Find Your Path to SAP S/4HANA (openSAP)

Digital transformation is reinventing the global economy. Individuals, businesses, and societies are becoming interconnected in real time, leading to a new digital economy that is more collaborative, intelligent, responsive, and efficient. As a result, businesses have to adapt to maintain and grow their market share within their field of operation. To stay ahead of the crowd, they need to realize a drastic increase in productivity and economic value.

SAP S/4HANA is SAP’s next-generation business suite that enables customers to streamline data models, optimize daily business transactions, accelerate strategic decision making, and simplify with a digital core – whether you use it in the cloud or on premise.

As an existing customer or partner, you may be asking yourself: “When is the right time to move to SAP S/4HANA and how?” This 4-week course aims to answer your questions about the WHY, WHAT and HOW. Experts from Product Management and Co-Innovation for SAP S/4HANA will lay out the fundamentals of the SAP S/4HANA adoption journey and explain three of the most popular scenarios for your path to SAP S/4HANA:

- New implementation (greenfield implementation)

- System conversion (brownfield implementation)

- Landscape transformation.

During the first week, you’ll gain an insight into the innovation highlights and selected new use cases of the latest SAP S/4HANA 1610 release, and how to interpret the roadmap. In addition, you’ll learn about the latest deployment options for SAP S/4HANA and how to make your project a success. Week 1 will then conclude with an introduction to the award-winning SAP Fiori 2.0.

In the following three weeks, you’ll dive deeper into the details of the implementation scenarios. Week 2 covers new implementation as a fresh start. Using a case study, we’ll walk you through important aspects of a fresh start based on the new SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA implementation framework, all the way from preparation to go-live.

Week 3 covers system conversion for an already installed SAP system. Here, we’ll show you how to move a complete SAP ERP application – and the business processes supported by SAP ERP – from your current SAP Business Suite running on any database to SAP S/4HANA.

Week 4 deals with landscape transformation, where we’ll shed light on the different scenarios and conclude with a comparison of new implementation and system conversion.

Each of these weeks will contain a combination of introductions to the topic and system demonstrations that explain key steps in the transition to SAP S/4HANA and give decision support as well as concrete next steps. It’s a must-join for any consultant considering an SAP S/4HANA project.

After week four, you’ll have a further week to prepare for and participate in the final exam and earn a record of achievement. Also, your feedback and ideas are highly appreciated throughout the course. We therefore encourage you to participate in the discussion forums.

Course Content

Week 1: SAP S/4HANA 1610 Release Highlights

Week 2: A Fresh Start with SAP S/4HANA

Week 3: Converting Your SAP ERP System

Week 4: Landscape Transformation

Week 5: Final Exam