Executive Summary There is a poor fit between S/4HANA and the cloud, hidden because SAP commingles S/4HANA Cloud with S/4HANA on premises. For this article, we needed to cover ASP (Application Service Provider) versus “single =tenant” versus “private cloud.” Introduction While researching the history of S/4HANA implementations, something that came to the surface was how…
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Executive Summary Toyota Indus Motor is one of SAP’s S/4HANA case studies. This case study carefully excluded the views of the client and any consultants who worked on the project. Our access to one consultant pointed out the difficulties of getting S/4HANA experienced resources, including SAP support for S/4HANA. Introduction Toyota Indus Motor Company is…
Executive Summary The High Number of Consulting Companies Implementing S/4HANA. The Problem with Taking Much from These Case Studies. Consulting Marketing of S/4HANA. Introduction to the Types of Companies Implementing S/4HANA. One should note that a not insignificant number of the public S/4HANA case studies are from SAP implementation companies. In fact, 31% of the…
Executive Summary New York Life’s S/4HANA Implementation Where Did Budgeting and Planning Occur in S/4HANA? Implementing S/4HANA for Its Ledger? Introduction New York Life is an insurance company. I struggled with even including them in the list of public implementation announcements of the different case studies. Our References for This Article If you want to…
Executive Summary Florida Crystals is a case study for S/4HANA with some surprising claims, including that the implementation was performed in an unheard of 4 weeks. In this article, we will cover the likelihood of what Florida Crystals says is true. Introduction Florida Crystals is a sugar refiner based in Florida. Florida Crystals have made…
Executive Summary The Binderholz Nordic Case Study BN’s Implementation Partner Tieto’s Observations on the Implementation and S/4HANA How Much Did Teito and BN Actually Implement? A Three Month Implementation Timeline? Obvious Inconsistencies with the Timeline Introduction Binderholz Nordic (BN) is a company with around 1350 employees based and $450 million in sales, and operating out of…
Executive Summary The Hillary’s Blinds S/4HANA Case Study Upgrading S/4HANA? CRM on HANA? Hillary’s Implemented NetWeaver? Introduction Hillary’s Blinds is a substantial company based in the UK, with revenues of roughly $200 million. They manufacture and distribute window blinds. The press accounts were that they implemented a S/4HANA upgrade in record time, and the implementation…
Executive Summary ASUG’s study into S/4HANA adoption was highly skewed towards SAP’s marketing and sales messaging. In the study, ASUG attempts to normalize the bumpiness with S/4HANA. The study minimizes the issues with pre-existing ECC customizations. Introduction to ASUG’s S/4HANA Study We are currently working on and plan to release the first study into the…
Executive Summary Find out the issues with HANA and S/4HANA pricing before negotiating with SAP. How to Understand the Pricing of S/4HANA and HANA Introduction This article will review the implications for HANA pricing and S/4HANA pricing. If you are negotiating with SAP, neither SAP nor the SAP consulting firms will want you to read…