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Who Should Read This Book
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Structure of This Book
19
1.4 Introducing SAP S/4HANA Finance
33
1.4.1 Deployment Modes
37
1.4.2 Transformative Finance Technologies
40
1.4.3 Key Areas of Innovation
45
Part I: Exploring the SAP S/4HANA Finance Model
63
2 In-Memory Technology and SAP HANA
65
2.1 Keeping Data in Memory
67
2.1.1 Ensure Durability
68
2.1.2 New Performance Bottleneck
69
2.2 Columnar Data Organization
69
2.3 Data Encoding and Compression
72
2.3.1 Dictionary Encoding
72
2.3.2 Data Compression
73
2.3.3 Operation on Compressed Data
74
2.4 Parallel Execution
75
2.4.1 Parallel Execution in Columnar Store
75
2.4.2 Parallel Aggregation
76
2.5 Delta Store and Merge
77
3 Removal of Redundancy
81
3.1 Benefits of a Redundancy-Free System
82
3.2 In-Memory Technology Removes Redundancy
86
3.3 Simplifying the Core Data Model
89
3.4 Immediate Benefits of the New Data Model
92
4 Nondisruptive Innovation
97
4.1 Compatible Refactoring
98
4.2 Transitioning to SAP S/4HANA Finance
101
5 Unlimited Flexibility Based on Line Items
105
5.1 Gaining Unparalleled Insights
105
5.2 Removing Predefined Aggregates
107
5.3 Deciding without Information Loss
110
5.4 Optimizing Operations with Big Data
113
5.5 Innovating with Line Item Granularity
115
6 Finance in Real Time
117
6.1 Accepting the Limits of Retroactive Analysis
118
6.2 Benefitting from Real-Time Finance
120
6.2.1 Improving Profit
121
6.2.2 Securing Liquidity
123
6.3 Identifying Real-Time Finance Patterns
126
6.4 Becoming a Real-Time Finance Company
128
6.4.1 Balancing Efficiency and Insights
128
6.4.2 Examining Industry Requirements
130
6.4.3 Considering Business Users’ Needs
131
Part II: Using SAP S/4HANA Finance
133
7 Building Blocks of SAP S/4HANA Finance
135
7.1 Seeing the Big Picture
135
7.2 Reloading SAP ERP Financials Functionality
138
7.2.1 Financial Accounting
138
7.2.2 Management Accounting
140
7.2.3 SAP Financial Supply Chain Management
142
7.2.4 SAP Treasury and Risk Management
142
7.2.5 Cash Management
143
7.3 New Applications in SAP S/4HANA Finance
143
8 Single Source of Truth: Universal Journal
147
8.1 Mastering Business Challenges without SAP HANA
147
8.2 New SAP HANA-Based Architecture
151
8.2.1 Structure of the Universal Journal
152
8.2.2 Merging G/L Accounts and Cost Elements
154
8.2.3 Compatibility Views
155
8.3 Immediate Benefits of the New Model
156
8.3.1 Depreciation Runs
157
8.3.2 Multidimensional Profitability Analysis
158
8.3.3 New Analysis Patterns
160
8.3.4 Financial Statement Analysis
161
8.4 Building on Top of the Universal Journal
162
8.4.1 Fundamental Functional Enhancements
162
8.4.2 Important Simplification Cases
163
8.4.3 Prediction Based on Facts
163
9.1 The Challenge of Flexible Operational Reporting Needs
170
9.2 Addressing Challenges Using SAP S/4HANA Finance
173
9.3 Conceptual Advances in Reporting
178
9.3.1 Merging of Accounts and Cost Elements
178
9.3.2 Accounts and Other Hierarchies
179
9.4 Advances for End Users
180
10 Flexible Analytics with Core Data Services
185
10.1 Replacing Complex Analytics with Simplicity
186
10.2 Paradigms of Core Data Services in SAP S/4HANA
187
10.3 Building Blocks of Core Data Services in SAP S/4HANA
190
10.3.1 Domain-Specific Database Languages and Services
192
10.3.2 Use of Semantic Annotations
192
10.3.3 Virtual Data Model
193
10.4 Unified View of Data for Analytics
194
11 SAP S/4HANA Finance Applications
197
11.1 Business Cockpits for Businesspeople
197
11.1.1 Working with Business Cockpits
199
11.1.2 Defining a Business Cockpit
201
11.2 Financials Operations
205
11.2.1 Receivables Management
206
11.2.2 Payables Management
209
11.3 Ariba Network Integration
212
11.3.1 Order Collaboration
213
11.3.2 Invoice Collaboration
214
11.3.3 Discount Management
215
11.4.1 Bank Account Management
219
11.4.2 Cash Operations
220
11.4.3 Liquidity Management
223
11.4.4 Simplified Data Model
225
11.5 SAP Business Planning and Consolidation for Finance
227
11.5.1 Business Contexts
228
11.5.2 Underlying Architecture
229
11.5.3 Planning Application
232
11.5.4 Business Planning Process
233
11.6.1 SAP Fiori Applications
238
11.6.2 From Costing-Based to Account-Based Profitability Analysis
238
11.7 Financial Closing and Consolidation
242
11.7.1 Process Management
243
11.7.2 Avoiding Reconciliation Efforts
244
11.7.3 Faster Period Close with SAP HANA
245
11.7.4 New Closing Applications
246
11.8 Revenue Accounting
249
11.8.1 Contract Identification
250
11.8.2 Performance Obligation Identification
251
11.8.3 Transaction Price Determination
252
11.8.4 Transaction Price Allocation
252
11.8.5 Revenue Recognition
252
11.8.6 Flexible Adaptability
253
11.9 Real-Time Governance and Compliance
254
11.9.1 Introduction to Governance, Risk, and Compliance
255
11.9.2 Changing Trends and Challenges of Staying Compliant
256
11.9.3 Embedded Real-Time Monitoring of High-Risk Transactions
258
12 Revamping the User Experience with SAP Fiori Apps
263
12.1 SAP Fiori Design Philosophy
264
12.2 Developing Intuitive Products
265
12.3 SAP Fiori Design Principles in SAP S/4HANA Finance
266
12.4 SAP Fiori Application Framework and Finance
271
12.4.2 Application Types
272
12.4.3 Application Patterns and Controls
273
12.5 Extending SAP Fiori
274
Part III: Running SAP S/4HANA Finance
279
13 Deploying SAP S/4HANA Finance
281
13.1 On-Premise Edition
282
13.1.1 Architecture Overview
283
13.1.2 New On-Premise Installations
284
13.1.3 Landscape Migration for Existing SAP ERP Systems
285
13.1.4 Handling General Ledger Functionality during Upgrade
286
13.1.5 Simplification List
287
13.3 Managed Cloud Options
289
13.3.1 Service Offerings in the Cloud
290
13.3.2 Hybrid Scenarios
293
13.3.3 Subscription Licensing and Options
294
14 Landscape Consolidation with Central Finance
299
14.1 Harmonization and Standardization
300
14.2 Principles and Capabilities
304
14.3 Evolution to an Operational System
309
14.4 Central Finance in the Cloud
312
15 Adoption Scenarios
313
15.1 Greenfield vs. Brownfield Approach
314
15.1.1 Greenfield Approach
314
15.1.2 Brownfield Approach
315
15.2 SAP S/4HANA Finance in SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA
316
15.2.1 Manufacturing Company
316
15.2.2 High-Tech Company
318
15.3 Central Finance and Central Reporting
319
16 Success Story: SAP SE Runs SAP S/4HANA Finance
323
16.1 Defining a Finance Vision
324
16.2 Moving to SAP S/4HANA Finance
326
16.2.1 System Landscape and Organization
327
16.2.2 Finance Transformation
328
16.2.3 Scope and Structure of the Project
329
16.3 Reaping the Benefits
334
16.4 Anticipating the Next Steps
338
Part IV: Moving Forward with SAP S/4HANA Finance
341
17.1 Foundation of Design Thinking
344
17.2 Impacts on a Business Process Landscape
348
17.3 Identify and Define Changes
349
17.3.3 Solution Space
352
17.3.4 Packaging and Handover
353
17.4 Set Up a Design Thinking Workshop
354
17.5 Opportunities in the Business Process Landscape
355
18 Digital Enterprise and the Future of Finance
359
18.1 Behind the Term “Digital Enterprise”
360
18.1.1 Change Has Never Been So Rapid
361
18.1.2 Automation and Big Data Handling Are Becoming Imperative
362
18.1.3 Finance Is the Score Keeper of Business Performance
362
18.2 From Mechanics to Analytics
363
18.2.1 Eliminating the Drudgery of Accounting
364
18.2.2 Creating an In-Context Enterprise
366
18.2.3 Integrating Planning and Analysis with Daily Operations
367
18.2.4 Enhancing the Use of Information
368
18.3 Simulation and Predictive Analysis
369
18.4 Proactive Finance Solution
371
A Changes to the Data Model
379
B Additional Information
381