SAP S/4HANA: An Introduction by Devraj Bardhan, Axel Baumgartl, Nga-Sze Choi et al - 2019

Rheinwerk Publishing, 2019. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. This book introduces different aspects of SAP S/4HANA from industry, business, and technical perspectives, and it shares the authors' experiences in different client situations, as well as challenges and how to solve them, with examples and best practices and how to apply them. It discusses the digital transformation and its main drivers and the fundamentals of SAP S/4HANA, including different versions and deployment options; the key functionalities of SAP S/4HANA and how they address key business challenges, as well as SAP S/4HANA Cloud capabilities for finance; the manufacturing capabilities of SAP S/4HANA, with information on MRP (Materials Requirement Planning) Live, optimization of product master data, production planning, and detail scheduling; the supply chain in SAP S/4HANA; sales, marketing and commerce, and service management; sourcing and procurement in SAP S/4HANA; research and development and asset management; analytics and reporting in the context of SAP S/4HANA; SAP S/4HANA Retail for merchandise management, SAP S/4HANA for fashion and vertical business; SAP S/4HANA Oil & Gas; SAP S/4HANA Cloud; SAP S/4HANA and the SAP landscape and how other products integrate with SAP S/4HANA; the SAP HANA platform and how it addresses typical issues of an information technology department and serves as the database for SAP S/4HANA; how SAP S/4HANA can be extended through in-app and side-by-side extensions; SAP Leonardo; adoption options; the principles of the SAP Activate framework in the context of SAP S/4HANA; building a business case; and case studies from multinational industrial, multinational service, and manufacturing, food industry, and automotive companies. (2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)