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Janet Richards, VP Presales SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Facilitate a Two-Tiered Approach to ERPWithin a Cloud Environment

SAP S/4HANA CloudThe in te l l igen t C loud ERP

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How to win in the digital age with a two-tiered ERP approach

Why businesses need to be agile

How the two-tier approach needs to evolve

What the next-generation of two-tier ERP looks like



Why businesses need to be more agile

How the two-tier approach need to evolve



Facing a new level of complexity in a

hyper-connected worldContinuous

transformation requiring agility

Businesses face the velocity of digital business


Headquarters and subsidiaries processes dependencies vary

Headquarters driven (dependent) subsidiaries

Runs planning and part of execution at headquarters with

parts of processes at subsidiaries with templates rolled out

to subsidiaries

Consolidation, transparency and reporting back to

headquarters

Typically seen in MNCs with organically grown subsidiaries

Independent subsidiaries

Runs processes independently in the subsidiary

Typically seen in case of MNCs engaging in constant M&A,

Groups with several companiesHeadquarters

Headquarters



Why businesses need different speeds

How the two-tier approach needs to evolve



Complexity Gets Built in to the Supporting IT Architecture

Analytics

Transactions

Master Data

Shared Services

Local

Sales

Offices

Financial

Consolidation


Example: A Multivendor Expense Management Synchronization

SAP ERP

Tier 1 App

Non SAP ERPx

Tier 2 App

Middleware

Non SAP ERPx

Tier 2 App

Non SAP ERPx

Tier 2 App

Third Party Expense Report App

INCREASED

COMPLEXITY

INCREASED

COSTS AND

RISK

SLOWER

INNOVATION &

BUSINESS

AGILITY

LIMITED

CONSISTENCY



Why businesses need different speeds

How the two-tier approach need to evolve



Benefits of a One SAP environment

SAP ERP or

Tier 1 App

SAP S/4 HANA

Cloud

ERPx Tier 2 App

One Data Model

One User Experience

Global Support

End to End Capabilities

SAP S/4 HANA

Cloud

ERPx Tier 2 App

SAP S/4 HANA

Cloud

ERPx Tier 2 App

CONTINUOUS

INNOVATION

FASTER TIME

TO VALUE

INCREASE

GOVERNANCE

LOW RISK


Case study: Free up resources for innovation at a global US manufacturer

Why SAP?

• Prescriptive solution drives process standardization

• One Cloud solution for Accounting, Finance, Sales, Sourcing, Procurement and Supply Chain

• Rapid deployment with minimal configuration needs

Expected benefits

• Unified two-tier ERP strategy for corporate and subsidiaries

• Real-time view of the business

• Ability to support future growth with low TCO

We had more than 26 supply chains across our company. We looked at

S/4HANA® Cloud as an opportunity to free up capacity in IT, to rationalize our

environment. CIO, Information Technology

10B+Annual Revenue

$

“”


SAP S/4HANA Cloud – Native integration & side-by-side extension

SAPIntegratedBusiness Planning

SAP Business Objects Cloud for Analytics

Intelligentcore

SAP Enterprise Warehouse

SAP CentralFinance and BPC

SAP ERP


Asset MasterBank statement /Cash flows

Purchasing documentsSales Order

2-Tier Integration Scenarios in SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Integration is the key enabler for low TCI in a hybrid application landscape

Headquarter

SAP

Cloud Platform,

Integration Service

* Partially via other integration technologies

SAP HCP Apps

like SAP RealSpend

SAP BusinessObjects

Planning and Consolidation

SAP ERP

SAP Central

Finance

FI Posting for

Reporting & Consolidation

Suppliers

Invoices

Customers

General Ledger Posting

Plan and Actual

Import Planning Data

Export Actual Data

for Planning

Non SAP

Cloud Connector

Clo

ud C

onnecto

r

Stock Information Payment to Vendors information


S/4HANA Cloud Two - Tier Pre-delivered Scenarios

Cover end to end processes between headquarters and subsidiaries

Core Finance

Financial Planning,

Consolidation & Profitability

Group Consolidation at HQ

from Subsidiary and upload of

planned data to subsidiary

Local Profitability and Enabling

Group Profitability at HQ

Cash Management:

Cash Allocation to Subsidiaries

based on Cash Visibility at HQ

Procure to Pay

External & Basic Internal

procurement

Procurement directly by

Subsidiary with process

visibility to HQ

HQ as internal supplier to

subsidiary via central contract

Order to Cash

Subsidiary as Local Sales

Office

Sale from Local (Goods & basic

Services) with Returns (Credit

& Debit Memos)

Sale from Central Stock (drop

shipment from HQ) with

Returns (Credit & Debit

Memos)

Intercompany STO with HQ

(1708)

Basic Manufacturing

Subsidiary as a production unit

and internal supplier to HQ

Subsidiary acting as sub-

contractor to HQ (with

production at subsidiary)

Manufacturing

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Contact information:

Janet Richards

VP of Presales S/4 HANA Cloud

E: [email protected]

M: 310-279-2853

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