
Transformation Program
Vaillant S/4HANA with
NewGL
Generali Finance
Transformation into
S/4HANA
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BRACHIN Analytica RPA Robotics Analytics
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Contact Information
Amber Kelly – Marketing ManagerE-Mail: [email protected]
Tel. 1-(302)-715-0062
Tel. 1-(877)-212-9407
About BRACHIN LLC
BRACHIN LLC is a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) that offers SAP S4/HANA migrations, Big Data/Business Intelligence, Information Security, Regulatory Compliance, IT Service Management and Consulting Services. We serve clients, providing assistance with information and business risk management, Big Data, analytics operations improvement, and business intelligence performance improvement.
BRACHIN LLC helps Successful companies to understand the business imperatives and to link analytics and information security to support the business imperatives. Big Data projects need to begin in the Company’s boardroom with support from our Big Data Subject Matter Experts and Analyst. Our industry Subject Matter Experts help you match your business goals and objectives with the technology solutions. BRACHIN LLC employees Data Science PHDs who have research skills, find patterns in Big Data, and write statistical models. Big Data projects need a solid understanding of the business requirements and benefits. The technology is a tool to achieve the business goals and objectives. BRACHIN LLC is a leading Big Data, Analytics and Information Security Software firm. We have a national presence throughout the country, providing services to clients in the commercial and public sectors. For more information, please visit the firm’s Web site at www.brachin.com .