Why Businesses are Moving Toward SAP S/4HANA Cloud

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is more than SAP S/4HANA deployed in the cloud.  

Each customer moving to SAP S/4HANA Cloud will do so for a different reason –simplification, access to innovation, or fast time to value, perhaps. SAP S/4HANA Cloud being more than just a deployment option is pivotal to how we deliver against customer objectives. Below we outline the three components of the cloud mindset.

FIT-TO-STANDARD

SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a fit-to-standard solution, meaning Business Processes are built in, and configuration is kept to a minimum to drive simplicity. Adopting a standard underpins the innovation cycle of the solution, the ability to achieve global consistency, and the agility to change as the customer’s industry demands.  

PACE OF CHANGE

At SAPPHIRE 2018, Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP said; “Change has never moved this fast, and it will never move this slowly again.”  

In the cloud there are two pace changes to embrace: Time to Value and Innovation Cycle.  

Time to Value: projects take months rather than years. A considerable advantage of this is business objectives are still relevant by the time the solution is delivered.  

Innovation cycle: rather than innovation being a project, it happens continuously. To derive the most value, users will adopt new functionality into their day-to-day role on a quarterly basis. From a learning perspective, this is made easy with SAP Fiori interface and built-in intelligent assistance, Co-Pilot.   

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION, RATHER THAN IT PROJECT

SAP’s on-premise ERP is well-known for its level of customization, SAP S/4HANA Cloud targets an entirely different customer need. Traditionally, you would derive customer requirements and then mold the solution to fit the customer – considered an IT project. Now, with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, the solution is set, and our role as an SAP implementation partner is to prescriptively guide the customer through their evolution to adopt the solution – now, a business transformation.  

Contact our team today for guidance on moving to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud.