Events

Business Integration, Technology, and Infrastructure Think Tank: Free Tools to Support a Move to SAP S/4HANA

Oct 21, 2020 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT
Online
Included with membership

Think Tanks con­nect you with peers nav­i­gat­ing the same chal­lenges and oppor­tu­ni­ties as you. ASUG will facil­i­tate an inter­ac­tive peer-to-peer exchange where solu­tions are shared for top­ics spe­cif­ic to your role and interest.

Join the ASUG BITI Think Tank with Tam­my Powlas, ASUG vol­un­teer, and Mar­tin Mysyk, enter­prise archi­tect SAP and EA point of con­tact for ASUG, for a one-hour dis­cus­sion where we will learn about no-cost things you can do to sup­port the tran­si­tion from ECC to SAP S/4HANA, and hear more about the cus­tomer perspective. 

Come with your ques­tions as we will have time for Q&A and active dis­cus­sion with the pan­elists and your fel­low ASUG mem­bers on the call. 

The for­mat for Wednes­day, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. CT will include: 

  • Brief wel­come and kick­off from ASUG 

  • This pan­el, mod­er­at­ed by ASUG BITI vol­un­teers Kris­ten Dennis/​Karin Tillot­son, will cov­er hot top­ics, including: 

  • How SAP S/4HANA Readi­ness Check pro­vides an overview of the most impor­tant aspects for an SAP ERP 6.x sys­tem con­ver­sion to SAP S/4HANA 

  • How SAP S/4HANA Move pro­gram helps you define your strat­e­gy to move to SAP S/4HANA 

  • How clean­ing your mas­ter data now helps move more eas­i­ly to SAP S/4HANA and tools you can use now 

  • How you can learn by doing in the SAP S/4HANA Boot Camp program 

  • Shar­ing of recent wins or suc­cess­es, along with resources utilized 

Gain vis­i­bil­i­ty into the chal­lenges and suc­cess­es oth­er SAP cus­tomers are expe­ri­enc­ing, and acquire new ideas for real-world solutions. 

If you are expe­ri­enc­ing chal­lenges and would like to lead your own case study, fill out the sur­vey here. 

Think Tank Insights:

  • To pre­pare to move to S/4HANA the fol­low­ing is recommended 
    • Run the readi­ness check 
      • Pro­vides impor­tant aspects of your move from ECC to S/4 
      • Cov­ers FI, MM, pro­cure­ment, HCM etc… 
    • Run Sim­pli­fi­ca­tion check 
      • Pro­vides a sim­pli­fi­ca­tion list 
        • A col­lec­tion of sim­pli­fi­ca­tion items
        • It is online and you can search t, but you want to make spe­cif­ic to your migra­tion as well
      • Sim­pli­fi­ca­tion check 
        • On SAP GUI
        • Cov­ers Indus­try Solutions
    • Data Dele­tion
      • Remem­ber to delete data you no longer need
      • Need a holis­tic data policy
      • Need a BW house­keep­ing strategy
    • Key Suc­cess Factors 
      • Con­ver­sion to S/4 requires appli­ca­tions, func­tion­al staff, and con­sul­tants with broad knowl­edge of Finan­cials, Con­trol­ling, and Asset accounting
      • Con­sis­ten­cy checks for mas­ter data are more restric­tive in S/4
      • Plan 2 – 3 test con­ver­sions in sandbox 
        • Make detailed steps and how long it took
    • Rec­om­men­da­tions
      • Check if archiv­ing can be done
      • Check with 3rd par­ty ven­dors for compatibility
      • SAP rec­om­mends Fiori and embed­ded analytics
      • Find a Fiori expert
      • Con­sid­er to migrate from SAP script to Adobe docs
  • For assis­tance
    • SAP S/4 Move­ment program 
      • Join the pro­gram to learn your strat­e­gy and mak­ing your case
    • Can sign-up for SAP enter­prise Sup­port Guides 
      • Will help you map your plan to S/4HANA

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